Fifth Generation

414. Deacon Timothy LEONARD⁵⁶⁵ was born on 13 July 1757 in Norton, Bristol Co., MA. He died on 13 July 1830 at the age of 73 in Smyrna, Chenango Co., NY.⁵⁶⁶ He was buried in Smyrna, Chenango Co., NY. He was a Revolutionary soldier, either a private (Capt. Josiah Smith's company, Col. Whitney's regiment) and a corporal in Capt Joseph Franklin's company, Col. Tyler's regiment. He was a deacon in the church. He moved to Troy, NY, then to Smyrna, NY, where he died. Birth sometimes listed as Mansfield, MA.

There's a chance some records have been mixed up between this Timothy Leonard and the Timothy Leonard who was the son of Joseph4 (Elkanah3, Thomas2, James1) Leonard.

1897 Tioga County, PA History - Tri-County Site
TIMOTHY LEONARD was born in Mansfield, Massachusetts, July 3, 1757, a son of Deacon Abiel and Abigail (Elliott) Leonard. His grandfather, Samuel Leonard, was a son of Thomas Leonard, and a grandson of James Leonard, a native of England, who settled at Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1652. James Leonard was the progenitor of the Leonards of Taunton, and the ancestor of the Leonards of Tioga county, Pennsylvania. He erected the first forge or furnace in the Plymouth Colony, which afterwards became the principal one in America. He and his sons often traded with the Indians, with whom they were on terms of friendship, and when King Philip?s War broke out, strict orders were given that the Leonards should not be harmed. Thomas Leonard became a noted physician; was a major in the militia, a justice of the peace, a church deacon, and judge of the court of common pleas from 1702 to 1713. Samuel Leonard, his fourth son, was a man of distinguished piety, and filled the offices of deacon in the church, captain and justice of the peace. Deacon Abiel Leonard, son of Samuel, was born February 26, 1710, and died October 27, 1802. But little of his history is known. Timothy Leonard, the subject of this sketch, married Susannah Presby, of Taunton, Massachusetts, who bore him a family of eight children. He was a man of strict integrity, earnest piety, and inherited the sterling qualities of his ancestors, with the exception that he lacked successful financial ability. He died at Smyrna, New York, July 10, 1830.

Deacon Timothy LEONARD and Susanna PRESBREY were married on 11 March 1784 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.³⁸ Susanna PRESBREY, daughter of Joseph PRESBREY and Mary BAKER, was born on 11 March 1762. She died on 23 July 1838 at the age of 76 in Westfield, Tioga Co., PA. Presbury or Presbrey? ECL has the former.

Deacon Timothy LEONARD and Susanna PRESBREY had the following children: