John GLEASON

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John Gleason's name is the first recorded on a tax list June 2, 1710, 2s 5d. He and his brother Isaac received the greater portion of the estate of their father Thomas Gleason. July 11, 1711, he was a signer of a petition to purchase lands from the Indians; on March 24, 1712, he was on a committee to regulate disorders in the meeting house. During the winter of 1714 school was kept one month in his house. On March 5, 1715, he was given charge of the town stock of ammunition. April 19, 125, he was on a committee to arrange for the erection of a new meeting house; Dec. 1730 was a signer of a petition to the general court to have the town of Framingham divided. The records of 1735 contain the following entry: "In this year Wm. Pike sold for L14 to John Gleason & four others, intrust for the whole town of Framingham, 4 acres of land." He was selectman 1718-21-31.

John married Abigail LEARNED in 1706/7 in Framingham, Massachusetts. Abigail was born on 11 Mar 1684 in Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Samuel GLEASON was born on 13 Dec 1715 in Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died in 1796 in Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

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Thomas settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1665, on the east side of Cochituate Pond, or Long Pond, as it was uniformly called in the early records. This pond lies partly in Natick, partly in Sudbury and partly in Framingham. Sept. 29, 1673 he bought by exchange from Benjamin and Mary Rice the northerly one half of eighty acres, which lay between Beaver Dam Brook, Gleason's Pond and Gleason's Hill in Framingham. Gleason's Pond, as it is still called, covers about 13 acres. It was named for Thomas Gleason, and for four generations his descendants lived upon its borders. Thomas' own home was built near it in 1678. Oct 5th, 1678 he was received as an inhabitant in the town of Sherborn, where he enjoyed civil and religious privileges, his estate being taxable there up to 1700.

Thomas was a signer of a petition March 3rd, 1692, to the General Court at Boston to purchase adjacent land from the Indians in Natick Bounds for the incorporation of Framingham. The name of his son Thomas Jr. appears on the same petition.

The location of Thomas Gleason's farm near Sudbury is sometimes described as being in Natick's Bounds in the town of Sherborn, but between the years 1667 and 1710 it was recognized as a part of Framingham.

The early records show a number of land transfers made by Thomas Gleason.

His Will was proven Sept. 10, 1705.

Thomas married Sarah ?. Sarah died on 8 Jul 1703 in Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]