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Celia Leonard was born in 1897 in Washington.

Addison Leonard was born on 30 December 1782 in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont.¹ He and Elizabeth Robbins ("Betsey") Clark were married in 1806 in New York. He died on 27 December 1861 at age 78 in Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin. He was buried in 1861 in Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Addison Leonard was buried at Lot 198, Green Ridge Cemetery, in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. Did Addison really marry twice? The other time to Elizabeth Goodridge? Two families? Or are we mixing two different Addisons here. Was he born in VT or in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, in 1781? Did he really live to be 115? Was he War of 1812 veteran? Death record for his daughter has him born in CT.

He may have been the Addison Leonard, customer of a store in Dover, VT, in 1810.

Alternatively, was he born in 1781 in Gainesville, NY? Or was he born in 1791 in Rutland?

He was residing in Bristol, Kenosha Co., WI at the time of the 1850 Census. It would appear the family moved to Wisconsin by way of Ohio around 1845. Before that, they were residing in Cortland, NY. His son, John, was living with them, as well as Esther Goodridge. Mrs. E. Goodridge bought the cemetery lot where Addison, Justus, and Elizabeth are buried in Kenosha, WI.

Descendant, George, of Addison is in haplogroup R1b, assuming genealogy is correct. He served in the military Private New York State Militia in 1814 in New York. He lived in Bristol, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, in 1850.

Elizabeth Goodrich was born in 1789 in Connecticut.

John Broughton Leonard was born on 8 March 1813 in Granville, Washington County, New York. He and Melissa Webster were married on 17 January 1852 in Truxton, Cortland County, New York. He died on 7 November 1896 at age 83 in Cortland, Cortland County, New York. He was buried at Section 131, Lot W, Cortland Rural Cemetery, in Cortland County, New York.

John Broughton was Lucy Perkins' first husband, and he died in 1811. Lucy's second husband was Job Strong Leonard, John Broughton Leonard's great grandfather.

On 1 February 1848, John B. Leonard of Racine Co., WI, purchased a land patent for 40 acres in Kenosha Co., WI.

In the 1850 Census, he was single, living with his parents.

He supposedly married Melissa Clark, according to DAR records, and they had a daughter, Frances Hamilton Leonard.

Chester Phoenix Leonard was born on 7 September 1818 in Granvillle, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Sarah Esther ("Sally") Atwood were married about 1847. He died about 1859 at age ~41 in Wisconsin.

According to a descendant, Leona Leonard DeKeyser, Chester and Sarah moved to Milwaukee, WI, before 1848. They later lived in Racine, WI, and was a shoemaker. They had six known children. Chester died in 1859, and all of his daughters were placed with other families, and not much is known about most of them. Sarah and Ella married brothers with the last name of Bunnell.

Chester's parents were not Addison and Elizabeth Leonard.

Addison Clark Leonard was born on 14 March 1820 in Truxton, Cortland County, New York. He and Sarah Ann Webster were married on 25 July 1840 in Truxton, Cortland County, New York. He died on 7 August 1890 at age 70 in Kinsley, Edwards County, Kansas.

In the 1860 Census, the family was living in Bristol, Kenosha Co., WI.

In the 1870 Census, the family had moved to Rosekranz, Newport twp., Lake Co., IL. Addison was listed as Ansel. Wife Sarah and children Louis K, Emma C., Adison, and Sherman were listed as well. Son George and his wife also lived nearby.

In the 1880 Census, he and Sarah were living with his son George and his family in Center Twp, Russell Co., KS. Addison's children Sherman, 15, and Lilly B., 12, were living with them (unclear as to whether Lilly B. was their daughter or daughter of George and his first wife, Ellen). Addison Clark Leonard lived in Bristol, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, in 1850. He lived in Illinois in 1870. He lived in Center, Russell, Kansas, in 1880. He lived in Garfield, Pawnee, Kansas, in 1880.

Elijah Darwin Leonard was born on 17 July 1811 in Granville, Washington County, New York.¹ He and Matilda Dorothy Herrington were married on 26 November 1833. He and Margaret were married on 30 May 1861 in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.² He died in 1888 at age ~77 in Wisconsin.

He was a Baptist clergyman. He moved to Wisconsin between the birth of his son in 1838 and 1 June 1840, when he was in Racine, Wisconsin Territory. He may have been the Elijah Leonard living in Pleasant Prarie, Racine Co., WI, in 1842 and in Lorima, Dodge Co., WI, in 1855. He bought land in Kenosha County in 1844.

In the 1860 Census, E. D. Leonard, 48, was living in Bristol twp (Marion P.O.), Kenosha Co., WI. His wife had died. His son, E. D., Jr., was a writing teacher. His son, Charles, 22, was a school teacher. Other children included Chester, 18, George, 15, Sidney, 13, Nelson, 11, Alice, 9, Mary, 7, Ophelia, 2, and John, less than a year. E.D. was a farmer and owned real estate valued at $5000.

In the 1870 Census he was a clergyman, and 1880 Census, he was a book agent. In 1870, his son and three daughters were living with them in Somers. His daughter and grandson were living with them in Somers, Kenosha Co., WI, in 1880.

