Sixth Generation


731. Reuben LEONARD52 was born on 23 April 1791 in West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. He died on 26 December 1836 at the age of 45 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. He married in Montreal in 1822, lived in Cobourg, Ontario in 1823, in Prescott 1828-29, and died in Brantford, Ontario, in 1836. On 7 May 1828 Reuben Leonard of Prescott and wife Julia Ann Matilda Leonard bought 200 acres of land, lot 17, 13th concession, Portland township. Reuben sold the land for a fat profit on 13 June 1834 and moved to Brantford.

From Ontario Archives, Court of Probate, RG22-MS658-reel 54 Matilda Leonard of the village of Brantford, widow, petitioned on 25 Jan 1837, stating that her husband, Reuben Leonard, merchant of Brantford, died intestate in December 1836, leaving her and five children. Requests letters of administration to her late husband's estate. Permission granted.

Reuben LEONARD and Julia Ann Matilda WELLS were married in 1822 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Julia Ann Matilda WELLS was born on 12 May 1801 in Athens, Greene Co., NY. She died on 22 December 1825 at the age of 24 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.

Reuben LEONARD and Julia Ann Matilda WELLS had the following children:

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Francis Henry LEONARD.