Sixth Generation

1477. Shepard LEONARD¹⁵⁹⁴ was born on 3 April 1791 in Foxborough, Norfolk Co., MA. He died on 23 July 1867 at the age of 76 in Chester, VT. They resided in Andover, VT. "He came to Andover in an ox cart in 1808, cleared a farm there, and erected a blacksmith shop. His last years were spent with his son at Chester, and he died there." New England Families, Historical and Genealogical, Vol. 3, p. 1342. His name is sometimes spelled Shepherd.

In the 1850 Census, he and his family were living next door to Horace Leonard, wife Sarah, and their 3 children as well as Orison Leonard, 22, also a farmer.

Shepard LEONARD and Mary EASTMAN were married on 28 June 1808. Mary EASTMAN, daughter of Nicholas EASTMAN and Olive BARNES, was born on 13 November 1786. She died on 30 May 1876 at the age of 89.

Shepard LEONARD and Mary EASTMAN had the following children:

2872	i.	Mary LEONARD¹⁵⁹⁵ was born on 13 April 1809 in Andover, Windsor Co.,VT.¹⁵⁹⁵ She died on 31 March 1816 at the age of 6.
2873	ii.	Horace S. LEONARD¹⁵⁹⁶ was born on 11 March 1811 in Andover, Windsor Co.,VT. He died on 14 March 1854 at the age of 43.
+2874	iii.	Samuel B. LEONARD.
2875	iv.	Lewis B. LEONARD¹⁵⁹⁷ was born on 13 August 1815 in Andover, Windsor Co.,VT. He died on 15 May 1816 at the age of 0 in Andover, Windsor Co.,VT.
2876	v.	Marie S. LEONARD¹⁵⁹⁸ was born on 18 October 1817 in Andover, Windsor Co.,VT. She died on 8 July 1895 at the age of 77.
+2877	vi.	Albert E. LEONARD.
+2878	vii.	Spencer Henry LEONARD.
+2879	viii.	Orrison William LEONARD.
2880	ix.	Marietta L. LEONARD¹⁵⁹⁹ was born on 15 February 1830 in Andover, Windsor Co.,VT. She died in 1911 at the age of 81. She married Willard Jefts.