Fifth Generation

705. Jacob LEONARD^672,676 was born on 8 Apr 1742 in Norton, Bristol, MA.⁵⁰ He died on 8 Apr 1815 in Stafford, Tolland Co., CT.⁴⁸⁸ He was buried in Leonard District or Stafford Village Cemetery, Stafford, CT. He moved from Taunton in 1778 to Woodstock, CT, and then 1785 to 1800 inStafford, CT. He was Moderator of the First Baptist Church in Stafford.He served in the Revolutionary War.

Jacob LEONARD and Rhoda WHEELER were married on 8 Dec 1763 in Rehobeth, Plymouth, MA. Rhoda WHEELER (daughter of Major Philip WHEELER and Mercy INGALLS) was born on 23 Dec 1747 in Rehobeth, Plymouth, MA. She died on 21 Mar 1815 in Stafford, CT.⁴⁸⁸ She was buried in Leonard District or Stafford Village Cemetery, Stafford, CT. Jacob LEONARD and Rhoda WHEELER had the following children:

1509	i.	Benjamin LEONARD was born on 8 Aug 1765. Birth 1765 or 1775?
+1510	ii.	Jacob C. LEONARD , Jr..
+1511	iii.	Rhoda LEONARD.
+1512	iv.	Polly LEONARD.
+1513	v.	Daniel LEONARD.
+1514	vi.	Rufus LEONARD.
1515	vii.	Calvin LEONARD was born in 1781 in Woodstock, CT. He died on 3 Feb 1786 in Woodstock, CT.677 He was buried in Bungay Cemetery, Woodstock.
+1516	viii.	George LEONARD.
+1517	ix.	Jesse LEONARD.