Fifth Generation

546. Josiah LEONARD^683,684 was born in 1738 in Hanover twp., Morris Co., NJ. He died in 1794 at the age of 56 in Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY. Stephen Rose Leonard's journal (1848) states that his grandfather Josiah's children were seven in number: Stephen, Moses, Benona, Ephraim and Manassa (twins), James, Huldah. Stephen was born Sept. 2, 1765. He married Wines Loyd. She is now (1848) Mrs. Fairchild, living in NJ. Moses was born... Benona, who never married, was born April 7, 1768, died Jan. 18, 1818. The twins Ephraim and Manassa were born May 9, 1771. I don't know whom Manassa married. He last lived in Michigan and died in 1832. His family was reared in central New York. Ephraim married a Miller, from whom he was afterwards divorced. His second wife was Nancy, daughter of Enos Martin Esq. of Caldwell NJ. By his first wife he had one son, James, who lost his life at sea. By his second wife he had seven children: Enos, Jane, Sydney, May, Stephen, John, Caleb. Ephraim lived and brought up his family in Newark, NJ, and died August 16, 1643, aged 72, 3 months, and 7 days. James Leonard was born August 8, 1774. He last lived in Cayuga Co., NY. Huldah was born September 13, 1776, married Jonathan Grimes and lived and brought up her family in Parsippany, NJ. Notes: Esq. James Leonard (son of great grandfather Paul Leonard) was husband or father-in-law to Jerusha, mother of simple Martin Leonard.

Josiah and his family lived in Hanover, NJ. A Jonah (Josiah?) Leonard appears on the May 1776 Poll List for Hanover twp.

ECL had Josiah as a son of Stephen, but this is impossible, given Josiah's birth date. He must have been a grandson of Stephen. Mehitable is not mentioned in various sources (e.g., Stephen's diary, George Bement Leonard's history of Syracuse).

Josiah LEONARD and Anna ROSE were married in 1762 in Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY. Anna ROSE, daughter of Zaccheus ROSE and Anna HALSEY, was born on 2 July 1736 in Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY. Or was she born in Morris, Morris Co., NJ? She died in 1794 at the age of 58 in Burlington, NJ. Or did she die in Morris, Morris Co., NJ? She was also known as Anne Rose. Or did she die in Morris, Morris Co., NJ?

Josiah LEONARD and Anna ROSE had the following children:

+1160	i.	Stephen LEONARD.
1161	ii.	Moses LEONARD⁶⁸⁵ was born on 2 September 1765 in Hanover twp., Morris Co., NJ. He died on 26 December 1791 at the age of 26 in Hanover twp., Morris Co., NJ.²⁸⁹ He was buried in Vail Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, Morris Co., NJ. According to the burial records he was 26 years, 2 months, 26 days when he died.
1162	iii.	Benoni LEONARD⁶⁸⁵ was born on 7 April 1768 in Hanover twp., Morris Co., NJ. He died on 16 August 1818 at the age of 50 in Hanover, Morris Co., NJ.²⁸⁹ He was buried in Vail Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, Morris Co., NJ. He never married, according to journal of Stephen Rose Leonard. Morris Co. will reference: 1729N. W. 1818. Inv. 1818. Book 3, page 240. He left $100 to nephew Josiah Leonard, $20 to niece Betsey Condict, $20 to nephew Henry Leonard, and $20 to Niece Anny Nulls. Josiah Wines was a witness. I can't find these nephews and nieces.
+1163	iv.	Ephraim LEONARD.
+1164	v.	Manassa LEONARD.
1165	vi.	Mehitable LEONARD was born on 7 May 1771. She died in February 1832 at the age of 60.
+1166	vii.	James LEONARD.
+1167	viii.	Huldah LEONARD.