Alice Leader

Family

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118436447/matthew-smith

Mathew Smith Jr. was born in England about 1631, Son of Matthew Sr. and Jane Smith. He came to New England with his parents and siblings in 1637. The family settled in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, where Matthew was awarded administration of his father's estate in 1681. The name of his first wife is not known, but he was living in Woburn, Middlesex, when his first child, Elizabeth, was born in 1658. They had a son, Matthew in 1659 and two more children. His wife evidently died about 1664, shortly after the birth of their daughter, Hannah.

He then married Alice Leader on July 14, 1665, in Charlestown. When his father died in 1681, Matthew became known as Matthew Sr. and his son Matthew was designated Jr.

Mathew's wife Alice died before 1684, and Matthew Smith, now Sr., married Mary Brown Cutler, widow of John Cutler and mother of his daughter-in-law, at Reading, Middlesex, on June 20, 1684. John Cutler had died in 1683. Mathew Smith Jr. had married Mary Cutler, daughter of John and Mary, at Charlestown on March 2, 1682. Matthew Sr. was a resident of Charlestown as late as 1694, when he bought some land.

Notes

LEADER, THOMAS, Dedham 1640. His w. Susanna was rec. of the ch. 10 Apr. 1641 ; he rem. to Boston 1647, his sec. w. Rebecca d. 16 Dec. 1653, and he d. 28 Oct. 1663. His will of 17 of that mo. proves, that he had third w. Alice, s. Thomas, dec. and that he well provid. for his wid. with three ch. of Thomas, and his other s. Samuel.

Will

Thomas Leader’s Will: 17 Oct 1663 Boston, published in NEHGR, Vol 12 (1858), p. 156; also in Suffolk County Wills, p. 226. Named wife Ales, son Samuel, a grandson Thomas Leader son of deceased son John Leader, and his sister, Abigail Leader. Other grandchild Rebecca Leader. Son Samuel as exe. Inventory 5 Nov 1663. Son Samuel deposed 29 Jan 1663. [2][3]

Leader Marriages

References

1. https://ia902609.us.archive.org/4/items/genealogicaldic03savarich/g...
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Leader-9 cites
   1. Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Page 457. < AncestryImage >; < AncestrySharing >
   2. NEHGR, Vol 12 (1858), p. 156; also in Suffolk County Wills, p. 226 < AncestryImage >
   3. Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 353: Will < AmericanAncestors >
3. < AncestryTree >
4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Loader-87
5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-49331
6. Great Migration Directory: Smith, Matthew: Sandwich, Kent; 1637; Charlestown [NEHGR 75:223; ChTR 29; ChChR 10; TAG 19:203-4; TG 10:120-21].