Fifth Generation

477. Capt. Abiathar LEONARD⁶²⁸ was born in 1730 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. He died on 13 July 1810 at the age of 80 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.⁶²⁹ He was a farmer and iron worker, selectman in 1777. He served in the Revolutionary War. He made wrought iron nails.

Abiathar is mentioned in the Williams Genealogy, which says he died February 18, 1795.

Capt. Abiathar LEONARD and Sarah WILLIAMS were married on 26 May 1760 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.⁶³⁰ Sarah WILLIAMS⁶³¹, daughter of James WILLIAMS and Sarah BARNEY, was born in 1736 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 14 February 1826 at the age of 90 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She was the sister of Mary, who married Abiathar's brother Nathaniel.

Capt. Abiathar LEONARD and Sarah WILLIAMS had the following children:

+1015	i.	Abigail LEONARD.
+1016	ii.	Abiathar LEONARD.
+1017	iii.	Zadock LEONARD.
1018	iv.	Cyrus LEONARD was born in September 1770 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. He died in 1771 at the age of 1 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.
+1019	v.	Sarah LEONARD.
+1020	vi.	Gilbert LEONARD.
1021	vii.	Elbridge Gerry LEONARD⁶³² was born about 1775. According to ECL, he went away as a young man. There's another Elbridge Gerry Leonard, son of Abiathar. Was this one named after the first one? A Gerry Leonard, born May 1830 in NY, appears in Lyons, Wayne Co., NY, in the 1850 and subsequent censuses. He was a merchant grocer. His wife Clara was born in 1836 in NY and died in the 1880's. He then married Ella b. Aug 1852 in 1891. Children: Mary b. 1859, Louise b. 1863, Eddie or Edwin b. Feb 1865, and Fred or Fredrick b. Nov. 1869. Other Leonards in Lyons include Eveline, b. March 1839, Charles and Luella b. Feb 1851 with 7 children, Harlow b. Apr 1851 and Cora E. b. Dec 1859 with children Charles b Jan 1889 and Martha b. July 1872(?). Sons or grandsons of Elbridge Gerry Leonard? No Elbridge or Gerry Leonard in Wayne Co. Censuses before 1850. An Edward King Leonard, son of Elbridge Gerry Leonard, and Clarissa King, b. February 7, 1865, married October 9, 1889 Mary Teresa Habten at Blossdale, NY. He was of Lyons, Wayne Co., NY. There was an Elbridge T. Leonard b. abt. 1850, m. Alice, living in Tioga, Tioga Co., NY in the 1850-70 timeframe. The Jacob Longyear genealogy has a note that Hazel May Leonard, daughter of Elbridge Philip Leonard and Hattie K. Parmenter, b. March 28, 1891 in Kearney, NE, m. Walter Easton Osborne.