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Bibliographic Notes

  • Robert F. Henderson and James R. Henderson, "English Origins of Lawrence Leach of Salem Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 162 (2008): 98-100 at 100; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors,
Note 14, referencing both Anderson, Great Migration Begins ... 1:453-54 [and 1:452-53] and Frederick Odell Conant, A History of ... the Conant Family ... (...1887), 135-36, Roger Conant's will, dated 1 March 1677/8, mentions daughter Sarah Leach, her son, Joh, and her four daughters, one of whom was probably the Mary Leach mentioned later in the will ....
Note 15 for "In 1648 two women named Sarah Leach were received into the First Church in Salem, and each had a son John baptized weeks later, the only parent being shown as "Sister Leach." ... And "Sister Leach" was also shown as the parent of children baptized in 1651, 1653, 1654 (Mary), 1656, 1665, and 1668 ... Fortunately, either John or Richard Leach was shown as the father of children baptized in 1652, 1660, 1662, and 1669 ..." which strongly suggests the two Sarah Leaches in 1648 were Sarah (Conant) Leach and Sarah (Fuller?) Leach." The authors go on to note, that since John^1 Leach (brother of Lawrence) was questioned in court February 1648/9 for living apart from his wife in England, thus he is unlikely the father of children baptized about then; he made will 1658 naming John Leach, son of Richard, his sole heir. As to the latter, authors cite "Anderson, Great Migration Begins ... 2:1163."
  • Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated continuously (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 451-459 (Roger Conant), especially 454; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors. Comments about Sarah's son John and four daughters, cites "EPR 3:335-7."
  • [Errors] Frederick Odell Conant, A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America ... (Portland, Me. : Private print. [Press of Harris & Williams], 1887), 128 (Roger^1 Conant child list), 135-136 (4--Sarah Conant); digital images, Hathi Trust.
Note. Has ten children in the child list for John/Sarah--these seem to be all the children baptized to a father John, AND most of the children baptized to "Sister Le[a/e]h."
As to John's family, @ 2023 WikiTree had mostly followed Conant (1887), except that some of the old style dates have note been transferred properly (ala, 7th mo. on WikiTree as July, rather than September, etc.). Latter issue can be traced to Fayette Phelps Leach (1924-1926). In 2023, we collaborated to improve upon the baptisms.
Has Roger Conant will, dated 1 [March] 1677[/8]. See HathiTrust. Supposedly has Sarah with son John and four daughters.
  • [Errors] Fayette Phelps Leach, Lawrence Leach of Salem Massachusetts and some of His Descendants, 3 vols. (East Highgate, Vermont: F. P. Leach, 1924-1926); see HathiTrust catalog entry.
1:3-4 (Lawrence^1 Leach); digital images, HathiTrust.
1:4-5 (Robert^2 Leach); digital images, HathiTrust.
1:5-6 (John^2 Leach); digital images, HathiTrust.
1:6 (Richard^2 Leach); digital images, HathiTrust.
There are gross errors in the work by this author about the families of Lawrence Leach and his sons.
  • Of the work on Lawrence's family, Robert Charles Anderson wrote (1995), "[Leach (1924)] inserted into the family of Lawrence Leach many persons of the same surname from all parts of New England (and even from old England) who could not have been his children."
  • Of the authors treatment of Lawrence's son, Robert, Anderson wrote, "The Robert Leach presented in this volume as son of Lawrence is a chimaera, create by mixing records for Robert Leach of Charlestown and Robert Leach of Manchester, the latter of whom was son of the immigrant."
  • Leach (1924) badly mangled the children born to Lawrence's sons John and Richard. Whether by his own error or not, F. Phelps Leach duplicated numerous children's Salem baptisms--converting the old style dates correctly and incorrectly, assigning one "date" in the list of John's children and. the other, to Richard.

Salem Baptisms

Richard D. Pierce, The Records of the First Church in Salem, Massachusetts, 1629-1736 (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1974), 22, 23, 25, 25, 26, 28; digital images, InternetArchive.

