| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Third Generation21. James LEONARD was born about 1739 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. He was called James 3rd by his father. He is referred to as James Leonard 4th in Taunton VR of marriage. James 3rd married Polly Woodward Jan. 24. 1788, in Taunton (Taunton VR's). Taunton records call him James 4th., m . Eunice Smith. His father's will dtd. December 6, 1787, left him his father's shoemaker's tools. He had a house near Winnicunnett Pond near the border of Norton and Taunton. That's the area where James who married Polly Woodward lived, as did James' children. James, son of James, husband of Eunice Smith, mentioned in the Field Genealogy, p. 235. Eunice signed a deed which he (James) gave to Nathaniel Field in 1792. Harriet Standish Leonard leaves a query: Did James and Eunice also have Daniel, who m. Ruth Hoar Leonard, int. 1823, and his brother George, who m. widow Ruth H. Leonard? This seems to be the information in the White, Lothrop, and Field genealogies and also from Emma Burt, a genealogist from Taunton and the Franklin Pratt papers. Was this the James Leonard 4th of Taunton, cordwainer, who leased a parcel of land on the east side of Mill River from William Leonard and Sarah Leonard (37:460, 2 p. 1759)? Which William did he lease from? Taunton VR's say John Leonard, son of James and Eunice, widow, died in almshouse 2 June 1870 -- 90 years. James LEONARD and Eunice SMITH were married on 25 October 1770 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. Eunice SMITH was born about 1750 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. Other info lists his wife as Mercy. The most likely Eunice Smith in MA VR's was born March 23, 1759, in Wrentham of Matthew and Sarah Smith. James LEONARD and Eunice SMITH had the following children:
|