Checked against Wolf Family on Ancestry.com.

Was his brother Job Strong Leonard? Was his middle name Darwin?

Chester Marshall Leonard was born on 18 November 1840 in Elmira, Chemung County, New York. He and Lydia Ann Burdick were married on 7 December 1866 in Racine, Kenosha County, Wisconsin. He died on 16 January 1925 at age 84 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

He enlisted in Co. A, 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, promoted to corporal 26 Aug 1861, promoted to 2nd Lt. 28 Nov 1864, promoted to 1st Lt. 28 Nov 1864, mustered out 1 Sep 1865.

Sarah Ann Webster was born on 10 August 1821 in Vermont.¹ Addison Clark Leonard and she were married on 25 July 1840 in Truxton, Cortland County, New York. She died on 3 December 1890 at age 69 in Kinsley, Edwards County, Kansas.

George Franklin Leonard was born on 4 June 1844 in Ohio. He and Ella Priest were married on 3 April 1875 in Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin. He died in 1922 at age ~78.

George later moved to Russell, KS, where he was located in 1880. George Franklin Leonard had person sources.¹

Alonzo Clark Leonard was born on 17 April 1849 in Wisconsin. He died on 8 October 1864 at age 15.

Alonzo Clark Leonard had person sources.¹

Elizabeth Robbins ("Betsey") Clark was born on 25 October 1788 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Addison Leonard and she were married in 1806 in New York. She died on 25 August 1863 at age 74 in Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.

Elizabeth Robbins ("Betsey") Clark had person sources.¹

Job Strong Leonard was born in 1750 in Connecticut. 1740 is the birth date estimate in DAR records. Other estimates: ca. 1754, CT. Not sure Lenox was available to settlement until 1750. 1750 is in Find-a-grave. He and Elizabeth ("Betsy") Walker were married about 1779. He and Lucy Perkins were married after 1811 in Granville, Washington County, New York. He died on 19 January 1823 at age ~73 in Granville, Washington County, New York. Per North Granville Church records. Job was a deacon. He was buried on 21 January 1823 at Bethany Cemetery in Truthville, Washington, New York.

Or was he born in 1740 in Lenox, MA? Did he marry (2) Susanna? There appear to be at least 5 daughters missing, according to the 1790, 1800, 1810, and 1820 Censuses. I can find no record of him being born in Wethersfield, CT, nor of his wife Elizabeth Walker being born there.

Job S. Leonard signed the Nonconsumption Agreement in 1774 in Lenox, MA. By 1774, he must have been accepted as an adult citizen in Lenox. Lenox was not populated as a town until the 1760's, so it is unlikely that Job was born there.

A Job Leonard of Lenox was a private in Col. Henry Sherburne's regt., Continental pay accounts for service from 5 Apr 1777 to 4 Apr 1780; residence, Lenox; reported discharge; also, Capt. Joshua Trafton's company., Col. Sherburne's regt.; muster roll dated Camp Middel Town, 21 Aug 1778. DAR credits Capt. Trafton's record. He was a member of the Green Mountain Boys and fought at Bennington, Ticonderoga, and Crown Point. He is also said to have been on the staff of General Gates. This Job would appear to be Job Strong Leonard.

A history related to Job's son, Henry, states that Henry was the youngest son of Col. Job Leonard of Norton, Bristol Co., MA, and that Col. Leonard was on the staff of General Gates at the battle of Saratoga and perhaps in the action at Bennington that preceded it. There were two Col. Leonards at Bennington, but no Col. Job Leonard. One, Col. David Leonard of West Springfield, MA, was a Lt. Col. in Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's regt. and may have taken part in that engagement. Another was Nathaniel Leonard, a major, then Lt. Col., in Col. Timothy Walker's regt. Note that Job Strong Leonard married Betsy, perhaps related to Col. Timothy Walker. Several Rev. War soldiers listed service in Col. Leonard's regt. (but which Col. Leonard?) at Ticonderoga. Job Strong Leonard named a son Nathaniel about whom little is known. This is all very confusing and requires additional research. Nathaniel as a name runs in the Strong family.

Nathaniel Strong had a son, Job Strong, born in 1721 in Northampton, MA, graduated from Yale 1747, installed as pastor Portsmouth, NH, died 1751. His widow later married Woodbridge Odlin, Harvard 1738. Nathaniel was married (2) to the widow, Penelope Philips. Her.1st husband was Samuel Leonard 1708-1744, great grandson of John Leonard 1615-1676 of Springfield. One would assume that Job Strong Leonard was named after an admired John Strong born in the years right after he died, but no such link has been found.

Job Leonard, said to be of Vermont and one of the "Green Mountain Boys," fought at the Battles of Bennington, Ticonderoga, and Crown Point in the Revolutionary War (per DAR - Hannah Leonard Stone).

The "History of Poultney, VT" mentions Deacon Job Leonard on page 222. This Job Leonard was the son of John Leonard and was the MD who settled in Winhall, VT, about this time. It was not Job Strong Leonard

The Broughton family is mentioned on this and the preceding page. John Broughton, Jr., b 1754, d. 31 May 1811, Poultney. His widow, Lucy Perkins Broughton, married Deacon Job Leonard of Granville as his second wife. She would have been past childbearing age.