22 (John, 1648); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1648] 3:7--John, son of Sister Leach."
22 (Jon and Sarah, 1648); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1648] 19:9--Jon and Sarah, children of Sister Leach."
23 (Rachell, 1651); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1651] 6:2--Rachell, daughter of Sister Leech."
23 (Sara, 1652); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1652] 6:4--Sara, daughter of Jon Leach."
24 (Elizabeth, 1653); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1653] 27:9--Elizabeth, daughter of Sister Leech."
24 (Mary, 1654); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1654] 3:7 [mo.]--Mary, daughter of Sister Leach."
24 (Richard, 1656); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1656] 15:4--Richard, son of Sister Leach."
25 (Remember and Hanna, 1661); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1661] "9:3" (read as 3 : 9 mo. : 1661)--Remember and Hanna, daughters of John Leach."
26 (Hanna, 1662); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1662] 4:2 [read 2 : 4 mo. : 1662]--Hanna, daughter of Richard Leach."
26 (_____, 1665); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1665] 1:27 [read 27 : 1 mo. : 1665]--____ of Sister Leech."
28 (Rachell, 1668); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1668] 7:3--Rachell of Sister Leech."
28 (Elizabeth, 1669); digital images, InternetArchive, "[1669] June 6--Elizabeth of John Leech." [GJ note-- this seems more likely the daughter of John^2 Leach.]

See also Thomas Barnard (pastor), compiler, Records of the First Church of Salem, Mass. [1629-1843] (manuscript, bound volume), beginning at 145 (baptisms), beginning at 210 (admitted/in communion); digital images, Congressional Library and Archives.

  • QuickLinks--
  • Joe Cochoit, "Massachusetts VR to 1850"; web content, WikiTree.
  • Leach ---???? in Beverly Town Clerk Compilations, FamilySearch.
  • Salem at The Massachusetts VR Project.
  • Tan Books--Salem--v. 1-6, Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-1925), see HathiTrust catalog.

VR Salem

  • [Leach] John, s. –––––, bp. 3: 7m: 1648. CR1
  • [Leach] Sarah, d. –––––, bp. 19: 9m: 1648. CR1
  • [s/b Leach] Jon, s. –––––, bp. 19: 9m: 1648. CR1 <<< seems missing from v.r.
  • [Leech] Rachell, d. –––––, bp. 6: 2m: 1651. CR1
  • [Leach] Sara, d. John, bp. 6: 4m: 1652. CR1
  • [Leech] Elizabeth, d. –––––, bp. 27: 9m: 1653. CR1
  • [Leech] Mary, d. –––––, bp. 3: 7m: 1654. CR1
  • [Leach] Richard, s. –––––, bp. 15: 4m: 1656. CR1
  • [Leech] Remember, d. John, bp. 3: 9m: 1661. CR1
  • [Leech] Hanna, d. John, bp. 3: 9m: 1661. CR1
  • [Leach] Hanna, d. Richard, bp. 2: 4m: 1662. CR1
  • [Leech] –––––, ch. –––––, bp. 29: 1m: 1665. CR1
  • [Leech] Rachell, d. –––––, bp. 7: 3m: 1668. CR1
  • [s/b Leech] Elizabeth, daughter of John Leech, bp. June 6, 1669 CR1 <<< seems missing from v.r.; also likely daughter of John^3 (John^2, Lawrence^1).

Notes--

  1. Hanna Leach, 1662, reported in Vital Records of Salem as 2:4m:1662 (see, HathiTrust), but 4:2:1662 in Peirce.

Research Notes

Duplicates. Early authors duplicated the child Richard, baptized Salem 1656, perhaps relying on the IGI which may have recorded both correct and errant interpretations of the old style date. Richard's baptism was recorded as [1656] 15:4 (old style), and we find that date seen in print as both "15 June 1656" and 15 April 1656. See, for example, Fayette Phelps Leach, Lawrence Leach of Salem Massachusetts and some of His Descendants, 3 vols. (East Highgate, Vermont: F. P. Leach, 1924-1926), 1:5-6 (John^2 Leach) and 1:6 (Richard^2 Leach); digital images, HathiTrust. We find similar duplication by this author for the child John, baptized [1648] 3:7 (old style), and for Sarah, baptized [1652] 6:4 (old style).

