Fourth Generation


199. Col. David LEONARD21 was born in 1737 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. He died on 4 July 1777 at the age of 40 in Fort Ticonderoga, Lake George, NY. He died of small pox. He was a man of considerable note in West Springfield. He served as a major at the Lexington Alarm, as lt. col. 1776 and 1777 as colonel f the Hampshire County, MA, militia at Ticonderoga. He was a Colonel in the army of the Revolution, and died of small pox at Lake George. He was buried in West Springfield. The soldiers under his command spoke of him in later years with great respect. (Giles Memorial).

Col. David LEONARD and Mary MILLER were married on 19 November 1760 in West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.31 Mary MILLER was born about 1727 in MA. She died on 27 November 1804 at the age of 77.

Col. David LEONARD and Mary MILLER had the following children:

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Clarissa LEONARD42 was born on 9 May 1761 in West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. She died in 1822 at the age of 61. She never married.

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ii.

David LEONARD.

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iii.

Dolly LEONARD.

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iv.

Seth LEONARD.

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v.

Mela LEONARD.