Fifth Generation

413. Nehemiah LEONARD⁵⁵⁹ was born on 13 February 1755 in Norton, Bristol Co., MA.⁵⁵ He died on 2 November 1842 at the age of 87 in Sharon, MA. A Nehemiah Leonard was captain of the cavalry company of Middleborough, Wareham, and Rochester from June 1818 to 1823 (this one or another one?). He was a private and a corporal in the Revolutionary War. DAR Patriot Index.

Nehemiah LEONARD and Deborah CLAPP were married on 15 January 1784 in Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA.⁵³⁷ Deborah CLAPP⁵⁶⁰, daughter of Increase CLAPP, was born on 28 July 1753 in Easton, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 27 August 1826 at the age of 73. She is sometimes listed as having been born in Hingham, MA.

Nehemiah LEONARD and Deborah CLAPP had the following children:

+912	i.	Polly LEONARD.
913	ii.	Noah LEONARD⁵⁶¹ was born on 9 December 1786 in Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA.⁵⁵² He died on 13 June 1818 at the age of 31 in Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA. He died unmarried.
914	iii.	Sophia LEONARD⁵⁶² was born on 11 January 1789 in Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA.⁵⁶³
+915	iv.	Nehemiah LEONARD.
+916	v.	Fanny LEONARD.
+917	vi.	Abial LEONARD.
918	vii.	Joseph LEONARD⁵⁶⁴ was born on 2 April 1797 in Mansfield, Bristol Co., MA.⁵⁵²