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Eunice Benedict was born on 12 April 1792. Benoni Leonard and she were married in 1825 in German Flats, New York. She died on 2 April 1842 at age 49.

Eunice Benedict had person sources.¹

Henry Leonard was born on 17 August 1802 in Augusta, Oneida County, New York.¹ He died before 1844 in Augusta, Oneida County, New York.

He was 18 and classified as an idiot by his father in his father's Revolutionary War pension application in 1820. He was apparently not alive when his brothers applied for their mother's pension in 1844. Henry Leonard had person sources.²

Laura Leonard was born on 7 December 1808 in Sharon, Windsor County, Vermont. Elias P. Stevens and she were married.

Joseph White was born on 17 December 1749 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Sarah Leonard were married on 3 April 1775 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died on 21 December 1830 at age 81 in Camillus, Onondaga County, New York.

He married (2) Phebe Clapp on 7 Dec 1791. Joseph White was baptized in 1749.

John Dyer was born in 1552 in London, England.

Two husbands per Sanford, p. 7.

Cordelia C. Leonard was born in 1837 in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Huber A. Evans and she were married on 11 April 1853 in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Kate Matilda Gardiner was born on 12 April 1886 in Westbrook, Ontario, Canada. Arthur Russell Houston and she were married on 22 July 1914. She died in 1960 at age ~74.

George E. Leonard was born in 1841 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.¹

In the 1860 Census, he was a shoemaker, living with his parents in Rehoboth.

Charles Redchester was born on 4 April 1797 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He and Eliza Birks were married on 25 December 1817 in Saint Peter's Cathedral, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ He died on 17 October 1871 at age 74 in Blue Boy Saint, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

He was christened March 4, 1798, at Cathedral St. Peter, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

It seems strange that they had only one child. Doublecheck.

He, 40, and Eliza, 45, were living on Shepherd Street, North Sheffield, at the time of the 1841 Census. He was a steel plate maker. Both were born in Yorkshire. They were the only Regesters listed in Yorkshire. Note birthdate doesn't compute.

He had a shop, Charles Regester and Son, manufacturers of steel plates for engraving, situated at Court 2, Blue Boy St., Sheffield. The shop was located in the Crofts, a tough neighborhood bounded by Shalesmoor St., St. Philip's Church on the west, and St. George's church on the south. He died while boarding with an Elizabeth Renwick, 50 years his junior, on Blue Boy Street.

The family lived on Sheppard Street, Sheffield, in the 1841 Census. By this census, the name Redchester had been dropped and replaced by Regester. This would have been because the enumerators could not spell too well, or the Sheffield accent being so strong as to make Redchester sound like Regester according to John Register. None of these ancestors could read or write, so there was no one to correct the enumerators. Charles Redchester had person sources.² He was christened on 4 March 1798 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

Eliza Birks was born in 1792 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Charles Redchester and she were married on 25 December 1817 in Saint Peter's Cathedral, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ She died on 27 June 1854 at age ~62 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

John and Ruth had a daughter named Eliza born 1771. Whether they had a second daughter named Eliza born 22 years later has not been verified. The first Eliza may have had an illegitimate child who was the Eliza who married William (John Register -- "our Eliza may have been born on the wrong side of the sheets"), in which case we don't know the father and John and Ruth would be pushed back a generation.

It's confusing, because John or Jonathan Birks had several daughters named Elizabeth, some of whom may have died. There's no record in the IGI of an Eliza or Elizabeth born in 1792. An Elisabeth Birks (no husband) had a daughter Elisabeth chr. September 2, 1794.

Eliza Regester was living with her son and daughter-in-law, William and Charlotte Regester, on Shepherd Street in the 1851 Census

There was an Eliza Birks, dau. of James and Anne Birks, christened December 16, 1790 at Queen St. Independent or Congregational Church, Sheffield. Jamees Birks married Ann Kirkby January 12, 1790, at Cathedral St. Peter, Sheffield. Two James Birks were christened at Cathedral St. Peter in 1763 and 1767, son of Miles Birks on May 1, 1763, and the son of George Birks November 18, 1767. An Ann Kirby was chistened October 5, 1767, at Ripon, Yorkshire, daughter of William. Another was chistened June 13, 1767, in Leppington, Yorkshire, daughter of Peter. Yet another was chistened December 12, 1766,at Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, daugher of Thomas. A 4th was christened March 21, 1762, at Upper Independent Presbyterian Chapel-NC, Sheffield, daughter of James and Hannah. Some Kirkbys were already in the Cathedral St. Peter -- marriages listed of them about that time.

Ruth Stacy was born before 22 September 1752 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ Jonathan Birks and she were married on 23 September 1770 in Cathedral Saint Peter, Sheffield, England.¹

There was an Eliza Birks, dau. of James and Anne Birks, christened December 16, 1790 at Queen St. Independent or Congregational Church, Sheffield.

Jane Thompson was born before 3 March 1728 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ Malin Stacy and she were married on 27 October 1744 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹

Malin Stacy was born before 14 August 1723 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ He and Jane Thompson were married on 27 October 1744 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹

Jonathan Birks and Martha Taylor were married on 5 March 1736.

Jonathan Birks and Martha Taylor were married on 5 March 1736.

Mary Maria Leonard was born about 1824 in Taberg, New York.

Mary Maria Leonard had person sources.¹

Sarah Anne Leonard was born about 1820 in Taberg, New York.

Sarah Anne Leonard had person sources.¹

Jane Thompson was born in 1739 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Thomas Redchester and she were married on 28 November 1759 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ She died in 1842 at age ~103 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

George Redchester was born on 1 December 1801 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ He died on 3 February 1865 at age 63 in Saint Philip, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

His occupation was listed as scissor smith in the 1841 Census. The family lived on Bowling Green Street, St. George, Sheffield, at that time. He was living there with his wife Mary, 40, son John, 20, and daughter Ann, 15. George's sister-in-law, Elizabeth Elliott, 40, was living with them.

In the 1851 Census, he and his wife and 3 grandchildren were living at 60 (or 126?) Trinity Street, Moorfield, Sheffield. The grandchildren were Henry Biggin Regester, Herbert Thomas Regester, and Mary Jane Frisk or Frish. He was a scissorsmith. Henry and Herbert were sons of George's son, John, who was living with his wife, Ann Biggin Register, with her mother, Mary Hammond, 52, at 8 Wentworth Street, Nether Hallam, St. Philips, Sheffield. George's sister-in-law, Elizabeth Elliott, 52, was living with them.

After his wife Mary died in 1852, he married Ann Powles. George Redchester was christened on 3 January 1803 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

Mary was born in 1800. She died on 19 September 1852 at age ~52 in Saint Philip, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

Her occupation was listed as scissor burnisher in the 1841 Census. She was listed as 5 years older than her husband, but that may be an error.