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Sarah Hoar was born about 1710. William Leonard and she were married on 3 May 1744.¹ She died on 10 January 1774 at age ~64.

Was it Ruth or Sarah who married William? Hoar Family genealogy by Norman T. Hoar says it was Ruth who married William Leonard. According to this genealogy, William and Ruth had four children: Jacob, Ruth, Anna, and Philip.

The Field Genealogy has this William Leonard marrying Ruth Hoar (instead of Seth Leonard), while the White Genealogy has him marrying Sarah Thayer. (Was she married to a Thayer first? Were there two Sarahs, one a Hoar and one a Thayer?). Norton T. Hoar's book, A Record of Descendants of Hezekiah Hoar) doesn't include either (per Roz Edson e-mail, 2-4-07).

Temple/Lincoln genealogy on ancestry.com lists William's wife as Sarah, d. 15 Nov 1774 in Taunton. Source is not explicitly listed -- seems to indicate "cemetery." There may be a clue in where Sarah is buried and grave marker.

According to Harriott Leonard Standish's "Leonard Dictionary," he married Sarah Hoar, dau. of Leonard and Esther Bowman Hoar of Brimfield, MA, b. September 3, 1710. According to another source (unnamed), she was the dau. of Daniel and Sarah Hoar, b. same date.

Mary Cobb Hallowell was born on 19 February 1807 in Windsor, Maine. Enoch Merrill and she were married on 27 March 1831 in Windsor, Maine. She died on 7 May 1876 at age 69 in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine.

Persis Lewis was born on 15 June 1671. She died on 14 January 1744 at age 72.

Silas Leonard was born on 4 March 1721 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County Massachusetts.¹ He died on 15 May 1792 at age 71 in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

There appears to be no further mention of Silas in Bridgewater VR's. A Silas Leonard did marry Nabby Smith December 15, 1785, in Bridgewater, but that seems to be unlikely to be this Silas. There's no descendancy or further info on ancestry.com.

The Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts 1749-1750: "Ordered, tht there be allowed out of the publick Treasury to Samuel White, Esq., for the use of William Leonard, the full of the Wages that was due to his Son Silas Leonard, who is since deceased, as born on Capt. Cargyll's Muster-Roll in the Year 1746. Sent up for Concurrence." Was this Silas this William's son?

Mercy Leonard was born on 14 October 1723 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County Massachusetts.¹

No further record of Mercy in Bridgewater VR's. No further info except birth and parents on ancestry.com.

Jonathan Leonard was born on 10 April 1726 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County Massachusetts.¹

Bridgewater VR's list a Jonathan Leonard as marrying Martha Washburn April 25, 1758, in Bridgewater. They had one child in Bridgewater, Martha, born March 27, 1759. A Martha Leonard b. 1763 married a Cornelius Pratt int. December 31, 1786, not identified as daughter of Jonathan and Martha, just Jonathan and wife, fnu. They had 4 boys and 3 girls: Martha, Jonathan, Leonard, Betsy, Cornelius, Ebenezer, and Lucy Pratt. This Martha was #584 in the Solomon Leonard line (see p. 232).

Was Johanna a second wife? Or married to a different Jonathan?

Seth Leonard was born in 1729. He and Ruth Hoar were married on 22 January 1750 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.¹ He died before August 1774.

Wardwell Coles Leonard, Jr., a descendant, has checked Seth Leonard at length -- no record of his being born in Bridgewater, need verification as to who he was. According to WCL, Seth died in Lyme, CT and his death record is filed in the New London County probate office, New London. Death in Lyme would be consistent with his being a son of Seth Leonard b. abt. 1694 and Deborah or Lt. William Leonard and Anna Barney and grandson of Uriah Leonard.

According to Harriotte Leonard Standish (a descendant), Seth of Taunton was the son of Lt. William and Anna (Barney) Leonard (Badger, "The Leonard Dictionary." He died June 1, 1771 (Ref: George Godfrey's private record, Book 1, page 143). He married Ruth Hoar January 29, 1750 (Taunton and Raynham VR) She died Feb. 19, 1818, age 87 years (Taunton VR). (Note: if she was 87 when she died, then she would have been born abt. 1731.) Buried North Taunton Burial Ground, Bay & Field Streets (Book 1, page 262, private record of Abner and John Thayer), Ruth Hoar, daughter of William and Sarah (Macomber) Hoar.

There is circumstantial evidence linking Seth to William3 (Uriah2, James1). Several of Seth's children moved to Westmoreland, NH, and later to Sutton, MA, as did the two daughters of William and their husbands. Anna Barney's will makes reference to two sons, but only one is known (Jacob). Barney as a first name runs in Seth's family. But one could also make a case that Seth was the first-born son of Seth Leonard and Deborah Hall, son of Uriah and brother of William.

According to Malcolm Douglas Leonard, Jr., another descendant, Seth was the son of Joseph Leonard and Mary Packard and died in the French and Indian Wars in Canada in 1755. Source: Manning Leonard genealogy of the Solomon Leonard line. Dates partially fit, except for children. Mac Leonard gives Seth's birth date as 1 March 1727 and death date as 30 August 1755 -- Source: FamilySearch.org, IGI #7606307. Problem: Seth had 3 children born after 1755, and none of descendants y-dna test in Solomon Leonard's haplogroup I2b.

