Third Generation

55. Abel LEONARD¹⁰ was born on 27 August 1700 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.⁹ He died on 2 February 1779 at the age of 78. He was buried in Feeding Hills Central Cemetery, Hampden Co., MA.

Abel LEONARD and Experience were married about 1758. Experience was born in 1732 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. She died on 12 October 1760 at the age of 28.

Abel LEONARD and Esther AUSTIN were married about 1730 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. Esther AUSTIN²¹, daughter of Anthony AUSTIN and Abigail HOLCOMB, was born on 5 May 1709 in Suffield, CT. She died on 31 May 1756 at the age of 47 in West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.

Abel LEONARD and Esther AUSTIN had the following children:

+185	i.	Abel LEONARD.
186	ii.	Esther LEONARD²¹ was born on 4 December 1731 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. She was baptized on 3 June 1732 in West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. She died on 21 June 1732 at the age of 0 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.
+187	iii.	Elijah LEONARD.
+188	iv.	Esther LEONARD.
+189	v.	Abigail LEONARD.
190	vi.	Jerusha LEONARD²¹ was born on 18 October 1739 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.
+191	vii.	Deborah LEONARD.
192	viii.	Lois LEONARD²¹ was born on 13 March 1746 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. She hanged herself.
+193	ix.	Austin LEONARD.
+194	x.	Priscilla LEONARD.

Abel LEONARD and Hannah WOOSTER were married after 6 March 1762. Hannah WOOSTER died on 23 April 1767 in Suffield, CT. She was also the widow of Nathaniel Wooster.