Fifth Generation

509. Abner LEONARD²⁹ was born on 13 February 1744 in West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. He died on 3 March 1793 at the age of 49 in West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. He was baptized 31 Mar 1745 in West Springfield.

The Springfield Historical Library has a file of various notes. Some are from direction of the Springfield Council to collect monies owed the town and others have to do with the settlement of his estate after he died in 1796.

Abner LEONARD and Mary COOPER were married on 9 July 1767 in West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. Mary COOPER, daughter of Timothy COOPER and Lydia CHAPIN, was born about 1745. She died on 2 March 1827 at the age of 82 in West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. In her will among the papers on file in the Springfield Museum of History, Mary left her estate to her three daughters. She refers to her brother, Thaddeus Leonard, and makes him executor.

Abner LEONARD and Mary COOPER had the following children:

+1036	i.	Timothy Cooper LEONARD.
1037	ii.	Mary LEONARD⁵⁹ was born on 29 June 1770 in West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. She died on 27 August 1814 at the age of 44 in West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. She died of consumption (TB). Document at Springfield Historical Library has her single.
+1038	iii.	Violet LEONARD.
+1039	iv.	Ruth LEONARD.