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Leonard Harriman

Leonard Harriman[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]

Male Abt 1622 - 1691  (~ 69 years)


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  • Name Leonard Harriman 
    Birth Abt 1622  Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Gender Male 
    Emigration Abt 1638  Rowley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8] 
    Freeman 1647  [3] 
    Freeman 6 May 1657  Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Taxed Bef 1664  Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Property 1667  [3] 
    bought the houselot laid out to John Spofford
    • This lot was located on Bradford Street.
    Will 12 May 1691  [4, 9, 11, 13] 
    • In the name of God, Amen, I, Leonard Herriman of Rowley, in yᵉ County of Essex, in New England, being Infirme in body but of Competent understanding as formerly doe make this my last will and testament as followeth:
      Imprs, I comitt my soule into yᵉ hands of God who gave it to me & my body to decent buriall in hopes of a happy Resurection through the power & Strength & Merits of My dear Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ.
      As to my outward estate I dispose of it as followeth:
      To my eldest son, Matthew Harriman I give & bequeath all my lands & meadows in yᵉ bounds of Haverhill: provided he pay Eight pounds which I am Engaged to pay for him to Mʳ Wainwright, & forty shillings in money to his sister Mary which if he doe not I Reserve the percell of meadow I bought of Abraham Whittichar called Spiket meadow giving it to my Executor hereafter named to Enable him to pay the sᵈ sum or sums & to his son Mathew my grandchild I give my Armes & Amunition: To my son Jonathan Herriman I hereby Confirme that which I have given him by deed of gift upon marriage, & the new Leanto built agsᵗ his Roome & my shop & Loomes & all the working geers belonging to them & all my Utensills of Husbandry & half my part of the hay boat.
      Also I give him the other half of my lands in Rowley provided he pay his sister hannah Boynton within six years after my decease in Corne or Cattle or both the sum Thirty pounds: & to his sister Mary Herriman the sum of Thirty pounds within three yeares after my decease: & Suffer sᵈ Mary to Enjoy peaceably during her liueing unmarried the End of the house next the Street & two Apple Trees by sd end: & two more Apple Trees in other part of yᵉ orchard & the Garden spot before that End of yᵉ house which If he sd Jonathan by himself or heires Cause it not to be payᵈ then my Overseers here after named upon the desire of my daughters shall haue liberty to apprize so much Land now giuen by will not Giuen absolutely upon Marriage as shall pay my sd daughters what I should have payed
      To my daughter, Hannah Boynton, I giue the Sum of Thirty poundes to be paid by Jonathan her Brother or Lands upon nonpaymᵗ as Expreˢᵗ To my daughter Mary Harriman, I give yᵉ vse of the End of the house next the street so Long as shee remaindᵗʰ unmarried & yᵉ use of four apple Trees as before Expreˢᵗ as my overseers shall Set out for her use also I giue to be at her dispose Emediately upon my decease Two Cows & such household stuff as I shall Leaue & thirty pounds which Jonathan is to pay her as Expreˢᵗ upon her decease before the time prefixt as shee may giue it when payable by will or deed of gift
      Also my will is & I hereby Constitute my sd son Jonathan my sole Executor Impowring him to pay my debts & funeral Charges out of the moveable Estate not before bequeathed: & to pay himSelf such necissary Charge as he may be at about my will & the remainder I giue to be Equally divided by my overseers betwixt my sd daughters Hannah & mary within half a yeare after my decease:
      Further my will is & I hereby desire my beloved friends Nehemiah Jewit & Joseph Jewit senʳ to be my overseers to se to the fulfilling of my sd will allowing payment for any time about sd betrustment they Expenᵈ out of my Estate Notwᵗʰstanding what I haue ordered Mathew to pay; upon his paying ten shillings of Silver money to my Executor & two thousand pine bords I acquit of the rest above mentioned; to Jonathan I giue my division in the Comons near Caleb Jacksons about Eleven acres in the roome of that I sold to Samˡˡ Pearley that he had a share in. In wittness that this is my last will & Testament & that I revoke all former, and other wills I have hereunto Set my hand & Seale this twelfth day of may Anno Dom:1691

      Leonard Harriman [Sealed]

      Signed sealed and declared to be his last will and testa-ment in presence of us

      Witnesses,
      James Dickinson
      John Hopkinson
    Death 26 May 1691  Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14] 
    Inventory 5 Jun 1691  [9, 11] 

