Leonard Drowne (abt. 1646 - 1729)

Born about 1646 in Penryn, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Abbott) Drowne — married about 1675 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Drowne — married 4 Nov 1707 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1729 at about age 83 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Colony

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Biography

...Leonard Drowne, 1646-1729, the ancestor of the Drowne family who came from England about 1660, settled and carried on ship building at Kittery, Maine, but in consequence of Indian wars removed his family and business to Boston, Mass., in 1692.^[1]

Parents need verification

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Corrected Second Marriage

The second marriage originally shown in this profile, to Mary Abbott Caverly -- widow of William Caverly of Portsmouth -- does not match existing primary records; the marriage record ^[2] shows this wife as Mary Caley, not Caverly, and the NYGBR piece quoted below names her as the widow of Robert Caley of Malden. Torrey's "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" ^[3] records the marriage, "by 1688?" of Robert Calley (sic) to a wife named Mary; and William Caverly is not known to have died prior to 1732 -- the year his will was proved -- making a 1707 remarriage of his widow unlikely. Further complicating matters is the unsourced 1705 death date shown in Mary Abbott's profile; no primary source has been found to verify it, but if accurate, it obviously makes a 1707 remarriage impossible. In view of these facts, the second wife has been changed to Mary Unknown Calley.

Event

Event: burial location

Place: Copps Hill Burial Ground, Boston, MA

Quote From Savage^[4]

• DROWNE, LEONARD, Kittery, shipwright, m. Elizabeth Abbot, perhaps d. of Richard of Portsmouth, had Solomon, b. 23 Jan. 1682; Samuel, Simeon, Shem, Susanna, wh. m. as is said, John Johnson of Boston, and Mary, wh. m. as is said, 24 Apr. 1712, James Kettle of Charlestown. Little is to be glean. exact. on priv. life of most in that country in that age, when liable to be driv. from his home, as was D. for yrs. after being one of the found. of the first Bapt. ch. in Maine 1682. He had practis. his trade at Boston a doz. yrs. when his w. d. 1704; and by sec. w. had no ch. He d. 31 Oct. 1729, aged 83. See Greenleaf, 241.
  • SHEM, Boston, s. of Leonard of the same, had, it is erron. said, m. a d. of Richard Russell, nam. Catharine, as is further said, and thro. her deriv. title to the gr. of Eastern lds. made to Aldworth and Elbridge from Sir F. Gorges bef. Boston was sett. See Drake, 615, wh. got his inform. through poor source, in this matter. His w. was d. of Timothy Clark, in his will well provid. for. He d. 13 Jan. 1774; and had d. Sarah, wh. m. Rev. Jeremiah Condy of Boston. Rev. Samuel, b. at Bristol, R. I. was min. of 3d Congr. ch. Portsmouth, N. H. his br. Solomon was, 1773, an Assist. of R. I.; and one Nathaniel P. a physician, wh. d. at Boston 9 Feb. 1771, in his 26th yr. had been gr. H. C. 1764.
  • SOLOMON, Bristol, br. of the preced. m. 8 Nov. 1705, and had eleven ch. Solomon, b. 4 Oct. 1706; Esther, 26 Oct. 1708; Elizabeth 8 Sept. 1710; Joseph, 8 Feb. 1712; Bathsheba, 10 June 1715; Benjamin, 9 June 1717; Mary, 7 June 1719; Samuel, 31 July 1721; Sarah, 23 July 1723; Jonathan, 29 July 1725; and Shem, 13 June 1728. He d. 9 Oct. 1730, and his wid. (whose name of bapt. or fam. we see not) d. 26 July 1744.

NYGBR^[5]

Leonard Drowne, b. 1646 in England; died 31 Oct 1629, age 83, at Boston; m. (1) Elizabeth Abbot, d/o Walter and Sarah (_____) Abbot (she died 5 May 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts); m. (2) 4 Nov 1707 Boston by Rev. Cotton Mather, Mary (_____) Caley, widow of Robert Caley of Malden, Mass., who d. 15 Feb 1702-3,

Leonard resided at Sturgeons Creek, Kittery, Maine until 1692, then at Boston, Mass. He was a shipbuilder. He came from West of England about 1660.

Children:

• Solomon
• Esther
• Elizabeth
• Joseph
• Bathsheba
• Benjamin
• Mary
• Samuel
• Sarah
• Jonathan
• Shem

Sources

1. ↑ Henry Russell Drowne, Some Vital Records of Providence, R. I., The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, V. 46, No. 1 (1915), p. 80. http://www.ancestraltrackers.org/ny/resources/new-york-genealogical-biographical-record-v46.pdf
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch ([1] : 4 November 2017), Leonard Drown and Mary Caley, 04 Nov 1707; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts
3. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, [2] (subscription required)
4. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862. [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/A_Genealogical_Dictionary_of_the_First_Settlers_of_New_England Vol 2 p. 73
5. ↑ Registration of Pedigrees: Drowne...Henry Russell Drowne. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 42:438 (1911).

• Wikipedia Leonard Drowne.

• Marriage (2) (to Mary Caley, 04 November 1707, at Boston): "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch ([3] : 4 November 2017), Leonard Drown and Mary Caley, 04 Nov 1707; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 818,093.

• Death (including image of gravestone): Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 August 2018), memorial page for Leonard Edward Drowne (1646–31 Oct 1729), Find A Grave Memorial no. 8445347, citing Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Thomas A Hawkins (contributor 46513232), [4]

• Note : obtained from Family Search Ancestral File at Mormon web site. info is submitted by other researchers and is not verified.

• http://www.mygenealogyhound.com/pennsylvania-biographies/pennsylvania-montgomery-county-biographies/william-appleton-drown-jr-genealogy-montgomery-county-pennsylvania-abington-township-pa.html#