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Joseph Bedortha was born on 15 March 1649 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Mary Dumbleton were married on 30 January 1671/72 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Lydia Leonard were married on 2 October 1678 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died after 1707.

Samuel Billings, Jr., was born on 8 January 1665 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He and Hannah Wright were married on 18 November 1686 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He and Rebecca Leonard were married on 30 December 1690 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He died on 17 April 1697 at age 32 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay.

Did Hannah and Samuel marry in 1681 or 1686?

Gabriel Luff was born about 1662 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York. He and Deborah Leonard were married on 13 November 1690 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York. He died after 1703.

Also spelled Loofe.

Check carefully. Did she or her sister marry Gabriel after Daniel Denton died? There seems to be much confusion among family researchers.

Enos Martin Leonard was born about 1819 in Newark, New Jersey. He died on 29 August 1874 at age ~55 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.

At the time of the 1860 Census, he, 41, was living in Newark, Essex Co., NJ. Living with him was May Leonard, 40. (sister?) He was city clerk and had real estate worth $4000. Enos Martin Leonard lived in Morris, New Jersey, in 1855. He lived at 2nd Ward in Newark City, Essex, New Jersey, in 1860.

Jane Leonard was born in Newark, New Jersey.

Sydney Leonard was born in Newark, New Jersey.

May Leonard was born in Newark, New Jersey.

Rev. Stephen Rose Leonard was born on 3 March 1820 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. He and Fanny Maria White were married on 3 April 1845 in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont. He died on 26 December 1892 at age 72 in Oneida, Madison County, New York.

Stephen R. Leonard, b. 1820 in NJ, was a member of the Oneida Colony in Lenox twp, Madison Co., NY. He was head printer. His brother John, 3 years younger, was a cabinet maker and painter there. Per 1850 Census. In the 1880 Census, Stephen Rose Leonard was a bee keeper for the Colony.

"Stephen and Fanny were among the earliest members of the Oneida Colony when they joined on 19 July 1848. They remained members of the Oneida Community until it dissolved in 1881, and they stayed there, living at the Mansion House for the rest of their lives. Charlotte was their only child, and she had two sons, John Humphrey Noyes II (father was John Humphrey Noyes, leader of the Oneida Community, and Stephen Rose Leonard (father not identified, but definitely not John Humphrey Noyes." per Nora Leonard Roy, 18 Jan. 2007).

"Stephen Rose Leonard was one of seven children of Ephraim Leonard and Nancy Martin, born March 3, 1820 at Newark, NJ. A brother, John, also joined the community. Their ancestors were iron workers in Massachusetts and New Jersey, originally coming from Pontypool, Wales. He became interested in the doctrine of holiness and partially identified with the Newark Perfectionists while a member of the Free Church under Charles Fitch in 1839. He confessed Christ in 1841 in New Haven (with John H. Noyes?) and joined the Putney Association in March of 1843. Stephen married Fanny M. White, who was already a member of the Putney Association, on April 3, 1845, and they had one child: Charlotte Miller Leonard, born October 5, 1846. Stephen and Fanny Leonard joined the Oneida Community on July 19, 1848, coming from Putney. He had been, and would continue to be, the head printer of the Association, moving to the Brooklyn Commune when the printing operation moved there. He also operated a printing business advertised in the Community publications. Stephen wrote of his early experiences in THE CIRCULAR, and when the Wallingford (CT) Community closed, after many cases of malaria, he served as caretaker until the property was sold. In later years, "grandfather Leonard" became a beekeeper at Oneida with Jonathan Burt, the hives being near the later Allen residence. He kept his own genealogical records and journals, some of which are still kept up by his great grandchildren. Stephen R. Leonard died at the age of 72 on December 26, 1892, of acute indigestion. His family remains in the Community." From "The Oneida Family: Genealogy of a 19th Century Perfectionist Commune," Oneida Community Historical Committee, 1985.

GML: "Rev. S. R. Leonard lived in Poultney, VT. and W. Kenwood, NY."

