Fifth Generation

529. Capt. Joshua LEONARD⁶⁵³ was born on 5 January 1725 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.²⁷⁵ He died on 27 November 1816 at the age of 91 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. He was buried in Town Center Cemetery, Raynham, MA.⁶⁰ He lived on a large farm near Raynham Forge. Perez Fobes said he took over the ancient parental farm. His death was mentioned in the Providence Phoenix, age 91. Did he die in Raynham or in Hallowell, ME? GML says the latter. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. DAR Patriot Index. Joshua's children's baptisms are in the manuscript records of the Church of Christ in Raynham, in the collections of the Old Colony Historical Society in Taunton.

Cuff Leonard, black soldier in Revolutionary War, was brought up by this family, according to Lois Badger, "The Leonard Dictionary." (NEHGS Register, Vol. 54, p. 21).

Hannah JACOBS, daughter of Joseph JACOBS and RUTH, was born on 6 August 1746 in Dighton, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 21 January 1833 at the age of 86 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.⁴⁷ She was buried in Town Center Cemetery, Raynham, MA.⁶⁰

Capt. Joshua LEONARD and Hannah JACOBS had the following children:

+1095	i.	Rev. Joshua LEONARD.
1096	ii.	Hannah LEONARD⁴⁷ was born on 8 September 1770 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. She died before 1816 at the age of 46.
+1097	iii.	Silas LEONARD.
+1098	iv.	Mary LEONARD.
+1099	v.	Peyton Randolph LEONARD.
1100	vi.	Isaac LEONARD⁴⁷ was baptized on 12 January 1767 at Church of Christ, in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. He was born on 17 October 1776 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. He died in 1787 at the age of 11.
+1101	vii.	Anna Sarah LEONARD.
1102	viii.	Olive LEONARD was born on 24 May 1780 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.⁶⁵⁴ She died on 18 January 1783 at the age of 2.
1103	ix.	Soranus LEONARD⁴⁷ was born on 9 January 1782 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. He was baptized on 31 March 1782 at Church of Christ, in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.
+1104	x.	Artemas LEONARD.
+1105	xi.	Olive LEONARD.
+1106	xii.	Isaac Eugene LEONARD.
+1107	xiii.	Nancy LEONARD.