Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Leland was born on 2 June 1717, in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Hopestill Leland, Jr., was 35 and her mother, Mary Bullard, was 34. She married Phineas Adams on 22 February 1741, in Medway, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died in 1751, in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 34.
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- Esther Lealand, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Esther Lealand, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Esther Lealand, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
Perhaps a shortened form of Scottish or Irish McClellan or McLelland , but geographical distribution in England suggests it may have an unexplained English origin.
Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, especially in Agder, a compound of le ‘barway, gate’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Americanized form of Norwegian Liland: compound of li ‘hillside, mountainside’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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