Fifth Generation

580. Mary HALL was born on 21 Aug 1750 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 4 Dec 1839 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA.

Mary HALL and Capt. David LEONARD were married on 24 May 1770. Capt. David LEONARD⁵⁸⁷ (son of Joseph LEONARD and Mary PACKARD) was born on 29 Jul 1734 in Bridgewater, MA.⁵⁸⁸ He died on 24 Nov 1813 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA.⁵⁸⁹ Manning Leonard: "He was a boy of refined and studious disposition, muchgiven to books from his earliest days. He was prepared for college by afamous instructor, Abner Aleden, and was graduated from Brown Universityin 1792. He embraced the Baptist faith while a student and had beenbaptized, according to the rigorous fashion of those days, by immersionin the Seekonk River, a hole having been cut in the ice for thatpurpose. He was ordained a minister of 17 December 1794. He served asminister of the Gold Street (now Park Street) Baptist Church in New YorkCity. His brother, Bernard Leonard, was at that time a prosperousmerchant in New York, Leonard Street takes its name from him.

He removed to Bristol, RI in June 1805. On account of a change ofreligious views in the direction of Unitarianism, he relinquished hisplace in the Baptist Church and entered commercial life. In 1806, he wasappointed postmaster of Bristol. He resigned that position in 1817. Mary HALL and Capt. David LEONARD had the following children:

+1268	i.	David Augustus LEONARD , Jr..
+1269	ii.	Zenas Lockwood LEONARD.
+1270	iii.	Polly Mary LEONARD.
+1271	iv.	Bernard LEONARD.
+1272	v.	Caleb Francisco LEONARD.
+1273	vi.	Olive LEONARD.
1274	vii.	Hannah LEONARD590 was born on 11 Aug 1784 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA.
+1275	viii.	Linus Romulus LEONARD.
+1276	ix.	Sarah (Sally) LEONARD.
1277	x.	Fanny LEONARD was born on 2 Apr 1788 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA.
+1278	xi.	George Washington LEONARD.
+1279	xii.	Jonas Manning LEONARD.
1280	xiii.	Charles Frederick LEONARD was born on 16 Jul 1796 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA.588 He died on 15 Sep 1815.