Hannah (Walley) Leonard (abt. 1666 - 1725)

Born about 1666 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of William Stone — married 2 Jun 1686 in Bristol, Rhode Island

Wife of James Leonard III — married 28 Feb 1698 (to 2 Aug 1725) in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 2 Aug 1725 at about age 59 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Hannah Walley was born about 1666 in Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay. She was the daughter of Thomas Walley and Hannah Bacon.

Hannah Walley married her first husband, William Stone in Bristol, Rhode Island, on June 2, 1686, when she was 20 years old ^[1] William died about ten years later.

Hannah was 32 years old when she married her second husband, James Leonard in Taunton, Massachusetts on February 28, 1698. ^[2] They had 6 children. James Leonard was born May 11, 1677 the son of James Leonard and Lydia Gulliver.

Hannah died August 2, 1725 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts when she was 59 years old. She was buried at Plain Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. ^[3]

Land Deed Records

Hannah Stone of Bristol to Jabez Howland of Bristol, January 25, 1691/2. Acknowledged January 25, 1691. Recorded February 1, 1691/2, Bristol County.

Bristol

To all Christian People to whome this present Deed of Sale shall come Hannah Stone ye Wife of William Stone of Bristol in ye County of Bristol in New-Engl Marriner (being also ye certaine & lawfull Attourney and Assigne irrevocable of ye sd. Wm. Stone Generally in his name & stead to doe execute performe & accomplish all & what so ever he himselfe might or could do if personally present & particularly to Demise Lease Grant bargain Sell aliene & Confirme unto any person or persons whatsoever All & singulr. goods wares & Merchidize houses lands edifices & estate whatsoevr. real & pr.sonall of him sd. Wm. Stone as by Lr. of Attourney undr. hand & seal of sd. Wm. Stone dated ye third day of July one thousand six hundd. & ninety appeares) Sendeth Greeting Know Yee that ye sd. Hannah Stone Wife & Attourney of Wm. Stone as is aforesd. for & in consideration of ye sum of five pounds Currt. Money of New Engd. to her in hand paid before ye Ensealing & Delivery of these prests. by Jabez Howland of Bristoll aforesd. Blacksmith Hath given granted bargained Sould aliened Enfeoffed & Confirmed And By these presents Doe Fully freely clearely and absolutely give grant bargain sell aliene enfeoffe & confirm unto ye said Jabez Howland his heires & assignes for ever A certaine piece or parcel of land lying in ye Town of Bristol aforesd. being Seven Rodd & Ten feet in length or thereabouts & Seven Rodd and Two feet in Breadth or thereabouts & is bounded Easterly by ye Land of John Walley Esqr. Southerly by Kings Street Westerly by ye Land of Simon Davis & Northerly in part by ye Prison Land & in part by ye Land of John Saffin together with all profitts priviledges rights comodityes & apptences. whatsoever to ye sd. piece of Land belonging or appurteining To have & to hold ye sd. piece or parcell of Land & all ye premises above granted unto ye sd. Jabez Howland his heires & assignes for ever And ye sd. Hannah Stone Attourney to my husband Wm. Stone as is aforsd. for us our heires Execer. & Adminer. Doe hereby Covenant promise & grant to & with ye sd. Jabez Howland his heires & assignes that at ye time of ye Ensealing & until ye Delivery of these presents I ye sd. Hannah Stone Attourney as aforesd. in my husbands right & stead am ye True sole & lawfull owner of all ye above granted premises And that ye sd. Jabez Howland his heires & assignes shall & may for ever hereafter lawfully peaceably & quietly have hold possesse & enjoy ye same Free & Cleare of & from all former gifts grants bargaines Sales titles or incombrances whatsoever committed done or suffered to be done by ye sd. Wm. Stone or Hannah his Wife & Attourney or either of them at any time or times before ye Ensealing hereof And ye sd. Hannah Stone by vertue of ye power to her comitted by ye sd. Lr. of Attourney hereby covenants that her sd. husband Wm. Stone & her selfe their heires & assignes shall & will from time to time & at all times for ever hereafter Warrant & Defend ye above granted premises unto ye sd. Jabez Howland his heires & assignes against all & every person & persons whatsoever any wayes lawfully Claiming or Demanding ye same by from or under them or either of them In Wittnesse whereof ye sd. Hannah Stone Attourney as aforesd. in ye Name & behalfe of her husband Wm. Stone & in her owne Name in token of her Release of all Right of Dower or power of thirds in ye premises hath hereunto sett her hand & Seale this twenty fifth Day of January Anno Dm. one thousand six hundd. Ninety one two 1691\2

Hannah Stone {signillu}

Signed Sealed & Delivd.

in ye presence of

John Wilkins

Steph: Burton

Hannah Stone appeared ye 25. of January 1691 and acknowledged this instrument To be her act & Deed before John Walley Assist.

Recorded primo. February Anno. Dm. 1691\2 pr. Burton Recordr.^[4]

(Bristol County, Deed Records, Book 1, p. 114)

Sources

1. ↑ American Marriages Before 1699. Provo, UT, USA. Ancestry.com. Operations Inc. 1997. Marriage Date: 2 Jun 1686. Name: William Stone and Hannah Walley. Marriage Place:Bristol, Rhode Island.
2. ↑ Taunton Vital Records Marriage of Hannah (Whalley) and James Leonard, Feb. 28, 1698-9. Intention not recorded.
3. ↑ U.S. Find A Grave Index, 1600's to Current. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40297202 :Hannah Leonard (Whalley) Birth date: 1666. Birth Place: Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Death Date: 2 Aug 1725. Death Place: Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Cemetery: Plain Cemetery. Burial Place: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts. Spouse: James Leonard
4. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986, images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99ZS-BK47?cc=2106411&wc=MCBL-168%3A361612901%2C361839501 : 22 May 2014), Bristol County, Deed Records, 1686-1696, vol 1, p. 114, image 81 of 431; Bristol County courthouse and office, Massachusetts.