Perez or Sebra Simmons
M, #1851, b. about 1761
Biography
Perez or Sebra Simmons was born about 1761 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He and
Abiah Leonard were married on 14 July 1784 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1 He served in the Revolutionary War. He was described as 5'10", complexion light, hair light. occupation laborer. He was courtmartialed for overstaying leave in 1782, later rescinded because he couldn't get back because of bad roads.
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Citations
- [S313] Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850, NEHGS web site
Simeon Hackett
M, #1852, b. 1772, d. 15 April 1846
Parents
Biography
Simeon Hackett was born in 1772 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He and
Abigail ("Nabby") Leonard were married on 3 December 1793 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1 He died on 15 April 1846 at age ~74 in New Vineyard, Franklin County, Maine.
2 He was buried at Notch Cemetery in New Vineyard, Franklin County, Maine.
| Last Edited | 7 December 2009 |
Citations
- [S684] Middleborough VR's (on-line thru Middleborough Public Library), p. 252
- [S607] NEHGS Cemetery Collection (on line)
Leonard Sears
M, #1853, b. 22 September 1771
Parents
Biography
Leonard Sears was born on 22 September 1771 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He and
Remember Leonard were married on 22 March 1795 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1,2 He and
Abiah Leonard were married on 3 June 1804 in Page, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
He was his wife's cousin. After she died, he married her sister, Abiah.
In Plymouth Co. Land Records, 12 May 1803, Nathaniel Leonard of Middleboro, dec. Isaac Leonard of Maine sells land set off to him by execution in Middleboro to Leonard Sears. Leonard Sears had person sources.
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Citations
- [S346] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 -- NEHGS, C. R. 4
- [S684] Middleborough VR's (on-line thru Middleborough Public Library), p. 252
- [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 172
Elizabeth Bates
F, #1854, b. 20 July 1754, d. 10 November 1842
Parents
Biography
Elizabeth Bates was born on 20 July 1754 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Benjamin Bryant and she were married on 21 February 1782 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1 She died on 10 November 1842 at age 88 in Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont.
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Citations
- [S64] Middleborough Vital Records, Vol. II, Book 2, Part 2, p. 108
Hannah Bryant
F, #1855, b. 1748, d. 19 September 1833
Parents
Biography
Hannah Bryant was born in 1748 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died on 19 September 1833 at age ~85 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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Abner Bryant
M, #1856, b. 1753, d. 28 April 1775
Parents
Biography
Abner Bryant was born in 1753 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died on 28 April 1775 at age ~22.
Jerusha Bryant
F, #1857, b. 1754
Parents
Biography
Jerusha Bryant was born in 1754 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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Cornelius Ellis
M, #1858, b. 18 October 1749, d. 22 February 1807
Biography
Cornelius Ellis was born on 18 October 1749 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died on 22 February 1807 at age 57 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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Amasa Bryant
M, #1859, b. 1759, d. 27 January 1832
Parents
Biography
Amasa Bryant was born in 1759 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He and
Lavinia Parker were married on 3 April 1783 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died on 27 January 1832 at age ~73 in Vermont.
Moved to Hartland, Vt, with his brother Benjamin.
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Lavinia Parker
F, #1860
Biography
Amasa Bryant and Lavinia Parker were married on 3 April 1783 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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Ephraim Bryant
M, #1861, b. 1753 or 1760, d. 1791
Parents
Biography
Ephraim Bryant was born 1753 or 1760 in Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He died in 1791 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
He served in the Revolutionary War from Middleborough in 1775 and again in 1778. His brother Micah was named administrator of his intestate estate on November 23, 1791.
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Benjamin Bryant
M, #1862, b. 16 December 1687, d. 4 May 1724
Parents
Biography
Benjamin Bryant was born on 16 December 1687 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He and
Hannah Eaton were married on 31 July 1712 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1 He died on 4 May 1724 at age 36 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
He drowned "off Plymouth shore from his ship trying to make port in a storm" with John Ransom and Francis Cooke, Jr., according to article in NEHGS by D. Alden Smith, "The Descendants of Stephen Bryant and Plymouth and of His Son-in-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton," Vol 154.
On 19 May 1724 Benjamin Eaton of Plympton was appointed adminstrator of the estate of Benjamin Bryant of Plympton. On 30 April 1725 Benjamin Eaton posted bonds as guardian of Hannah, Jerusha, Jesse, Mercy, Micah, and Phebe Briant. On 22 Dec 1733 David Sears of Plimton, mill wright, and wife Phebe gave receivpt for their share of the estate... on May 19, 1739, Benjamin Cushman, as guardian of Jesse Bryant, gave receipt. (The Francis Eaton Family, Generation IV. Mayflower Society, 1996). Benjamin Bryant had person sources.
2,3 He was christened on 3 May 1688 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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Citations
- [S2] Plymouth County Vital Records, p. 236
- [S208] Kenneth L. Shaw III, "John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress," , 4-19-2003
- [S144] Stephen Bryant and His Descendants, Genealogies of Mayflower Families, p. 412
Jonathan Freeman
M, #1863, b. 11 November 1678, d. 27 April 1714
Parents
Biography
Jonathan Freeman was born on 11 November 1678. He died on 27 April 1714 at age 35 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. He was buried in April 1714 at Old Burying Ground in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
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Mary Eaton
F, #1864, b. about 1699
Parents
Biography
Mary Eaton was born about 1699.
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Lt. John Bryant
M, #1865, b. 17 August 1644, d. 26 January 1708
Parents
Biography
Lt. John Bryant was born on 17 August 1644 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He and
Abigail Bryant were married on 23 November 1665 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He died on 26 January 1708 at age 63 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
John - Taunton, MA 1637. John, b. England, from Kent to Scituate, MA, 1639, later to Barnstable. Pvt. Scituate 1648? 1684 Constable, Scituate. 1650 Grand Juryman, Scituate. The History of Scituate says that Lt. John's family possessed a large tract of land, extending from Spring Brook to James Bowker's place. Lt. John Bryant had person sources.
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Citations
- [S208] Kenneth L. Shaw III, "John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress," , 4-19-2003
Abigail Bryant
F, #1866, b. about 1647, d. 12 May 1715
Parents
Biography
Abigail Bryant was born about 1647 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Lt. John Bryant and she were married on 23 November 1665 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She died on 12 May 1715 at age ~68 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She was buried at At the Green, First Congregational Church, in At the Green, First Congregational Church, Middleboro, Massachusetts.
Abigail Bryant had person sources.
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Citations
- [S208] Kenneth L. Shaw III, "John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress," , 4-19-2003
- [S144] Stephen Bryant and His Descendants, Genealogies of Mayflower Families, p. 412
Lt. Stephen Bryant
M, #1867, b. about 1620, d. after 19 June 1701
Parents
Biography
Lt. Stephen Bryant was born about 1620 in Cranbrook, Sussex or Kent, England. He and
Abigail Shaw were married about 1646 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1 He died after 19 June 1701 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He was buried at Nemasket Hill Cemetery in Middleborough, Massachusetts.
He lived in Duxbury, 1643, and moved to Plymouth, 1650. He was a freeman in 1654. He was chosen constable of Duxbury in 1654 and in Plymouth in 1663. Lt. Stephen Bryant had person sources.
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Citations
- [S105] Torrey: New England Marriages CD
- [S208] Kenneth L. Shaw III, "John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress," , 4-19-2003
William Jesse Bryant, Jr.
M, #1868, b. 11 May 1746, d. 28 October 1828
Parents
Family: Mercy Shaw (b. about 1746, d. 9 January 1819)
Biography
William Jesse Bryant, Jr., was born on 11 May 1746 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1 He and
Mercy Shaw were married on 2 June 1768 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died on 28 October 1828 at age 82 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
2 He was buried at Nemasket Hill Cemetery in Middleborough, Massachusetts.
3 He served in the Revolutionary War. He probably was the Jesse Bryant who served with several other Middleboro Leonards, Including Nathaniel's father, Joseph, in Capt. William Tupper's 3rd. Co. of Infantry in the Rhode Island alarms.
Jesse was member "#636 (admitted Ma. 21, 1797)(Jesse Bryant, mo 366, (637)), d. Oc 26, 1828, ae. 82." The First Church of Middleboro, 1854, p. 101 ff. #637 was Mercy Shaw, "#366 was Susannah Winslow, widow James, m l732, 2nd m. 1744 to Jesse Bryant, o. Conant, mo. 102, sis 422, d. Ap 27 1801 ae 90." "#101 admitted April 8, 1722, Elizabeth Conant, w. Josiah, m. 1701 o. Washburn. These are important in establishing Jesse's line of descendancy. The membership listing of membership of the First Church of Middleboro is also contained in an appendix to Thomas Weston's History of Middleboro, 1905.