A Job Leonard is listed in Becket, Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1790 Census, family of 5 females, 2 males, one of which is under 16. In 1800, what appears to be the same Job is in Granville, NY, with a family of 4 males and 5 females. In 1810, Job, still in Granville, has a household of 3 males and 5 females. The latter two are certainly Job Strong Leonard.

Job Leonard was appointed 2nd deacon in 1802 in Granville, NY.

Administration of estate of Job Leonard of Granville, Washington Co., NY granted to Henry Leonard 27 Feb 1822 (WashCW LA III:99). (A year before he died, 19 Jan 1823?)

There appear to be 12 family trees in ancestry.com relating to Job Strong Leonard and Addison Leonard, but there are many contradictions and things that would need the logic explained in the trees that make them questionable. None of the trees extend down to the current day. One indicates his parents as Abiel Leonard and Abigail Elliott, but they have children already in the period from 1746 to 1760. Another parent is rumored to be George Leonard. Yet another possibility are Moses and Beulah Leonard, although I see little evidence supporting. One current male descendant has been tested in haplogroup R1b (doublecheck), another in haplogroup J2. It would be useful to fill out the tree and also identify more current direct male descendants who could be tested.

There's a Simeon Leonard, born abt. 1786 in VT, also living in Winhall, where another Job Leonard family, son of John and Ruth, was living.

A Job Strong, son of Jonathan Strong and Hannah Ellsworth, was born 18 Jan 1730 in Bolton, Tolland Co., CT, bap. there 8 Feb 1730. He apparently went to Yale, A.M. 1751, married Damaris Strong 1763, had a son, Job, b. 1766. Job died 16 May 1800 in Easthampton, Hampshire Co., MA 16 May 1800. An Elijah Leonard graduated from Yale in 1783, but that would have been too late to have any relevance to Job Strong Leonard.

Middle names didn't really come into vogue until after 1775. Why does Job Strong Leonard sport one?

There was a Job Leonard b. 11 Dec 1791, father Job, mother Susannah (Taunton VR's). Could the father be Job Strong Leonard?

Some of the Internet ancestries for Job Strong Leonard have him descending from George Leonard. Job Strong Leonard served in the military Private of Sherburne's Regiment Continental Infatnry from 5 April 1777 to 1783 in Connecticut.

Job Leonard was born on 16 October 1785 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He and Betsey Townsend were married about 1804 in Vermont. He died on 18 November 1857 at age 72 in Winhall, Bennington County, Vermont.

Job Leonard was also known as Job Leonard. He and Betsey Townsend were married. He was a physician living with his wife, daughter, and son and children in Winhall, Bennington Co., VT, at the time of the 1850 Census. He appears first in the 1810 Census in Stockbridge, Windsor Co., VT, with a household of 4, 2 males, 2 females. In the 1820 Census, the household is in Winhall and includes 5 males, 3 under 10, 1 female under 10, and 1 female 10-15.

This Job Leonard of Winhall, Bennington County, VT, served in the 1814 VT Constitutional Convention.

There is confusion as to whether this Job Leonard is Job Strong Leonard, son of Job Strong Leonard. MA Town & VR, 1620-1988, list this Job Leonard, born 16 Oct 1785 in Framingham, as the son of John and Ruth Leonard of Southborough, MA. This Job Leonard is listed in Vermont VR's as born abt. 1785 in Southborn (sic), MA, also born 16 Oct 1785, died 18 Nov 1857 in Winhall, Bennington Co., married Betsey Townsend, an M.D. He had person sources.¹

Elizabeth ("Betsy") Walker was born in 1753 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Job Strong Leonard and she were married about 1779. She died in 1820 at age ~67.

Was she Elizabeth "Betsy" Robbins Walker?

James Clark was at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was from Wethersfield, CT.

Alternate: Col. Timothy Walker headed a Massachusetts Regiment in the Revolutionary War.

Louisa Leonard was born on 1 September 1806 in Vermont. She died on 14 September 1861 at age 55 in Bondville, Vermont. She was buried at Bondville Cemetery in Bondville, Vermont.

In 1850 she was living in Winhall, Bennington Co., VT. She died of consumption (TB). Louisa Leonard had person sources.¹

John Townshend Leonard was born on 27 September 1811 in Winhall, Bennington County, Vermont. He and Catherine W. were married.

In the 1860 and 1870 Census, they were living in Aroma, Kankakee Co., IL. It appears they were living with Cyrus Woodard, a farmer, in the 1870 Census. John Townshend Leonard had person sources.^1,2

Martha Maria Leonard was born on 18 March 1816 in Winhall, Vermont. She died on 10 July 1838 at age 22 in Bondville, Vermont. She was buried at Bondville Cemetery in Bondville, Vermont.

She died of consumption (TB). Martha Maria Leonard had person sources.¹

Fanny Harriet Leonard was born on 30 August 1822 in Winhall, Bennington County, Vermont. Cogswell and she were married. She died on 15 June 1898 at age 75 in Leicester, Massachusetts.¹