Fifth Generation

466. Col. Nathaniel LEONARD⁵⁰¹ was born in 1728 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. He died on 10 Feb 1795 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.⁵⁰² He was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. He died suddenly "at hisson's house a few minutes after arriving there," per ECL He was adelegate to the Convention to ratify the Constitution in 1788. He was "amember of the Federal Court." His farm was later bought and occupied bythe Taunton Insane Asylum (1894). He was a member of the Masslegislature in 1776-80, 1787, 1788.

Col. Nathaniel LEONARD and Mary WILLIAMS were married in 1750. Mary WILLIAMS (daughter of General James WILLIAMS and Sarah BARNEY) was born in 1734. She died on 31 Oct 1801. She was a sister of Sarah, who married Abiathar Leonard. Col. Nathaniel LEONARD and Mary WILLIAMS had the following children:

+1042	i.	Olive LEONARD.
+1043	ii.	Rebecca LEONARD.
1044	iii.	Lemuel LEONARD was born in 1752 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. He died on 28 Oct 1756 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.10
+1045	iv.	Deacon Nathaniel LEONARD.
+1046	v.	Sarah LEONARD.
+1047	vi.	Mary LEONARD.
+1048	vii.	Williams LEONARD.