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From: "Jeanne Muse" <>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Deborah Whitney b. 1658 Watertown
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 15:17:12 -0400


The surname of the first wife of Ebenezer LELAND (1658-1742) has not
been found, so I cannot give a definitive answer.

My records are show that Ebenezer LELAND (1658-1742) married 3 times:
- 1st to Deborah (--?--) circa 1678, Middlesex County, Mass.. They had
5 children between 1679 and 1690. (Ancestral File records list her name
as Deborah PRESCOTT, but I have found no records to prove that surname)
Children: Deborah, Ebenezer, Timothy, James and Susannah. (Notice no
son named Richard and no daughter named Martha.)

- 2nd to Patience RICE circa 1694, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Mass.,
widow of (--?--) HOLBROOK, and dau. of Matthew RICE and Martha LAWSON.
She was born in Sudbury, Mass. 5 Mar 1671 and died 1 Jun 1720 in
Sherborn. They had 5 children born between 1695 and 1710: Patience,
Martha, Isaac, Sybil and Amaziah. (The Martha in this family was
probably named after Patience (Rice) Leland's sister, Martha Rice; as
was the son Isaac prob. named after Patience's brother, Isaac Rice.)

- 3rd to Mary WILLARD on 29 Aug 1721, widow of Isaac HUNT, and dau. of
Henry WILLARD and Mary LAKIN. She was born in Groton, Mass. 3 Aug 1680.
(also per Ancestral File) I do not know whether Mary had children by
either husband.

Ebenezer LELAND died intestate 30 Jun 1742 and the settlement of his
estate began on 18 Oct 1742 and ended in 1753. An extract of that
settlement appears on this web page:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~leland/hlpg15.html

None of his wives survived him, it appears from the above, since only
children and grandchildren are named in the administration.

Deborah WHITNEY, dau. of Richard and Martha (COLDAM/COLDHAM) WHITNEY, b.
12 Oct 1658, would have been of the right age to marry the above
Ebenezer LELAND, but my resources do not name her as his wife.

The marriage is not recorded in Medfield, where Ebenezer was born.
Deborah (--?--) LELAND, his first wife, probably died in Sherborn, where
all of Ebenezer's children were born, but I do not own a copy of the
Sherburn VRs. A more indepth study of Middlesex County records might
yield more information to help with this puzzle.

I wish I could help more!

Jeanne (Whitney) Muse

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Major Surnames I am researching:
GOLDSMITH, HARDING, MUSE, REED, REGNIER, WHITNEY
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwmuse/roots.htm
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Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Deborah Whitney b. 1658 Watertown



Dear Whitney Researchers,
Would like to find information on DEBORAH WHITNEY, dau of RICHARD and
MARTHA
(COLDAM) WHITNEY. Most data banks do not tell what happened to her. One
persistant LELAND researcher believes that she may have married EBENEZER
LELAND. Any definitive information would be very appreciated.
Phoebe in CA
also Searching:
NY: Orange Co. Carpenter/Coe, Wisner/Jayne, Jayne/Woodhull
Onondaga Co. Carpenter/Wisner, Carpenter/Munro,Perry,Redman,Reed
Ontario/Wayne Co. Melvin/Wisner
Chautaqua Co. Melvin/Wisner/Risley and Melvin/Lockwood
MI: Branch Co. Melvin, Wisner, Pitt, Lockwood
MA: Leland, Warren, Fiske, Stearns, Upson, Learned, Hartwell, Wheeler,
Brooks, Meriam and old pretty well researched names like that!



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