    • THE INVENTORY OF ye ESTATE OF LEONARD HARRIMAN, DECEASED, TAKEN BY ye SUBSCRIBERS ye FIFTH OF JUNE, 1691

      Imprims, half ye house & half ye homestead & barne and shopp - 30 00 00 (pounds, shillings, pence)
      It. 1/2 Hunsley hill lott and 1/2 ye acres nere it 6 acres 1/2 - 12 00 00
      It. 1/2 ye 1 acre 1/2 at newplaine - 1 10 00
      It. 1/2 ye oxpasture marsh, ye whole 3 acres - 7 10 00
      It. 1/2 ye plowing land and ruff land at ye farme 14 acres ye whole - 14 00 00
      It. 1/2 ye two acres of marsh at Oyster poynt - 05 00 00
      It. 1/2 ye acre at Wicom's spring - 03 00 00
      It. 1/2 y. 2 acres at Sandy bridge - 05 00 00
      It. 1/2 y. acre at stackyard - 03 00 00
      It. 1/2 ye acre below Jackson's ile - 01 00 00
      It. 1/2 ye highway marsh whole about 1 acre - 02 00 00
      It. 1/2 ye acre of gate marsh - 02 00 00
      It. 1/2 ye marsh in partnership with Todd all about 1 acre - 02 00 00
      It. 1/2 ye acre and 1/2 bought of Thomas Nelson - 03 00 00
      It. 1/2 ye planting lott and pasture in Bradford street Lotts - 20 00 00
      It. quick or liueing stock - 17 00 00
      It. 2 feather beds & bedding furniture, linen wearing clothes chest and pewter - 22 17 00
      It. armes books brass iron wooden earthern and glass vessels and household vtensills and cloth - 07 05 00 It. Loomes and tackling and implements of husbandry - 05 08 00 It. debts due ye estate - 02 04 02
      Total - 172 04 02

      It. debts oweing to be paid out of ye estate and funeral charges - 10 14 08 (pounds, shillings, pence)

      And to prizing proving ye wil & recording - 01 00 00

      The above sd apprizement made by us ye day and yeare above written as witnesses our hands.

      Nathaniel Jewett
      Newhemiah Jewett


      Source: Essex County Probate Records 304:385 (copy only) and transcribed for the Harriman Family Association, courtesy Lois Ware Thurston. Original will (pp. 359-361) missing from docket; docket envelope noted as empty at Essex County Probate.
    Occupation farmer and a loom manufacturer  [3, 9]
    Probate 29 Sep 1691  [4, 13, 15, 16] 
    Burial Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Cemetery:
    Rowley Burial Ground
    Person ID I15487  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2021 

    Father Matthew Harriman,   b. Between 1577 and 1590 
    Mother ________ ________ 
    Family ID F5421  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret ________,   b. 1628   d. 20 Oct 1676, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [16, 17, 18] 
    Marriage Bef 1649  [1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13] 
    Notes 
    • Lamb gives them another daughter born in 1649. She is not there in later works regarding this family.
    Children 
     1. John Harriman,   b. 16 May 1650, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1675 (Age 25 years)
    +2. Matthew Harriman, Sr.,   b. 16 Aug 1652, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1736, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     3. Hannah Harriman,   b. 22 May 1655, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1725/6, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     4. Jonathan Harriman,   b. 5 Dec 1657, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1741/2, Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     5. Mary Harriman,   b. Abt 1660, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1732, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
    Family ID F5390  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1622 - Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmigration - Abt 1638 - Rowley, Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFreeman - 6 May 1657 - Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTaxed - Bef 1664 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 May 1691 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Rowley Burial Ground - - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
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  • Coats of Arms
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  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S412] Vital Records of Rowley, MA, 88, 00603.

    2.  2.  [S414] Genealogy of the Merrick Mirick, Myrick, 165, 00234.

    3.  3.  [S416] Lamb-Savory-Harriman Family Records, 12, 00320.

    4.  4.  [S325] New England Families: Vol. 3 (pdf), 1515, 00393.

    5.  5.  [S940] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2, 359, 00191.

    6.  6.  [S38] The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia, Vol. VII, 457, 00547.

    7.  7.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 345, 00395.

    8.  8.  [S38] The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia, Vol. VI, 247, 00547.

    9.  9.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 150:40, 00390.

    10.  10.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 11539113, 00974.

    11.  11.  [S1108] TEG, 10:17, 00961.

    12.  12.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 150:41, 00390.

    13.  13.  [S416] Lamb-Savory-Harriman Family Records, 13, 00320.

    14.  14.  [S412] Vital Records of Rowley, MA, 470, 00603.

    15.  15.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 150:42, 00390.

    16.  16.  [S1108] TEG, 10:20, 00961.

    17.  17.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 50071553, 00974.

    18.  18.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 11539117, 00974.