The original colony in the Putney area suffered hostility from the locals and felt the need to move on to Lenox township in Madison County, NY. "Until 1881 the Onieda Comjunity members practiced Bible Communism under the leadership of J. H. Noyes. One of the goals of Bible Communism was to crush selfishness, allowing each person the way to gain heaven on earth. The institution of marriage between one man and one woman was abolished, and members were encouraged, within the norm of heterosexuality, to have sexual relations with one another freely. When it came to having children, however, a committee had to give a couple permission to go ahead and try to have a baby together. Stephen and Fanny's daughter, Charlotte, gave birth to a son, John Humphrey Noyes, Jr., on 18 November 1870. The baby's father was John Humphrey Noyes. Two years later, Charlotte had another son, named Stephen Rose Leonard, born 18 November 1872. Charlotte had had sexual relations with four different men during the month in which Stephen was conceived, and so his father's identity was never verified. Many years later, this became a matter of great concern to Stephen, when he fell in love with Dorothy Barron, daughter of Beulah Hendee and John Humphrey Noyes. Stephen and Dorothy would marry only if they could be absolutely certain that John Humphrey Noyes was not Stephen's father. Stephen asked his mother and the men who were still alive who had engaged in sexual relations with her early in 1872. John Humphrey Noyes was one of the men with whom she had had sex, and he had long since died, but Charlotte assured Stephen that Noyes had not ejaculated when he and she had sex. In the end Stephen and Dorothy married, and the identity of Stephen's father was never established beyond any doubt, but Stephen was often mistaken for George Allen. George's father was one of the men with whom Chalotte had had sex early in 1872. Stephen was tall and lean like George, and their faces were very similar." Per Nora Leonard Roy via e-mail, 29 June 2009.

John Leonard was born on 21 March 1823 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. He died on 6 October 1906 at age 83 in Oneida Community, Lenox, New York.

John is mentioned as being at the Oneida Community in the 1850 and 1880 Censuses.

"John Leonard was born in Newark, NJ, on March 21, 1823, one of seven children of Ephraim Leonard and Nancy Martin. The LLeonards trace their American ancestry back to the 1600's and originally came from Pontypool, Wales. John received the doctrine of holiness while a member of the Free Church under Charles Fitch (probably at Newark) and became identified with the Newark Perfectionists. At about the age of 19 he joined the Putney Association with his brother, Stepehn R. Leonard, and he joined the Oneida Community on May 13, 1848. John Leonard had no children and remained in the Community for 32 years as a carpenter and cabinetmaker. He had no Community children nor a marriage prior to the breakup when he married Frances Hillerman who had joined the Community in the late 1860's. He was a secretary to the Business Board and died on October 6, 1906, at the age of 83. He is buried in the Community Cemetery." From "The Oneida Family: Genealogy of a 19th Century Perfectionist Commune," published by the Oneida Community Historical Committee in 1985.

"John, by the way, married Frances Hillerman after the breakup of the Oneida Community. Frances was also a member of the OC. She was a very odd duck, apparently was quite skittish about anyone getting close to her, so she slept in a narrow bed in the attic above the Mansion House's Big Hall. As a kid, my friends and I had a tour of the attic, and that's when we learned that "Aunt Frank" had slept up there. I am not entirely sure why she married John, maybe for the social and financial security after the community breakup. Needless to say, they never had any children. Aunt Frank lived out in the Ozarks for awhile, but she and John lived on an apple farm in upstate NY towards the end of their lives. One of the prize family "heirlooms" my sisters and I inherited is Aunt Frank's horn, made out of a large conch shell that had the end filed off it so you could blow through it and make a big noise. We were the only family in Kenwood (the OC part of Oneida) with such a magnificent horn. Aunt Frank had used it to call the farmhands to dinner. We used it occasionally just for fun." Nora Leonard, e-mail, 1 July 2009.

Caleb H. Leonard was born about 1825 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. He died before 1890.

