Fourth Generation

57. John LEONARD was born (date unknown). He lived in Upper Freehold, Middletown, Monmouth County. He was a noted loyalist during the Revolution and removed to Canada after the war with his two sons, John and Thomas. Thomas was a lieutenant and later captain in the New Jersey Loyalist Battalion. The records regarding his sons remain to be discovered.

In 1759, John inherited from his uncle Thomas Leonard 640 acres of land on the northwest branch of the Cape Fear River near a place called Brumfiton.

John and Deborah may have had a son Thomas of Crosswicks, since Thomas Leonard of Princeton who died in 1759 bequeathed to Thomas Leonard of Crosswicks, my nephew, the house and lot in Kingstown where Martha Hide lives. [New Jersey Archives, 1st series, Vol. 32, Calendar of Wills, 1751-60, 3:196-197]

John LEONARD and Magdalen RITCHIE were married. Magdalen RITCHIE was born (date unknown).

John LEONARD and Magdalen RITCHIE had the following children:

118	i.	Elizabeth LEONARD was born (date unknown).
119	ii.	Magdalen LEONARD was born (date unknown).
120	iii.	Mary LEONARD was born (date unknown).
121	iv.	John LEONARD was born (date unknown).
122	v.	Thomas LEONARD was born (date unknown).

John LEONARD and Hannah SCHOOLEY were married. Hannah SCHOOLEY was born (date unknown).