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John Leach (abt. 1645 - 1718)

John Leach
Born about in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Son of and
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Husband of — married 22 May 1667 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Died at about age 73 in Beverly, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap [uncertain]
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Biography

John Leach was born, surely Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, about 1645 (age at death), baptized there 19: 9 mo. : 1648 [19 November 1648], together wirh his sister, Sarah, both children of "Sister Leach,"[1] He died in Beverly, Essex County, 5 March 1717/8, aged 73 years,[2] or 24 March 171[7/8], "late of Salem."[3] He was the son of Richard Leach and Sarah Fuller.

John Leach married in Salem, 20 or 22 May 1667, Elizabeth Flint.[4][5]

John was named executor of his father's will.

Research Notes

WikiTree Pages of Interest.

Leach (1926). From Fayette Phelps Leach, Lawrence Leach of Salem Massachusetts and some of His Descendants, 3 vols. (East Highgate, Vermont: F. P. Leach, 1924-1926), 1:9 (10--Sergt. John^3 Leach); digital images, HathiTrust.

10. SERGT. JOHN3 LEACH (Richard2, Lawrence1), born in 1647, at Rial-side (Leach farm) ; bapt. 3 July, 1648, at Salem first church ; died 5 Mar. 1711.
He married 20 May, 1667 Elizabeth Flint, who died 8 Feb. 1719, daughter of Thomas and Ann Flint of Salem.
"He was in Capt. Daniel Henchman's Co., Lieut. Philip Curtis, served from 2 Nov. and was credited 30 Nov. 1675 with £, 19s 04d; also in Capt, Samuel Mosley's Co., credited with military service under Capt. Mosley, 10 Dec. 16 75 with £1, 19s, 04d, and 29 Feb. 1675-6 with £2, 4s, 00d." (Bodge's King Philip's War, pp. 55, 71, 72.)
Children born at Salem, Mass., (Rial-side).
35. __ i. Elizabeth b. 1 Dec. 1668.
36. __ ii. Sarah b. 31 Aug. 1673.
37. __ iii. Samuel b. 28 Apr. 1677.
38. __ iv. Hannah b. 31 Aug. 1679
39. __ v. Abigail b. 19 Jan. 1683.
40. __ vi. Mary b. :3 Mar. 1685.
..........vii. Lydia, h. 12 Jan 1691 ; m. 13 July, 1708, Benj. Honton.
41. __ viii. Ruth, b. 31 Mar. 1692.

Cousin John. According to Bob Carroll (Notes for John Leach 1648 (son of John Leach and Sarah Conant), wife is Mary, children are: Mary (-1696); Deborah (-1696); Mercy; William (-1734); Richard (-1719)[6]

Sources

  1. ↑ Jon and Sarah Leach 1648 baptism, Richard D. Pierce, The Records of the First Church in Salem, Massachusetts, 1629-1736 (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1974), 22 (Jon and Sarah, 1648); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1648] 19:9--Jon and Sarah, children of Sister Leach."
  2. ↑ John Leach 1717/8 death, citing "Second Congregational Church," Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 2:488 (Leach); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Leach] John, Mar. 5, 1717-18, a. 73 y."
  3. ↑ John Leach 1718 probate file, case 16486 (8 pp.), Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, for cover sheet to "Last will and testament of John Leach, late of Salem, deceased 1718 March 24" (filmed page 4).
  4. ↑ Leach-Fint 1667 marriage, citing, in part, "court records, Essex Co. Quarterly Court," Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-1925), 3:595 (Leach); digital images, HathiTrust, "[Leach] John, and Eliz[abeth] Flint, May 22, 1667. [May 20. CTR]."
  5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHTL-8QG : accessed 19 Aug 2014), John Leach and Elizabeth Flint, 20 May 1667; citing reference Vol. 1 p. 43; FHL microfilm 877447. Note: There are various handwritten records on this marriage, at least two of the MA Town Records available on familysearch.org showing 20th day yet one as noted above shows 22nd).
  6. ↑ Mary Solart.

Other--

  • Leach-Flint marriage, New England Marriages to 1700 (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 2:932; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors; marriage as 22 May 1667, Salem, notes "Court Rec. May 20"; references for this marriage reportedly found in "Salem 2:276; Fish Anc.; Flint (1860) 8, 10; Leach 1:9; Tingley-Meyers 112; EIHC 62:28; Farr Anc. 186."
  • Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name John Leach; Spouse Elizabeth Flint
Parents Richard, Sarah Leach, Fuller
Birth Place Salem, Essex, MA; Birth Date 3 September 1648
Marriage Place Salem, Essex, MA; Marriage Date 20 May 1667 (day was 22nd according to other source see below)
Death Place Salem, Essex, MA; Death Date 5 March 1718




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GeneJ X
Leach-1266 and Leach-150 do not represent the same person because: One is now son of Richard; while the other, a son of John.
posted by GeneJ X
GeneJ X
Unless there are objections, I plan to update his birth to "about 1645 (age at death). Also, his baptism to 19: 9 mo. : 1648 [19 November 1648], a child of "Sister Leach."

