Joseph Leeds (1637 - 1715)

Biography

His parents were Joan and Richard Leeds. Joseph was born on 07 July 1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and baptized on 04 April 1639.

By 1661 he had moved to Northampton, Massachusetts.

Joseph Leeds married on 08 Nov 1661 in Northampton, Massachusetts to Miriam Cooke (d: 23 Aug 1720, daughter of Capt. Aaron Cook) ^{[1] [2] [3]} and their children included ...

1. Joseph Leeds, b: 06 May 1665, d: 1747
2. Nathaniel Leeds, b: 27 Apr 1682, d: 1707
3. Miriam #1 Leeds, b: 1663, d: (infancy)
4. (infant) Leeds, b: 1664, d: (infancy)
5. Joseph Leeds, b: 1665, d: (infancy)
6. Joanna Leeds, b: 1667
7. Miriam #2 Leeds, b: 1670
8. John #1 Leeds, b: 1672, d: (infancy)
9. John #2 Leeds, b: 1674
10. Joseph Leeds, b: 1670, d: (infancy)
11. Benjamin Leeds, b: 1677
12. Samuel Leeds, b: 1679
13. Elizabeth Leeds, b: 07 Sep 1684, m: Samuel Deeble/Dibble
14. Rebecca Leeds, b: 1686.

He was in the Falls fight on 19 May 1676.

In 1677 he moved back to Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

He died on 28 Jan 1714/5 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and was buried at Dorchester North Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts ^[4] with inscription: "Here lyes he body of Joseph Leedes aged about 77 died January he 28th 1714/5".

Sources

1. ↑ Dorchester, Massachusetts - Births, Marriages and Deaths to the End of 1825, 21st Report of the Boston Record Commissioners & published in Boston, MA in 1890; p20 m: 08 Nov 1661 Dorchester, MA.
2. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence Almon Torrey & Genealogical Publishing Company Inc. of Baltimore, MD in 1985.
3. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900 compiled by Yates Publishing on ancestry.com citing source#1303.000; submitter=RH1.
4. ↑ (removed invalid ID) for Joseph Leedes, b: 1637; d: 28 Jan 1714/5; buried: Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA with gravestone photo.

• Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 v1 p466 by Robert Charles Anderson & published by New England Historic Genealogical Society of Boston, MA in 1995

• "Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England" v1 p445 by James Savage & Genealogical Publishing Company of Boston, MA c1861 on ancestry.com

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) compiled by Godfrey Memorial Library of Middletown, CT, USA on ancestry.com; b: 1637 Massachusetts.

• Family Data Collection - Individual Records compiled by Edmund West on ancestry.com; for Joseph Leeds, b: 1637 Dorchester, MA; d: 1715; m: 1661.

• "Families of Ancient Windsor" p161 by Henry R. Styles of Hartford, CT in 1892

• North America, Family Histories 1500-2000 on ancestry.com citing "History of the family of Benjamin Snow, who is a descendant of Richard Snow of Woburn, Massachusetts.

• World Family Tree v3 edition#1 tree#0105 customer pedigree on Family Archive CD by Broderbund Software Inc. released: 9 Feb 1996.

• Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=16636852&pid=490507257

Acknowledgements

• Leeds-191 was created by Walter B. Howe through the import of OliverHuntHoweAncestors.ged on 10 Mar 2015.