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Betsy M. Leonard was born on 14 March 1833 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died on 13 January 1910 at age 76.

She died unmarried. Betsy M. Leonard had person sources.¹

Eliza A. Leonard was born in 1834 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died on 10 July 1854 at age ~20 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

She died of brain fever. Eliza A. Leonard had person sources.¹

Abner Leonard was born on 13 March 1837 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died in November 1837 at age 0.

Abner Leonard had person sources.¹

Sumner Leonard was born on 30 April 1839 in Providence, Rhode Island. He died on 1 September 1892 at age 53 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹

He died of a stomach ulcer. Sumner Leonard had person sources.²

Isabella Ellis was born in 1840.

Charles H. Leonard was born in 1841 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He and Mary Tillson were married on 27 June 1863 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ He died on 25 November 1909 at age ~68.

He was a bootmaker at the time of his marriage. Charles H. Leonard had person sources.²

Charles H. Leonard and Mary Tillson were married on 27 June 1863 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ She died in 1869.

Abner Leonard was born on 28 July 1843 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ Marriage banns for Abner Leonard and Eliza B. Robinson were published on 14 June 1860. He died on 25 November 1900 at age 57.

Abner Leonard had person sources.²

Eliza B. Robinson was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Marriage banns for Eliza B. Robinson and Abner Leonard were published on 14 June 1860.

Clarinda Leonard was born on 27 July 1845 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Harry F. Gibbs and she were married on 22 December 1873.

Clarinda Leonard had person sources.¹

Harry F. Gibbs and Clarinda Leonard were married on 22 December 1873.

Abiel Smith Wheeler was born on 16 April 1815. He and Eliza Fales Leonard were married about 1839. He died on 6 October 1849 at age 34.

Frances Otis Wheeler was born on 22 May 1840. William Gardner Bennedict and she were married on 5 October 1859.

William Gardner Bennedict was born on 24 May 1834. He and Frances Otis Wheeler were married on 5 October 1859.

Sarah Shaw was born about 1828 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Arthur Pennington and she were married on 12 August 1847 at Saint Phillips in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Thomas Cook and she were married on 18 May 1856 at Saint Marks in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. William Thomas Empson and she were married on 22 September 1861 in Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Church, Aston juxta Birmingham, Warwick, England. She died on 12 August 1870 at age ~42 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. She was buried in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

She is listed as Sarah Empson, late Pennington, formerly Shaw, on Ellen's birth certificate.

According to her son, Lawrence W. Pennington, she was the only daughter among 13 children borne by her mother. Her father, William Shaw, married twice and had a total of 25 children. Her father is listed as an optician on her marriage record to Arthur Pennington.

After making ready to go to America, they finally started in March 1854 with their son Lawrence. Arthur Pennington died on the voyage over, and Arthur William Pennington was born on the same voyage. Sarah remained in Boston for a year and then returned to her old home in Birmingham with her two children.

Arthur William Pennington and Lawrence Willmore Pennington were baptized 26 Feb 1855 at St. Martin's, Birmingham, sons of toolmaker Arthur Pennington and Sarah Pennington and residing at Brownsgrove St.. The dates may be in conflict with Arthur Sr's having died enroute to America in 1854 and Sarah having remained in Boston two years at that time.

In the 1861 Census, she, Sarah Cook, 31, a mangler, son Lawrence, 8, a scholar, and son Arthur W., 6, were living at 119 Pope Street, All Saints, Birmingham, with Charles Wilmott, 21, glass cutter, and his wife, Frances, 31. Frances was a witness at her marriage to Arthur Pennington in 1847. Thomas Cook lived on Pope Street when he married Sarah in 1856, and they may have lived there after marriage. Sarah was listed as living at New Meeting Street when she married Cook. Sarah, Lawrence, and Arthur were listed as having been born in Birmingham.

She is listed as a widow of 32 on the marriage certificate with William Empson, 27, dated 27 Sep 1861. At the time of marriage, both he and she was living in Duddeston. His father is listed as William Empson, cordwainer. Her father is listed as William Shaw, optician. Witnesses to the marriage were John Empson and Ann Empson.

Cause of death is listed as "syncope -- by visitation of God -- immediate." That sounds like a heart attack. She was 41 when she died. She died at 8 Lower Camden Street.

Sarah Shaw married Arthur Pennington August 12, 1847, at St. Philip's, Birmingham. A son, Lawrence Willmore Pennington, was born in 1852. A child, Arthur William Pennington was christened February 26, 1855 at Saint Martin, Birmingham, after Sarah and her two sons returned to England.

A painting in my family has a note on it: "painted by my mother's brother, Lon Pennington." Lon is a nickname for Lawrence. Lawrence doesn't appear in the 1871 Census, although he was studying at the Midland Institute in Birmingham at that time. Arthur William Pennington was living with the Empson family (1871 Census). He later became a silversmith in Birmingham and had several sons, Arthur Lawrence Pennington and Ernest Pennington. I suspect Lawrence Pennington taught my great grandfather Ernest Regester to paint and possibly taught or sponsored him in the silversmithing trade.

Sarah Pennington, widow, married Thomas Cook, widower, jeweller, son of Joseph Cook, carpenter, May 18, 1856, at St. Mark, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Thomas was living on Pope St., and Sarah was living on New Meeting Street. No further information has turned up about Thomas Cook, and they apparently had no children.