WikiTree has duplicate profiles of some of the children baptized to "Sister Le[a]ch"--with one profile shown the son of John Leach, and the other duplicate, as the son of Joh's brother, Richard Leach, see,

Sarah. Richard's daughter Sarah married 1665[/?6] to Joseph Herrick. Wouldn't she more likely be the Sarah bap. 1648 than the Sarah bap. 1652? From Beverly VR, [Leach] Sarah, and Joseph Herrick, Feb. 7, 1665.

New England Marriages. Various early marriages reported; New England Marriages to 1700, 2:931-932 (Le[e/a]ch entries); digital images, AmericanAncestors.

Roger Conant 1677 will. Roger Conant Will 1677

Profile Notes

  • WikiTree's Children of John Leach (bef.1616-aft.1685) and Sarah Conant. Roger Conant's will, 1 [March] 1677[/8], mentions her son John and four daughters. Conant (1887) says Mary must be one of the surviving daughters. [Does it tell us anything that Conant (1887) says that Roger's daughter was dismissed to Beverly in 1667] ....
Merge away, into Leach-1266. (DONE)
This John, son of John, is more likely the baptism, "[1648] 3:7--John, son of Sister Leach" [3 September 1648]. See discussion under Richard's daughter Sarah. Update birth/baptism. (DONE)
More likely, the daughter baptized in 1648 was daughter of Richard, now Sara (Leach) Herrick (bef.1652-abt.1674)--Leach-1539, who survived to marry Herrick. See that discussion, below.
Update profile of John's daughter as to her baptism, then merge 6279 into 6277. (DONE)
There are two Rachel baptisms, one each in 1651 and 1668. One Rachell is unmarried in the will of Richard Leach. There are two profiles for the Rachel baptized 1651--Rachel Leach (bef.1651-)--Leach-6278 (dau. John), and Rachel Leach (1651-1676)--Leach-2679 (dau. Richard); then none for the Rachel baptized 1668.
Richard's will refers to his unmarried daughters, "Hannah and Rachell" saying if either shall died unmarried or chidless. Based on Richard's will, his daughter Rachel presumed the younger of the name, baptized 1668.
No changes to 6278 (John's daughter); update 2679 (Richard's daughter) to preferred baptismal date. (see below, PROPOSED)
This is probably John's daughter. See discussion under Richard's daughter, now Sara (Leach) Herrick (bef.1652-abt.1674)--Leach-1539. As the earlier baptized the Sarah (1648) is more likely Richard's daughter, who survived to marry Herrick; she and her children are named in Richard's will.
Merge 6279 into 6277 (DONE)
There is only one named Elizabeth baptized, and she is more likely Richard's daughter; mentioned in his will. See Elizabeth (Leach) Collins (bef.1653-1711)--Leach-1583.
Sever 6280 (daughter of John) and merge into 1583 (daughter of Richard). (DONE)
There are two known Marys--one is John's daughter (said married Field); the other, Richard's, who married Ireson and was named in Richard's will.
Salem VR has the marriage, [Leache] Mary, and Thomas Feild, Mar. 2, 1680. CTR. Both women "Mary" have marriage records dated in 1680, BUT there is only one baptismal record for such a named child.
Salem has births,
[Feild] Thomas, s. Thomas and Mary (Leache), Jan. 17, 1681. CTR
[Feild] Mary, d. Thomas and Mary (Leache), 4: 7m: 1683. CTR
[Feild] Samuell, s. Thomas and Mary (Leache), Dec. 5, [after 1683.] CTR
Leave John's daughter with the baptismal date in 1654; change Richard's daughter to born about ... (based on age 21 at marriage).
There is only one Richard baptism, but there are two WikiTree IDs--this one (son of John) and Richard Leach (1656-1719)--Leach-3099, son of Richard. Need to find a way to reconcile which brother had this son. If John, then the son was de'cd by the time or Roger Conant's will; if Richard's son, then dec'd by the time of Richard's will.
