Fifth Generation

582. Ephraim LEONARD^47,723 was born on 15 February 1749 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.⁴⁷ He was born on 24 February 1750 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. He died Near Rome, Oneida Co., NY on 25 October 1814 at the age of 65 in Delta, NY (now under Lake Delta). Ephraim was buried in Delta, NY (now under Lake Delta). He was apparently the son of Edmund Leonard who, according to ECL, went to Mississippi and was never heard from again. That son was born 15 Feb 1749 in Raynham, and information about him is sketchy. Birthdate of 24 Feb 1750 is listed in Dougherty, Beekman Patent.

He was in Rensselaerwyk, Albany Co., NY, in 1790 (Dougherty).

Lois Badger wondered if Ephraim was the 17th child of Nathaniel Leonard and Priscilla Rogers (Lois Badger, The Leonard Dictionary).

He is sometimes said to have been a Revolutionary War soldier and participated in the Battle of Bunker Hill. But that appears to be another Ephraim Leonard, whose pension was approved in 1818 and lived in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., MA, age 62 in 1818 (b. 1756).

The genealogy of Ephraim's branch of the family was compiled from notes by Mrs. Helen Leonard Edwins of Sunfield, MI, a granddaughter of James and Betsey Rogers Leonard. She collected information about the family from interviews and family Bibles, with some Census data. It is also compiled from Lois Badger's The Leonard Dictionary, although Lois was brickwalled at Ephraim. It is not clear whether Helen and Lois ever compared notes.

Family tradition has it that Jeffery Leonard of New York City was a brother or son of Ephraim. Two Leonards, Francis and Jacob, were sponsors at the baptism of Jeffery's children, leading to speculation that they were also relatives.

There was also a Charles H. (or W.) Leonard in Albion. Was he another son of Ephraim?

Ephraim LEONARD and Hannah WOOD were married before 1774 in Lansingburgh, NY. Hannah WOOD was born in 1754. She died on 28 March 1817 at the age of 63 in Rome, Oneida Co. NY. She was buried in Delta, NY. Was she the Hannah Wood b. 5 Sep 1754 in Plymouth, MA, dau of Thomas Wood and Sarah Thomas? That Hannah Wood married Ebenezer Ellis. Or the Hannah Wood, b. 23 Apr 1753 in Middleborough, MA, dau. of Jedediah Wood and Keziah Sampson? She is sometimes mistaken for the Hannah Wood who d. at age 100 in ND.

Ephraim LEONARD and Hannah WOOD had the following children:

+1258	i.	Hannah LEONARD.
1259	ii.	Ephraim LEONARD Jr. was born on 12 June 1775 in Lansingburgh, NY. He died on 17 June 1775 at the age of 0. He died in infancy.
1260	iii.	Polly LEONARD was born on 18 May 1778 in Lansingburgh, NY. She married a man by the name of Elwood and moved to Cooperstown, NY. She had a son named Saul Elwood who was reported as living in Jamesville, NY. Saul's wife died of consumption (TB).
1261	iv.	Betsey LEONARD was born on 3 July 1780 in Lansingburgh, Rensselaer Co., NY. She died on 6 June 1859 at the age of 78 in Albion, Orleans Co., NY. She was buried at Bordman lot, Five Corners Cemetery in Albion, Orleans Co., NY. Betsy Leonard moved fromRome NY to Albion, NY, with her brothers Seth, James, and Ephraim. The 1850 Census of Gaines, Orleans Co., NY, shows her living in the Bordman household with her sister Sally and Sally's husband Ambrose Bordman and their children.
+1262	v.	Isaac LEONARD.
1263	vi.	Phebe LEONARD was born on 28 October 1784. She died in 1857 at the age of 73 in IN or IL. She married a Mr. Rice who lived in Covington, IN, and Danville, Vermillion Co., IL. He went as a soldier in the Black Hawk War and was never heard from again. They had eight children: Lucy married Isaac Ballangee and lived at Kanawa, VA. Isaac served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. Lucy and Isaac had 11 children. James J. and Silas lived in IN or IL. Silas moved to IA, died,and left 1 child. The other children lived in IL or IN.
+1264	vii.	Seth LEONARD.
+1265	viii.	James LEONARD.
+1266	ix.	Ephraim C. LEONARD.
+1267	x.	Sally LEONARD.