In the 1860 and 1870 Censuses, he and his family were living in Newark, NJ. He was a plane maker in 1860, and he and his son were picture framers in 1870.

Mahlon P. Leonard was born on 25 January 1815 in Hamilton County, Ohio. He and Anna Marie were married about 1839. He died on 25 March 1859 at age 44.

At the time of the 1860 Census, Mahlon and his family were living in Columbia twp, Hamilton Co., OH, where Mahlon was a wagon maker. Mahlon P. Leonard had person sources.¹

Sylvester Stephen Ward Leonard was born on 2 November 1821 in Hamilton County, Ohio.¹ He and Mary Susan Todd were married on 18 October 1846 in Liberty, Union County, Indiana. He died on 15 November 1879 at age 58 in Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana. Or did he die 11 Nov 1874 in IN?¹ He was buried at IOOF Cemetery in Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana.

At the time of the 1860 Census, Sylvester, 38, was a farmer with real estate valued at $2500 living in Alexandria, Monroe Township, Madison Co., Indiana, with his wife, Susan, 29, and children Francis, 12, Harriet, 10, Stephen, 8, William, 6, and George W., 6/12ths. His brother, Thomas J. Leonard, 36, a farmer, was living with him. Sylvester and Thomas were born in Ohio, Susan and the children were born in Indiana.

At the time of the 1870 Census, Sylvester, Susan, and the family, minus Harriet (who must have died or married and moved away) and William, were living at Alexandria (P.O.), Monroe twp., Madison Co., IN. Sylvester's farm had increased in value to $3200. Sylvester Stephen Ward Leonard had person sources.²

Martha Jane Leonard was born in 1826 in Hamilton County, Ohio. Squire John Pentecost and she were married on 9 September 1847 in Union City, Union County, Indiana. She died in 1894 at age ~68 in Silver Creek?, Union County, Indiana. She was buried in Silver Creek, Union County, Indiana.

Martha Jane Leonard had person sources.¹

Rachel Harriet Agnes Leonard was born on 25 September 1829 in Hamilton County, Ohio. Alfred Pearson and she were married on 19 February 1852 in Liberty, Union County, Indiana. She died on 15 January 1894 at age 64 in Cozad, Dawson County, Nebraska.

Did she spell her name Rachel or Rachael? Rachel Harriet Agnes Leonard had person sources.¹

John Jackson Leonard was born on 25 October 1831 in Madisonville, Hamilton County, Ohio. He and Sarah Ellen Wetzell were married on 19 December 1858 in Union County, Indiana. He died on 10 December 1911 at age 80 in Gas City, Grant County, Indiana.

In the 1850 Census, the Wetzells were living next door to the Leonards. John and Jane were both 18.

Was John born 25 Oct or 25 Nov? John Jackson Leonard had person sources.¹

Anna Marie was born about 1821 in Ohio. Mahlon P. Leonard and she were married about 1839.

Mary Ann Leonard was born about 1818 in Hamilton County, Ohio. Edwin Augustus MacArthur and she were married on 7 December 1834. They had 8 children.

Mary Ann Leonard had person sources.¹

Edwin Augustus MacArthur and Mary Ann Leonard were married on 7 December 1834. They had 8 children.

Mary Susan Todd was born on 28 February 1828 in Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana. Sylvester Stephen Ward Leonard and she were married on 18 October 1846 in Liberty, Union County, Indiana. She died on 11 November 1902 at age 74.

Mary Susan Todd had person sources.¹

Eliza Ann Marshall was born in 1826 in Madisonville, Hamilton County, Ohio. She was married on 25 July 1847. She died on 19 November 1856 at age ~30 at Goodwin's Corner, Union Co., IN.

Squire John Pentecost and Martha Jane Leonard were married on 9 September 1847 in Union City, Union County, Indiana.

Alfred Pearson was born on 8 January 1832 in Union County, Indiana. He and Rachel Harriet Agnes Leonard were married on 19 February 1852 in Liberty, Union County, Indiana.