Hopestill Layland

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• Immigration: Before 1624; He crossed to New England as early as 1624 and settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
• Moved to: 1641; When the most of the settlers of Weymouth removed to Rehoboth in 1641, Hopestill seems to have removed to Dorchester, in that part of town which became Milton.

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Hopestill married Experience about 1622 in England. Experience died in 1700 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 22 May 1653, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He was admitted to the Dorchester Church 22 (3) 1653
• Occupation: say 1655; He was a tailor by trade.
• Residence: say 1680; Henry lived in that part of Medfield, which became Sherborn.

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Henry married Margaret Badcock about 1652 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Margaret was born about 1629 in England; died on 21 May 1705 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: say 1650; He came with his mother from England, but died shortly after his baptism.

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• History: 1705; In her old age, his mother came to live with him and died in his home.

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His birth was recorded as 15 (9) 1655.

Hopestill married Abigail Hill on 5 Nov 1678 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of John Hill and Hannah Johnson) was born on 2 Feb 1658/59 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Oct 1689 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hopestill married Patience Holbrook on 2 Feb 1691. Patience died on 5 Oct 1740 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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That part known as Bogistow.

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• Married: 5 Jun 1674, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; John Colburn, the son of Nathaniel and Priscilla (Clark) Colburn. He was born on 29 July 1648 and was christened on 6 August 1648 both in Dedham, Massachusetts. He died on Friday 29 January 1706 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. John died by freezing to death while lost returning from Boston in Roxbury with his team. Issue: 1. John Colburn (1675-1732) 2. Ebenezer Colburn (1677-____) 3. Deborah Colburn (1680-____) 4. Hannah Colburn (1683-____) 5. Bethia Colburn (1687-1694) 6. Experience Colburn (1692-____)

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Her birth was recorded as 16 (3) 1656.

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• Married: (1) Deborah Prescott. Issue: 1. Deborah Leland (1679-____) 2. Ebenezer Leland (1681-____) 3. Timothy Leland (1684-____) 4. James Leland (1687-____) 5. Susanna Leland (1690-____)
• Married: Abt 1694; (2) Patience Sabine. She was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. She married (1) _____ Rice. Issue: 1. Patience Leland (1695-____) 2. Martha Leland (1699-____) 3. Isaac Leland (1702-____) 4. Sibella Leland (1708-____) 5. Amarish Leland (1710-____)
• Married: After 1710; (3) Mary Hunt. She was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

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His birth was recorded as 2 (11) 1657.

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• Married: 13 Jul 1690; Sarah ______. Sarah was was twenty years Eleazer Bullard's senior. Sarah had inherited a farm from her first husband, which she left to Eleazer. They conveyed his homestead to Moses Harding who had married his niece. In 1705 Sarah, married(2) Lt. Eleazer Bullard, son of Benjamin and Martha (Pidge) Bullard, in Medfield, Massachusetts.
• Will: 16 Oct 1691
• Occupation: say 1700; He was a tailor as his father had been.
• Occupation: say 1700; He was a tailor as his father had been.

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His birth is recorded as 13 (5) 1660.

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• Married: say 1705; Mary Morse. She was born about 1685 in Medfield, Massachusetts. She died on Thursday 16 October 1760 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jonathan Leland (1706-____) 2. Mary Leland (1708-____) 3. Sarah Leland (1710-____) 4. Keziah Leland (1712-____) 5. Hephsibah Leland (1714-____) 6. Thankful Leland (1716-____) 7. Anna Leland (1718-____) 8. Jeremiah Leland (1720-1742) 9. Ezekiel Leland (1722-____) 10. Mercy Leland (1725-____) 11. Beulah Leland (1726-____) 12. Henry Leland (1729-____)
• Offices Held: 1726; He was a selectman for six years and a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1726.

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• Married: 24 Feb 1702, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mary Bullard, the daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Thorpe) Bullard. She was born on 20 March 1683 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. She died on Monday 8 May 1758 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Daniel Leland (1702-____) 2. Abigail Leland (1704-____) 3. Daniel Leland (1707-____) 4. Ruth Leland (1712-____) 5. Rachel Leland (1715-____) 6. Esther Leland (1717-____) 7. Mary Leland (1720-____) 8. Silence Leland (1722-____) 9. Experience Leland (1725-____) 10. Sarah Leland (1728-____)
• Occupation: say 1711; Hopestill raised hemp and manufactured ropes and halters which he annually carried to Rhode Island and exchanged for wool.

Abigail married Lt. John Bullard on 7 Jan 1702 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. John (son of Benjamin Bullard and Elizabeth Thorpe) was born on 7 Mar 1678 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jan 1754 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1712; (1) Abigail Badcock. She was born on 5 March 1686 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. She died on Tuesday 28 June 1740 in Holliston, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Samuel Leland (1711-____) 2. John Leland (1713-____) 3. Abigail Leland (1728-____)
• Married: 12 Jul 1744, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (2) Sarah Morse, the daughter of Lt. Samuel and Sarah (Thurstune) Morse. She was born in 1686 in Medfield, Massachusetts. Sarah, married (1) Lt. Isaac Bullard, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Thorpe) Bullard. She died on Monday 10 February 1766 in Holliston, Massachusetts.

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• Married: say 1712; Mehetabel Breck. Issue: 1. Simon Leland (1730-1790)

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• Married: say 1715; Abigail Clap, the daughter of Joshua and Mary (Boyden) Clap. She was born on 12 December 1697 in Dedham, Massachusetts.

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• Married: say 1718; Esther Thurston. Her last name may have been Whitney. Issue: 1. Patience Leland (1722-____)

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• Married: say 1721; Abigail Mason.

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• Married: say 1725; Ruth Morse.

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• Married: say 1728; John Carpenter. He was born in Holliston, Massachusetts.