Third Generation

25. Bethuel LEONARD was born in August 1798 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. He died on 1 February 1882 at the age of 83 in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA. He was a farmer. Info on Bethuel and children supplied by Wardwell C. Leonard, Jr. July 2004. In the 1850 Census, he was a shoemaker living in Sutton with his wife, Polly, and his children: Darius P. (looks like Dennis P.), also a shoemaker, Reuben, Lucy, Ulva, and Nathan. Franklin Libby, 18, a shoemaker, was living with them. Several Putnams lived nearby. In the 1870 Census, he was living next door to Darius and family in Sutton. He was a farmer. In the 1880 Census, he was a farmer living with wife Polly and daughter Lucy in Sutton.

Col. Robert Ash of TX may have published a genealogy of descendants of Bethuel on the Internet.

Edna M. Leonard's notes on her family history as James1, Uriah2, William3, Jacob4, Jacob5, Daniel6, Bethuel7, Darius8, and Edward9.

Bethuel LEONARD and Polly PUTNAM were married on 8 August 1825 in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA.²⁸ Polly PUTNAM, daughter of Cornelius PUTNAM and Abigail BIGELOW, was born on 18 June 1804 in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA. She died on 11 February 1893 at the age of 88 in West Sutton, Worcester Co., MA.

Bethuel LEONARD and Polly PUTNAM had the following children:

+102	i.	Darius Putnam LEONARD.
+103	ii.	Mary Levina LEONARD.
104	iii.	Jesse Bethuel LEONARD was born on 7 November 1830 in Northbridge, Worcester Co., MA. He died on 16 September 1838 at the age of 7 in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA.
+105	iv.	Louise Abigail LEONARD.
106	v.	Hannah Elizabeth LEONARD was born on 23 December 1833 in Douglas, Worcester Co., MA.²⁹ She died on 21 September 1856 at the age of 22 in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA.
107	vi.	Reuben Freeman LEONARD was born on 18 October 1835 in Douglas, Worcester Co., MA.³⁰ He died on 4 November 1864 at the age of 29 in New Bern, North Carolina. He's not listed after the 1850 Census.
108	vii.	Francis Cornelius LEONARD was born on 7 September 1837 in Douglas, Worcester Co., MA.²⁸ He died on 23 December 1841 at the age of 4 in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA.²⁸
+109	viii.	Lucy Maria LEONARD.
+110	ix.	Ulva Augusta LEONARD.
111	x.	Clarissa Angeline LEONARD was born on 17 May 1845 in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA.²⁹ She died on 2 July 1845 at the age of 0 in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA.³¹ She died of dropsy in the head.
112	xi.	Nathan Waters LEONARD was born on 11 May 1848 in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA.²⁹ He died on 10 February 1873 at the age of 24 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co., MA. He was buried in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA. He was living with Charles and Ellen Aldrich in Marlboro, MA, in the 1870 Census.