Patience (Leland) Haven (1695)

Born 4 Nov 1695 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Elkanah Haven — married 5 Feb 1717 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Province Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Birth

Patience was born to Ebenezer and Patience Rice Leland in Sherborn on November 4, 1695.^[1]

Marriage

Patience Leland married Elknah Haven (not Hall) of Framingham in Sherborn on February 5, 1717^[2]

Children

Patience and Elkanah had the following chldren, in Framingham:

• Sybil, b. 1717^[3], married Samuel Emmes on Jan. 11, 1738-9^[4]
• Micah, b. 21 June, 1719, married Mary Emmes on Jan.16, 1743-4^[5]
• Elkanah, b. 21 July 1721, married Hepsibah Haven on Feb 27, 1752^[6]
• Patience, b. 27 July 1729, did not marry^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Sherborn from 1674 to 1850, p. 58
2. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Sherborn from 1674 to 1850, p. 148: "Patience and Elkanah Haven of Framingham, Feb. 5, 1716-7"
3. ↑ birth not recorded in Framingham Vital records, but marriage is
4. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Framingham to the end of the Year 1849, page 303: "Haven - Sabilla and Samuell Emmes Jr., Jan. 11, 1738-9"
5. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Framingham to the end of the Year 1849, pages 101 & 302
6. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Framingham to the end of the Year 1849, pages 99 & 301
7. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Framingham to the end of the Year 1849, page 101

Research Note

The passage quoted below may be useful in sorting out Patience's place among the many wives of Elkanah and their descendants, with the usual cautions about 170-year-old genealogies.

The Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Haven: Of Lynn, Massachusetts . . .... By Josiah Adams (Boston: 1843: William White & H.P.Lewis). page 12 (on Google "E-book, free" JOHN HAVEN son of John died at Fram on his father's place in 1712 aged 29 unmarried His brother Elkanah administered His mother THREE brothers and Two sisters shared his estate ELKANAH HAVEN brother of the above settled in Fram His first wife was ABIAL BARBER daughter of John Barber of Medfield by whom he had MEHITABEL 23 Aug 1709 and ELIZABETH 3 Feb 1711 He married MARY WALKER of Fram 2 Dec 1714 she died about 1716 soon after the birth of a son John HE next married PATIENCE LELAND of Sherburne 5 Feb 1717 by whom he had SYBILLAH in 1717 who died 19 Feb 1749 SHE (Sybil) married SAMUEL EAMEs jr of Fram and had Patience 6 Jan 1740 Samuel 1 Feb 1742 Ebenezer 1 Sept 1744 Sybillah 3 April 1747 (Patience and Elknanah also had) MicAH 21 June 1719 ELKANAH 21 July 1721 and PATIENCE 27 July 1729 See p 16 HE had a fourth wife named LYDIA He lived on the hill south of the old Baptist meeting house He was constable in 1720 was on committees in 1725 and 1726 selectman in 1730 He died suddenly in 1765 His son Dea John HAven of Sutton administered His account is recorded book 37 p 339

Acknowledgement

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