Fourth Generation

101. Rev. Nathaniel LEONARD¹⁸⁰ was born on 9 March 1700 in Norton, Bristol Co., MA.¹¹⁵ He died on 11 June 1761 at the age of 61 in Norton, Bristol Co., MA. Rev. Nathaniel was a Harvard grad. Class of 1719. He was ordained at First Church, Plymouth and served as pastor there from 1724 to 1754. "He was a gentleman more inclined to the active than the studious life, but should be remember for his useful services as a minister, and for his exemplary life and conversation." (Thacher's History of Plymouth, p. 280).

Will of Nathaniel Leonard of Norton, gentleman, dtd. 3 June 1761, prob. 15 June 1761. Wife Priscilla. Sons: Nathaniel (eldest), Abiel (2nd son), George (3rd son, under 21) and Thomas (4th son, under 21). Daughters: Sarah LeBaron (now widow), Anna (2nd daugher) wife of Mr. Nathaniel Torrey of Plymouth, Priscilla (3rd dau) wife of Mr. William McKinstrey of Taunton, Elizabeth Leonard and Margaret Leonard (last 2 unmarried and called "my two youngest daughters"). Granddaughter Sarah LeBaron. My brother George Leonard, Esq. Lands in Norton, Attleborough, and Plymouth. Negro woman Bess. Wife to be exec. (17:436/7/8/9).

The descendants of this couple have a Mayflower descendancy through Nathaniel's mother, Anna Tisdale, her mother Hanna Rogers, to the latter's father, John Rogers, to Thomas Rogers, Mayflower Pilgrim.

ECL: "This family presents a shining example of who the Revolution separated families in their allegiances. Of the children, George and Priscilla were Loyalists in Boston while their brother Abiel was chaplain to the Connecticut troops under Washington. He was the one who preached the Evacuation Day sermon in the present Christ Church edifice in Cambridge before Washington and his officers. George furnished several of the ships that carried Lord Howe and the British to Halifax."

Rev. Nathaniel LEONARD and Priscilla ROGERS were married on 22 October 1724 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA. Priscilla ROGERS⁵², daughter of Daniel ROGERS and Sarah APPLETON, was born in 1700 in Ipswitch or Norton, MA. She died on 10 November 1773 at the age of 73 in Haverhill, Essex Co., MA.¹⁸¹ ECL: She died at the home of her daughter, Priscilla. She was appointed guardian of son Thomas when Nathaniel died in 1761.

Rev. Nathaniel LEONARD and Priscilla ROGERS had the following children:

362	i.	Anna LEONARD^182,183 was born on 23 November 1725 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. She died on 12 February 1726 at the age of 0 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. She was buried in Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, MA.
+363	ii.	Sarah LEONARD.
+364	iii.	Anna LEONARD.
365	iv.	Mary LEONARD^182,184 was born on 8 July 1729 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. She died on 26 September 1729 at the age of 0 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. She was buried in Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, MA.
+366	v.	Nathaniel LEONARD.
+367	vi.	Priscilla LEONARD.
368	vii.	Daniel LEONARD^182,185 was born on 9 January 1734 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. He died on 18 January 1734 at the age of 0 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. He was buried in Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, MA.
369	viii.	Mary LEONARD^186,187 was born on 2 April 1735 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. She died on 26 January 1736 at the age of 0 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA.
370	ix.	Elizabeth LEONARD^188,189 was born on 3 July 1736 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. She married James Duncan 3 Apr 1780.
371	x.	Ephraim LEONARD^182,190 was born on 6 September 1737 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. He died on 6 November 1737 at the age of 0 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA.
372	xi.	Mary LEONARD^182,191 was born on 6 September 1738 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. She died on 1 January 1739 at the age of 0 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA.
+373	xii.	Rev. Abiel LEONARD.
374	xiii.	Margaret LEONARD¹⁹² was born on 21 November 1741 in Norton, Bristol Co., MA. She married Robert Liscomb 29 Aug 1769 in Boston, MA.
+375	xiv.	George LEONARD.
+376	xv.	Dr. Thomas LEONARD.
377	xvi.	Phebe LEONARD¹⁹³ was born on 29 November 1745 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. She died on 28 May 1747 at the age of 1 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA.