Richard Leeds

bp might have been Caister-On-Sea, Norfolk, England in 1605.

Richard Leeds and his wife Joan sailed from Yarmouth, England on April 12,1637 aboard the ship "Rose", under the command of Captain William Andrews Jr. Richard Leeds made freeman at Dorchester in 1645, a selectman in 1653, constable in 1664.

Richard came from Great Yarmouth, England in 1637 at 32 years of age, which would make his birth year 1605 instead of 1595. He had a tendency to exaggerate his age. Came with wife and an unknown child; apparently first to Salem, Massachusetts, but did not stay there.

Children: Benjamin, Joseph, Hannah Clap, Ruth Allen

Richard and Joan are buried side by side in the old Dorchester burying ground.

tombstone Inscription: Here . Lieth . Buried The . Body . of . Richard Leeds . Aged . aboute 98 Years . Died . March The 18th 1693 (1)

Links

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Richard_Leeds_%281%29
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/Bruce-Barker-Georg...
• Find A Grave Memorial# 20742383

Sources

1. NEGHR April, 1850, Dorchester Inscriptions