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222. Mary DEAN128 died about 1750.
She was born in Raynham, Bristol, MA. Mary DEAN and James LEONARD
were married on 27 Sep 1739 in Raynham, MA.126,127 They were married on 27 Sep
1739. James LEONARD125 (son of Uriah LEONARD and Elizabeth CASWELL) 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. Mary DEAN and James LEONARD had the following children:
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