Leach, Lemuel

Seth married Harvey, Jenny on 9 Oct 1732 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Jenny (daughter of Harvey, Nathaniel and Unknown, Susannah) was born in 1714 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Seth married Whitman, Mary. Mary was born in 1664 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Nathaniel, son of Thomas (3) Harvey, was born at Taunton, in 1673, and in 1700 was a member of the first military company of the town. In 1708 he was living in the North Purchase of Taunton, and was one of the petitioners for a new precinct. He married Susannah ---. His children settled at Bridgewater. Children: 1. Nathaniel, born 1705; mentioned below. And doubtless: 2. Joseph. 3. Jenny, married, 1732, ---. 4. Mary, married, 1739, Charles Cushman. 5. Elizabeth (?), married ---, 1747. 6. Mehitable (?), married, 1738, Caleb Orcutt. "
Source:
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, vol. 4
By George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
Published by Lewis historical publishing company, 1909
Beginning Page 2149
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"Nathaniel Harvey has left behind him but very few traces. His wife's name was Susannah ; and she was one of the first persons who called for aid from the town. There was some controversy between Norton and Taunton relative to her legal residence; but in April, 1713, the Court of Sessions decided that Mr. Harvey and his wife were inhabitants of Norton, and their relations were ordered to give assistance to Susannah."

Source: A History of the Town of Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, From 1669-1859

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He was a member of the "First Military Company" of Taunton in 1700. In 1708 he was living in the "North Purchase," and was one of the petitioners for a new precinct,

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"lived in Taunton North Purchase and was one of the petitioners for a new town that led to the division of the Purchase fromTaunton into the the towns of Norton and Easton."
Source: Carver, Fred E. and Margaret R.; Genealogy of the Rev, Eleazer Carver Family" Part II Allied Families, page 285

Died:
Based on Susannah's request for aid

Nathaniel married Unknown, Susannah about 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Apr 1713, Norton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

"Nathaniel Harvey has left behind him but very few traces. His wife's name was Susannah ; and she was one of the first persons who called for aid from "the town. There was some controversy between Norton and Taunton relative to her legal residence; but in April, 1713, the Court of Sessions decided that Mr. Harvey and his wife were inhabitants of Norton, and their relations were ordered to give assistance to Susannah."

Source: A History of the Town of Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, From 1669-1859

Notes:

Resturant Owner.
Thomas and Experience were first cousins Her father was William Harvey b 1614 brother of Thomas Harvey b 1617. Owned one of the first recorded "ordinary" or eating house in Taunton MA. Was Sgt. in Taunton Military Co.
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Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Harvey, was born in Taunton, in 1643. He married, in 1668, Experience, daughter of William Harvey (2), his uncle. Her brother Thomas married Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon John Willis, of Bridgewater. Thomas Harvey was proprietor of the ordinary in Taunton. He was an original owner of lot 77 in Taunton South Purchase; was sergeant in the military company in 1673, raised to march against the Dutch in New York and New Jersey; was grantee in the Bradford deed of Taunton in 1689. He was impressed for service in King William's war. He deeded to his son Ebenezer the homestead of four hundred acres, adjoining the farms of his sons Thomas and Ebenezer, on the highway leading to Brown's Brook, in consideration of love, etc., and with the obligation to care for his sisters Experience and Mary, as well as his parents, while they lived. Thomas died in 1726; his wife in 1720. Children, born at Taunton: 1. Thomas, born 1669; died 1748. 2. John, born 1671; died 1739. 3. Nathaniel, born 1673; mentioned below. 4. Ebenezer, born 1675; died 1757. 5. Experience, born about 1677; married, January 20, 1709, Elisha Hayward, of Bridgewater. 6. Mary, born 1679; married, June 21, 1716, Nathaniel Hayward, of Bridgewater.

Source:
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, vol. 4
By George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
Published by Lewis historical publishing company, 1909
Beginning Page 2149

Thomas married Harvey, Experience in 1668 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Experience (daughter of Harvey, William and Hucker, Joane) was born on 4 Mar 1644 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was christened on 10 Mar 1644 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA; died in 1719 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in 1720 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Experience the daughtr of William & Joane Harvie borne 4 (1) 1644"

Source: "The Early Records of Boston "; The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 8, page 38; New England Historical and Genealocial Society, 1854

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Marriage note:

Torrey, Clarence Almon, Harvey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 ( Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md., 198), page 350.

Harvey, Thomas & Experiance [Harvey] (1644-); 1668; Taunton.

"When the bride's surname is within brackets, Torrey had found a reliable source that identified the bride's maiden surname with a good deal of confidence. These
sources are often based on indirect evidence such as a deed or a will. "Introduction to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Birth:
Possibly 4 Apr 1644