This profile seems to have largely followed author Fayette Phelps Leach (1926-1928), whose work badly mangled the family of Lawrence Leach and most all of Lawrence's children. That author duplicated many of the Salem Leach children baptism records, so that a child born to one or the other brother, John or Richard, was reported as born to both. See the explanation here.

posted by GeneJ X
edited by GeneJ X
GeneJ X
Citing an apparent IGI record, narrative reads--John Leach was was baptized 3 July 1648, in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, as "son to Richard."

There is no such Salem church baptismal record for John, son of Richard.

Richard's son John was probably born about 1645 (age at death), baptized Salem church on 19 : 9 mo. : 1648, with his sister, Sarah, the children of "Sister Leach."

John's sister Sarah is presumed the woman who married at Beverly, 7 February 1665, Joseph Herrick.

For the baptismal record, see Richard D. Pierce, The Records of the First Church in Salem, Massachusetts, 1629-1736 (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1974), 22 (Jon and Sarah, 1648); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1648] 19:9--Jon and Sarah, children of Sister Leach."

Edited to add: Have updated the profile of Sarah (Leach) Herrick (bef.1648-aft.1674).

posted by GeneJ X
edited by GeneJ X
Leach-2381 Bob Leach
I think it is possible that Mary Edwards was married to a different John Leach. The John Leach I have her married to has parents of John Leach (1622-1685 and Sarah Conant (1623-1659).
posted by Bob Leach
Cathy (Kies) Bennett
That is the Leach-1266 that I was referring too in the comment I made before your comment.
posted by Cathy (Kies) Bennett
Johnson-43462 Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear
I was updating the Rice Edwards profile, who is the father of a Mary Edwards, and when building his children in the bio I too note that Mary couldn't have married this John Leach so I'm going to remove her as a marriage partner from this profile.

It appears there are a great many family tree's in Ancestry.com & FamilySearch.org who have linked Mary Edwards, dau. of Rice, to a John Leach of Salem because Torrey (p.457) records "John Leach m. in 1680/1690 Salem, Mary (?)Edwards." Torrey records the marriages of at least 4 additional John Leach's in Salem, Mass. and several in Boston all within a 20 year period and no agreement between their births/death dates which means they are prob. all different men. This profile is nicely supported by primary sources for his birth which agree to Torrey's marriage record of John Leach & Elizabeth Flint so he's ruled out.  :-)

I personally love the (?) abbreviation that Torrey uses to caution readers about a suspect surname. He does this in the case of one "John Leach marrying Mary (?) Edwards in 1680". Most 'casual' Torrey readers building their family tree's don't appear to be cautioned by the (?) abbreviation. Sincerely, Leigh Anne

posted by Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear
GeneJ X
There were several men, John Leach, early of Salem--
  • John^1 Leach Sr. (abt.1577-abt.1659), brother of Lawrence Leach. This John was married, but his wife never immigrated. He is called John Leach Sr. in the records, distinguishing him from Lawrence's son of the same name. This John Leach Sr left his estate of John Leach, the son of Richard Leach.
  • John^2 Leach (bef.1616-aft.1685), the son of Lawrence Leach. This John married Sarah Conant.
  • John^3 Leach (bef.1648-1702), son of son of John^2 Leach and Sarah Conant. WikiTree reports John^3 Leach (John^2, Lawrence^1) married Mary Edwards (1645-)
  • John^3 Leach (abt.1648-abt.1718), son of Richard^2 Leach and Sarah Fuller? WikiTree reports John^3 (Richard^2, Lawrence^1) married Elizabeth Flint (1650-1719). Richard's son is sometimes called John Leach Jr. in records. For example, see Essex County (Massachusetts) deeds, 6:45, John Smale to John Leach, Jr., son of Richard Leach, FamilySearch, dated 20 March 1681/2, recorded 20 March 1681/2.

The children of John^2 Leach and Richard^2 Leach have long been confused in print and in numerous family files. With perhaps one exception, the children's baptisms are found in the Salem church records. Those records were entered using mostly old style dates (which authors didn't always correctly convert), and most, but not all, identify the only parent as "Sister Le[a/e]ch."

I'm drilling down into various primary sources to better sort out the identities of the children born to John^2 and Richard^2 Leach. --Gene

posted by GeneJ X
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Cathy (Kies) Bennett
Leach-1266 is shown as having married Mary Edwards and there is a problem with the one child shown as being hers. He was born in the middle of John's children with Elizabeth.
posted by Cathy (Kies) Bennett
Leach-2381 Bob Leach
Leach-2672 and Leach-150 appear to represent the same person because: I think John was married to both women and he has the same parents.
posted by Bob Leach
Mullins-2069 Jayme (Mullins) Arrington
Leach-1671 and Leach-1525 appear to represent the same person because: Same name spouse, and approx dob
posted by Jayme (Mullins) Arrington
Culver-519 Sandy Culver
I entered marriage data which aligns with daughter Elizabeth Leach, but I know better sources are needed.
posted by Sandy Culver

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