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75. Uriah LEONARD118 was born on 10 Apr 1686 in Taunton,
Bristol, MA.119 He was
born on 10 Apr 1686. He died on 2 May 1772 in Stoughton, MA.
Uriah lived in Norton for a while, then went to Stoughton, where he had aforge
at Massapoag Brook, Canton (part of Stoughton that became Canton).He was an ironworker.
Uriah's children are listed in History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow),New Hampshire
1741-1970, and Genealogical Data, Westmoreland HistoryCommittee, Westmoreland,
NH, 1976, except for Abigail and Enoch.
Will of Uriah, dated January 20, 1720: "I, Uriah Leonard of Stoughton,Gentleman.
In the name of God, Amen, the 9th day of January, onethousand seven hundred
and twenty. I, Uriah Leonard of Stoughton in theCounty of Suffolk and Provence
of Massachusetts Bay in New England, Beingweak in body but of sound mind and
memory, blessed be God for it, andcalling to mind the mortality of my body and
that it is appointed untoall men once to die do make and ordain this my last
Will and Testamentnamely in the first place I give and recommend my soul unto
the hands ofGod that gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried
indecent Christian burial at the disposition of my soul nothing doubted butat
the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mightypower of
God and touching such worldly estates as it has pleased God tobless me with in
this life I give and dispose of same in the followingmanner and for the following,
viz. I imprimis my will that my funeralcharges and all my just debts be all well
and paid out of my Estate by myExecutor. Item. I give unto my beloved son Uriah
L 3/6/8 in like lawfulmoney of said Province to be paid to him or his legal Representative
bymy Executor at the expiration of two years following my decease whichtogether
with all I have given him is in full of his (illegible --doubbe?) share and portion
of my full estate. Item. I given andbequeath unto my beloved daughter Joanna
Liscomb the sum of L3/6/8 inlike lawful money and also my bed to be paid to her
or her heirs by myexecutor after my decease all of which is in full of her portion
of myestate including what I gave her at marriage. Item. I give and bequeathto
my beloved daughter Abigail Andrews the sum of L3/6/8 in like lawfulmoney to
be paid to her or her heirs by my Executor at the expiration oftwo years following
my death which same including all that she hadreceived is in full of her share
and portion of my estate. Item. I giveand bequeath unto the children of my
beloved son Nathaniel deceased thesum of L4 of old money to be equally divided
among them and their legalrepresentatives to be paid to them by my Executor at
the expiration oftwo years following my decease which said sum is in full of
their shareand portion of my Estate. Item. I hereby give and bequeath to mydaughter-in-law
Meredith Leonard full liberty to cut and gather firewoodon any of my land without
control (?) so long as she shall continue asthe widow of my son Wally Leonard.
Item. I give and bequeath unto theheirs of my son Wally Leonard deceased and
to them and their heirs andassigns forever all the whole of my Estate both real
and personal thatshall remain after my debts and the aforementioned sums of money
are paidto my children and grandchildren. I hereby constitute and appoint myloving
and dutiful son Enoch Leonard to be the sole executor of this mylast Will and
Testament..." This was apparently copied from Suffolkrecords by George
Marston Leonard.
The date of 1720 for this will makes no sense at all in terms of thebirth and
death dates of his children. Should be doublechecked. Uriah LEONARD and Abigail
STONE were married on 12 Jun 1708 in Taunton, Bristol, MA.94 Abigail STONE120 (daughter of William STONE and Hannah WALLEY) was born
on 9 Jul 1689 in Bristol, RI (then MA). She died on 31 Mar 1769 in
Stoughton, MA. Uriah LEONARD and Abigail STONE had the following
children:
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