Jesse was Judge Oliver's foreman at the forge and slitting mill. He later lived in a house in Muttock Judge Oliver built for his son, Andrew, and daughter-in-law, Phebe Spooner. (Weston, History of the Town of Middleborough, p. 373). Jesse Bryant later bought a portion of the confiscated Tory lands formerly belonging to Peter Oliver. (p. 376)
Jesse is listed in the 1790 Middleborough Census as having two males 16+, 2 males >16, and 3 females in his household. He was living next to one of the four Joseph Leonards then living in Middleborough. William Jesse Bryant, Jr., had person sources.
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Citations
- [S553] Town of Middleborough Vital Records Index, 1649-1945, www.midlib.org/diglib/digcoll.htm
- [S158] Records from the Nemasket Cemetery, Middleborough, CD 203, p. 2
- [S608] The Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, CD (NEHGS)
- [S208] Kenneth L. Shaw III, "John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress," , 4-19-2003
Mercy Shaw
F, #1869, b. about 1746, d. 9 January 1819
Parents
Biography
Mercy Shaw was born about 1746 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
William Jesse Bryant, Jr., and she were married on 2 June 1768 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died on 9 January 1819 at age ~73 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1 She was buried at Nemasket Hill Cemetery in Middleborough, Massachusetts.
2 She was in her 73rd year when she died, according to info recorded in The Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, CD by NEHGS. Mercy Shaw had person sources.
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Citations
- [S158] Records from the Nemasket Cemetery, Middleborough, CD 203, p. 2
- [S608] The Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, CD (NEHGS)
- [S208] Kenneth L. Shaw III, "John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress," , 4-19-2003
John Knowles
M, #1870
Biography
John Knowles and
Apphia Bangs were married on 28 December 1670 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
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Deborah Perry
F, #1871, b. 1 May 1678, d. before 1726
Parents
Biography
Deborah Perry was born on 1 May 1678 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
John Raymond, Jr., and she were married on 26 January 1699 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts. She died before 1726 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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Zebulon Leonard
M, #1872, b. 6 March 1729/30, d. 29 November 1794
Parents
Biography
Zebulon Leonard was born on 6 March 1729/30 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1 He and
Hannah Miller were married on 27 May 1755 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1 He died on 29 November 1794 at age 64 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
2 He was buried on 2 December 1794 in Lakeville Cemetery (Thompson's Hill), Lakeville, Massachusetts.
3 He was Town Assessor, 1765. It was voted that he, among others, be confined to his homestead except on the Lord's Day unless they make satisfactory pledges to the Town Committee of Safety (pro-independence committee), and if they were found off their homesteads, they were to be taken to Roxbury to the Military. He was reported by the selectmen as one of those enimically (sic) disposed in the present struggle with Great Britain. But in 1789 he was elected representative, selectman in 1791, Selectman in 1793/4 and 1795, and Moderator in 1795. (ECL)
He died "in 1/2 hour, after taken poorly."
He and his brother were in court over dividing their father's library during the Court of Common Pleas term of December 1785 to April 1791. They were also in court over words spoken by Sarah Leonard about Zebulon.
In the 1790 Census, Zebulon shows as having a family of 6 -- 2 males under 16, 1 male over 16 (Zebulon?), 3 females (wife would be one). Children missing here? Or relatives living with him? Zebulon Leonard had person sources.
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Citations
- [S64] Middleborough Vital Records
- [S64] Middleborough Vital Records, p. 96
- [S582] Old Cemeteries of Southeastern Massachusetts, Charles M. Thatcher, 1880's.
- [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 170
Charity Leonard
F, #1873, b. 27 February 1732, d. 11 October 1805
Parents
Biography
Charity Leonard was born on 27 February 1732 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1 Capt. William Canedy and she were married on 6 December 1753 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
2 She died on 11 October 1805 at age 73 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Charity Leonard had person sources.
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Citations
- [S64] Middleborough Vital Records
- [S684] Middleborough VR's (on-line thru Middleborough Public Library), p. 249
- [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 103
Elizabeth Leonard
F, #1874, b. 31 March 1734, d. 7 April 1775
Parents
Biography
Elizabeth Leonard was born on 31 March 1734 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
1 Lt. John Weston, Jr., and she were married on 14 April 1757 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
2 She died on 7 April 1775 at age 41.
Elizabeth Leonard had person sources.
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Citations
- [S602] The Corbin Collection, Vol. 3, CD, Middleborough VR's
- [S64] Middleborough Vital Records, p. 250
- [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p.103
- [S1046] Middleboro VR's on line, www.midlib.org., p. 608
Angenett Leonard
F, #1875, b. 1840
Parents
Biography
Angenett Leonard was born in 1840 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Frederick H. Dunham and she were married on 7 May 1862.
Angenett Leonard had person sources.
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Citations
- [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, #2083