Fifth Generation

348. Nehemiah LEONARD was born in 1751 in Raynham, MA. He died in 1831 in Savoy, MA. The Richmond Genealogy was that he was a farmer noted for his integrity.He lived in Raynham, removed to Goshen, Hampshire County, MA, and thenremoved to Savoy in 1800. The records show that James Lull sold a farmin Goshen to Nehemiah Leonard. In 1777, he served on a secret missionduring the Revolutionary War.

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Nehemiah LEONARD and Mary Polly RICHMOND were married on 18 Mar 1779 in Taunton, Bristol, MA. Mary Polly RICHMOND (daughter of Nathaniel RICHMOND and Mary RICHMOND) was born in 1756 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA. She died in Jun 1837. She was also known as Molly Mary Richmond. She was Nehemiah's second cousin. Nehemiah LEONARD and Mary Polly RICHMOND had the following children:

+811	i.	Keziah LEONARD.
+812	ii.	Philomena LEONARD.
+813	iii.	Polly Mary LEONARD.
+814	iv.	Ephraim LEONARD.
+815	v.	William LEONARD.
+816	vi.	Josiah LEONARD.
+817	vii.	Hannah LEONARD.
+818	viii.	Lydia LEONARD.
+819	ix.	Ebenezer LEONARD.
820	x.	Maria LEONARD was born in 1791. She died on 10 Apr 1801.
+821	xi.	Olive LEONARD.
+822	xii.	Nancy LEONARD.
823	xiii.	Mariah LEONARD was born on 15 Jan 1799. Was she the Maria Leonard murdered by William Roby in Boston July 19,1831, who was sentenced to be hung for the crime? American of July 19,1831.
+824	xiv.	Nehemiah LEONARD.
+825	xv.	Belinda LEONARD.