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Capt. Henry Leonard was born about 1724 in Cape May, New Jersey. He and Elizabeth Hogg were married before 1755 in North Carolina. He died after 1784 in Rowan County, North Carolina.

He was in the French and Indian War. He enlisted 29 May 1754. He was at "Wills Creek" July 1754 and was in the "Battle of the Meadows" 1754. He was captured in 1755 at North River (around the Holstein River), but escaped. Jacob, John, and Adam Leonard were in Augusta Co., VA, in the French and Indian War -- possibly related to each other.

They had a son Jonas Leonard, b. 1765, Rowan Co., NC, d. abt. 1837 in Spartansburg, SC, m Sarah Lanford 1771-1855.

Check: There are a number of ancestry.com family genealogies that have a Charles Leonard b. 1790 as a son of Capt. Henry Leonard and Elizabeth Hogg. Capt. Henry died in 1770. He may have been married twice. Other children may have included Margaret, Elinor, and Nancy.

Records of early Leonards in North Carolina: (from Sally Toomey's excellent research).

There also were a John Leonard and a Joseph Leonard who were Rowan County taxpaers in 1768.

There may have been an intervening generation of Henrys after Henry Jr.

Children of Capt. Henry, except for Jacob, from Leonard-Rupe-Stephenson genealogy.

Tax lists for Chowan County (on Arbermarle Sound) John Leonard 1721. Record of land grant of 301 acres to John Leonard in Bertie Precinct.

Land patents to John and Thomas Leonard on 6 April 1753 in Anson County on the Catawba River. Anson county is inland, not on the coast.

In 1754 Theophilus Leonard is listed on an early tax list for Pasquotank County. Theophilus executed a will in 1764. A deed for the sale of land in Pasquotank County in 1760 names Theophilus Leonard and Ann Leonard, his wife. Leonards (likely the descendants of John and Theophilus) remained in this part of the state until well into the 1800's. Benjamin and James are mentioned on later tax lists and census reports in Pasquotank County. James Leonard married Sarah Clark on 27 Feb 1760 in Chowan County. Would this be the area where Thomas Leonard d. 1759 willed land to his nephew, John Leonard?

"In the 1750's and 1760's, there are three clusters of Leonards in North Carolina: John and Theophilus...in the northeastern counties, and one seemingly prominent family in New Hanover and Brunswick counties (on the southern Atlantic coast of NC, including the city of Wilmington). The others are spread throughout central North Carolina covering the region from Fayetteville and Raleigh-Durham westward to Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Charlotte. The region was Anson and Rowan Counties in the 1760's, but was divided into many smaller counties by 1790, to include Iredell, Davidson, Cabbaras, and others in which we find Leonard records." (Sally Toomey)

The Wilmington Leonards: Records may state Wilmington District when the events took place place in regions that were later Bladen or Cumberland county, further west of Wilmington. Brunswick County was formed from New Hanover and Bladen Counties in 1764, and records reflect that change.

NC Revolutionary Army Accounts include entries for James, Henry, and Samuel Leonard from the Wilmington District. DAR lists Maj. Samuel Leonard, b. unk.,d. abt. 1811 and Capt. Jacob Leonard, b. 1747 NC, d. 11 Sep. 1790, m. Eleanor Miller. Samuel, Jacob, and Henry were on early tax lists between 1762-1772.

Jacob Leonard was born abt. 1747 and died 1790. He married Eleanor Miller on 16 Jun 1765 in Wilmington and was an officer in the NC militia. "Jacob Leonard, fourth Captain, Lockwoods Folly." He apparently rose to Colonel before his death in 1790. On 2 Nov 1790 there is a call for an election in Brunswick Co., "to supply the place of Jacob Leonard, who is dead..." His wife Eleanor Leonard is listed as head of household in the 1790 census with 3 males over 16, one under sixteen, five females, and 10 slaves.

Thomas Leonard was a member of the NC General Assembly from Brunswick Co. 1803-1811. In 1811, Jacob W. Leonard first served in the NC House of Commons in 1811 and again 1824-25 and was a State Senator in 1814-15, 1817-18, and 1821. He was in the House again 1826-27 and a state senator 1828-29. After that, Benjamin Leonard appears as a member of the House in 1830 and 1833.

Wilmington newspapers: "Lt. James T. Leonard of the Navy is appointed to be the bearer of dispatches from this government to France is to sail without delay." dtd Tuesday, 7 Feb 1804. James is in 1820 Census for New Hanover Co. According to the National Archives, the dispatches that Lt. James K. Leonard was taking to France without delay in 1804 were documents and cash payment for the U.S. purchase of the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon.

Charles Leonard may have been the son of Jacob, son of Capt. Henry. That's the way Margaret Bacon has it. Jacob married Elizabeth Simon, according to her, and their son was Thomas Simon Leonard, who removed to Tate Co., MS.

