Richard Leach was baptized in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 15 : 4 mo. : 1656 [15 June 1656], "son of Sister Leach";[1] He was perhaps the son of Richard Leach and his wife, Sarah Fuller.
There is no further record about this Richard Leach. He was not mentioned in his father's will.
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See Richard D. Pierce, The Records of the First Church in Salem, Massachusetts, 1629-1736 (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1974), 24; digital images, InternetArchive, "[1656] 15:4--Richard, son of Sister Leach."
See Richard D. Pierce, The Records of the First Church in Salem, Massachusetts, 1629-1736 (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1974), 24; digital images, InternetArchive, "[1656] 15:4--Richard, son of Sister Leach."
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Perhaps you will have better luck. I did not find such a son mentioned in the Richard Leach 1685 will, "Suffolk County (Massachusetts) probate records, 1636-1899," 10:153-155; digital images, FamilySearch, FSL film 584130, digital collection (DGS) 7703073, images 89-90; dated "this Seaventeenth of Jun : One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty and five."
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