| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Second Generation2. William LEONARD4 was born on 26 January 1710 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. The Field Genealogy has this William Leonard marrying Ruth Hoar (instead of Seth Leonard), while the White Genealogy has him marrying Sarah Hoar. Norton T. Hoar's book, A Record of Descendants of Hezekiah Hoar) doesn't include either (per Roz Edson e-mail, 2-4-07). If White Genealogy is correct, then William and Sarah had a son, William, who married (1) Hannah Thayer, and (2) Dinah Burt. After much searching, that is what is reflected here. Two descendants have tested in haplogroup R1b, while James Leonard descendants are uniformly in haplogroup J2a. Implication: William Leonard who married Sarah Bolton was not a descendant of James. Temple/Lincoln genealogy on ancestry.com lists William's wife as Sarah, d. 15 Nov 1774 in Taunton. Source is not explicitly listed -- seems to indicate "cemetery." There may be a clue in where Sarah is buried and grave marker. A note in Badger/Standish's "Leonard Dictionary," p. 144, says that children with * (includes Seth, Barney, Sarah, and Daniel) to be the children of William and Sarah (Hoar) Leonard, instead of Seth and Ruth (Hoar) Leonard, according to Mrs. Lucinda Leonard Field Lincoln from information sent by Mrs. Cliff Field. Lucinda was a descendant of this branch, being a daughter of William Leonard and Hannah Thayer and William in turn being the son of William and Sarah. According to this version, William who married Sarah Hoar was the son of William Leonard and Ann Barney (Leonard Dictionary, p. 192, page not numbered). It appears that William Leonard and Sarah Hoar get confused with William Leonard and Sarah Bolton. No further information can be found for the children other than William and Sarah. Origins of Sarah Hoar are unknown, although there were two Sarahs born about 1710. No further information is available about William and Sarah Leonard. Did William die 25 April 1795, or was that another William? William LEONARD and Sarah HOAR were married on 3 May 1744.6 Sarah HOAR was born about 1710. She died on 10 January 1774 at the age of 64. Was it Ruth or Sarah who married William? Hoar Family genealogy by Norman T. Hoar says it was Ruth who married William Leonard. According to this genealogy, William and Ruth had four children: Jacob, Ruth, Anna, and Philip. The Field Genealogy has this William Leonard marrying Ruth Hoar (instead of Seth Leonard), while the White Genealogy has him marrying Sarah Hoar. Norton T. Hoar's book, A Record of Descendants of Hezekiah Hoar) doesn't include either (per Roz Edson e-mail, 2-4-07). Temple/Lincoln genealogy on ancestry.com lists William's wife as Sarah, d. 15 Nov 1774 in Taunton. Source is not explicitly listed -- seems to indicate "cemetery." There may be a clue in where Sarah is buried and grave marker. According to Harriott Leonard Standish's "Leonard Dictionary," he married Sarah Hoar, dau. of Leonard and Esther Bowman Hoar of Brimfield, MA, b. September 3, 1710. According to another source (unnamed), she was the dau. of Daniel and Sarah Hoar, b. same date. William LEONARD and Sarah HOAR had the following children:
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