Rowan County Court Book #3 lists 15 Nov 1770, page 232: "Letters of Amn..granted Elizabeth Leonard wife and relict of Henry Leonard dec'd..." Same boo, p. 249 lists 15 Feb 1771: "Inventory of the estate of Henry Leonard dec'd was redun by admn. in amount of 45 13.8." Was this Henry's father or Henry who was deceased?

Elizabeth Hogg was born about 1730 in Scotland. Capt. Henry Leonard and she were married before 1755 in North Carolina. She died on 15 November 1803 at age ~73 in Rowan, North Carolina.

Jacob Leonard was born in 1763 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He and Rebecca Graves were married before 1786. He died after 1830 in Randolph County, North Carolina.

Check: Descendant in this line is in haplogroup R1b1b2, while Henry's descendants are in haplogroup J2.

Jacob and Rebecca witnessed a deed in Chatham Co., NC in 1786.

Henry and Jacob and their families were in Rowan Co. in the 1790 Census. Jacob bought his first land in Randolph Co. in 1797. Jacob and family were in Randolph Co. in 1800 and 1810 Censuses. He migrated to Orange Co, Indiana aft. 1815, where his son, William, was born in 1817.

These may or may not be family members: Elizabeth Leonard m. Henry Misamer, 3 May 1819; Rebecca Leonard m. Frederick Sullivan 7 (or 24) Feb 1815; Jacob Leonard m. Margaret Saypaugh 25 Dec 1827; Mary (Polly) Leonard m. Philip Soughes 25 Mar 1816; Phebe Leonard m. Joseph Hage (Hoge/Hogg?) 2 Jul 1814; Joseph Leonard m. Nancy Kennedy/Cannady.

Rebecca Graves was born about 1768 in North Carolina. Jacob Leonard and she were married before 1786. She died after 1840 in Randolph County, North Carolina.

Elizabeth Leonard was born about 1785.

Rebecca Leonard was born about 1787.

Alfred Henry Leonard was born on 3 March 1789 in Randolph County, North Carolina. He and Patsey Martha Raines were married on 10 January 1810 in Randolph County, North Carolina. He died on 9 March 1875 at age 86 in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa. He was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield, Iowa.

The family left North Carolina for Orange Co., Indiana in 1817 and in the summer of 1846 removed to Jefferson County, IA. They had 13 children. He died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Mahala James, of paralysis.

Jacob Leonard was born about 1795 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He and Jane were married. He and Elizabeth Simon were married. He died in 1850 at age ~55.

A descendant, James Perry Leonard, has been tested in haplogroup R1b1b2.

He moved from North Carolina to Marshall County, Mississippi, via Tennessee in the 1830's-1840's, with possible brother Charles and possible cousin Thomas. Jacob Leonard died in 1855 at age ~60 in Marshall County, Mississippi.

James Leonard was born about 1801 in Randolph County, North Carolina.

James Leonard may have gone with other members of the family to Indiana. He may be the James Leonard enumerated in Lawrence Co. in 1830 with 1 male 0-5, 2 males 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 0-5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 30-40.

Nancy Leonard was born about 1804 in Randolph County, North Carolina.

Mahala Leonard was born about 1807 in Randolph County, North Carolina.

Patsey Martha Raines was born in 1795 in Randolph County, North Carolina. Alfred Henry Leonard and she were married on 10 January 1810 in Randolph County, North Carolina. She died in September 1854 at age ~59 in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa. She was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield, Iowa.

Alfred Leonard was born in 1831 in Kentucky. He and Martha Ann Clark Woodworth were married on 11 January 1873. He died on 28 February 1900 at age ~69 in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. He was buried at Shaul Cemetery in Ottumwa, Iowa.

He raised his brother John's two boys, John and Frank.

Martha Ann Clark Woodworth was born in 1835 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Alfred Leonard and she were married on 11 January 1873. She died on 4 March 1900 at age ~65 in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. She was buried at Shaul Cemetery in Ottumwa, Iowa.

William Henry Leonard was born on 15 September 1877 in Chilicothe, Wapello County, Iowa. He and Mary Lora Rupe were married on 15 August 1910. He died on 9 June 1959 at age 81 in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa.

Mary Lora Rupe was born on 12 March 1890 in Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa. William Henry Leonard and she were married on 15 August 1910. She died on 7 June 1950 at age 60 in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa.

Mary Agnes Leonard was born on 14 October 1933 in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa. Monroe Augustus Stephenson and she were married on 8 December 1951. She was divorced in September 1966 in Lake, Florida. She died about 2014 at age ~81.

Monroe Augustus Stephenson was born on 20 November 1926 in Coffee County, Alabama. He and Mary Agnes Leonard were married on 8 December 1951. He died on 3 January 2000 at age 73 in Dale County, Alabama.

Mary Leonard was born on 14 May 1816 in Woodstock, Connecticut. Silas Place Allen and she were married on 1 November 1835 in Woodstock, Connecticut.¹ She died in 1905 at age ~89.

Mary Leonard had person sources.²

Ella J. Leonard was born in 1856 in Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.