Fourth Generation

76. Joseph LEONARD^39,40 was born in 1743 in MIddletown, Monmouth Co., NJ. He died on 16 January 1784 at the age of 41 in MIddletown, Monmouth Co., NJ. Birthdates of children may be wrong.

Joseph died intestate. In July 1790, Moses Sheppard, guardian of Sarah Leonard, petitioned the court for a disvision of the real estate owned by Joseph Leonard, claiming that Joseph's widow, who had remarried, was wasting the real estate of the deceased. The division of the real estate occurred in April 1792 (page 226) and identified the four children: Sarah, Ann, Nathaniel, and Samuel.

Joseph LEONARD and Sarah Anne BRAY were married on 12 October 1773 in Monmouth Co., NJ. Sarah Anne BRAY was born in Monmouth Co., NJ. Also known as Minnie Bray.

Joseph LEONARD and Sarah Anne BRAY had the following children:

135	i.	Sarah LEONARD was born about 1774 in Middletown, Monmouth CO, NJ. Her guardian was Moses Sheppard. He filed a complaint in Book A, pg. 152, petitioned the court for a division of the real estate owned by Joseph Leonard, dec'd, that Benjamin Cooper was wasting the real estate of the deceased.
136	ii.	Ann LEONARD was born about 1776 in Middletown, Monmouth CO, NJ.
+137	iii.	Nathaniel LEONARD.
+138	iv.	Samuel B. LEONARD.