Keep in mind there were other Seth Leonards around Bridgewater in this period. A Seth Leonard was born October 6, 1715, son of Joseph (John2, Solomon1) and Hannah Jennings (no record of marriage in Manning Leonard's book). A Seth Leonard, son of Joseph Leonard (Joseph4, Joseph3, Jacob2, Solomon1) and Mary Packard, was b. March 1, 1727, and d. in Nova Scotia, a soldier, 1755 (age 28, no record of marriage in Manning Leonard's book). A Seth Leonard was bap. August 26, 1733 in West Bridgewater, son of John Leonard (Josiah3, John2, Solomon1) and Marjorum Washburn, m. Silence Packard 1769. A Seth Leonard, son of Josiah Lennard and Jemima Washburn, was b. September 25, 1750, in Bridgewater. Seth Leonard 2nd died August 23, 1775, in Bridgewater. Seth who married Silence died in Bridgewater August 30, 1775, in his 26th year (b. 1749?). Other Seths are in this Solomon Leonard data base, but the name Seth also appears frequently in the James Leonard line as well.

Presentment of Seth Leonard "as per the Presentment at Large." Leonard appeared and posted bond, with Joseph Packard III and James Faunce sureties for his appearance at the next term, "and also that be be of the Good Behaviour towards all his Majesty's Good Subjects, more Especially towards John Johnson and that he keep the peace..." 1748-51 Bristol Co. Court Records. This was probably the Seth who died in Canada in 1755, given his sureties.

David Leonard (Bridgewater Husbandman) attached Seth Leonard (Bridgewater Saddletree Maker). Trespass on the Case, that on 24 April 1759 "a Certain discourse was had and made by and between the said David and the said Seth about swapping of horses and upon that discourse had and moved between them..." Vol. 7, The Court of Common Pleas, 1744-1760, no. 17. It's unclear as to which Seth this was, but it certainly wasn't the Seth who died in 1755.

The Chesebrough Family Genealogy lists #238 Seth Leonard, m. Ruth Horn 22 Jan 1750. Children: #919 William, b. 27 May 1751; d. 1833; m. (1) Hannah Thayer, m. (2) Dinah Burt; #920, Samuel, b. 1754; d. 28 Feb 1776, m. Martha Field; # 921 Seth, m. ------- Lincoln; #922 Barney, m. Phebe Bassett, 1780; #923 Sarah, m. 24 Dec 1790 Nathaniel Field, Jr.; #924 Ruth, b. 1764, d. 6 Sep 1826, m. Ezra Eddy; #925 Daniel.

Ruth Hoar was born in 1728 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Seth Leonard and she were married on 22 January 1750 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.¹ She died on 19 February 1815 at age ~87 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.² She was buried at Scuddings Pond or North Taunton Common Cemetery in Taunton, Massachusetts.

FamilySearch.org doesn't have any substantive info on Ruth. Mac Leonard has her born abt. 1719 in Taunton. Roz Edson, the Horr/Hoar family genealogist, has her born about 1718 and Seth about 1720. (RozEdson@gmail.com)

She is buried next to Capt. Zebulon FieldiTaunton Common Cemetery. One of the family's Sarah's married Nathaniel Field (and another, Nathaniel Field, Jr.). Samuel Leonard is also buried there.

Alternative birth date 1702.

Hannah Hoar was born on 2 April 1763 in Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Hannah Thayer was born on 16 May 1750 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County Massachusetts.¹ William Leonard and she were married on 22 October 1771 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.² She died on 25 October 1803 at age 53 at John Eddy burial place in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.³

Hannah Thayer had person sources.⁴

Deacon William Leonard was born on 11 November 1779 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He died on 28 October 1855 at age 75 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Wife Abigail in 1832?

Could he be the William Leonard, 73, wife Abigail, 71, daughter? Eliza, 42, listed in the 1850 Census for Taunton, a farmer with land worth $3900, living next door to William H. Leonard, 39, wife Julia A.M., 38, and son Henry F., 12?

The Leonard Dictionary lists his birth as April 3, 177.

The Leonards, Harveys, and Eddys all lived in close proximity and intermarried. Deacon William Leonard had person sources.¹

Joseph Bassett and Phebe Cushman were married on 2 December 1756 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County Massachusetts.¹

Jonathan Hill had person sources.¹

Capt. Nathaniel Field, Jr., was born on 18 August 1774 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He and Sarah Hoar ("Sally") Leonard were married on 24 December 1795 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.¹ He and Chloe Giles were married on 20 September 1840 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He died on 1 July 1860 at age 85 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Capt. Nathaniel Field, Jr., was also known as Nathaniel Field. There was a child, unnamed, listed as "burnt," June 29, 1798, the same day as Nathaniel died. Did they die in a house fire? He had person sources.²

Esther Smith was born on 10 October 1808 in Parsonfield, York County, Maine. George Leonard and she were married on 4 October 1837. She died on 5 October 1864 at age 55 in New Hampshire.

Phebe Cushman was born in 1737. Joseph Bassett and she were married on 2 December 1756 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County Massachusetts.¹ She died in 1796 at age ~59.

Paran Field Smith was born on 28 August 1809 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Abigail Cushman was born on 3 July 1701 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. John Leonard and she were married on 10 August 1738 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died on 25 October 1749 at age 48 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

She may have been born in Middleborough. Benjamin Spooner may have been her brother. He had a daughter, Abigail.