Fifth Generation

348. Nehemiah LEONARD⁴⁸³ was born in 1751 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. He died in 1831 at the age of 80 in Savoy, Berkshire Co., MA. He was baptized November 15, 1758, according to the records of the Church of Christ, Raynham, a son of Josiah Leonard. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. DAR Patriot Index.

The Richmond Genealogy was that he was a farmer noted for his integrity. He lived in Raynham, removed to Goshen, Hampshire County, MA, and then removed to Savoy in 1800. The records show that James Lull sold a farm of 50 acres in Goshen to Nehemiah Leonard. In 1777, he served on a secret mission during the Revolutionary War. He also served several short enlistments as a private and as a minute man from Raynham on various Rhode Island alarms. (DAR ID # 34302).

Nehemiah LEONARD and Mary Molly RICHMOND were married on 18 March 1778 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. Mary Molly RICHMOND, daughter of Nathaniel RICHMOND and Mary RICHMOND, was born in 1756 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She died in June 1837 at the age of 81. She was Nehemiah's second cousin.

Nehemiah LEONARD and Mary Molly RICHMOND had the following children:

+812	i.	Polly Mary LEONARD.
+813	ii.	Keziah LEONARD.
+814	iii.	Ephraim LEONARD.
+815	iv.	William LEONARD.
+816	v.	Josiah LEONARD.
+817	vi.	Hannah LEONARD.
+818	vii.	Lydia LEONARD.
+819	viii.	Ebenezer LEONARD.
820	ix.	Mariah LEONARD⁴⁸⁴ was born in 1791 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 10 April 1801 at the age of 10 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. She was buried in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.
+821	x.	Olive LEONARD.
+822	xi.	Nancy LEONARD.
823	xii.	Maria LEONARD⁴⁸⁵ was born on 15 January 1799. She died on 30 April 1801 at the age of 2. Was she the Maria Leonard murdered by William Roby in Boston July 19, 1831, who was sentenced to be hung for the crime? American of July 19, 1831.
+824	xiii.	Nehemiah LEONARD.
825	xiv.	Belinda LEONARD⁴⁸⁶ was born in 1802. She died on 13 August 1889 at the age of 87. Belinda married (1) Rufus Cain and (2) Sherman.
+826	xv.	Philomena LEONARD.