Fourth Generation

307. Jedidiah LEONARD³³⁵ was born in 1730 in Easton, Barnstable Co., MA. He died on 16 May 1776 in Vernon, CT.³³⁶ Sarah may have been married before (Thomas Price) and had a number ofchildren by him.

ECL says Jedidiah probably married Sarah Baldwin of Hanover, NJ. Therewere a number of Leonards in Hanover, Morris County, NJ, including notonly Stephen of the James line, but Benjamin of the Solomon line andtheir descendants. One must be doubly careful to keep the Leonard linesstraight in Morris County.

Jedidiah Leonard and his wife became members of the First CongregationalChurch of Old Lyme 5 November 1759 and had their children Phebe, Eunice,Rebecca, and Asa baptized on the same date (per First CongregationalChurch records, CT State Library).

A Jebediah Leonard enlisted 8 September 1755, discharged 10 December1755, Eight Co., Capt. Harris, from CT Hist. Society Collections, Vol.IX, French-Indian War Rolls, Vol. 1, Vol. 2. He may also be the JedidiahLeonard who served in Co. of Capt. Ellsworth, 1775.

A Jedidiah Leonard apparently lived in Bolton, CT, near Tolland. He andSarah baptized all their children 5 May 1776, apparently just before hedied. Info about Jedidiah from NEHGS Register, 58:197 and 59:213 and60:201. Is this the same Jedidiah Leonard? Did they move from Lyme toBolton? Was Jedidiah a stone-cutter? His son, Asa, seems to have been astone-cutter in Stockbridge, MA, for some years, earning enough money atthat to finance his purchase of land in Tioga Co., NY, and to move there.

Jedidiah's will mentions only his wife, Sarah.

Jessie Deith from Illinois, a descendant of Jedidiah through Huldah, isresearching this line and supplied the information on Hulda'sdescendants. Jessydeith@@aol.com. 6 Sept. 2006.

Benjamin Leonard, a descendant of Jedidiah's son Asa, is researching thisline and supplied the information on Asa's descendants.

Jedidiah LEONARD and Sarah BALDWIN were married on 28 Apr 1752 in Hanover, Morris Co., NJ. Sarah BALDWIN was born in 1734 in Hanover, New Jersey. She died on 27 Jun 1783 in Vernon, CT.³³⁷ An NEHGS article, "Records of the Church in Vernon, CT", 1906, p. 265,notes that the wife of Jedidiah Leonard became a communicant May 25,1776. Jedidiah LEONARD and Sarah BALDWIN had the following children:

+723	i.	Hulda LEONARD.
724	ii.	Mary LEONARD.
+725	iii.	Tirzah LEONARD.
+726	iv.	Capt. Asa LEONARD.
727	v.	Eunice LEONARD was born before 5 Nov 1759.
728	vi.	Phebe LEONARD was born before 5 Nov 1759.
729	vii.	Rebecca LEONARD was born before 5 Nov 1759.
730	viii.	Son LEONARD was born about 1768. He died on 21 Oct 1774 in Bolton, CT.
731	ix.	Abiel LEONARD was born in 1777 in Lyme, CT. An Abial Lenard in Lyme at 1783 was sent to live with an Alexander McLeanwho put up a bond to administer his estate. Abial was 16 years old then;he is listed on the bond as being the son of Jedidiah, late of Bolton.