Fifth Generation

624. Benajah LEONARD^766,767 was born on 21 July 1765 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA.⁷¹ He died on 6 August 1815 at the age of 50 in Wareham, MS. He and his brothers Ichabod and Rowland built the dam at Tremont, the old Washington works. He apparently built a furnace there, per documents at OCHS. ECL says he was a Quaker and he died of lockjaw.

Benajah LEONARD and Deborah MAXHAM were married on 1 January 1792 in Carver, Plymouth Co., MA. Deborah MAXHAM, daughter of Jabez MAXHAM and Anna SHURTLEFF, was born on 22 February 1773 in Plympton, Plymouth Co., MA. She died on 11 April 1847 at the age of 74 in Wareham, MS. Deborah was administrator of Benajah's estate, per a notice in the New Bedford Mercury, 11-24-1815, Issue 18, page 4.

Benajah LEONARD and Deborah MAXHAM had the following children:

1354	i.	Sophia Matilda LEONARD was born on 1 July 1792 in Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA. She died on 16 August 1795 at the age of 3 in Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA.
1355	ii.	Benajah LEONARD was born on 17 September 1794 in Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA. He died on 18 August 1795 at the age of 0 in Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA.
+1356	iii.	Benajah Franklin LEONARD.
1357	iv.	Charles Sullivan LEONARD was born on 9 April 1799 in Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA. He died on 20 September 1820 at the age of 21.
1358	v.	George Putman LEONARD was born on 15 April 1802 in Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA. He died on 12 September 1875 at the age of 73. He died unmarried.
+1359	vi.	Sophia Matilda LEONARD.
+1360	vii.	Lucinda Harriet LEONARD.
+1361	viii.	Stillman Kingsbury LEONARD.
+1362	ix.	Deborah Ann LEONARD.