Third Generation

77. Elizabeth LEONARD was born about 1690 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. Was it this Elizabeth who married Atherton, or did she marry Capt. JosephHall. "The Halls of New England, Historical and Genealogical" has

Elizabeth LEONARD and Joshua ATHERTON were married on 23 Jul 1712 in Taunton, Bristol, MA.⁵⁶ Joshua ATHERTON was born in 1695 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA. He died in 1737 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. Possibly another daughter, Sarah, bp. 1727. Elizabeth LEONARD and Joshua ATHERTON had the following children:

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Mary ATHERTON was born in 1717 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.