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Abel Leonard was born on 4 March 1781 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Abiah Leonard were married in 1804 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died in 1852 at age ~71 in Andover or Richmond Center, Ashtabula County, Ohio.

They moved to Springfield, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania. The Giles Memorial has his birthdate as 1778. Abel and Abi's (Abigail's) marriage was the first one in Springfield, PA (Standish, The Leonard Dictionary).

Letter from Abel in Springfield, Bradford Co., PA, dated Burlington, 7 Mar 1804, to his brother in Springfield, MA:

"Honored Brother:

Sir, I embrace this opportunity with pleasure and respect to inform you that we are all well, and in a degree happy and well pleased with the country and its ihabitants. As to the country, it needs no praise for it is sufficient to praise itself. As to hunting, it exceeds any part of the United States for elk, panter, bear, wolves, deer, beaver, sable, etc., therefore, it is pleasing to me to walk into the wilderness and take a view of nature and to see there the curiosities of the Almight God, without any artificial marks excepting what we have done. We are now making preparations for building a house which we have been almost destitute of for the time we have been here, but by the assistance of God we have almost accomplished a house and the first of the kind in the town where we belong, it being built of boards, mails and glass, which articles are seldom seen in this country, and expect to move in next month.

I have made it my home at Mr. E. Leonard's this winter past, where I have been treated with respect by the whole family and more especially by the girl that you recommended to be about the right length for a chin hold."

The letter continues:

"To my dear and absent Mother whom I respect.

Dear Mother - since it is my fortune to be absent from you and not able to enjoy yur company or advice, I think it may duty to improve the pen for relief which I can do with freedom and pleasure, for the want of a Mother, is what I have never experienced till now, and now I can see what I enjoyed with present with you, that is the greatest trouble that I am afflicted with at present and that I consider the greatest in life; however, I am in hopes to see you again provided we shall both live any lengthof time, but as life is uncertain perhapsthis may be my last. Give my compliments to Deborah and tell her that I want to hear from her more than my pen is able to express, for I consider her in a dangerous situation though I said nothing, but I thought when I parted with her, never to see her again, but I am in hopes to hear something different from what I have written. I am well.

Abel Leonard

Mr. E. Leonard is Ezekiel Leonard. The brother to whom Abel wrote was Theodore Leonard. Abel Leonard had person sources.^1,2

Frances Leonard was born on 7 February 1831 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.¹ She died on 7 February 1831 at age 0 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

John W. Leonard was born in October 1849 in Concord, Erie County, Ohio. He and Martha E. Warren were married in 1874 in New York. They had had two children, of which one was still living at the time of the 1900 Census.

The family was living in El Paso Co., CO, at the time of the 1900 Census. He was a carpenter living in Burbank, Los Angeles Co., CA with his wife and 2 boarders in the 1910 Census. By 1920 he was a farmer growing orages in Azusa. John W. Leonard had person sources.¹

Adeline was born about 1802 in Massachusetts.

Eli Leonard was born in 1761 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died on 25 October 1787 at age ~26 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He was buried at Old Agawam Cemetery in Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Eli Leonard had person sources.¹

Joseph Smith was born on 18 May 1759 in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Huldah Leonard were married on 31 March 1785 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died on 9 April 1814 at age 54.

Thaddeus Leonard was born on 2 November 1762 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Mary Leonard were married on 24 July 1784 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.¹ He and Clarissa Granger were married on 26 January 1817 in Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He died on 5 September 1842 at age 79 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Thaddeus was a fifer in the Revolutionary War. He served in Cap Samuel Sloper's Company, Col Israel Chapman's Regiment. Intentions 24 Jul 1784. In the 1800 and 1810 Censuses, he was living in West Springfield. He had at least four children, three of whom were boys, but I cannot find their names. Thaddeus Leonard had person sources.² He was christened on 19 June 1763 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Miriam Day was born on 4 March 1718 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Deacon Reuben Leonard and she were married after 22 December 1739 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She died on 7 August 1791 at age 73 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

She was the sister of Sarah Day, who married Josiah Leonard. Name is also spelled Meriam in records.

Abner Leonard was born on 13 February 1744 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Mary Cooper were married on 9 September 1767 in Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died on 3 March 1793 at age 49 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

He was baptized 31 Mar 1745 in West Springfield.

The Springfield Historical Library has a file of various notes. Some are from direction of the Springfield Council to collect monies owed the town and others have to do with the settlement of his estate after he died in 1796. Abner Leonard had person sources.¹

Mary Cooper was born on 11 April 1745 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Abner Leonard and she were married on 9 September 1767 in Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She died on 2 March 1827 at age 81 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She was buried in 1827 in Old North Burying Ground Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

In her will among the papers on file in the Springfield Museum of History, Mary left her estate to her three daughters. She refers to her brother, Thaddeus Leonard, and makes him executor.

