Person:Thomas Leonard (3)
Thomas Leonard
b.3 Aug 1641 Staffordshire, England
d.24 Nov 1713 Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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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
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Thomas Leonard1641 - 1713
  • W.  Mary WatsonAbt 1642 - 1723
m. 21 Aug 1662
  1. Mary Leonard1663 - 1727
  2. Thomas Leonard1665 -
  3. John Leonard1668 -
  4. George Leonard1671 - 1716
  5. Samuel Leonard1673 -
  6. Elkanah Leonard1677 - 1714
  7. James Leonard1679 -
  8. Phebe Leonard1684 -
  9. Elizabeth Leonard1686 -
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Facts and Events
Name Thomas Leonard
Gender Male
Birth[1][3][6][7] 3 Aug 1641 Staffordshire, England
Christening[7] 8 Aug 1641 Kinver, Staffordshire, England
Marriage 21 Aug 1662 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Watson
Will[2] 29 Jan 1711/12 Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Death[4] 24 Nov 1713 Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929, c1978)
    258.

    LEONARD, Thomas, h. Mary Watson, Aug. 3, 1641, P.R.37.

    although recorded at Taunton the birth may have occurred elsewhere

  2. ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1897)
    3:62.

    Will of Thomas Leonard "the Eldest of ye Name in Taunton," being in his 71st year of age, dated 29 Jan 1711/2, probated 5 Feb 1713/4.
    Wife Mary and Mary's "father Watson."
    Sons: Thomas (eldest), John, George, Samuel & Elkanah.
    Daughters: Mary Tisdale wife of John Tisdale & Elizabeth Williams.
    Grandson Thomas Leonard son of my son John.
    Brothers: Benjamin & James Leonard
    Lands in Middlebury, Taun., Reho. & Taun. North Purchase.
    Friends Elder Henry Hodges, Deacon Ezra Deane, Deacon Israel Thresher & Seth Williams to be Overseers.
    Witnesses: Samuel Danford, Hannah Danforth widow of Isaac Deane, Stephen Leonard, & Eliazer Carpenter, Jr.
    [3:179-185]

  3. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    5(1851):407.

    'Thomas Leonard, son of [James Leonard], ... came to New England with his father "when a small boy" ...' citing Doct. Fobes. Hist. Coll, Vol. iii. p. 171. (NEHGR 5:403: Rev. Dr. Fobes, LL.D was a pastor in Raynham (formerly part of Taunton) and wrote an account of the Leonard family in 1793.)

  4. ↑ Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929, c1978)
    3:129.

    Thomas, Maj., Nov. 24, 1713, a. 72. [Maj. Thomas Esq., [in lot with Mary (1723)] G.R.9.]

  5.   The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
    53(1977):101.

    A "Manuscript Genealogy" created by about 1775 belonging to 'Lawyer' Elkinah Leonard, a great-grandson of James Leonard (Thomas's father), stated that Thomas was born in Pontypool. Elisha Clark Leonard (1819-1894), "a leading genealogist of Bristol County, Massachusetts, who researched the Leonard family quite thoroughly" "presumed that the statement was correct". [See, however, the evidence that Thomas was baptized in Staffordshire.]

  6. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    32(1878):270.

    From a family bible: "Thomas Leonard borne ye 3 of August 1641."

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Thomas Leonard, in England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

    baptized 8 Aug 1641 in Kinfare [Kinver], Stafford, England
    parents: James and Jane Leonard

    Bill Barton [1], who has done extensive research on the Leonard family, believes this to be the baptismal record of the Thomas Leonard who immigrated to New England at an early age with his father, James. Kinver is close to Bilston, Staffordshire, 'a center of the "Black Country" iron industry', where there is evidence that the Leonard's had a heavily mortgaged ironworks (see PRE-AMERICAN ANCESTRY of our LEONARD IRONWORKERS).

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