No means of attributing parentage, thus parentage will be uncertain.
Assign the baptism to a son of Richard (uncertain)
Sever 6282 (son of John) and merge with 3099 (son of Richard). (DONE)
Baptismal record call her dau. of John. "[1661] 9:3--Remember and Hanna, daughters of John Leach."
The 1661 baptismal record calls her the daughter of John. "[1661] 9:3--Remember and Hanna, daughters of John Leach." See separately the discussion under Richard's daughter, Hannah Leach (1662-aft.1672).--Leach-2681.
Richard's son John probably the "Jon" baptized with Sarah on 19 November 1648. See discussion under Richard's daughter Sarah.
There are two Rachel baptisms, one each in 1651 and 1668. One Rachell is unmarried in the will of Richard Leach. There are two profiles for the Rachel baptized 1651.
Beverly has the marriage, [Leach] Sarah, and Joseph Herrick, Feb. 7, 1665.
Say the marriage is 1665/6--if Herrick's wife was the child baptized 1652, then she would have been young, age about 14 at marriage. More likely, she would be one of the pair baptized "[1648] 19:9--Jon and Sarah, children of Sister Leach" [19 November 1648]. and thus age about 18. NOW, if Richard's daughter is the baptism in 1648, that would clarify that it was Richard's son John then baptized.
Lynn has marriage, [Collins] Benjamin, and [wid. CTR] Elizabeth Putman, Sept. 5, 1677.
See the settlement agreement with Nathaniel Putnam, Elizabeth's father in law.
See the discussion on G2G,
Note the other Putnam-Leech marriage = [Leech] Mary, and Samuel Putnam, Oct. 29, 1709.*
Elizabeth Leech was baptized "27: 9m: 1653," thus 27 November 1653 and is therefore, as to birth/baptism, a duplicate of now linked John's daughter, Elizabeth Leach (bef.1653-)--Leach-6280. There is only one "Elizabeth" baptism. Do we have anything that would show the age (yet) for this Leech-Putnam-Collins woman. Using the 1653 baptism, thus she would have been about 21 at the estimated date of marriage to Putnam, 1674.
The recorded baptism was 3: 7m: 1654, so September (not July), thus this baptism is the same as Mary (Leach) Field (bef.1654-)--Leach-6281.
See the discussion on G2G.
Leach-"Ierston" marriage is at Lynn--[Leach] Mary, and Benjamin Ierston, Aug. 1, 1680.
Ireson marriage is in Richard's will, and both. the Field and Ireson marriages are the same year, ala, both Marys born about the same time, but we only have one "Mary" baptism (in 1654). Would suggest a Mary baptized in 1654 was a little older at marriage, age c26.
Update the birth of 540 (Richard's daughter) to "about 1659 (assumes she was age 21 at marriage)" (PROPOSED)
Found no such birth at Salem; no such child named in his father's will ...
Marked parentage uncertain; added research note boxes (DONDE)
Profile should be severed ....
No support found for his death at England.
Same baptism reported for a child of John and child of Richard.
If a son of John, he would unlikely have survived at the time of Roger Conant's will, as Conant mentioned only one son and four daughter to his daughter Sarah.
Updated death data; left as child of Richard (uncertain).
"[1662] 4:2--Hanna, daugher of Richard Leach."
  • Use as 2679--Rachel Leach (1651-1676). She should be Rachel Leach, baptized 7 May 1668 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. We should remove the current death information. (PROPOSED)
"[1668] 7:3--Rachell of Sister Leech."

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