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Washington D. S. Leonard was born in April 1845 in New Jersey.

Listed in Census as Washington D. L. Leonard.

Arthur V. Leonard was born on 25 May 1850 in Randolph, Morris County, New Jersey. He died on 8 November 1868 at age 18 in Center Grove, Morris County, New Jersey.

Julia Adelaide Leonard was born on 31 July 1853 in Randolph, Morris County, New Jersey. Ezra Watters and she were married on 26 July 1877 in New Jersey.

Nettie Norton was born in 1867 in Vermont. She was married in 1891 in Vermont. She died in 1910 at age ~43.

Ethel Marie Leonard was born in 1897. She died in 1955 at age ~58.

Elizabeth Quintal was born on 21 April 1869 in Vermont. Byron Henry Leonard and she were married. She died on 17 August 1915 at age 46 in Vermont.

Bernard Arthur Leonard was born on 22 April 1888 in Vermont. He and Anne Elizabeth Smith were married.

Bernard Arthur Leonard and Anne Elizabeth Smith were married.

Chloe Bucklin was born on 20 May 1782 in Guildford, Windham County, Vermont. Abner Leonard and she were married on 20 October 1800 in Guilford, Vermont. She died on 19 October 1855 at age 73 in Hinsdale, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

Mary B. Leonard was born on 3 January 1807 in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Ezra Turner Butterfield and she were married. She died on 16 May 1871 at age 64 in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

Ezra Turner Butterfield was born on 20 December 1817 in Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont. He and Mary B. Leonard were married. He died on 1 May 1887 at age 69. Picture of him on ancestry.com.

They lived in Wilmington, Windham Co., VT. They had 5 children.

Isaac Learned (Leonard) was born in 1655 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He and Sarah ("Sary") Bigelow were married on 23 July 1679 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He died on 16 September 1737 at age ~82 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Sarah ("Sary") Bigelow was born on 29 September 1659 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Isaac Learned (Leonard) and she were married on 23 July 1679 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on 18 April 1694 at age 34 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Col. Ebenezer Learned (Leonard) was born on 31 August 1690 in Franmingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He and Deborah Haynes were married on 14 October 1714 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He died on 15 March 1772 at age 81 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

 Ebenezer Learned was born August 31, 1690. (County records say Sept. 1.) He married Deborah Haynes of Sudbury on Oct. 14,1714. She was a sister to Josiah Haynes, octogenarian, killed at the battle of Concord, April 19, 1775. Ebenezer was one of the first settlers of Oxford with his brother, Isaac and his daughter, Dorothy was the first child born there. He built a large house in north Oxford that was still standing in 1875. He and his wife lived and died in the residence as well as three successive generations of descendants. Ebenezer was a town officer and justice of the peace in 1712. In 1751 he is named as Col. Ebenezer Learned as is his gravestone. He was the largest landholder in Oxford and his homestead alone was estimated to contain 1000 acres. He built a dam and sawmill on his estate previous to 1728. In his will, he gave the homestead farm to his youngest child, Jeremiah on the condition that he maintain his mother, and "my black man, Mingo, to wait upon her, during their natural lives." His wife was known as "Madame Learned, and tradition speaks of her as a woman of unusual ability. Ebenezer's son, Ebenezer Learned Jr. was first commissioned a Colonel in 1775, and served at Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston. With Ebenezer Learned Jr.'s help, an informal agreement was reached with the British that American troops would allow them to evacuate Boston with the promise that the city would not be destroyed by the British. His work created an unofficial plan for the evacuation of the British on March 17, 1776. Learned was given the honor to unbar the gates of Boston which admitted Washington's army into the city. In April, 1777 he was made a Brigadier-General serving under his personal friend, George Washington. Learned commanded his own Continental Brigade in the Battle of Saratoga. Major General Benedict Arnold without authority assumed command of Learned’s Brigade in the second Battle of Saratoga. There is a modern day monument erected for the accomplishments of "Learned's Brigade" located near National Memorial Arch on the right of Outer Line Drive in Valley Forge PA. Ebenezer Learned Jr. returned to Massachusetts and served in its legislature in 1783. Another child of Ebenezer Learned Sr. was Dorothy who married Elijah Moore. Together they had a child, Martha Moore who is the subject of a Pulitzer Prize winning book by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and a movie called A Midwife’s Tale which was based on Martha Ballard's dairy entries. Another descendant of Ebenezer Learned Sr. is his g-g-granddaughter, Clara Barton who was the founder of the Red Cross.
Source: Bennett/Benet Family Tree, Ancestry.com, 2013.

Deborah Haynes was born in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Ebenezer Learned was born August 31, 1690. (County records say Sept. 1.) He married Deborah Haynes of Sudbury on Oct. 14,1714. She was a sister to Josiah Haynes, octogenarian, killed at the battle of Concord, April 19, 1775. Ebenezer was one of the first settlers of Oxford with his brother, Isaac and his daughter, Dorothy was the first child born there. He built a large house in north Oxford that was still standing in 1875. He and his wife lived and died in the residence as well as three successive generations of descendants. Ebenezer was a town officer and justice of the peace in 1712. In 1751 he is named as Col. Ebenezer Learned as is his gravestone. He was the largest landholder in Oxford and his homestead alone was estimated to contain 1000 acres. He built a dam and sawmill on his estate previous to 1728. In his will, he gave the homestead farm to his youngest child, Jeremiah on the condition that he maintain his mother, and "my black man, Mingo, to wait upon her, during their natural lives." His wife was known as "Madame Learned, and tradition speaks of her as a woman of unusual ability. Ebenezer's son, Ebenezer Learned Jr. was first commissioned a Colonel in 1775, and served at Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston. With Ebenezer Learned Jr.'s help, an informal agreement was reached with the British that American troops would allow them to evacuate Boston with the promise that the city would not be destroyed by the British. His work created an unofficial plan for the evacuation of the British on March 17, 1776. Learned was given the honor to unbar the gates of Boston which admitted Washington's army into the city. In April, 1777 he was made a Brigadier-General serving under his personal friend, George Washington. Learned commanded his own Continental Brigade in the Battle of Saratoga. Major General Benedict Arnold without authority assumed command of Learned’s Brigade in the second Battle of Saratoga. There is a modern day monument erected for the accomplishments of "Learned's Brigade" located near National Memorial Arch on the right of Outer Line Drive in Valley Forge PA. Ebenezer Learned Jr. returned to Massachusetts and served in its legislature in 1783. Another child of Ebenezer Learned Sr. was Dorothy who married Elijah Moore. Together they had a child, Martha Moore who is the subject of a Pulitzer Prize winning book by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and a movie called A Midwife’s Tale which was based on Martha Ballard's dairy entries. Another descendant of Ebenezer Learned Sr. is his g-g-granddaughter, Clara Barton who was the founder of the Red Cross. Col. Ebenezer Learned (Leonard) and she were married on 14 October 1714 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Jeremiah Leonard was born on 12 January 1732 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He and Elizabeth Hunt were married.

Jeremiah Leonard and Elizabeth Hunt were married.

Jeremiah Leonard was born in 1757.

Benjamin Leonard was born in 1759 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts.