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28. Stephen
LEONARD83,84 was born on 14 Dec 1680 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.85 He was born on 14 Dec 1680.
He died in 1733 in Hanover, NJ. He was a Justice of the Peace and
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Hebecame a JP in Hunterdon Co., NJ 20 September
1725.
ECL notes that he was "initiated into the bloomer's art." There is
anote that there may have been other children. See O. B. Leonard.William A.
Leonard statement in the Historical Gazetteer, Tioga Co., NY.Also letter, George
Kinney Leonard, Hiwasee Dam, NC, dtd 11 Oct. 1943.
In 1722 he moved to New Jersey with his family, except for son Zephaniah,whom
he left with his grandfather, James Leonard. When his brother Jamesbought the
Whittenton Forge, Stephen took the west hearth at Raynham.His son, Zephaniah,
took over the west hearth when Stephen moved to NewJersey. ECL mentions that
he gave power of attorney to his wife, Mary,to sell his property in 1722 and
another in 1723 to his friends JohnMason and Jacob Barney, stating that he was
then of Hanover, NJ. He lefta will in NJ that speaks of the tools in the forge
and iron ore. SeeGenealogy and History, 9.15.45 (10445) -- states Stephen d.
Whippany 1732and a bond dtd 1.6.1732/3, Comfort Leonard, widow, and Admin. Stephen.An
inventory was made of his estate. Alternate date of death is "bef. 4Mar
1741 in Whippany, Morris Co., NJ. (ECL gives date of death as 1743
Was it this Stephen or Stephen, son of James, who was a Justice of thePeace and
father of Zephaniah? William Reed Deane in "GenealogicalMemoir of the Leonard
Family" (NEHGS Register, 1851, p. 414) states thatit is this Stephen who
was the father of Zephaniah et. al.
A Taunton newspaper clipping dated 1901 listing the Leonard genealogysays: "The
children of Stephen3 Leonard, James2, James1 are Huldah4,Mary4, Paul4, Joshua4,
Rev. Silas4, and Zephaniah4." There is no Josiah.Josiah b. 1738 appears
to have been the son of Paul4 Leonard.
The Journal of Stephen Rose Leonard (1848) states that Paul Leonard, hisgreat-grandfather,
had two brothers, Silas and Elijah, and raised sevenchildren: James, David,
Phebe, Lydia, Huldah, and Diadema.
George Marston Leonard's charts (J-29) lists Zephaniah, Mary, Paul,Silas, Joshua,
and Huldah as children of Stephen and Mary. Chart J-21lists Zephaniah, Mary,
J-22-24 lists Joshua, J-25-27 covers thedescendants of Zephaniah, and J-29 covers
Paul, Silas, and Hulda.Diadema isn't mentioned. Diadema isn't mentioned in Bill
Barton'slisting of Stephen's children. Jonah appears to have been a laterdiscovery.
There's apparently a Leonard family manuscript in the public library,Morristown,
NJ, according to GML chart J-34.
Stephen LEONARD and
MARY were married about 1702 in Massachusetts?. MARY
was born about 1684 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. This information
is doubtful. Some sources have marriage in 1724,obviously wrong. Who is this
Mary Leonard? She should be a child ofsomeone in this data base. One ancestry.com
source has her the daughterof Joseph Leonard and Mary Black, but dying in 1688.
Stephen LEONARD and MARY had the following children:
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