Sixth Generation


1099. Peyton Randolph LEONARD47,1270 was born on 12 February 1775 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. He died on 22 December 1843 at the age of 68 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.799 He was buried in Town Center Cemetery, Raynham, MA.60 He inherited the ancient mansion of the family in Raynham, MA. He built a new house in place of the old mansion. He died of erysipelas.

Peyton Randolph LEONARD and Amy HAWKINS were married on 12 January 1806 in Providence, RI.1271,1272 Amy HAWKINS was born on 16 April 1788 in North Providence, RI. She died on 15 September 1814 at the age of 26 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. She was buried in Town Center Cemetery, Raynham, MA.60

Peyton Randolph LEONARD and Amy HAWKINS had the following children:

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James LEONARD.

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Mary Andrews LEONARD.

Peyton Randolph LEONARD and Mary Molly WASHBURN were married in August 1815 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. Mary Molly WASHBURN, daughter of Israel WASHBURN and ABIAH, was born on 14 November 1786 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 7 August 1874 at the age of 87 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. She was known as Molly.

Peyton Randolph LEONARD and Mary Molly WASHBURN had the following children:

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Amy LEONARD1273 was born on 9 October 1818 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.1274 She died in 1899 at the age of 81. Amy Leonard was an early supporter of women's suffrage. She was also a leader in the Women's Christian Temperance Union, which was formed in 1873. She graduated from Bridgewater Normal School, where she got a teaching degree. She became a nurse during the Civil War and helped the soldiers at the front. She adopted a daughter, Lois Gushee Dean, who married Albert James Park. They had one son and 2 daughters and lived in Worcester, MA.

Raynham resident Kathleen Roberts played her at the 275th anniversary of Raynham.

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Olive LEONARD.

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Lydia Washburn LEONARD1275 was born on 22 May 1823 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 18 April 1848 at the age of 24 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. She was buried in Town Center Cemetery, Raynham, MA.60 She died unmarried.