Leonard Genealogy

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Samuel Leonard

M, #3126, b. 1738

Parents

Father*Seth Leonard (b. about 1694, d. before 5 February 1751)
Mother*Deborah Hall (b. 15 February 1708, d. before March 1761)

Biography

Samuel Leonard was born in 1738.
No record of birth, marriage, children, death in ECL's notes.

Could this be the Samuel Leonard, grandfather of Job Mason Leonard, who married Wetherell? Samuel Leonard had person sources.1
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 89, 134
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Ruth Leonard

F, #3127, b. 1740

Parents

Father*Seth Leonard (b. about 1694, d. before 5 February 1751)
Mother*Deborah Hall (b. 15 February 1708, d. before March 1761)

Biography

Ruth Leonard was born in 1740.
Last Edited7 December 2009
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Asa Leonard

M, #3128, b. before 24 March 1742

Parents

Father*Seth Leonard (b. about 1694, d. before 5 February 1751)
Mother*Deborah Hall (b. 15 February 1708, d. before March 1761)

Biography

Asa Leonard was born before 24 March 1742 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
An Asa Leonard of Bolton, CT, served 3 years in Revolutionary War, according to Vol. XII, CT Historical Series Collections. This may have been the Capt. Asa Leonard, son of Jedidiah, b. 1759. Elsewhere noted as private in American Revolution. There was an Asa b. in Preston 1734 that Manning Leonard says was a son of Samuel in the Solomon Leonard line. Asa Leonard had person sources.1 He was baptized on 24 March 1742 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
Last Edited29 September 2017

Citations

  1. [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 134
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Daniel Leonard

M, #3129, b. 1744

Parents

Father*Seth Leonard (b. about 1694, d. before 5 February 1751)
Mother*Deborah Hall (b. 15 February 1708, d. before March 1761)

Biography

Daniel Leonard was born in 1744.
No information about him, other than his name, in ECL's notes.
Last Edited7 December 2009
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Sarah Leonard

F, #3130, b. 1746, d. 29 August 1820

Parents

Father*Seth Leonard (b. about 1694, d. before 5 February 1751)
Mother*Deborah Hall (b. 15 February 1708, d. before March 1761)

Biography

Sarah Leonard was born in 1746 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut. She died on 29 August 1820 at age ~74.
Sarah may have married Rufus Barney. On May 21, 1786, Samuel Leonard's wife Mary and Sarah, wife of Rufus Barney, forego a right of dower in estate of Jonathan Barney, deceased, of Taunton.
Last Edited27 September 2017
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Silas Leonard

M, #3131, b. 1746, d. 1796

Parents

Father*Seth Leonard (b. about 1694, d. before 5 February 1751)
Mother*Deborah Hall (b. 15 February 1708, d. before March 1761)

Family: Mary Hackett (b. 3 April 1755, d. 23 September 1833)

Daughter*Thankful Leonard
Daughter*Lucinda Leonard
Son*Jonathan Leonard+ (b. 3 March 1777, d. 3 January 1868)
Son*Silas Leonard+ (b. 11 November 1778, d. 2 February 1864)
Daughter*Mary (Polly) Leonard (b. 1780, d. 19 May 1878)
Son*Lewis Leonard+ (b. 4 April 1784, d. 11 April 1851)
Daughter*Lucy Leonard (b. 1796, d. 6 November 1852)

Biography

Silas Leonard was born in 1746 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut. He and Mary Hackett were married on 1 September 1774 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.1 He died in 1796 at age ~50 in Parma, Monroe County, New York. He was buried at Leonard-Atchison Cemetery in Hilton, New York.2
There was a Silas Lenard who 9 March 1761 applied in Lyme, CT, as a minor between the age of 14 and 15 choosing to live with his uncle, Isaac Hall, as guardian until he was 21. Does this mean his mother died shortly before this date?

He told his children they originally came from Leeds, England, to RI and through CT to MA to NY (DAR Mag. 1917:353).

