Deborah (Prescott) Lealand (bef. 1664 - bef. 1695)

Born before 1664 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died before 1695 at about age 31 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

No record of Deborah's birth, parentage, or marriage has yet been located. Further research is needed. Research Note: some believe that she was a Prescott, (or a Brazier,) but no convincing support has been for their assertions that the person they profile was the first wife of Ebenezer. Perhaps it was some other woman named Deborah. See profile Deborah _____ ? for research on other possibilities.

However, some aspects of her life can be inferred from other records.

Ebenezer Lealand had five children in Sherborn, children whose mother was recorded as Deborah:^{[1] [2]}

• Deborah b. Aug. 16,1679, m. Isaac Gleason.
• Ebenezer b. Jan. 14, 1681/2, m. Martha Fairbanks Death, died 1745
• Timothy b. Feb. 22,1684/5, m. [[Learned-144|Elizabeth Learned] d. 1748
• James b. Sep. 20,1687, m. Hannah Learned, d. 1768
• Susannah b. Dec. 19, 1690 m. John Page

Ebenezer married Patience Rice, about 1694.^[3]

Based on those records, Ebenezer and Deborah were surely married, given the mores of the time, by 1679. Deborah must have been at least 16 by then, therefore born before 1664. And Deborah must have died before 1695, when her husband Ebenezer married his second wife.

Name

Research Note: There is some question regarding her LNAB being Prescott, and no clear evidence for it. A pair of personal sites have been found that use Prescott. As one of the managers of this profile, I would prefer using them with caution, rather than putting Deborah into a HUGE category of unknown LNABs. [1] [2]^[4]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1667

Place: Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA^[5]

Birth:

Date: ABT 1667

Place: Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Birth:

Date: ABT 1667

Place: Massachusetts, USA^[6]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 1657

Death

Death:

Date: 1692

Place: Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Sherborn, pp. 54-58:
2. ↑ Sherman Leland. The Leland Magazine: A genealogical record of Henry Leland, and his descendants in America from 1653 to 1850. (Boston: Wier & White, 1850) A Google e-book, page 9
3. ↑ Torrey, Clarence A., New England Marriages prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD, USA:: Genealogical Publishing Co.,, 2004), "Lealand, Ebenezer (1657-1742) & 2/wf Patience (Rice) 1671-1720; b(efore) 1695; Sherborn: Not clear what was Torrey's source for that, as this marriage not recorded in Sherborn town records.
4. ↑ Entered by Louie Johnson and Halsey Bullen.
5. ↑ Source: #S11 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ebenezer Leland
6. ↑ Source: #S14 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ebenezer Leland
7. ↑ Source: #S11 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ebenezer Leland

• Source: S11 Author: Ancestry.com Title: OneWorldTree Publication: Name: Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;;; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

• Source: S14 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;;; Repository: #R1

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Louie Johnson for starting this profile.

• Thank you to Michael Thomas for creating WikiTree profile Prescott-753 through the import of AnnaLeland-ancestors-2013-12-14.ged on Dec 14, 2013.