Seventh Generation

2262. Maria Crocker LEONARD²²³⁶ was born on 9 May 1816 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.¹²⁸⁸ She died on 15 January 1846 at the age of 29 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. She was buried in Town Center Cemetery, Raynham, MA.⁶⁰ She married Theodore Dean.

Theodore DEAN, son of Eliab Byram DEAN and Charlotte WILLIAMS, was born on 31 December 1809 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.²²³⁷ He was born on 31 December 1809. He died on 19 January 1885 at the age of 75 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. When eighteen he commenced teaching and taught four winters with credit to himself and satisfaction to his pupils and their parents. He was reared a farmer and iron manufacturer and continued with his father until 1848 when he purchased his father's interest in the "old iron forge." He continued to conduct a sucessful business there until 1873. This forge was the first in the Old Colony and one of the first in America. It had been several times remodeled and was in successful operation more than 200 years, finally as an anchor forge. He was also president of the Bristol County National Bank. He was elected Vice President of the Old Colony Historical Society in 1884.-- Samuel Emery, History of Taunton, MA, part II, page 12.

He was a manufacturer at the time of his second marriage.