Eighth Generation

3641. Seth Martin LEONARD was born in April 1826 in Guilford, VT. Seth and his father went to Guildford, VT, and bought property. They also operated a mill in Vernon. Was Seth born in VT? 1880 Census says so.

In the 1870 Census, Seth was a farmer living with his family in Coleraine (Shattuckville P.O.), Franklin Co., MA. In the 1880 Census, he was a farmer living in Conway, Franklin Co., MA, with his wife, family, and married daughter Sarah. Most of the family was working in a cotton mill.

Seth Martin LEONARD and Lucy Rowena or Rowanna WORDEN were married about 1850. Lucy Rowena or Rowanna WORDEN, daughter of Peter WORDEN and Barbara STAFFORD, was born on 13 February 1833 in Halifax, Windham Co., VT. She died on 17 April 1902 at the age of 69 in Conway, Franklin Co., MA. Her name is Roena L. Leonard in the 1880 Census, and she was born in VT. In the 1870 Census, she was Lucy R. Leonard, same year of birth, born in VT. In the 1900 Census, she had had 6 children, all still living.

Seth Martin LEONARD and Lucy Rowena or Rowanna WORDEN had the following children:

5490	i.	Luella LEONARD was born about 1850 in VT. She was a weaver in a cotton mill living with her parents in the 1870 Census.
+5491	ii.	Martin P. LEONARD.
+5492	iii.	George Wesley LEONARD.
+5493	iv.	Sarah A. LEONARD.
5494	v.	Henry D. LEONARD was born about 1861 in MA.
5495	vi.	Minnie A. LEONARD was born about 1864 in MA.