Abigail Leach

1. Abigail Woodbury (Joseph Woodbury3, Nicholas Woodbury2, William Woodbury1) was born 04 JUL 1692 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, and died 01 MAY 1751 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. She married Richard Leach I 24 NOV 1715, son of Samuel Leach I and Hannah Baldwin. He was born 06 MAY 1690 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, and died FEB 1765 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

	  Children of Abigail Woodbury and Richard Leach I are:

• 2 i. Elizabeth Leach was born 25 APR 1717 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, and died 03 APR 1718.
• 3 ii. Benjamin Leach was born 13 JAN 1718, and died in Died Young.
• + 4 iii. Hannah Leach was born 13 DEC 1720 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, and died 06 JUL 1777.
• 5 iv. Abigail Leach was born 15 MAY 1726 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, and died 01 MAR 1797.
• 6 v. Andrew Leach was born 1730, and died 1750 in London, England.
• + 7 vi. Samuel Leach was born 19 OCT 1731 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, and died ABT APR 1758 in By Indians.
• 8 vii. Richard Leach II was born 09 OCT 1735, and died 1758 in At Sea. He married Sarah Morgan 02 MAR 1758.
• + 9 viii. Benjamin Leach I was born 02 JAN 1723 in Manchester

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Abigail Woodbury 4 July 1692–about 1 May 1751 (Age 58) Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Abigail

When Abigail Woodbury was born on 4 July 1692, in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Woodbury, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth West, was 28. She married Richard Leach on 24 November 1715, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died about 1 May 1751, in her hometown, at the age of 58.

Parents and Siblings

Joseph Woodbury Male 1659–1714

•  Male

Elizabeth West Female 1663–1714

•  Female

Siblings (10)

Sarah Woodbury Female 1688–Deceased

•  Female

Joseph Woodbury Male 1690–1761

•  Male

Elizabeth Woodbury Female 1690–1775

•  Female

Samuel Woodbury Male 1690–1693

•  Male

Abigail Woodbury Female 1692–1751

•  Female +5 More Children

Story Highlight Leach family in Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (1908) Extract from, William Richard Cutter, _Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts_, vol.1 (1908); digital images, _Internet Archive_ (accessed 2013) …

Spouse and Children

Richard Leach Male 1690–1764

•  Male

Abigail Woodbury Female 1692–1751

•  Female

Marriage 24 November 1715 Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Children (8)

Elizabeth Leach Female 1717–1718

•  Female

Benjamin Leach Male 1718–1724

•  Male

Hannah Leach Female 1720–1777

•  Female

Capt Benjamin Leach Male 1724–1769

•  Male

Abigail Leach Female 1725–1797

•  Female +3 More Children

Sources (3)

Abigel Woodbery in entry for Richard Leach, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"

Abigail Woodberry, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Abigail Woodbery, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

1680 1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800

Richard Leach

1690–1764 Abigail Woodbury

1692–1751 Marriage: 24 November 1715

Elizabeth Leach

1717–1718 Abigail Leach

1725–1797 Benjamin Leach

1718–1724 Hannah Leach

1720–1777 Capt Benjamin Leach

1724–1769 Andrew Leach

1730–1750 Capt Samuel Leach

1731–1758 Richard Leach

1735–1758 Name Meaning

Woodbury

Abigail English: habitational name from any of various places, notably in Devon, called Woodbury, from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + byrig, dative of burh ‘fortified place’, or from either of two places called Woodborough, in Nottinghamshire and Wiltshire. The Nottinghamshire place name is from Old English wudu + burh, while Woodborough in Wiltshire is named with the same first element + Old English beorg ‘hill’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names Woodberry Woodby