Fourth Generation

115. Deacon Abiel LEONARD^60,187,188 was born on 26 Feb 1709/10 in Norton, Bristol, MA. He died on 27 Aug 1802 in Mansfield, MA.¹⁷⁵ He settled in Mansfield, MA, according to ECL. He was a Deacon in thechurch in Mansfield (unless it was his son Abiel).

Deacon Abiel LEONARD and Abigail ELLIOTT were married on 4 Dec 1745 in Norton, MA.¹⁸⁹ Abigail ELLIOTT⁶⁰ (daughter of Joseph ELLIOTT and Hannah WHITE) was born on 9 Jan 1721/22 in Norton, MA. Receipt by Abiel Leonard of Norton, yeoman, and his wife Abigail forlegacy from estate of her father Joseph Eliot of Norton, paid by NehemiahEliot of Norton, dtd. 10 April 1753. (13:397). Deacon Abiel LEONARD and Abigail ELLIOTT had the following children:

+395	i.	Deacon Abijah LEONARD.
396	ii.	Abigail LEONARD190 was born on 26 Oct 1748 in Norton, Bristol, MA.48 She died on 23 Sep 1836.
+397	iii.	Samuel LEONARD.
+398	iv.	Hannah LEONARD.
399	v.	Abiel LEONARD191 was born on 13 Feb 1755 in Norton, Bristol, MA.50 He died on 8 May 1791 in Mansfield, MA.192 He probably died unmarried, according to ECL. He was the twin brother ofNehemiah.
+400	vi.	Nehemiah LEONARD.
+401	vii.	Deacon Timothy LEONARD.
+402	viii.	Sophia LEONARD.