Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Sixth Generation1095. Rev. Joshua LEONARD47,1258,1259 was born on 25 June 1769 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. He was baptized on 6 August 1769 at Church of Christ, in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. He died on 18 December 1843 at the age of 74 in Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY. He graduated from Brown, 1788. He first settled in Ellington, CT, moving to Cazenovia, Madison Co., NY in 1799. He formed a Presbyterian Church there in 1799 and left there in 1813. He eventually left the Presbyterian Church for the Unitarian Church. He moved to Pompey, NY, and became preceptor of the Pompey Academy. Robed in a long flowing morning gown, with high hose and knee buckles, staff in hand, he used to take his morning walks through the village... He died at Auburn, NY, at the home of his daughter Helen L. Williams (Mrs John Williams). He lived in the wilderness much disturbed by his religious convictions. He left nine children. ECL-GML: Did Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill get his name from Joshua? The maternal grandfather of Winston, Leonard Jerome, was from Pompey, NY. Rev. Joshua LEONARD and Margaret FIELD were married on 13 December 1791 in Ellington, CT. Margaret FIELD, daughter of Simeon FIELD and Margaret REYNOLDS, was born on 27 February 1768 in Enfield, CT. She died on 5 March 1824 at the age of 56 in Lincklaen, Chenango Co., NY. Rev. Joshua LEONARD and Margaret FIELD had the following children:
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