He was killed by the falling of a tree at Onondaga or at Hilton/Parma while clearing land.. He lived first in Canaan, CT, and later in Stockbridge, MA. In 1796 he went to Parma, NY, with his sons Jonathan, Silas, and Lewis, (see History of Monroe County, NY), joining the Atchinson family from Tolland County, CT. Silas and family were the second family to settle in the Phelps & Gorham Purchase. In 1798 after Silas had died, his son Jonathan went back to Canaan and brought his mother and sisters Lucy and Thankful to live in Parma (see History of Monroe County, NY), per ECL.

He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving under General Gates at Saratoga, and witnessing the surrender of Burgoyne. The records show a Silas, a soldier in a regiment from CT (Boston Transcript, Oct 3, 1917, May 15, 1916, and August 21, 1916). He served as a corporal in Capt. Jonathan Calkins' company, Col. Latimer's regiment. (DAR)

Descent from Seth to Dorothy Leonard Stansbury checks against descent chart from Dorothy Leonard Stansbury. Information on the Internet has Silas marrying Persis Henshaw Hincher rather than Mary Hackett, and his son Jonathan marrying Persis Henshaw. Dorothy's genealogy is in the stacks at NEHGS. She was quite a thorough researcher and made a trip to England to view the early Leonard ironworker sites.

Grassy Hill Congregational Church (NE of Laysville in the Town of Lyme) or Hamburg Congregational Church (which?) indicates early marriage of Silas Leonard and Mary Hacket 1 September 1774.

Also, a Silas Leonard enlisted 3 August 1781, discharged 4 January ?, "short levies," Second Regiment, Col. Swift, per Vol. XII, Revolutionary War, CT Historical Society Collections.

Kathleen Rodegeb, a descendant of Silas, sent info on the Parma Cemetery via e-mail 4 February 2006. Silas' tombstone indicates a death date in 1796 according to the e-mail, but ECL info has him moving to Parma in 1797. Silas Leonard had person sources.3
Last Edited26 October 2013

Citations

  1. [S600] Old Lyme First Congregational Church Records, Vol. 2, p. 42.
  2. [S353] GenWeb, Monroe Co., NY
  3. [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 135
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Mary Hackett

F, #3132, b. 3 April 1755, d. 23 September 1833

Parents

Father*Elijah Hackett
Mother*Prudence Richmond

Family: Silas Leonard (b. 1746, d. 1796)

Daughter*Thankful Leonard
Daughter*Lucinda Leonard
Son*Jonathan Leonard+ (b. 3 March 1777, d. 3 January 1868)
Son*Silas Leonard+ (b. 11 November 1778, d. 2 February 1864)
Daughter*Mary (Polly) Leonard (b. 1780, d. 19 May 1878)
Son*Lewis Leonard+ (b. 4 April 1784, d. 11 April 1851)
Daughter*Lucy Leonard (b. 1796, d. 6 November 1852)

Biography

Mary Hackett was born on 3 April 1755 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut. Silas Leonard and she were married on 1 September 1774 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.1 She died on 23 September 1833 at age 78 in Parma, Monroe County, New York.2 She was buried at Leonard-Atchison Cemetery in Hilton, New York.
Last Edited26 October 2013

Citations

  1. [S600] Old Lyme First Congregational Church Records, Vol. 2, p. 42.
  2. [S332] Kathleen Rodegeb via e-mail 4 February 2006
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Seth Leonard

M, #3133, b. about 1749, d. before 1800

Parents

Father*Seth Leonard (b. about 1694, d. before 5 February 1751)
Mother*Deborah Hall (b. 15 February 1708, d. before March 1761)

Family: Comfort Blancher (b. 1749, d. 5 March 1836)

Son*Seth Leonard+
Son*Abiel Leonard (b. 26 August 1772)
Daughter*Phebe Leonard (b. 2 November 1774, d. 13 October 1844)
Daughter*Lucy Leonard+ (b. 22 April 1777, d. 22 February 1856)
Daughter*Lois Leonard (b. about 1781, d. 4 September 1853)
Son*Abiel Leonard (b. before 8 July 1787)
Daughter*Marcy Leonard (b. before 3 August 1788)

Biography

Seth Leonard was born about 1749 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut. He and Comfort Blancher were married on 14 November 1771 in Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts.1 He died before 1800 in Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts.
Seth appears in the 1790 Census with a family of 8 -- 2 males and 6 females. There is no Seth in the Granville censuses of 1800 and 1810. Comfort Leonard appears in the 1820 census, a household of 2 females.