Enoch Leonard was born on 29 July 1747 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Maria Van Vechten were married on 10 August 1783 in Schaghiticoke, Rensselaer County, New York. He died on 12 December 1810 at age 63 in Colonie, Albany County, New York.¹

Vinton: He died young.

Was he born 14 Dec 1755 or 25 Jul 1747?

He served in the Revolutionary War, stationed at the barracks in Saratoga and afterward lived in Saratoga, according to the statement provided by Thomas Jordan in support of Mary Van Vechten's application for a pension in 1826. (Footnote.com)

He lived at one time in Watervliet, Saratoga County, NY. He sold land to Edward Curtis of Ballston 1809 (Dougherty, The Beekman Patent).

Info also in "The Leonard Dictionary." And Dougherty, Beekman Patent, V8, p. 59

Did he have a relative, Edward Leonard, who married Betsey Crawford at Watervliet ca. 13 Dec 1814? Enoch Leonard had person sources.²

Josiah Leonard was born on 27 March 1750 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Elizabeth Hilliard were married on 6 August 1772 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died on 9 November 1817 at age 67 in Kingsborough (Johnston), Fulton County, New York. He was buried in Old Colonial Cemetery, Kingsborough (now Johnston), Fulton County, New York.

He was baptized 6 May 1750 in West Springfield. He and his wife Elizabeth were taken in to the Fifth Church of Christ in Springfield 11 Dec 1774.

Constance Leonard's genealogy of the Leonard family, composed during her lifetime (1785-1855), has this Josiah marrying Elizabeth Hilliard 1 May 1772, as does Thomas B. Warren's Springfield Families.

Their first children were born in Springfield. Sometime after the Revolutionary War, they removed away. In 1793 they settled in Kingsborough, NY, then a newly settled region, where they passed their remaining days. It was later known as Johnstown, NY, and Gloversville, NY.

He served in 1780 as a private in Capt. Jacob Pool's company, Col. Jacob's Massachusetts regiment. DAR Patriot Index. He was also a police constable in Becket, MA.

Will of Josiah Leonard of Johnstown, will dated 30 April 1816, probated 1-13-1818. Mentions wife Elizabeth; daughters Betsy, Miriam and Luna; sons Rufus, Reuben, Josiah, Daniel, Abner, and Harvey. Executors: sons Josiah, Daniel, and Abner.

He was in his 68th year when he died.

"History of Gloversville, NY" by Horace Sprague has further information about Josiah, Daniel, and Abner, according to Lois Badger, "The Leonard Dictionary." She has Josiah born in 1716-18 and married to Elizabeth Harris. Sprague's book: "The Leonards constitute one of the most numerous and most respectable family connections of the first inhabitants of Kingsboro. The present families are descendants of some of the following six brothers: Rufus, Reuben, Josiah, Daniel, Abner, and Harvey." Josiah Leonard had person sources.^1,2 He was christened on 6 May 1750 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Hilliard was born on 13 October 1748. Josiah Leonard and she were married on 6 August 1772 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She died on 1 March 1820 at age 71 in Kingsborough, New York. She was buried in Old Colonial Cemetery, Kingsborough (now Johnston), Fulton County, New York.

There was another Josiah Leonard to whom this Elizabeth Hilliard (Hillard) is frequently linked in marriage. The most reliable source of info regarding this Elizabeth comes from Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Frank Waterman, Hale, House & Related Lines, 1952, and lists the intentions published for Josiah Leonard of Springfield and Elizabeth Hilliard as 1 May 1772. The NEHGS CD of Springfield VR's to 1850 also lists the same intentions to marry.

The two lines of Hilliards from which Elizabeth is likely to be a daughter are from the South Hadley area (Timothy Hilliard and Mehitable lnu, John Hilliard and Mary Crowfoot, etc.) and Stonington, CT (David Hilliard et. al.). There seem to have been no other Hilliard families in CT or MA at that time. Some other family trees (Luke Hitchcock, for example) have Elizabeth born in Raynham, MA, which adds to the confusion.

She was in her 72nd year when she died.

Elias Leonard was born on 24 July 1753 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Susanna Selden were married on 9 November 1775. He died on 1 September 1831 at age 78 in Medina, Medina County, Ohio. He was buried in Feeding Hills Cemetery, West Springfield, Massachusetts.

