Surname Saturday - GLEASON (England > Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am up to number 519: Susannah GLEASON (1676-1756). [Note: The 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].  This starts my 7th great-grandmothers.  

My ancestral line back through three  generations of GLEASON families is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)

128.  Norman Seaver (1734-1787)
129.  Sarah Read (1736-1809)

258.  Isaac Read (1704-1780)
259.  Experience Willis (1709-1787)


518.  Samuel Willis, born 01 April 1675 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 26 November 1758 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1036. Roger Willis and 1037. Ruth Hill.  He married before July 1703 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
519.  Susannah Gleason, born 24 March 1676 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 12 May 1756 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Samuel Willis and Susannah Gleason are:  Samuel Willis (1705-????); Experience Willis (1709-1787); Joseph Willis (1712-1799); Elijah Willis (1720-1756).

1038.  Joseph Gleason, born 1642 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 20 May 1715 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married June 1667 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1039.  Martha Russell, born 1647 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 02 March 1684 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2078. William Russell and 2079. Martha Davies.

Children of Joseph Gleason and Martha Russell are:  Joseph Gleason (1668-1669); Joseph Gleason (1670-1711); Martha Gleason (1673-1685); Susannah Gleason (1676-1756); Joyce Gleason (1678-1724);  Abigail Gleason (1680-1718); Mary Gleason (1682-1752); Isaac Gleason (1684-1758).

2076.  Thomas Gleason, born about 1610 in probably Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, England; died 1686 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married April 1636 in Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, England.
2077.  Susannah Page, born before 04 December 1614 in Ingham, Suffolk, England; died 24 January 1691 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4154. Thomas Page and 4155. Susanna.

Children of Thomas Gleason and Susannah Page are:  Thomas Gleason (1639-1705); Joseph Gleason (1642-1715); John Gleason (1645-1689); William Gleason (1648-1691); Philip Gleason (1650-1690); Nathaniel Gleason (1651-1676); Isaac Gleason (1654-1698); Mary Gleason (1657-????); Ann Gleason (1659-1741).

The resources used for the information above include:

1)  Published Massachusetts town vital records books

2)  John Barber White (pub.), Lillian May Wilson (editor), Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass, 1607-1909 (Haverhill, Mass. : Nichols Press, 1909).

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