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Facts and Events
Name |
Joseph Leonard |
Gender |
Male |
Birth[1][5] |
25 Oct 1647 |
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statespossibly |
Marriage |
15 Dec 1679 |
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Blake |
Death[1][2] |
17 Oct 1692 |
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States |
Burial[4] |
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Neck O Land Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929, c1978)
Vol. 3, p. 126.
LEONARD, Joseph Sr. [dup. omits Sr.], [died] Oct. 17, 1692 [dup. Oct. 18 in 44th y., second dup. and Taunton Proprietors Records Oct. 17] [Joseph, Oct. 18, in 44th y. [in lot with Joseph (1705) and Thomas (1713)] GR9] [Age 43, so born about 1649. GR9=Summer Street Burying Ground (neck of Land), Taunton. Note: NEHGR, p. 17:37, "Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton, Mass.", says 19 Oct 1692, but one must assume since all town records say 17, and the gravestone says 18, that this is the result of misreading the gravestone's "18". See Find A Grave.]
- ↑ Rounds, H. L. Peter. Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987)
p. 4.
Will of Joseph Leonard of Taunton, dated 15 Oct 1692, inventory 18 Nov 1692, proved 30 Mar 1693, mentions wife Mary and children (minors, not named). Brother Thomas Leonard and Deacon Henry Hodges to be Overseers. [p. 57] Agrmt. on settl. of Est. of Joseph Leonard of Taun. btwn. Joseph Willis & his wife Mary Willis (formerly her first husband was said Joseph Leonard), with the chldn. of dcd. Joseph Leonard: Edward Leonard, William Leonard, Samuel Hodges & Experience (dau.) his wife, Mehetabel Leonard & Silence Leonard, all of Taun. Mentions Joseph Willis son of said Mary Willis. Dtd. 2 Apr. 1712. Witns: James Leonard, Joseph Wilson, Samuel Danforth & Dorothy Wood. Notation made on 5 Apr. 1712 of "Mehetable Leonard now Harvey" [3:106/7/8].
- Carver, Frederick Elmer, and Margaret R. (Margaret Robinson) Carver. Genealogy of the Rev. Eleazer Carver family. (Yakima, Washington: F.E. Carver, 1971)
p. 290.
"b. Oct. 25, 1647, prob. Braintree, Mass."
How is the date known if the location is not? The birth date "25 Oct 1647" does not appear to be in Taunton VR, or any other collection of americanancestors.org's collection of vital records. Family Bible? Not the father's Bible, since Joseph's siblings don't have precise birth dates.
The author likely presumes Braintree because it is where Joseph's father was in 1652 (NEHGR 5:414b) before moving to Taunton with his brother Henry (shortly after 21 Oct 1652) to build the Raynham forge (NEHGR 5:405). However, James was in Lynn in 1651 (NEHGR 5:414b), where the first ironworks in North America started operating in 1646 (Wikipedia).
Note that 1647 is a year or two earlier than implied by his age at death.
- ↑ Joseph Leonard, in Find A Grave.
includes photos of his gravestone
- ↑ His brother Thomas came to New England "when a small boy" (NEHGR 5:407), so possibly by the time Joseph was born.
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