James
Gleason
Born in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Gleason IV
and Susanna (Haven) Gleason
Brother of
Susanna (Gleason) Merriam, Mercy (Gleason) Streeter, Thomas Gleason V, Ruth (Gleason) Haven, Elizabeth (Gleason) Streeter, Experience (Gleason) Aldrich, Nathaniel Gleason, Comfort Gleason, Esther Gleason and Elijah Gleason
Husband of
Elizabeth (Atwell) Gleason
— married
about 7 Feb 1751 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
James Gleason and John Gleason
Died
at age 80
in Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jun 2011
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Biography
James Gleason was born in Oxford, Massachusetts on Sep 10, 1723. He was son of Thomas Gleason and Susanna Haven. [1]
James married Elizabeth Atwell on Feb 7, 1751, location not given. [2]
James was a "somewhat eccentric character". He was a physician and a Universalist minister. In 1765 he bought the Campbell Grant of 400 acres in North Gore, where he removed and spent the last years of his life. In 1798 he published a treatise of 190 pages titled "Exposition of the First Three Chapters of Genesis". [2]
His children were
- James Gleason
- Nathan Gleason
- John Gleason
- Jesse Gleason
- Lucretia Gleason
- Gleason
- Elizabeth Gleason
- Sophia Gleason
- Jacob Gleason
James Gleason died on Oct 9, 1803. [2]
Sources
- ↑ https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Worcester/Oxford/Images/Oxford_B047.shtml
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass by White, John Barbar; WIlson, Lillian Mae, editor. Publisher Haverhill, Mass., Press of the Nichols print, 1909. Page 80
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- David Gleason
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-P311, FTDNA kit #257562 - T Gleason :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #385006
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~0.78%
William Gleason :
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~0.39%
George Foster :
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~0.39%
Wendy (Wood) Callahan :
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