Robert LEACH

Abt 1615 - Bef 1674  (~ 59 years)

• Name	Robert LEACH
  Born	Abt 1615	Gravesend, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Immigrant?	Y
  Died	Bef Jun 1674	Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I46004	Main
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Lawrence LEACH,   b. Abt 1579, Ash, Somersetshire, England ,   d. Bef 25 Jun 1662, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth MILEHAM,   b. Abt 1585, Gravesend, Kent, England ,   d. Aft 12 Apr 1674, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Married	2 Feb 1605	Hurst, Berkshire, England
  Family ID	F32019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice ALLS,   b. Abt 1618, England ,   d. 10 Apr 1691, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Married	Aft 11 Feb 1648
  Children	+ 1. Sarah LEACH,   b. Abt 1635, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 20 Jan 1725, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F32018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rober Leach was born circa 1615, the son of Lawrence and Elizabeth Leach, who emigrated to Massachusetts during the Great Puritan Migration • He signed a sworn statement 1 September 1673 at the age of 58, allowing us to calculate his approximate year of birth as 1615. • Lawrence Leach granted his son Robert land in 1639, which supports his relationship His first wife may have been Mary, by 1639, who died in 1648, possibly leaving no children. His second wife was Alice, who married second Robert Elwell. Alice and Robert's children included: 1. Sarah, who was married at the time of her father's death 2. Elizabeth, who was married at the time of her father's death 3. Mary, perhaps an unmarried adult at the time of her father's death 4. Bethia, a "young daughter" at the time of her father's death 5. Abigail, a "young daughter" at the time of her father's death 6. Samuel an adult at the time of his father's death 7. Robert, an adult at the time of his father's death Robert Leach died before June 1674 without a will, but the probate file notes widow Alice, married daughters Sarah and Elizabeth, two "young daughters" Bethia and Abigail, a fifth daughter Mary, and two sons Samuel and Robert Leach. This document consistently refers to Abigail as their mother, which supports this relationship[6] . This source cites Essex County Probate Records Vol 301, pp 51-53 for the distribution of the estate, the Quarterly Court files noted here for the inventory, and Essex County Probate Records Volume 309, page 216 for the distribution of property between sons Samuel and Robert. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S151] WikiTree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Leach-304.