Third Generation

27. Lydia LEONARD⁸² was born on 10 Mar 1677/78 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 13 Mar 1773 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA. There's confusion in here -- two Lydias married to David Britton. Thisone married William Britton. Their son Ebenezer Britton married Tabitha,son of Seth Leonard and Dorcas White. There was a David Britton, whomarried Lydia, daughter of Philip Leonard and Lydia Chase. Uriah Leonardand Elizabeth Farley's daughter Lydia also married a David Britton. Checkthis out carefully.

Referred to as Lydia Alden Britton in one genealogy...

James Savage has Lydia b. 10 Mar 1679 and Abigail b. 30 Jan 1683.

Lydia LEONARD and William BRITTON were married on 16 Oct 1695 in Taunton, Bristol, MA.⁵⁶ William BRITTON (son of William BRITTON and Mary PENDLETON) was born in 1678 in Wells, ME. He died on 17 Mar 1724/25 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. He was a mariner. They seem to have lived in Raynham, in that most ofthe children were born there. Check facts - original sources - as thisinfo comes from OneWorldTree.

William Britton and Lydia Leonard were married by her uncle, ThomasLeonard. Taunton was their home, and all of their children were bornthere. Ebenezer Britton, their son, was born June 1, 1715; married, May20, 1735, his cousin, Tabitha, daughter of Seth Leonard of Raynham andgranddaughter of Capt. James Leonard. They had six children. Tabithadied in 1749. Their son, Ebenezer Britton, born April 23, 1739, inRaynham was a Major, an officer serving in the Continental Army. Of thisfamily, Ebenezer's brothers, David and Job, were in the Battle ofBennington... Asa was a Revolutionary pensioner; he was born in Raynham,MA, April 30, 1763. With his father's family he moved to Westmoreland,NH, in the month of July 1771... Ebenezer married Sarah Bullock... Byhis two wives he had 19 children... See Gertrude Montegue Graves, "A NewEngland Family and Their French Connections," 1930. Lydia LEONARD and William BRITTON had the following children:

172	i.	Mary BRITTON was born in 1700.
173	ii.	James BRITTON was born in 1702.
174	iii.	Ariel BRITTON was born in 1705.
175	iv.	Pendleton BRITTON was born in 1706.
176	v.	Lydia BRITTON was born in 1707.
177	vi.	Mary BRITTON was born in 1713.
178	vii.	Elizabeth BRITTON was born in 1714.
+179	viii.	Ebenezer BRITTON.
180	ix.	Abigail BRITTON was born in Jul 1716.
181	x.	Robert BRITTON was born in 1718.
182	xi.	Pendleton BRITTON was born in 1722.