| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fourth Generation246. Benjamin LEONARD342 was born in 1725 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA. He died on 22 October 1818 at the age of 93 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.10 Benjamin was an iron worker. His will, dated April 11, 1818 leaves to "Abigail, wife, Zebulon, Lydia, and Elvira, the three youngest children of my son, Benjamin (who predeceased his father), to my eight daughters: Hannah, widow of Joseph Boodry, Wealthy, wife of Joseph Frasier, Abigail, wife of Abiathar Macomber, Zilphy, wife of Q. Walker, Lydia, wife of Asahel Eddy, Bethiah, wife of Oliver Reed, Mercy, wife of Timothy Eddy, Abiah, wife of Allen Wetherell, $500 each. To Benjamin Owen, $3000, to my sons Lemuel, Joseph, Stephen, and Elijah. The $1500 given to Abiah Wetherell to be paid to Ichabod Leonard to be kept in his hands." It seems unlikely he and his son Benjamin both died on October 22, 1818. Since he predeceased his father, which his father knew when he prepared the will, the son must have died before 11 April 1818. Birthdates of children need to be verified. They aren't in Taunton VR's. Children are in Fanny Koster Leonard's charts. Benjamin LEONARD and Bethiah DRAKE were married about 1750 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. Bethiah DRAKE336, daughter of Daniel DRAKE and Bethiah COBB, was born about 1735 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 7 August 1807 at the age of 72 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. Benjamin LEONARD and Bethiah DRAKE had the following children:
Benjamin LEONARD and Abigail Harvey EDDY were married on 11 August 1811 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.344 Abigail Harvey EDDY was born in 1734 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 5 April 1828 at the age of 94 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She was the widow of Oliver Eddy, the daughter of David Harvey and his wife, Abigail Woodward, and was the sister of Lydia Harvey, the wife of Capt. Pelatiah Eddy, and of Zerviah Harvey, the wife of Abiel Eddy. |