Ezekiel Leighton

1658 - 1723  (65 years)

• Name	Ezekiel Leighton
  	Father: Richard Leighton (1836-1682) Mother: Mary J, Cheney (1635-1682) [8] His name was also spelt "Liton".
  Birth	8 Feb 1658	Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2, 3]
  Residence	1691 (32 years)	Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [8]
  History	17 Oct 1691 (33 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Death	22 Nov 1723	Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 3]
  Burial	Aft 22 Nov 1723	Rowley Burial Ground, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   Rowley Burial Ground, Rowley, Massachusetts   [2]
  	Gravestone of Ezekiel Leighton HERE LIES Ye BODY OF EZEKIEL LAITON WHO DIED NOUE Ye 21th 1723 IN THE 66 YEAR OF HIS AGE His gravestone was probably carved by his son, Richard, who carved most of the gravestones in this burial ground from 1720 to 1749. Plot: 11 Row, West 4
  Probate/Proved	23 Dec 1723 (65 years)	Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [7]
  His will was probated.
  Person ID, Branch	I26190
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Rebekah Woodman,   b. 29 Jul 1663, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 9 Mar 1727, Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	23 Mar 1686	Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11]
  	Marriage Record of Ezekiell Liton and Rebeckah Woodman
  Age at Marriage	He : 28 years and 1 month - She : 22 years and 8 months.
  Children	1687 to 1695  [3]
  1. Richard Leighton (1687–1749) 2. Mary Leighton (1690–1757) 3. Ezekiel Leighton (1693–1694) 4. Ezekiel Leighton (1695–1716)
  Family ID	F9694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Ezekiel Leighton(1658 – 1723) 2 3

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Feb 1658 - Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Marriage - 23 Mar 1686 - Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Residence - 1691 - Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Death - 22 Nov 1723 - Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Burial - Aft 22 Nov 1723 - Rowley Burial Ground, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 23 Dec 1723 - Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1827] Coffin, Joshua, List of Some Descendants of Edward Woodman who Settled at Newbury, Mass. A. D. 1635, (Newburyport, Massachusetts: Union Job Office, 1855). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 11548617 Ezekiel Laiton . [S1924] GeneaNET Web Site, (https://gw.geneanet.org). [S621] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897). [S646] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume III, Reprint 1916, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982). [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Ezekiell Liton and Rebeckah Woodman . [S914] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015). [S808] Savage, James. A 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 Register, volume III, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1861). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). [S396] Woodman, J. H., A List of the Descendants of Mr. Joshua Woodman, who settled at Kingston, N.H., about 1736, (Brunswick, Maine: J. Griffin, 1856). [S398] Woodman, John A., Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman who settled at Ould Newbury Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1635, (Ocala, Florida: by author, 1995).