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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
7(1853):72.
"February 2, 1732-3, Hannah Deane sister to Capt. James Leonard, late of Taunton deceased, gave to the subscriber the following account of her relations &c-- ... Her Father's name was James Leonard Her Mother's name was _____ Martin"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Barton, Bill. PRE-AMERICAN ANCESTRY of our LEONARD IRONWORKERS.
'G. Marston goes on to report that Elisha C. Leonard had a note that Susanna Leonard (Nathaniel6, Elkanah5, Elkanah4, Elkanah3, Thomas2, James1) said that the first wife of James was Jennie/Jeannie Martin ...'
'According to the Leonard family bible, Thomas Leonard, the eldest son of James, was born 3 Aug. 1641 [citation: NEHGR 32(1878):270]. This date leads us back to Kinver, Staffordshire, where on 8 Aug. 1641 Thomas Leonard, son of James & Jane/Jean Leonard, was baptized. Evidently the first wife of emigrant James Leonard was named Jane (not Mary as has been previously reported).'
- Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades. Colonial families of the United States of America: in which is given the history, genealogy and armorial bearings of colonial families who settled in the American colonies from the time of the settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. (New York, Boston: The Grafton Press, 1907)
4:332.
'James Leonard, m. (1st) Mary Martin; ...'
No source is provided for her given name, and this source cites the discredited Dacre lineage, suggesting not a lot of scrutiny of the information provided to the compiler. Was "Mary" just the standard "fill-in" name for any woman whose first name was unknown?
- Goodenough, Caroline Louisa Leonard. Memoirs of the Leonard, Thompson, and Haskell families: with their collateral families of Alden, Andrews, Bell, Bourne, Brooks, Brown, Bryant, Chipman, Cooke, Crossman, Goodell, Goodenough, Gorham, Hall, Hathaway, Hicks, Hinckley, Hodges, Howland, Jenny, Kingsley, Lincoln, Merrick, Otis, Packard, Paine, Pearl, Phillips, Price, Smith, Sturtevant, Swift, Thomas, Wadsworth, White, Wood and many others. (Yellow Springs, Ohio: C.L. Goodenough, 1928)
p. 11.
The author gives her name as Mary Martin, with no evidence, but possibly copying from Colonial Families or a source it used.
- ↑ Birth year estimated based on estimated birth year of her husband and recorded birth year of her son Thomas.
- ↑ Birth of her son Uriah
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