Fifth Generation

618. Perez LEONARD⁶³⁴ was born in 1747 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA. He died on 6 Jan 1801 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA.⁶³⁵ He was buried in North Middleboro Cemetery, Middleboro, MA.⁵⁵ They may have had other children. They lived at the corner of Bedfordand Clay streets in Taunton. In the 1790 and 1800 Censuses, they werelisted in Middleborough. The 1790 Census shows a family of 5; the 1800Census shows a family of 4.

Elizabeth Eaton Leonard was appointed Administratix of the estate ofPerez Leonard 23 January 1801. It was witnessed by Henry Leonard (hisfather?) and Caleb Hall. Probate record PR 34:260.

The information on Perez Leonard and Elizabeth Eaton has been updated andcorroborated by Jan Infante in an e-mail to me dated 22 January 2006,also including a piece from the genealogical section of the BostonTranscript. Her information should be on file with the Mayflower Societyin Plymouth.

Perez LEONARD and Elizabeth EATON were married on 10 Jan 1771 in North MIddleboro Congregational Church, MIddleboro, MA.⁶⁶ Elizabeth EATON⁶⁰⁹ (daughter of Barnabus EATON and Elizabeth CLEMENT) was born on 22 Feb 1748/49 in Middleboro, MA. She died on 20 Oct 1801 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA. Perez LEONARD and Elizabeth EATON had the following children:

+1366	i.	Elizabeth LEONARD.
1367	ii.	Spooner LEONARD was born in 1780. He died on 24 Jul 1800 in Drowned in the Taunton River.636 He was buried in North Middleboro Cemetery, Middleboro, MA.55