A Martin Leonard, age 57 (born about 1750) died as a result of a fall in Granville July 31, 1808. Could he have been related to Seth? He would have been born within a year or two of Seth. A Martin Leonard, b. 16 June 1751, unmarried, broke his neck, 1805. This Martin was the son of Luther Leonard; his brother Oliver had a son Chester who married in Granville in 1800. There are only four Leonards mentioned in Granville VR's: Martin, Chester, Nathaniel (of Sheffield m. Olive Tibbals of Granville 8 Jan 1788), and Seth Lonarde (sic) who m. Comfort Blancher (no other Blanchers or Blanchards in Granville). Martin, Chester, and Nathaniel are all of the John Leonard of Springfield branch of the Leonard family.

Is this Seth really the son of Seth of Uriah and Deborah Hall or another Seth? Seth would have been 1 or 2 years old when Seth died, but we've found no record of a guardian being appointed. Older siblings were assigned guardians per the court.

Seth had a son, Seth, according to ECL, born 20 Dec 1799 in Granville. There was a Seth born on that date in Westmoreland, NH, but that's an entirely different Seth. That Seth married Sally Hill. There were two other Seths born in 1799, but neither can be tied to Seth and Comfort.

It may have been that Seth and Comfort were quite poor and "farmed out" their children to relatives. There is also the repeat of the name, Abiel, in both the Jedidiah and Seth branches from Seth and Deborah and also the multiple baptisms of children in both of these branches. Seth Leonard had person sources.2
Last Edited28 September 2017

Citations

  1. [S259] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850
  2. [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 136
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Charity Leonard

F, #3136, b. about 1735

Parents

Father*Seth Leonard (b. about 1694, d. before 5 February 1751)
Mother*Deborah Hall (b. 15 February 1708, d. before March 1761)

Family: Ebenezer Staples (d. before 1761)

Son*Asa Staples (b. 7 September 1755)
Daughter*Parthena Staples (b. 25 December 1757)
Daughter*Lucy Staples (b. 17 July 1759)
Son*Ebenezer Staples (b. before 1761)

Biography

Charity Leonard was born about 1735. Ebenezer Staples and she were married on 30 January 1755 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.1
Was she the Charity Leonard that Ward Leonard found in Old Lyme, CT, records? Were they married in New Haven Second Church? She would have been 15 when Seth died, but there's no record of a guardianship. Charity Leonard had person sources.2
Last Edited19 November 2010

Citations

  1. [S601] Lyme Vital Records, Vol. 1, p. 87
  2. [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 89
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Ebenezer Staples

M, #3137, d. before 1761

Family: Charity Leonard (b. about 1735)

Son*Asa Staples (b. 7 September 1755)
Daughter*Parthena Staples (b. 25 December 1757)
Daughter*Lucy Staples (b. 17 July 1759)
Son*Ebenezer Staples (b. before 1761)

Biography

Ebenezer Staples was born in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut. He and Charity Leonard were married on 30 January 1755 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.1 He died before 1761.
There was an Ebenezer Staples in Smithfield in the 1774 RI Census, not this one.

Probate estate papers: Ebenezer Staples, town of Lyme, 1762, New London District, case # 5059, LDS# 1025050. Packet #5059 contains 1 bond, 1 inventory, and 1 order of court.
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S601] Lyme Vital Records, Vol. 1, p. 87
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Mary Leonard

F, #3140, b. 1740

Parents

Father*James Leonard (b. 1690, d. 9 May 1779)
Mother*Mary Dean (b. 1708, d. 23 March 1750)

Biography

Mary Leonard was born in 1740 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Nehemiah Lincoln and she were married on 9 October 1765 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Mary Leonard had person sources.1
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 90
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Nehemiah Lincoln

M, #3141, b. about 1736

Biography

Nehemiah Lincoln was born about 1736 in Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He and Mary Leonard were married on 9 October 1765 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Or was their marriage on 11 Dec 1744?
Last Edited27 August 2017
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Abigail Leonard

F, #3142, b. 1741

Parents

Father*James Leonard (b. 1690, d. 9 May 1779)
Mother*Mary Dean (b. 1708, d. 23 March 1750)

