Person:Joseph Leonard (7)

m. Abt 1640
  1. Thomas Leonard1641 - 1713
  2. James LeonardAbt 1643 - 1726
  3. Joseph Leonard1647 - 1692
  4. Abigail LeonardEst 1650 - Aft 1700
  5. Benjamin LeonardEst 1652 - Bef 1725
  6. John LeonardEst 1654 - Est 1674
  7. Rebecca LeonardAbt 1656 - 1735/36
  8. Hannah Leonard1659 - 1749
  9. Uriah Leonard1662 - Abt 1742
  • HJoseph Leonard1647 - 1692
  • WMary Blake1654/55 -
m. 15 Dec 1679
  1. Mary Leonard1680 - 1685
  2. Experience Leonard1681/82 - 1716
  3. Joseph Leonard1683/84 -
  4. Mehitable Leonard1685 -
  5. Edward Leonard1688 -
  6. William Leonard1690 - 1750
  7. Silence LeonardAbt 1692 -
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] Neck O Land Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 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.]

  2. 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].

  3.   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.

  4. Joseph Leonard, in Find A Grave.

    includes photos of his gravestone

  5. His brother Thomas came to New England "when a small boy" (NEHGR 5:407), so possibly by the time Joseph was born.