Emma Empson was born in September 1867 in Birmingham, Warwick, England. John Horton Asbury and she were married on 20 November 1892 in Providence, Rhode Island.¹ She died after 1940 in Florida. John and Emma retired to 2627 Tangering Ave., St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co., FL at the time of the 1940 Census.

She was christened with her sister Sarah on December 30, 1867, at St. Martin, Birmingham. In the 1891 Census, she was a boarder living at 129 William Street in Aston, St. Paul Parish. She was a bracefounder (?).

The History of Worcester, MA, mentions that she was living with her husband, John Asbury, in Providence, RI, at that time (abt. 1910). Emma Empson was baptized on 30 December 1867 in Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England. She was christened on 30 December 1867 at Saint Martin in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

Ellen Beatrice ("Nellie") Empson was born on 1 November 1868 in All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. William Thomas Baker and she were married about 1889 in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. She died on 12 August 1899 at age 30 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

The family was living on Hingeston Street when she was born. She was registered by her mother, who signed with a mark.

At the 1902 marriage of her half-sister, Edith, she was listed as Baker.

She, her husband, and their children were living at 117 Spring Hill, Birmingham, on 2 Apr 1911, so she did not die 12 Aug 1899. Adding to confusion, there was a person of the same name who married Horace Almon Wood on 20 May 1891 in Providence, RI. She never immigrated to America. She has descendants living in England. William Thomas Baker and Ellen Beatrice ("Nellie") Empson were married on 20 May 1891 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

Harriett Goodwin was born on 22 December 1811 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. Joseph Arthur Oldale and she were married on 4 April 1830 in Handsworth, Sheffield, England. She died on 14 January 1890 at age 78 at Heeley in Christchurch, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

She was christened January 19, 1812, at St. Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, Derby. (IGI, uncertain as to source).

1851 Census: Living at 210 Fitzwilliam Street, Sheffield, England. The only Goodwin living in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, was Ann Goodwin, 60, mother-in-law, living at 106 Soresby Street with Robert and Fanny Cooper, 33.

Note: A Harriett Goodwin, daughter of John, died February 1814 in Chesterfield, age 2. Could be this Harriett. Harriett Goodwin was baptized on 19 January 1812 at St. Mary and All Saints in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. She was christened on 19 January 1812 in Saint Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. She lived in Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire (West Riding), England, in 1871. She lived in Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, Yorkshire West Riding, England, in 1881.

Eliza Regester was born in 1845 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. She died in 1845 at age ~0 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

Capt. Henry Munro was born on 28 May 1771 in Bristol, Rhode Island.¹ He and Phebe Munro were married on 2 August 1795 at Congregational Church in Bristol, Rhode Island.² He and Sally Munroe were married on 27 September 1812 in Saint Michael's Church, Bristol, Rhode Island. He and Abigail Betsey Gladding were married on 19 June 1836 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island. He died on 23 September 1847 at age 76 in Bristol, Rhode Island.

He was baptized September 29, 1777.

Was his ship the sloop Mercator? There was a mortuary notice in the Rhode Island American of 6-13-1820 stating that friends of someone who died on the ship should call on Capt. Henry Munro to claim property of the deceased.

A Henry Munro underwent a debtor proceeding in June 1824 in Bristol, per notice in Providence RI American. Was it this Henry? Is there a court proceeding?

Source of the Munro/Munroe genealogy is The Munroe Book by Joan Guilford, PhD, based on work by Estelle Wellwood Wait (The Ancestors and Descendants of Albert Nelson Monroe, 1958) and Dorothy Chapman Saunders (TAG: 61:180-184: "Some Descendants of John Munro(e) of Bristol RI." Henry's female children are mentioned in his sister, Sarah's, will.

RIVR's lists a Capt. Henry Munro dying on this date in Bristol as the son of Somerset Munro and Mary Ann Munro, but then, 35 Munros are so listed. Capt. Henry Munro was baptized on 29 September 1771 in Saint Michael's Church, Bristol, Rhode Island.

Phebe Munro was born in 1776 in Bristol, Rhode Island. Capt. Henry Munro and she were married on 2 August 1795 at Congregational Church in Bristol, Rhode Island.¹ She died on 17 January 1819 at age ~43 in Bristol, Rhode Island. She was buried in Old East Burial Ground, Bristol, Rhode Island.

Dorothy Chapman Saunders lists her as daughter of Nathaniel Munro or Maxfield and Martha Taylor. Check entries for Martha Taylor. The Martha Taylor who was daughter of Reuben Taylor and Avis Slocum was born January 26, 1763, at Portsmouth. This Martha Taylor had a child Lawton, father unknown, January 26, 1791 (per Arnold Collection).

Another Phebe Munro was born September 22, 1773, in Bristol, daughter of George and Abigail Lindsey Munro (RIVR). The latter were married May 21, 1769 by Rev. John Burt. Phebe, the wife of Capt. Henry Munro, died June 17, 1819, age 44 (born abt. 1774). The Munroe Book by Jean P. Guildford, Franklin, NC: Genealogy Publishing Service, 1993 says that Phebe, daughter of George and Abigail, died January 6, 1862, in Bristol, unmarried, p. 316.

The age at her death is variously given as 43 and 48.

Nathaniel Monro was born on 18 May 1798 in Bristol, Rhode Island. He died on 21 October 1798 at age 0 in Bristol, Rhode Island. He was buried in Old East Burial Ground, Bristol, Rhode Island.