Henry Leadbetter

ID: I486467 Name: Henry LEADBETTER Given Name: Henry Surname: Leadbetter Suffix: IMM Title: IMM Sex: M Birth: ABT 1633 in Hinckley,Co Leicestershire,Eng Death: 20 APR 1722 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Change Date: 30 OCT 2010 at 01:00:00

Ancestry Hints for Henry LEADBETTER

   5 possible matches found on Ancestry.com	

Marriage 1 Sarah TOLMAN b: ABT 1636 in Of Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Married: 18 MAR 1657/1658 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Children

Sarah LEADBETTER b: 20 JAN 1660 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA

Katherine LEADBETTER b: 28 APR 1662 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA

Henry LEADBETTER b: 16 OCT 1664 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA

Ruth LEADBETTER b: 31 MAR 1666 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA

Deliverance LEADBETTER b: 9 APR 1667 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA

Increase LEADBETTER b: 20 JAN 1673 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA

Ebenezer LEADBETTER b: 10 MAY 1676 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA

Israel LEADBETTER b: 10 OCT 1678 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA

Marriage 2 Relieffe HOLLAND b: 16 MAY 1650 in Watertown,Middlesex,MA Married: 9 MAR 1692 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA

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@R3278403@ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts; Year: 1671; Page Number: 175 1,7486::936971

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@R3278403@ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Ancestry.com Operations Inc Source number: 7159.034; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 78 1,7836::727257

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@R3278403@ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume: 259 1,2204::1131549

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@R3278403@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=75287116&pid...

Henry Leadbetter (1633-1722), first known Leadbetter Family Member in Massachusetts Bay Colony, was the First Generation Male Progenitor of Leadbetter Descendants in Massachusetts. Also, many or most Leadbetter Family Descendants throughout New England appear to have this same vanguard settler, as their direct-line Leadbetter Colonial Male Ancestor.

Henry Leadbetter (born Circa 1633 in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, but emigrated Circa 1652 from England to the Commonwealth Colony of Massachusetts Bay), was the husband of Sarah (Tolman) Leadbetter (1637-1690) of Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

"Thomas Leadbetter was Vicar of Hinckley, Leicestershire (England), in the time of (King) Charles II (1630-1685). It is established that Henry Leadbetter migrated from Hinckley and married Sarah Tolman of Dorchester (Boston), Massachusetts in 1658."
--Source reference: "Migrations, Racial Origin And Traits" chapter, Ledbetters From Virginia book, Authors & Researchers: Roy C. Ledbetter, William R. Ledbetter (Colonel, US Army), Justus Reiniger Moll, James D. Tillman, Junior, Christian Albert Ledbetter, Publisher: Wilkinson Printing Company, Dallas, Texas, USA, 1964, page 10.

Colonial Marriage of Henry Leadbetter and Sarah Tolman occurred upon 18 January 1659, as recorded by Primary Source Records, specifically: Marriage Register of Old Dorchester Baptist Church, Dorchester, Sufflok County, Massachusetts and Marriage Register of the Town Clerk, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. A Secondary Source Record, entitled, "Leadbetter Records", the 1917 published book by author Jesse Ames, also documents 18 January 1659, as the Marriage Date of Henry Leadbetter and Sarah Tolman in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (a British Commonwealth Colony in those bygone days).

An unverified source reports 16 March 1658, as their marriage date. However, 16 March 1658 may have been the betrothal (marital engagement) date or the marriage bond (marriage license) date, rather than the actual wedding date, of Henry Leadbetter and Sarah Tolman.

"DORCHESTER LEADBETTERS
1. Henry Leadbetter.
Born in England, probably in Hinckley, about 1633. Was first listed as a freeman, May 31, 1671. Was a constable, 1673. Was a soldier in King Philip's War, 1675-1676, probably a sergeant. Took oath of allegiance before the Hon. John Leverett, the Provincial Governor, Nov. 11, 1678. Was active in the First Church of Dorchester for many years. Selectman of Dorchester, 1687, 1688, 1689, 1690, 1691.
Executor to Estates of Thomas Lake, Jan. 6, 1679; of Nicholas Clap, Nov. 24, 1679.
Married Jan. 18, 1659 to Sarah Tolman, by Major Atherton. (She) was third child of Thomas Tolman of Dorchester, who was born in England in 1608, and came to this country in the "Mary and John" (sailing ship), in 1630."
--Source references:

 1.  Marriage of Henry Leadbetter & Sarah Tolman: 18 January 1659, Officiator:  English Army Major Atherton, "Dorchester Leadbetters" chapter, Leadbetter Records book, Author:  Jesse E. Ames, Publisher:  Higginson Book Company, Salem, Massachusetts, 1917, Page 17.

2. Marriage of Henry Leadbetter & Sarah Tolman: 18 January 1659, Marriage Register of Old Dorchester Baptist Church, Dorchester, Sufflok County, Massachusetts.
3. Marriage of Henry Leadbetter & Sarah Tolman: 18 January 1659, Marriage Register, 1659 Anno Domini, Town Clerk Records, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

The 1659 Colonial Massachusetts marriage union of Sarah Tolman and Henry Leadbetter produced 8 children (4 daughters & 4 sons). Their names and basic vital information are declared hereinafter.

1. Sarah Leadbetter, Daughter, Born Nov. 20, 1659, in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

2. Katherine Leadbetter, Daughter, Born Feb. 28, 1662, in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

3. Henry Leadbetter, Son, Born Aug. 16, 1664, in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts;

Died May 10, 1689.

4. Deliverance Leadbetter, Daughter, Born Feb. 9, 1667, in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

5. Ruth Leadbetter, Daughter, Born Mar. 31, 1666, in Roxbury, Norfolk (now Suffolk) County, Massachusetts.

6. Increase Leadbetter, Son, Born Jan. 20, 1672, in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

7. Ebenezer Leadbetter, Son, Born May 10, 1676, in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

8. Israel Leadbetter, Son, Born Oct. 10, 1678, in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

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Death Record of Henry Leadbetter (20 April 1722)

"In the record of Henry Leadbetter's death, which occurred in Dorchester (Massachusetts) in 1722, the clerk says, "in the 89th yeare of his age." Our belief is that he came as a young man, like most of the Colonists, possibly in the "Increase," 1652 (as there ought to have been some reason why he named a child by this unusual name), and in a few years thereafter, married."

"He (Henry Leadbetter) died in Dorchester, April 20, 1722."
--Source references:
1. Leadbetter Records book, Author: Jesse E. Ames, Publisher: Higginson Book Company, Salem, Massachusetts, 1917, Pages 17 & 27.
2. Death Register, 1722 Anno Domini, Town Clerk Records, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Graveyard Burial of Henry Leadbetter (On or About 20-21 April 1722)

"He (Henry Leadbetter) was doubtless buried in the Old Dorchester Burying Ground, although no stone marks the spot of his last resting place, or of that of his first wife, the mother of his children. Very few stones were used in the early burials; the graves of only a few of all the Mayflower colonists are known today. His second wife, Relief, is also buried there, and a small stone with a fairly decipherable inscription marks her grave."
--Source reference: "Burial of Henry Leadbetter" section of Chapter 1 ("Early History: The Leadbetters"), Leadbetter Records book, Author: Jesse E. Ames, Publisher: Higginson Book Company, Salem, Massachusetts, 1917, Page 12.

Henry Leadbetter (1633-1722)
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