Isaac LEONARD^[1]
1807 - 1844

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• Birth	07 Jul 1807	Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	03 Oct 1844	Delaware, Delaware Co., Ohio
  Buried	Old Eden Cem., Kilbourne, Delaware Co. OH
  Person ID	I1296	Leonard
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	Zenas LEONARD,   b. 28 May 1782, Somerset Tp, Washington County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Sep 1823, Marion or Delaware County, Ohio
  Mother	Nancy LEONARD,   b. 12 Sep 1785, Greene, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 10 Jun 1852, Kilbourne, Brown Twp, Delaware Co., Ohio
  Family ID	F00103	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Jane FINLEY,   b. 21 Aug 1807, Jefferson, Ohio ,   d. 11 Mar 1840, Delaware Co., Ohio
  Married	1830	Delaware Co., Ohio
  Children	1. Minerva LEONARD,   b. 1831, Ohio ,   d. Abt 1862, Dekalb Co, ILL   2. Sarah Louisa LEONARD,   b. 1831, Ohio ,   d. 19 May 1863
  Family ID	F00477	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Nancy THURSTON,   b. 10 Apr 1821, Eden, Brown Twp., Delaware Co., Ohio ,   d. 14 Nov 1911, Peru Twp, , Morrow Co., Ohio
  Children	1. Francis LEONARD,   b. 28 Feb 1842, Delaware Co., Ohio ,   d. 22 Apr 1922, Kilbourne, Brown Twp, Delaware Co., Ohio   2. Harriet LEONARD,   b. 21 Jan 1844, Eden, Delaware Co.,Ohio ,   d. 12 Mar 1877, Delaware Co, Ohio
  Family ID	F00476	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Notes courtesy Paul Clay, Longwell descendant: From Longwell Family Paper Thelma Christiansen. from Linda Hoffman Following is a transcription of Isaac's will. The daughter's names are bolded and underlined for emphasis. ===================================== Will of Isaac Leonard dec'd Pleas held at the Court House in Delaware on the 1st day of April A.D. 1845 before the honorable Orsamus Bonjour president Judge & Ahab Franks, William Gillons & Marshall L. Griffin, Esq his associated Judge of the court of common pleas in & for the county of Delaware in the state of Ohio. This day the last will & testament of Isaac Leonard, deceased was produced in open court & proved by his testimony of the subscribing witnesses as reduced writing approved thereto & ordered to be recorded and therefrom on motion of George Leonard & O. D. Hough the execution in said will named. It is ordered that letters testamentary be granted them upon them entering into bonds in the sum of $2000.00 with Charles Neal & Abijah Leonard as security. And it is further ordered that William Williams, Benjamin F. Loufborrow & Granbury R. Dalby appraise property of said estate. I Isaac Leonard of the county of Delaware in the state of Ohio do make and publish this my last will & testament in manner and form following that is to say First \endash It is my will that my funeral expenses & all my just debts be fully paid. Second I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Nancy in lieu of her dower the rents, profits use occupancy and benefit of all my real property after the payment of my debts, until each of my four children, Minerva, Sarah L., Frances & Harriet Leonard shall come to full age. I mean eighteen years during which time my said wife is to maintain & suitably school & educate said children but if said children should all die before they become of age as aforesaid or if my wife should marry before that period then from that time she is only to have the use of one third of my real property during her life, and after my said children come of age as aforesaid if my wife still remain a widow it is my desire that my said wife enjoy & receive one third of the use, profits & rents of my real estate and that the other two thirds be equally divided among my several children. Third, I do hereby nominate & appoint George Leonard & O. D. Hough executors of this my last will & testament hereby authorizing & empowering them to compromise, adjust, release & discharge in such manner as they think proper the debts & claims due such. I also authorize and empower them if it shall become necessary to pay my debts, to sell by private sale or otherwise in such manner & upon such terms of credit as they shall think proper or otherwise all or any part of my real estate & deed to purchasers to execute acknowledge & deliver in fee simple. I also give my executors the exclusive right of renting & taking care of my real property until my children come of age for which they are said to have such reasonable compensation as may be allowed by the court. Fourth after my personal property has been appraised by the appraisers that will be appointed by Court & a years support set off for my wife & children which I desire to be done soon as possible after my death when my executors will be also authorized and empowered to sell all or any part of my personal property either at public or private sale or in both ways as they may think most to the advantage of my estate & if my executors deem the allowance for the year support too small for the widow & children the may give them such further portion of my personal property as they may deem necessary & proper. I hereby revoke all former wills by me made. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty four. Isaac Leonard [seal] Signed & acknowledged by the said Isaac Leonard as his last will & testament in our presence and signed by us in his presence \endash Abijah Leonard, Joseph Leonard. The state of Ohio, Delaware County Court of Common Pleas April term 1845. Personally appeared in open court Abijah Leonard and Joseph Leonard who being duly sworn depose and say that the paper before them purporting to be the lst will and testament of Isaac Leonard now deceased was by the said Isaac Leonard acknowledged, published & declared to be his last will & testament in the presence of these deponents that the said deceased was of lawful age, that he was of sound and disposing mind & memory and under no restraint as they verily believe; that they subscribed the same as witnesses in the presence & at the request of the testator and in the presence of each other. Abijah Leonard Joseph Leonard Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 1st day of April AD1845. W D Hein Clerk Recorded the foregoing will April 12, 1845 Attest W. D. Hein Clerk




• Sources

  [S00292] Paul Clay Family Research, Paul Clay, Longwell descendant (Nancy Longwell married Joseph7, son of Zenas6), (Name: in progress, details and sources in the notes;), http://alumcreekoh.com/clayn/1574.htm.