Third Generation

78. James LEONARD¹²⁵ was born in 1690 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. He died on 9 May 1779 in Wrentham, MA. He died on 9 May 1779 in Wrentham, MA. His father sold him 25 acres, one quarter of the family homestead October25, 1739, when Uriah was 77 years old.

He sold his property in Middleborough and moved to Wrentham in 1751. ECLassumes that after Mary died, he went to live near or with his daughterElizabeth Ware.

He would have been 39 when he married. Is this logical? Is this theright James Leonard? They were married by Rev. Wales.

Court Records: Appt. of James Leonard the 2nd of Taunton, husbandman, tobe guardian of his daughters Mary Leonard, Abigail Leonard, and ElizabethLeonard (all under 14), grandaughters of Mary Dean, dcd, dtd. 16 March1749 (12:199). Mary Dean, his wife, died before 1750. Mary Dean'smother was also a Mary Dean and died about 1750.

See also will of Thomas Dean, will, Bristol Probate, vol. 11, page 333,in which he gave to Mary, wife of James Leonard, 28 acres inMiddleborough near the dwelling house of Jacob Staples.

James LEONARD and Mary DEAN were married on 27 Sep 1739 in Raynham, MA.^126,127 They were married on 27 Sep 1739. Mary DEAN¹²⁸ (daughter of Thomas DEAN and Mary KINGSLEY) died about 1750. She was born in Raynham, Bristol, MA. James LEONARD and Mary DEAN had the following children:

300	i.	Jonathan LEONARD.
+301	ii.	Mary LEONARD.
302	iii.	Abigail LEONARD128 was born in 1741 in Middleboro, MA. ECL: She died unmarried.
+303	iv.	Elizabeth LEONARD.
304	v.	Bathsheba LEONARD129 was born in 1746 in Middleboro, MA.