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Carrie B. Leonard was born in 1856 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, or Wellville, NY.¹

DAR #43874.

Peter Leonard was born about 1859.

Elijah Leonard was born about 1753 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He and Hannah Peirce were married on 21 November 1781 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He died on 21 August 1822 at age ~69 in Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

The origins of this Elijah are a mystery. Logically, he would be a son of Rev. Elijah b. 1719 and Hannah Leonard, but they had a son Elijah b. 1760 who also became a minister like his father and is well documented. Hannah Leonard, Elijah's wife, b. 1731 would have been old enough to have a child in 1753, when this Elijah was born. This Elijah may have had a brother, George, who m. Rebecca Pond and lived in western MA and VT. George also served in the Rev. War.

Elijah was a Revolutionary War soldier. He enlisted 15 Feb 1777 at Taunton and was discharged 15 Feb 1780 at West Point, NY. He served under Capt. James Cooper in Col. Gamaliel Bradford's regiment. He fought in the battle of Saratoga and was present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne. He was promoted to corporal 1 Oct 1778. He also later fought at Monmouth in NJ. After the Rev. War, he lived in Lee, Berkshire Co., MA, until his death in 1822.

A document from his wife, Hannah, mentions his children as of 1822 as "Samuel and Nancy the wife of Silvanus Bowen residing in Lenox in said County, Susannah the wife of Lyman Northrup residing in Cheshire in said County, and Cyrus residing in said Lee his only children."

He married Hannah Peirce at her father's house in Dighton, Rev. John Smith officiating.

We know from the marriage records and identity of their parents that Hannah Peirce and Hannah Pitts are not one and the same, although both Hannahs were from Dighton and both married Elijah Leonards.

He applied for a pension 6 May 1818. According to the papers, he was 67 in June 1820 and his wife was 57. At that time he was a laborer, but infirm and unable to work. He owned neither house nor land. His agent was a Mr. Robbins. His wife applied 30 January 1839. She was 75 at the time and living with their son, Cyrus, in Palmyra, Wayne Co., NY. His son, Cyrus, of Palmyra, NY, signed an affidavit in support of Hannah's pension application in January 1839. Hannah's half sister, Susannah Hayward, living in Readfield, Kennebec Co., ME, also signed an affidavit to the effect that she and Hannah lived in their father's house during the Revolutionary War and that Hannah married Elijah in their house in 1781 when Susannah was 14 or 15. His parents are unknown, as are Hannah's. Hannah's agent in Palmyra, NY, was a Mr. Frederick Smith.

In Elijah's pension file, there's a query from C. E. Peirce of American Screw Company, but there is no response.

Was this Elijah married (1) to Eliza Clark?

Did he have a son Abria, b. 1811, who lived in Columbia Co., GA, in 1850? Or was his name Uriah, a grandson?

There was also an Elijah Leonard in Charlton, MA, married to a Rachel, with sons Edward, Jonathan, and David, who is not elsewhere in my data base. He may have been a Learned.

Henry Leonard was born on 4 September 1820 in Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

He probably was the Henry Leonard, merchant, b. 1820, living in Huntsville, AL, in the 1850 Census.

A Henry Leonard, born abt. 1785 in NJ, was living in Orange, Schuyler Co., NY in the 1860 Census with Ann Leonard, b. abt. 1810 in NJ, and Henry T. Leonard, b. abt. 1822 in NY. This one? Henry Leonard had person sources.¹

Wilson Leonard was born on 2 November 1808 in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He and Catharine Warford were married about 1833 in New Jersey. He and Catherine Maria Smith were married on 16 March 1861. He died on 9 May 1879 at age 70 in Milford, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He and Catherine were buried in Milford Christian Churchyard, Milford, Hunterdon Co., NJ.

Wilson Leonard had person sources.^1,2

Jesse Muire and Hannah Leonard were married on 8 January 1761 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey.

Louisa Leonard was born about 1843 in Iowa.

Elizabeth Leonard was born about 1845 in Iowa.

Joseph H. Leonard was born about 1847 in Iowa.

Abner J. Leonard was born about 1853 in Iowa.

James Lewis Leonard was born about 1855 in Iowa.

Joanna or Joanah Hinds was born about 1799 in New Jersey. She died after 1870 in New Jersey.

Samuel Leonard was born about 1832 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Susan E. Leonard was born about 1828 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Jacob Hyer and she were married. She died in 1908 at age ~80 in New Jersey.

Pearson Leonard was born about 1835 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey.