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Ruth Genevieve Leonard was born on 29 April 1920 in Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died on 20 December 2011 at age 91.

Richard Carleton Leonard was born on 22 March 1927 in Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He and Lorena Charlotte Kidder were married on 17 October 1948. He died on 8 August 2007 at age 80.

Francis X. Monnier was born on 26 May 1806 in Aulsun or Antenn, France. He and Mary ("Polly") Robbins were married after 11 December 1833 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.¹ He and Elidia Southworth were married on 8 November 1863.² He died on 16 November 1868 at age 62 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.³ He was buried at Lot 141, Pontoosuc Hill, in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

He was a farmer, born in France. The name of the town is indistinct. Parents not listed on death record. He was also called Francis Monier or "Money" or de Moone in some records. He may be the Francois Monnier who swore allegiance to the US 5 Nov 1838 in New York. Another Francis X. Monnier was cited as an alien in New York 7 Aug 1840. He is listed in the 1850 Census as 44, born in France, owning property worth $1,000 with wife Polly, 55, son Sylvester, 14, daughter Josephine, 12, and son William H., 11. Sylvester Robbins, 82, and his wife, Zeuriah, 67, were living with them. Jenny isn't listed. Death record Vol. 213, page 55.

Origins may be difficult to track. A Lt. General Monnier of Paris, France, died as reported by the Providence American April 19, 1816 -- perhaps he was here during the American Revolution and that stimulated a child or grandchild to emigrate. Also, a Maria Louisa Monier died October 5, 1857 at the age of 99 years, 2 months, as reported in the New York Post of October 6, 1857, Those two plus Jenny were the only Monniers the NEHGS data base had.

A Francois Monner arrived Sept. 13, 1847, age 40, in New York, departed from Le Havre, on the ship May Flower. His place of origin is listed as Switzerland. A Margaret Monnier, born in 1814 in Ireland, was living in Pittsfield at the 1870 Census. Another wife?

A Francis X. Monnier, 1831-1912, is listed in the New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America by George C. Groce and David H. Wallace, New Haven: Yale, 1957. Son by a previous marriage?

A Josephine Monnier, 50, arrived August 20, 1834, from Havre, France, on the ship Florida, accompanied by Marie Monnier, 38,spinster. He was a farmer headed for Ohio, as was she. Francis X. Monnier lived in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, in 1855.

Mary ("Polly") Robbins was born on 31 August 1795 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Francis X. Monnier and she were married after 11 December 1833 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.¹ She died on 10 July 1863 at age 67 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.² She was buried in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

She died of a cancerous tumor on her breast. Her death was announced in the Berkshire County Eagle of July 16, 1963. She was 69 when she died. Mary ("Polly") Robbins lived in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, in 1855.

Sylvester Robbins was born on 18 November 1768 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He and Rebecka Beswick were married on 16 May 1788 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.¹ He and Zerviah were married after 1835. He died on 25 September 1853 at age 84 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.² He was buried in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

He was a farmer in Pittsfield. Cause of death was listed as old age.

In the 1850 Census, he is listed as living with Francis Monnier, 44 (9?), his wife, Polly, 55, Sylvester, 14, Josephine, 13, and William H., 11. After Sylvester, 82, is listed Zerviah Robbins, 67, and Robey Dumbleton (F), 30. Zerviah would have been born in 1787. Was she the second wife of Sylvester?

LDS records death of Sylvester as July 11, 1835. Probably wrong.

His cousin Nathaniel Robbins and wife Elizabeth Deming of Wethersfield had a son Sylvester born November 8, 1786. Sylvester Robbins had person sources.³

Mary Beulah Beswick was born on 8 March 1771 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. She died on 14 July 1835 at age 64 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.¹ She was buried in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Her name in the marriage record is indistinct, and maiden name not given in the death record. Note in margin says "Berger." More likely, Benis, Beswick, or Bennis. Possibly Belding or Belden -- there were Beldings in Wethersfield, CT, where Robbins came from, and Silas Belding married one of Joshua's daughters. The Corbin Collection has it as Rebecca Beyer. Check Pittsfield and Wethersfield records. Marriage index refers to "F." Further checking, inconclusive, indicates it was "Beswick." A Rebeckah Beswick was born March 13, 1763, in Chesterfield; her sister Mary was born March 8, 1771, in Chesterfield; neither record indicates whom they married.

Source of the marriage of Sylvester Robbins and Mary Beulah Beswick appears to be LDS submission.

A Rebecca Belding was born May 28, 1765, in Wethersfield, CT., no indication that she married anyone else. Name corrected to Belden by a later descendant. Volume 15, page 246, NEHGS.

Cynthia Robbins was born on 9 May 1789 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Sylvester French and she were married on 8 November 1812 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts. She died on 25 May 1814 at age 25 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts.

Cynthia Robbins died on 24 March 1815 at age 25 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Celyndia Robbins was born on 14 September 1791 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Bradford Churchill and she were married on 2 May 1812. She died on 29 April 1819 at age 27 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Almena Robbins was born on 24 December 1799 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Henry Gilbert Fleming and she were married. She died on 13 September 1827 at age 27 in Shaftbury, Bennington County, Vermont.

Sarah Munro was born on 3 April 1777 in Bristol, Rhode Island.¹ She died on 29 December 1853 at age 76 in Bristol, Rhode Island.² She was buried in Old East Burial Ground, Bristol, Rhode Island.

Her death record lists Edward as her father. She apparently was never married. Her will, prepared November 27, 1846, and probated February 6, 1854, disposes of most of her goods among her sisters and their children, with the exception of her brother, Bennett. She gave $5 and half her ironware to Abby Leonard, daughter of her brother Henry. She also gave five dollars to her sister, Abigail Diman, if she be living, otherwise to Abigail's daughter Sally Blivens.

She also gave to Margaret Diman Bradford, daughter of her sister Abigail Diman and wife of Allen Bradford, her small rocking chair and half her crockery and ten dollars if that much was left of her estate after debts had been settled. Allen Taylor Bradford (1808-1852) was the son of Capt. William Bradford (1781-1851) and apparently buddies with his cousin, Walter Bradford (1809-1858), who married Sarah Warren (1816-1874). Margaret Diman Bradford and Abigail Diman Munro Leonard were of the same generation. Through their association may be how the name, Walter Bradford, slipped into the Leonard line via Abigail's grandson, Walter Bradford Leonard (1867-1955).

Janice Carol Leonard was born on 12 September 1937 in Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died on 17 April 2008 at age 70 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Patricia Elaine Leonard was born on 31 July 1939 in Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Albert Dubre and she were married in May 1985. She died on 7 April 1999 at age 59 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Thelma Mae White was born about 1916 in Massachusetts. Elmer Bradford Leonard and she were married on 21 August 1938.

Thelma Mae White lived at Ward 2 in Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, in 1920. She lived in Hanson, Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1930.

Warren Bradford Leonard was born on 23 June 1939. He died on 23 June 1939 at age 0.

Herbert Earle Leonard and Rhoda Mabel Close were married on 13 June 1941.