Fourth Generation

248. Joseph LEONARD²⁸⁶ was born in 1718 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA. He died in 1813 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA. This Joseph is mistaken for the Joseph, son of Elkanah, in thegenealogies submitted by subscribers to Ancestry.com. The ECL-GML papersare quite explicit that the Joseph who married Ruth White was the son ofJoseph, grandson of Benjamin, great-grandson of James.

This Joseph could be the Joseph, 45+, living in Middleborough in the 1800Census with one female, 26-44 (a daughter?). (No marriage is listed fordaughter Hannah, b. 1766, who may have been living at home.)

Joseph Leonard's sons Archippus, George, Samuel, Rowland, and Ichabodwere all in a company with a Corporal Joseph Leonard (this Joseph?).

Born 1718 or 1722? Birth not in Middleborough VR's. Death doesn't appearthere either.

See the notes for Joseph Leonard who married Abigail Raymond for adescription of the "multiple Joseph" problem in Middleborough in the1700's.

Joseph LEONARD and Ruth WHITE were married on 27 Mar 1746 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA.²⁸⁷ Ruth WHITE²⁸⁸ (daughter of Benjamin WHITE and Ruth REED) was born on 6 Feb 1726/27 in Middleboro, MA.⁶⁶ She died on 27 Sep 1793 in Carver, MA.²⁸⁹ Doublecheck Ruth White. There were a number of Ruth Whites. BenjaminWhite, her father, had two or three wives. Ruth White is sometimes giventhe children of Joseph Leonard and Abigail Raymond, but the names don'tfit with those used in the White family and Ruth would have been too oldto have some of the children. Joseph LEONARD and Ruth WHITE had the following children:

603	i.	Hannah LEONARD290,291 was born on 8 Oct 1746 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA.66 She died on 5 Dec 1751 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA.213
604	ii.	Benijah LEONARD290,292 was born on 2 Oct 1748 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA.293 He died on 8 Dec 1751 in Middleboro, Plymouth, MA.213
+605	iii.	Joseph LEONARD.
+606	iv.	Ruth LEONARD , 2nd.
+607	v.	Betty LEONARD.
+608	vi.	Archippus LEONARD.
+609	vii.	Rowland LEONARD.
+610	viii.	Ichabod LEONARD.
+611	ix.	Benaijah LEONARD.
+612	x.	Hannah LEONARD.
+613	xi.	Abigail LEONARD.
+614	xii.	James LEONARD.