Sixth Generation

881. Richard LEONARD¹⁰⁴³ was born in 1780. He died on 31 October 1833 at the age of 53 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Richard was a soldier. He served in Ireland in the Rebellion of 1798. He next served in the Mediterranean and in Egypt in 1801. He next obtained a company in New Brunswick. He was high sheriff of the Niagara District. He served as a colonel of the 104th Regiment of the British Army, 1796 to 1814. He served in Ireland, then Canada, wounded at Sackett's Harbor, then wounded again at Lundy's Lane, Ontario, in 1814, retired and purchased property there. He had continual pain from his wounds, including in a ball in the upper leg which was never extracted. He was presented to King William IV in 1832.

Richard LEONARD and Frances POOLE were married on 5 April 1814 in Adolphustown, Addington Co., Ontario, Canada. Frances POOLE was born about 1796 in Michigan, USA. She died on 18 April 1873 at the age of 77 in London, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada.

Richard LEONARD and Frances POOLE had the following children:

+1889	i.	Frances Mary LEONARD.
1890	ii.	George LEONARD¹⁰⁴⁴ was born in 1817 in Niagara, Niagara County, Ontario, Canada. He died in 1826 at the age of 9 in Niagara, Niagara County, Ontario, Canada. He drowned in 1826.
1891	iii.	Margaret Elizabeth LEONARD¹⁰⁴⁵ was born in 1815 in Niagara, Niagara County, Ontario, Canada. She married Hamilton Grant Ellis.
1892	iv.	Charlotte Fitzgerald LEONARD¹⁰⁴⁶ was born on 23 October 1822 in Niagara, Niagara County, Ontario, Canada.
1893	v.	Sarah Evanson LEONARD¹⁰⁴⁶ was born on 31 October 1824 in Niagara, Niagara County, Ontario, Canada. She married Henry C. Becher of London, Ontario.
1894	vi.	Georgiana England LEONARD¹⁰⁴⁷ was born in 1825. She died in 1829 at the age of 4.
+1895	vii.	Charles Maitland LEONARD.
1896	viii.	Vallance Y. LEONARD¹⁰⁴⁸ was born in 1832 in Drummond Hill, Niagara Co., Ontario, Canada. He died in 1832 at the age of 0 in Drummond Hill, Niagara Co., Ontario, Canada.

Richard LEONARD and Elizabeth HILLSGROVE were married in 1810 in New Brunswick, Canada. Elizabeth HILLSGROVE was born in 1785 in Blissville, Sunbury Co., New Brunswick, Canada. She died in 1850 at the age of 65 in Blissville, Sunbury Co., New Brunswick, Canada.

Richard LEONARD and Elizabeth HILLSGROVE had the following children:

1897	i.	Caroline LEONARD was born about 1812 in Fredericton, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada.
1898	ii.	Maria Lucy LEONARD was born on 12 June 1813 in Fredericton, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada.
+1899	iii.	George LEONARD.