| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Sixth Generation558. Benjamin LEONARD305 was born in 1761 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. He died in 1830 at the age of 69 in Niagara County, NY. He moved to the western part of NY, married again, and had a family, but no account is had of them, according to Manning Leonard. DAR vol. 122-123, p. 57 (1931, digitized 1996, U. of Michigan), supposedly verifies this lineage from Benjamin/Benajah Leonard, b. 1732, served in Capt. James Perry's company, 16th MA Regt. He showed up in the BLM General Office Records on 7 March 1825 in Detroit with 3 entries for Oakland Co., MI, as patentee. Research was originally done by descendants of Chauncey Leonard: Mary Jane Merritt, Glen Vliet, Alice Keefer, Walter Louis Leonard, and Willard Isaac Leonard. Three Leonard brothers came directly from Seneca Co., NY, to Hillsdale Co., MI. Chauncey Leonard travelled by way of Niagara Co., NY and there met and wed Sally Howell before moving to Hillsdale Co., MI. These four brothers are mentioned in a Hillsdale County history. James Leonard came to Niagara County from Seneca County and stayed there. Possible birth date: 8 August 1765 in Rehoboth. Sally ABBE was born in Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT. Benjamin LEONARD and Sally ABBE had the following children:
Benjamin LEONARD and Eva BURGET were married about 1795. Eva BURGET was born in 1770. She died in 1830 at the age of 60. Benjamin LEONARD and Eva BURGET had the following children:
|