Joan Leonard
F, #4638, b. 1632
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Biography
Joan Leonard was born in 1632.
According to Hannah Leonard Deane, she remained in England.
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Sarah Leonard
F, #4639, b. before 23 February 1636, d. about 1720
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Biography
Sarah Leonard was born before 23 February 1636 in Publow Parish, Pencefield, Sommersetshire, England.
Robert Fairbanks and she were married on 6 August 1676 in Lambstown, Ireland.
John Thompson and she were married on 4 February 1679 in Salem County, New Jersey. She died about 1720 in Elsinboro, Salem County, New Jersey.
Sarah was baptized February 22, 1633/4 in Publow Parish, Somersetshire, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Leonard. Publow and adjacent Pensford are on the Chew River. Iron ore of good quality was mined nearby.
In 1677, she and Robert Fairbanks moved to New Jersey, sailing on the ship "Mary" of Dublin. They were married in Ireland in 1676. See NJ Archives, will of Robert Fairbanks. They were Quakers. Sarah married (2) John Thompson. In her will of May 23, 1720, Sarah Thompson of Elsenburgh, Salem Co, NJ, names her "kinsmen Henry Leonard of Cape May and Thomas Leonard of East Jersey" and children of "brother James Leonard. " She mentions a granddaughter, Lydia, daughter of Thomas and Mary Thompson, Henry, son of Samuel Stubbins, John, Jane, Ann, Elizabeth, and James, children of James Thompson, Rachel Tyler, daughter of Thomas Thompson. She apparently had no children of her own. Sarah Leonard had person sources.
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Citations
- [S611] Bill Barton, , p. 59
Robert Fairbanks
M, #4640, b. 1632, d. before 23 September 1678
Biography
Robert Fairbanks was born in 1632 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. He and
Sarah Leonard were married on 6 August 1676 in Lambstown, Ireland. He died before 23 September 1678 in Elsingburgh, Salem County, New Jersey.
In 1653 he went to Ireland and in 1677 to New Jersey on the ship, "Mary," landing at Elsingburgh, NJ, December 12, 1677.
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John Thompson
M, #4641, b. May 1635
Family: Sarah Leonard (b. before 23 February 1636, d. about 1720)
Biography
John Thompson was born in May 1635 in Kirkfenton, Yorkshire, England. He and
Sarah Leonard were married on 4 February 1679 in Salem County, New Jersey.
John and his family emigrated along with Robert Fairbanks and his family aboard the ship, "Mary," in 1677. John was a farmer and a brewer and an elder of the Quaker Church.
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Hannah Leonard
F, #4642, b. 8 December 1691
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Biography
Hannah Leonard was born on 8 December 1691 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
1 Note: ECL-GML Genealogy does not have this second Hannah.
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Citations
- [S558] Taunton VR's -- Deaths, p. 252