Fourth Generation

110. Samuel LEONARD¹⁷⁹ was born on 17 May 1702 in Plymouth, MA. He died on 24 Dec 1749 in Raynham, Bristol, MA.⁴² He was buried in Town Center Cemetery, Raynham, MA.⁵⁵ He lived near Raynham Forge and owned a half of it. He took over theRaynham Forge when his father died. After he died, Elijah Leonard tookover and got the forge heavily in debt, causing it finally to be sold tothe Deans.

Also known as Samuel Leonard, 2nd. He was elected town clerk of Raynhamin 1731.

ECL/GML list son Appollos b. 3 Aug 1744, #209. But this Apollos was theson of Zephaniah and Hannah Leonard (See Margaret Stover Harris, VitalRecords of Raynham, 1997, p. 18). No record of Samuel having a sonApollos has been found.

Samuel LEONARD and Abigail SHAW were married on 16 Feb 1726/27 in Raynham, Bristol, MA.¹⁸⁰ Abigail SHAW⁶⁰ (daughter of Benjamin SHAW and Hannah BICKNELL) was born in 1707 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 27 Feb 1793 in Raynham, MA.¹⁸¹ She was buried in Town Center Cemetery, Raynham, MA.⁵⁵ Samuel LEONARD and Abigail SHAW had the following children:

+380	i.	Ensign Nathan LEONARD.
381	ii.	Samuel LEONARD180,182 was born on 19 Apr 1730 in Raynham, MA. He died on 14 Jul 1750 in Raynham, MA.42 He was buried in Town Center Cemetery, Raynham, MA.55 He died unmarried, according to ECL-GML genealogy.
382	iii.	Abigail LEONARD180,183 was born on 6 May 1733 in Raynham, MA.21 She died on 26 May 1733 in Raynham, MA.21
+383	iv.	Katherine LEONARD.
384	v.	Jonathan LEONARD180,184 was born on 16 Jul 1737 in Raynham, MA.126 He died on 18 Oct 1737 in Raynham, MA.185
+385	vi.	Bethiah LEONARD.
386	vii.	Phebe LEONARD186 was born on 22 Jul 1740 in Raynham, MA. She died on 17 Jun 1752 in Raynham, MA.
+387	viii.	Ensign Nathaniel LEONARD.