Biography

Abigail Leonard was born in 1741 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
ECL: She died unmarried. Abigail Leonard had person sources.1
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 90
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Elizabeth Leonard

F, #3143, b. 1743, d. 18 June 1825

Parents

Father*James Leonard (b. 1690, d. 9 May 1779)
Mother*Mary Dean (b. 1708, d. 23 March 1750)

Biography

Elizabeth Leonard was born in 1743 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Benjamin Ware and she were married on 29 January 1767 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She died on 18 June 1825 at age ~82 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.1 She was buried at Wrentham Center Cemetery in Wrentham, Massachusetts.
Elizabeth Leonard had person sources.2
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S675] Ware Genealogy
  2. [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 90
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Benjamin Ware

M, #3144, b. 30 January 1728, d. 3 May 1810

Parents

Father*Nathaniel Ware
Mother*Priscilla Grant

Biography

Benjamin Ware was born on 30 January 1728 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He and Elizabeth Leonard were married on 29 January 1767 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He died on 3 May 1810 at age 82 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was buried at Wrentham Center Cemetery in Wrentham, Massachusetts.
They had 7 children. Benjamin Ware had person sources.1
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S1036] Ware Family Association
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Bathsheba Leonard

F, #3145, b. 1746

Parents

Father*James Leonard (b. 1690, d. 9 May 1779)
Mother*Mary Dean (b. 1708, d. 23 March 1750)

Biography

Bathsheba Leonard was born in 1746 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Bathsheba Leonard had person sources.1
Last Edited7 December 2009

Citations

  1. [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 90
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Rev., Ensign Elijah Leonard

M, #3149, b. 18 April 1719, d. 30 July 1808

Parents

Father*Rev., Capt. Samuel Leonard (b. 1 February 1673, d. 13 April 1745)
Mother*Katherine Dean (b. August 1680, d. 22 December 1761)

Family 1: Hannah Peirce or Pitts (b. 26 December 1724, d. 15 January 1814)

Son*George Leonard+ (b. 9 July 1749, d. 17 March 1827)
Son*Elijah Leonard+ (b. about 1753, d. 21 August 1822)

Family 2: Hannah Leonard (b. 18 July 1731, d. 20 February 1763)

Daughter*Sarah Leonard (b. 6 June 1756, d. 3 October 1843)
Daughter*Hannah A. Leonard+ (b. before 9 July 1758, d. 28 October 1848)
Son*Rev. Elijah Leonard+ (b. 28 April 1760, d. 8 February 1834)
Daughter*Abigail Leonard (b. 1762, d. 29 November 1793)

Family 3: Hannah Pitts (b. 20 February 1736, d. 13 March 1828)

Son*Capt. Edward Leonard (b. 1767, d. 15 December 1837)
Daughter*Abiah Leonard (b. 1771, d. 29 November 1799)
Son*Samuel Leonard (b. 1774, d. 27 May 1832)

Biography

Rev., Ensign Elijah Leonard, was born on 18 April 1719 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.1 He and Hannah Peirce or Pitts were married about 1748 in Raynham or Taunton, Massachusetts. He and Hannah Leonard were married on 10 July 1755 at Church of Christ in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Stover, Raynham VR's, gives date of intent as 8 Feb and date of marriage as 24 Feb 1755.2 He and Hannah Pitts were married on 17 September 1764 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.3 He died on 30 July 1808 at age 89 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts. He was buried at Town Center Cemetery in Raynham, Massachusetts.4
He resided at Raynham near the Old Forge (Raynham Forge). He eventually took over management of the forge, ran up debts, and finally sold the forge to the Deans.

Did Elijah and Hannah have a son, George, born 1749 (before they were married? Or is marriage date wrong?). And a son, Elijah, born 1749 or 1753? Was Elijah married once before marrying Hannah Leonard? To whom? To a Susannah LNU, married abt. 1747, Susannah dying before Elijah marrying Hannah Leonard? Elijah named his first daughter Susannah.

Another thought: the two Hannah Peirce/Pitts have different fathers and mothers and could be different people.

