Experience Leland1

F, b. 16 May 1656, d. 20 December 1708
     Experience was born on Tuesday, 16 May 1656 in Medfield Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Henry & Margaret [Babcock] Leland. Experience married John Colburn, son of Nathaniel Colburn and Priscilla Clarke, on 25 June 1674 in Medfield Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.







morse.2,3 John & Experience had children: John [12/14/1675], Ebenezer [10/21/1677], Deborah [3/24/1680], Hannah [9/16/1683], Bethia [2/28/1686], Daniel [8/04/1689] & Experience [3/16/1692].4,5 Experience's husband, John, died on 29 January 1706 in Dedham leaving her a widow.6 Experience departed this life on Thursday, 20 December 1708 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

Citations

  1. [S115] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Registar, Volume III: page 77 - William Leland.






























  2. [S115] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Registar, Volume III: page 77 - Leland, Henry, Dorchester 1653, s. of the first Hopestill, rem. to Medfield, had by w. Margaret Badcock, or Babcock, sis. of Robert (wh. in fam. tradit. he is vainly reckon, to have brot. perhaps with her first born, from Eng. 1652), Hopestill, bapt. at D. May 1653, d. soon ; Hopestill, again, 15 Nov. 1655 ; Experience, 16 May 1656; Ebenezer, 2 or 25 Jan. 1658; and Eleazer, 16 June 1660; with w. Margaret are nam. the four ch. in his will of 27 Mar. pro. 8 June 1680. He was of that pt. of M. wn. bec. Sherborn. Experience m. it is said, 1672, John Colburn of Dedham.
  3. [S2083] New England Marriages Prior to 1700: Voume 1 page 345.
  4. [S1165] Herbert W. Sumner Jr., Birth Records of Dedham, Massachusetts, page 610 - Daniel Colburn, son of John, 4 August 1689
    page 611 - Experience Colburn, dau. of John & Experience, 16 March 1692.
  5. [S1164] Herbert W. Sumner Jr., Birth Records of Dedham, Massachusetts, page 414 - John Colburn, son of John & Experience, 14 December 1675
    page 414- Ebenezer Colburn, son of John & Experience, 21 October 1677
    page 416 - Deborah Colburn, dau. of John & Experience, 14 March 1680
    page 417 - Hannah Colburn, dau. John & Experience, 16 September 1683
    page 418 - Bethia Colburn, dau. John & Experience, 28 February 1686.
  6. [S2084] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1620-1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016): Dedham Volume 1 page 29.