Fifth Generation

367. Priscilla LEONARD^164,403 was born on 18 Apr 1732 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA. She died on 27 May 1786.

Priscilla LEONARD and Rev. William MCKINSTRY were married on 27 Nov 1760 in Norton, MA. Rev. William MCKINSTRY was born on 8 Oct 1732. He had a successful business in Taunton, although he had a feebleconstitution and a consumptive habit. In 1774 a Capt. Gilbert, suspectedof Tory (Loyalist) principles, was seized and so roughly handled by the"sons of liberty" that he needed a surgeon to dress his wounds. Heprotested having a rebel doctor, but agreed to Dr. McKinstry to dress hiswounds. That act excited suspicions against the amiable and popularphysician. He became exposed to insult and injury. Being in feeblehealth and of a sensitive nature, he thought it wise to retire toBoston. His family, which was left in Taunton, was now subject toincreased annoyance. His wife was compelled by a large collection offemales to march around the liberty pole. The family, thus insulted, wasforced to become loyalists in self-defense, and they immediately went toBoston.

He became a Loyalist, was appointed surgeon general of the hospitals inBoston by General Gage, and died on a transport in Boston Harbor at thetime of the evacuation, leaving his wife and 8 children. They went toHalifax, then to New York, then to Rhode Island where they werecaptured. They later lived in Haverill. One of her sons accompaniedJudge Daniel Leonard when he went to Bermuda. Priscilla LEONARD and Rev. William MCKINSTRY had the following children:

862	i.	William MCKINSTRY was born on 13 Nov 1762. He died in Aug 1823. He graduated from Oxford, became Rector of East Grinstead and Lingfield,near London, was tutor to children of several noblemen, and died on avisit to America in August 1823. He died unmarried.
+863	ii.	Sarah MCKINSTRY.
864	iii.	John MCKINSTRY was born on 6 Mar 1769. He died on 29 Oct 1825. He was a merchant in Boston. He died unmarried.
+865	iv.	Mary MCKINSTRY.
866	v.	Thomas MCKINSTRY was born on 17 Aug 1770. He died in 1796. He died unmarried.
+867	vi.	Elizabeth MCKINSTRY.
868	vii.	David MCKINSTRY was born in 1775. He died in Mar 1802. He was a merchant in New York City. He died unmarried.