John Leach

1648 - 1718  (~ 69 years)

• Name	John Leach  [1]
  Christened	3 Sep 1648	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will	26 Nov 1717	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [2]
  	(NOTE the will record is very difficult to read) To "beloved wife" Elizabeth: all personal estate, one half the house and farm during her life; to son Samuel Leach: one half of the farm already in his possession, the other half at Elizabeth's death; to daughters Eliza Rea, Sarah Herrick, Anne Ireston(?), Abigaile Gerson, Mary Puttnam, Lydia Houlton, Ruth Hutchinson: one acre of land each (location references "my grandson John Leach"), the daughters may be reimbursed £12.10.0 in lieu of the land, they have already received £100 each; to granddaughter Eliza Porter £12.10.0; daughters to divide personal estate after wife's death; son Samuel Leach executor
  Died	5 Mar 1717/18	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Probate	24 Mar 1717/18	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [2]
  	Will proved
  Probate	8 Apr 1718	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [4]
  	Estate inventory, £53.6.0
  Person ID	I3860	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Richard Leach,   d. Aft 22 Mar 1676/77
  Mother	Sarah Fuller
  Family ID	F1759	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Flint,   b. 30 Jun 1650, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Feb 1719/20, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 69 years)
  Married	22 May 1667	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Leach,   b. Dec 1668, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 26 Nov 1717  (Age ~ 48 years)   2. Sarah Leach,   b. 31 Aug 1673, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 30 Jul 1718  (Age 44 years)   3. Samuel Leach,   b. 28 Apr 1677, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1 Jan 1732 - 12 Mar 1732, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 54 years)   4. Hannah Leach,   b. 31 Aug 1679, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 26 Nov 1717  (Age 38 years)   5. Abigail Leach,   b. 19 Jan 1682/3, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 26 Oct 1754  (Age 71 years)   6. Mary Leach,   b. 3 Mar 1684/5, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 12 Feb 1729  (Age 43 years)   7. Lydia Leach,   b. 12 Jan 1690/1, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 26 Nov 1717  (Age 26 years)   8. Ruth Leach,   b. 31 Mar 1692, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 26 Nov 1717  (Age 25 years)
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2014
  Family ID	F1747	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S14602] Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to 1849, Essex Institute (Salem, Massachusetts), (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1916-1925), Births, p. 515 (Reliability: 2), 5 Aug 2014. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex Co., Probate Records, vol. 312, pp. 239-40 (Reliability: 3), 13 Mar 2017. [S14570] Vital records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to 1849, (Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-1907), Deaths, p. 488 (Reliability: 2), 13 Mar 2017. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex Co., Probate Records, vol. 312, p. 269 (Reliability: 3), 14 Mar 2017. [S14602] Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to 1849, Essex Institute (Salem, Massachusetts), (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1916-1925), Marriages, p. 595 (Reliability: 2), 5 Aug 2014.