ECL says that Elijah Leonard bought of Elnathan Jones his homestead for 240 pounds on April 4, 1752, which perhaps indicates he was married before 1752 and before his marriage with Susan Leonard. This seems to be about the best explanation of the births of George and Elijah and perhaps Job Strong Leonard as well. No more definitive information of their origins has been found.

Was Elijah the Elijah Leonard who kept the records of the Raynham Church of Christ from 18 April 1765 until some later date when Rev. Perez Fobes took over? He apparently was a deacon of the Church.

Was his highest militia rank Ensign or Captain? He is referred to as Capt. Elijah Leonard in his marriage to Hannah Pitts. See notes to Hannah Pitts.

The 1790 Census lists an Elijah Leonard household consisting of 3 males over 16 and 3 females.

Dighton VR's, Book B1, p. 191, lists and Elijah Leonard of Taunton marrying a Hannah Peirce of Dighton Nov 1781. This or Elijah? Did he marry a third time?

ECL mentions a child, Henry. There was a Henry Leonard b. abt. 1790 who lived in Lee, MA, and who was the child of an Elijah Leonard and Hannah ? (probably Peirce) of Dighton. Who was the Elijah Leonard of Berkshire Co., was it he who married Hannah Peirce?

In his mother's will, Elijah received land in Easton.

There was also an Elijah Learned, occasionally spelled Leonard, b. 14 Nov 1739 in Charlton, Worcester Co., MA, married to Rachel Kingsbury. This family goes back through a series of Isaacs to Bermondsey, Surrey, England.

Elijah's two account books are on file with the Massachusetts Historical Society. Rev., Ensign Elijah Leonard, had person sources.5 He and Hannah Pitts were married on 17 September 1764 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
Last Edited25 December 2019

Citations

  1. [S315] Massachusetts Town Birth Records -- Taunton
  2. [S89] Raynham VR, Church of Christ, manuscript records, OCHS, Taunton.
  3. [S568] Vital Records of Raynham, MA, Margaret Harris Stover, 1997, p. 89
  4. [S582] Old Cemeteries of Southeastern Massachusetts, Charles M. Thatcher, 1880's.
  5. [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 57, p. 101. #87.
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Hannah Leonard

F, #3150, b. 18 July 1731, d. 20 February 1763

Parents

Father*Thomas Leonard, Jr. (b. 8 September 1696, d. 1 July 1774)
Mother*Sarah Walker (b. 30 April 1709, d. 15 January 1753)

Family: Rev., Ensign Elijah Leonard, (b. 18 April 1719, d. 30 July 1808)

Daughter*Sarah Leonard (b. 6 June 1756, d. 3 October 1843)
Daughter*Hannah A. Leonard+ (b. before 9 July 1758, d. 28 October 1848)
Son*Rev. Elijah Leonard+ (b. 28 April 1760, d. 8 February 1834)
Daughter*Abigail Leonard (b. 1762, d. 29 November 1793)

Biography

Hannah Leonard was born on 18 July 1731 in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts.1 Rev., Ensign Elijah Leonard, and she were married on 10 July 1755 at Church of Christ in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Stover, Raynham VR's, gives date of intent as 8 Feb and date of marriage as 24 Feb 1755.2 She died on 20 February 1763 at age 31 in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts. In Raynham death record, she was called wife of Deacon Elijah Leonard.3 She was buried at Town Center Cemetery in Raynham, Massachusetts.4
Is the marriage date wrong? Should it be 1748 or 1749? CT? Was son Elijah born before they were married?

Church records say "June 19, 1768 Baptized Edward ye son of Deacon Elijah Leonard and his wife Hannah..." Hannah Leonard had person sources.5,6
Last Edited3 August 2017

Citations

  1. [S155] First Book of Raynham Records, p. 436
  2. [S89] Raynham VR, Church of Christ, manuscript records, OCHS, Taunton.
  3. [S662] Margaret Harris Stover, Vital Records of Raynham, Massachusetts, The Mayflower Society, 1997, p. 165
  4. [S582] Old Cemeteries of Southeastern Massachusetts, Charles M. Thatcher, 1880's.
  5. [S89] Raynham VR, p. 565
  6. [S564] Elisha Clark Leonard - George Marston Leonard, "James Leonard of Taunton, MA, Ironmaster," manuscript, 1959, p. 91A
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