Roy Family Genealogy

1681 - 1760 (78 years)

Name Hopestill Leland

Birth 4 Aug 1681 Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Married 24 Feb 1702 (20 years) Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. [1]

Mary Bullard, the daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Thorpe) Bullard. She was born on 20 March 1683 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. She died on Monday 8 May 1758 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.

Issue:
1. Daniel Leland (1702-____)
2. Abigail Leland (1704-____)
3. Daniel Leland (1707-____)
4. Ruth Leland (1712-____)
5. Rachel Leland (1715-____)
6. Esther Leland (1717-____)
7. Mary Leland (1720-____)
8. Silence Leland (1722-____)
9. Experience Leland (1725-____)
10. Sarah Leland (1728-____)

Occupation say 1711 (29 years)

Hopestill raised hemp and manufactured ropes and halters which he annually carried to Rhode Island and exchanged for wool.

Death 7 Jun 1760 Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Siblings 2 brothers and 1 sister

	1. Ensign Henry Leland, b. 22 Feb 1679, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1732, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 52 years)
	2. Hopestill Leland, b. 4 Aug 1681, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 7 Jun 1760, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 78 years)
+	3. Abigail Leland, b. 17 Feb 1683, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 30 Nov 1761, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 78 years) ▻ Lt. John Bullard, m. 7 Jan 1702
	4. John Leland, b. 11 Oct 1687, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 7 Jan 1759, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 71 years)

Half siblings 5 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of Hopestill Leland and Patience Holbrook)

	1. Deacon William Leland, b. 11 Feb 1692, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Mar 1743, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 51 years)
	2. Eleazer Leland, b. 8 Apr 1695, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1717 (Age 21 years)
	3. Joseph Leland, b. 9 May 1698, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
	4. Isaac Leland, b. 2 Jun 1701, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. After 1760, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 59 years)
	5. Joshua Leland, b. 5 May 1705, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
	6. Margaret Leland, b. 25 Dec 1708, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Patriarch & Matriarch

Hopestill Layland, b. Abt 1580, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England

d. 1655, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

(Age 75 years) (Great Grandfather)

Hannah Johnson, b. Abt 1632 d. Nov 1690, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

(Age 58 years) (Grandmother)

Person ID, Branch I19845

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

Father	Deacon Hopestill Leland, b. 15 Nov 1655, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 19 Aug 1729, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 73 years)
Mother	Abigail Hill, b. 2 Feb 1658/59, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Oct 1689, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 30 years)
Family ID	F152	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Pedigree

Event Map

	Birth - 4 Aug 1681 - Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
	Married - 24 Feb 1702 - Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
	Death - 7 Jun 1760 - Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

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Sources

🟢 Primary Evidence
🟡 Secondary Evidence
🟠 Tertiary Evidence
🔴 Unreliable Evidence

[S971] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 , (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1911).

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