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- Leland Book and ? History Book of Grafton p 518-519 (I can't deciphermany spellings and words from the family red covered ancestrybook. LUKC)
Came to America in 1652. Coat of Arms of Leland. Gules - a saltuisor a? charged with three Pallets azures. chief or crest, with acrowrising transfixed with an arrow. Cui Debro, Gudus.
"It is supposed he emigrated to America in 1652 as theEcclesiasticalRecords of Dorchester show that he united with thechurch in that town in1653. After a short residence in Dorchester,Mr. Leland settled on atract of land, included in what was afterwardthe Town of Sherburne,where he resided until his death in 1680. It is believed on evidence derived from some ancient records,confirmedby tradition that Mr. Leland married previous to his removalto thiscountry. It is much to be regretted that there are no sourcesofinformation for determining the circumstances connected with his leaving the land of his nativitytoventure upon a life of hardship in the wilds of America. All, however, who are conversant with the history of that periodwillreadily understand the cause of this deficiency. In those'troublesometimes' in the midst of their labors-trials, our Fathersdid not providefor transmitting their history to unborn generations. There is good reason, however, for believing that Henry Leland wasaman in character like his comrades in those days, distinguishedforfirmness, courage, patient endurance and invincible moral andreligiousintegrity."
(FROM THE LELAND MAGAZINE or a Genealogical Record of Henry Lelandandhis Descendendents. Henry Leland's will is recorded on page 10 ofthegenealogy.)
His first child Hopestill (died shortly after birth), was born whileonhis passage from England, or very soon after his arrival in America,forit appears from the church records of Dorchester, that Hopestill,son ofHenry and Margaret Layland, was baptized in May 1653. Thebirths of hisother four children, are entered upon the town records ofMedfield. Theywere born before the existence of Sherburne as a toen,not in Medfield,but upon the land, which upon the incorporation of thetown of Sherburne,became a part of its territory. His daughterExperience was married in1672 to John Colburn, settled in Dedham, andcontinued to reside thereuntil the time of her death. His three sonssettled, lived and died inSherburne, near the place of their births.They appear to have beenprudent and industrious farmers, manifesting alively interest in thecivil, moral and religious welfare of the earlysettlers in Sherburne.Eleazer died at the age of fory-three;Hopestill, at the age ofseventy-four; and Ebenezer, at the age ofeighty -five.
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Abt 1625 - 1680 (55 years)
