Fifth Generation


570. Stephen LEONARD710 was born on 9 August 1752 in Hanover twp., Morris Co., NJ.709 He died on 25 March 1831 at the age of 78 in Dewitt, Onondaga County, NY. He was buried in Orville Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY. He was baptized 9 Aug 1752 in Hanover Presbyterian Church, son of Joshua.

He lived in Pequannock, NJ, member of Rockaway, NJ, church in 1781. He was a Revolutionary War pensioner at Manlius, Onondaga Co., NY. He served in Capt. Cox's Co., Col. Jonathan Dayton's 3rd NJ Regt. His pension file is S.42831. Mrs. C.A. Leavitt of Lookout Mtn., TN, inquired about him in 1939.

He may have been the Stephen Leonard living in Lee, Berkshire Co., MA, in the 1790 Census (that's where he was married). When Sybil Hurd died, he married Lois Wilcox. It is not known whether Stephen and Sybil had children.

Stephen LEONARD and Lois WILCOX were married on 10 January 1788 in Lee, Lenox Co., MA.711 Lois WILCOX was born in 1759 in Lee, Lenox Co., MA. She died in 1850 at the age of 91.

Stephen LEONARD and Lois WILCOX had the following children:

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Hannah LEONARD.

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David Hurd LEONARD.

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William Stephen LEONARD died in Atlanta, Logan Co., IL. There was a W. S. Leonard in Atlanta, Logan Co., IL in the 1870 Census. He was a patent agent and b. in 1818 in NY, more likely a son of the William Stephen Leonard from NJ. He had a wife, Mary, b. 1823, children Frank b. 1850, William b. 1848, Elizabeth b. 1854, Fred, b. 1855, Burton b. 1861. Anna Goodsell, 70 (b. 1800), possibly a relative, was living with the family.

Sybil HURD, daughter of Joseph HURD and Hannah BROWN, was buried in Lee, Berkshire Co., MA.

Stephen LEONARD and Sybil HURD had the following children:

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Stephen LEONARD was buried in Lee, Berkshire Co., MA. He died as a child.