Fifth Generation

622. Rowland LEONARD^762,763 was born on 24 April 1761 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA.⁷¹ He died on 3 November 1838 at the age of 77 in Wareham, MA. He was at Waltham at one time as his son, Rowland, was born there.

Rowland Leonard, Esq., was in business with his brothers, Benajah and Ichabod, under the firm of Rowland Leonard and Company in Wareham, according to Plymouth Co. records noting a suit over a note dated March 21, 1795. He is mentioned in his brother's application for a Revolutionary War pension as living in Wareham in 1836.

Rowland LEONARD and Lucy BRIGGS were married on 11 June 1793 in Wareham, MA. Lucy BRIGGS was born in 1763 in Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA. She died on 23 November 1844 at the age of 81.

Rowland LEONARD and Lucy BRIGGS had the following children:

+1341	i.	Nabby LEONARD.
1342	ii.	Mary LEONARD was born on 31 July 1797. She died on 4 December 1797 at the age of 0.
+1343	iii.	Joseph Briggs LEONARD.
+1344	iv.	Ruth LEONARD.
+1345	v.	Lucy LEONARD.
+1346	vi.	Arabella LEONARD.
+1347	vii.	Rowland Sumner LEONARD.
1348	viii.	Mary Briggs LEONARD was born on 8 October 1809. She apparently married Capt. James Lee, captain of the ill-fated ship Arctic of the Collins line, and abt. 1833 James Luce 1806-1879.