| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Third Generation19. Benjamin Franklin LEONARD was born in 1811 in Franklin Co., VT. He died in 1886 at the age of 75 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY. The source for Benjamin and his children's births and deaths is the Leonard Family Bible retained in this family. Benjamin apparently had three sisters who married Augusta Horn of Owosso, MI, George Brock of Henderson, MI, and Charles Howell of Rochester, NY, according to his obituary. Lois Badger mentions that Benjamin F. Leonard was a joiner and millwright in Rochester from the 1840's to the 1860's and that a Benjamin F. Leonard, perhaps his son, is buried in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester. Benjamin Franklin LEONARD and Melanie ROBBINS were married on 5 March 1840 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY. Melanie ROBBINS, daughter of Jehiel ROBBINS and Abigail BLACKMAN, was born in 1822. She died on 28 March 1891 at the age of 69 in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY. Benjamin Franklin LEONARD and Melanie ROBBINS had the following children:
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