| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Sixth Generation1549. Amanda LEONARD was born on 6 August 1802 in Berkshire, Tioga Co., NY. Amanda LEONARD and John Brush ROYCE were married on 1 January 1823. John Brush ROYCE1673, son of Asahel ROYCE and Sally Betsey CLARK, was born on 9 June 1795 in Lanesborough, MA. In the 1850 Census, he was a wealthy farmer (farm worth over $10,000) living with his family in Berkshire. He was a woolcarder and cloth-dresser, taught school in Richmond, MA, the winter that his father-in-law (Asa Leonard) left there, and in May 1814 drove his father's cattle to Berkshire, NY. He was still living in Berkshire in 1877 at age 92. Amanda LEONARD and John Brush ROYCE had the following children:
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