He enlisted 1777 as a private in Capt. Nathan Rowle's compnay, Col John Moseley's regiment, Hampshire Co., MA. DAR#48797.

He died during a visit to Medina, OH. Old document at Springfield Historical Library says Grafton, OH. Elias Leonard had person sources.¹ He was baptized on 5 August 1753 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Mary Parish was born on 10 July 1785. James Harvey Leonard and she were married in May 1803. She died on 19 May 1871 at age 85 in Lowville, Lewis County, New York.

Timothy Leonard was born on 24 July 1753 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Mary Baldwin were married on 11 December 1788. He died on 12 April 1814 at age 60 in Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, New York.¹

He went to Albany and married there, according to

"Timothy Leonard, born 14 December 1755 (different date) at West Springfield, MA, son of Reuben and Miriam Day Leonard, married Mary Baldwin. He lived at Granville, Washington Co., NY, and then at Lansingburgh, Rensselaer Co., NY. When living at Granville, he was noted as a merchant when he was granted administration of the estate of Abel Comstock 20 November 1795.He was in Granville in 1790 census at 4-0-3 and in 1800 at 0-0-3-0-1 and 2-3-2-1-0. He was a town officer in Granville in 1791 and a Member of the Assembly in 1796-7 and 1800-01. (ESNYS: I:138)." Frank Dougherty, "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent," p. 66. His will does not mention his children by name. His wife was executrix. Daughter Ann Leonard was among the witnesses to the will. His will mentions a nephew, Elisha Sheldon.

It appears that Timothy or his children removed to Granville, Washington Co., NY. A Timothy Leonard was elected a town officer at Granville, Washington Co., NY, in 1791-96 and died there bef. 11 April 1814. He was commissioner of common school in 1805 and 1812. Timothy Leonard and Mary Baldwin had a daughter, Mary, the 4th dau. in the family, b. 3 Dec 1795 at Granville. She d. 21 Dec 1817 and was married to Charles Mason. Timothy Leonard had person sources.²

Eleanor Leonard was born on 24 March 1747 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Elijah Coleman and she were married on 23 December 1762 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.

She was not the Eleanor Leonard who married Elijah Coleman -- that was her mother, Eleanor (Day) Leonard.

She was probably not the Eleanor Leonard who married Nathaniel Williston 3 Dec 1762. That was the daughter of Joseph Leonard and Thankfull Bagg. Eleanor Leonard had person sources.¹ She was christened on 10 July 1748 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Elijah Coleman was born on 17 November 1714 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. He and Mary Smith were married in 1744. He and Eleanor Day were married on 23 December 1762 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

It would appear that Elijah Coleman first married Mary Smith in 1744. They had a son, Elijah Coleman, Jr., born in 1745. No death date is available for Mary, but it appears to have been before 20 Jun 1759 when Jonathan Leonard died, leaving the widow, Eleanor Day. Elijah then married the widow, Eleanor. This hypothesis needs to be checked further. Elijah was acquainted with the family from before 1748, when he witnessed Jonathan's father's will.

Sabra Leonard was born on 5 May 1751 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Or was birth date 19 Mar 1749? Unknown and she were married. Johann Heinrich ("Henry") Selter and she were married on 18 May 1780 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She died before 1816.

Name is also given as Sebria. Sabra Leonard had person sources.¹ She was christened on 5 May 1751 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Johann Heinrich ("Henry") Selter was born in 1743 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Sabra Leonard were married on 18 May 1780 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He died in 1818 at age ~75.

Name is also spelled Soelter. They supposedly had 8 children, so one may be missing. The seven listed are from West Springfield VR's.

Zervia Leonard was born on 3 January 1754 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Jesse Rogers and she were married on 15 December 1796. She died on 6 June 1837 at age 83 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Their courtship lasted 22 years, published 8 years before marriage. It appears they had no children. Zervia Leonard had person sources.¹

Jesse Rogers was born on 18 June 1750 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Zervia Leonard were married on 15 December 1796. He died on 18 July 1807 at age 57.

Samuel Leonard, Jr., was born on 9 February 1753 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Jemima Robinson were married after 25 July 1778.¹

Vinton's book lists no children for the couple. Samuel Leonard, Jr., had person sources.²

Jemima Robinson was born on 4 March 1758 in Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Samuel Leonard, Jr., and she were married after 25 July 1778.¹ She died on 6 November 1782 at age 24 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

This Elizabeth or the one born in 1737?

Marcy Leonard was born in 1760 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Abraham Ripley and she were married on 19 June 1785 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She died on 8 April 1786 at age ~26 in West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She was buried in 1786 in Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Marcy Leonard had person sources.¹