William LEONARD^{[1, 2]}
1784 - 1814

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• Birth	1784	Greene, Pennsylvania, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1814	Green, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I537	Leonard
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	Lot LEONARD,   b. 05 Oct 1754, Mendham Twp, Morris Co., NJ ,   d. 07 Nov 1847, Homeville, Greene, Pennsylvania, USA
  Mother	Elizabeth HOGE,   b. 08 Jul 1757, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 07 Nov 1816, Homeville, Greene, Pennsylvania, USA
  Married	02 Aug 1779	Quaker Reds, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F00252	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Frances WHITLATCH,   b. 16 Sep 1786, Greene County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 03 Mar 1839
  Married	Abt 1807	Greene County, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. Nancy Mary LEONARD,   b. 02 Mar 1809, Greene County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 Oct 1855, Greene County, Pennsylvania   2. John LEONARD,   b. 27 Nov 1810, Greene County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 31 Mar 1858, Greene County, Pennsylvania   3. Lot LEONARD,   b. Abt 1811, Greene County, Pennsylvania ,   d. Bef Jun 1814, Greene County, Pennsylvania   4. William W. LEONARD,   b. 16 Nov 1812, Greene County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 14 Nov 1875, Coe Twp, Isabella County, MI.
  Family ID	F00257	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Notes for WILLIAM LEONARD, source Anna Harless, "Some Ancestors of William LEONARD": William died under mysterious circumstances. Family stories state that he may have been poisoned by his wife Elizabeth, but there is no documented proof of this. Greene Co. PA Will Book #1 p.136, Bond Number 010. 219, June 27, 1814 (left in the context as it was written): KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we Elizabeth LEONARD, William Whitlatch, and Thomas MITCHELL Esquire, all of Greene County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the fum of Two hundred Pounds, to be paid to the faid Commonwealth to the which payment well and truly to be made, we do, and each of us hereby doth bind ourfelves, and each of us our Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftrators, and the Heirs, Executors and Adminiftrators of each of us for and in the whole firmly by thefe prefents. Sealed with our Seals, and Dated the twenty seventh Day of June in the Year of our Lord Thoufand eight Hundred and fourteen. THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION is fuch, That if the Within bounden Elizabeth LEONARD Adminiftrator of all the finular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of William LEONARD, deceafed, do make or caufe to be made, a true and perfect Inventory of all and fingular the Goods, Chattels, And Credits for the faid Deceafed, which have or phall come to the hands, Poffeffion or Knowledge of her the faid Elizabeth LEONARD or into the hands or Poffeffion of any other Perfon or Perfons for her, and the fame fo made do exhibit or caufe to be exhibited in the Regifters Office in the County of Greene, at or bebore the twenty seventh day of July next enfuing; and the fame Goods, Chattels and Credits for the faid Deceafed at the Time of his Death, which at any Time after fhall come to the Hands or Poffeffion of the faid Elizabth LEONARD or into the Hands or Proffeffion of any other Perfon or Perfons for her do well and truly adminifter according to the Law, and do further make or caufe to be made a true and juft account of her faid adminiftration, at or before the twenty seventh Day of June One Thoufand eight Hundred and fifteen, and allreft and refidue of the faid Goods, Chattels and Credits which fhall be found remaining upon the faid adminifrators account, the fame being firft examined and allowed of by the Orphan's Court of the County of Greene aforefaid, fhall deliver and pay unto fuch perfon or perfons refpectively as the faid Orphan's Court by their decree or fentence, purfuant to the true intent and meaning of this Act, fhall limit and appoint: and if it fhall hereafter appear that any laft Will and Teftament was made by the faid Deceafed, and the Executor or Executors therein named to exhibit the fame into the faid Regifter's Office, making requeft to have it allowed and approved accordingly; if the faid Elizabeth LEONARD within bounden being thereunto required, do render and deliver the faid Letters of Adminiftration,)approbation of fuch Teftament being firft made and had in the faid Regifter's Office) then this Obligation to be void and of none effect, or elfe to remain in full force and virtue. Elizabeth (her mark) LEONARD William Whitlatch (actual signature) Thomas MITCHELL Signed and delivered in the Prefence of John Boreman According to the conditions of the bond an inventory of the Goods & Chattels of William LEONARD, deceased were taken on July 2, 1814, totaling $257.07 and filed on July 4, 1814 with the Courts of Greene Co. PA According to Greene County, PA Clerk of Courts, the following orphan papers were recorded; At an Orphans Court held at the town of Waynesburg in and for the County of Greene on the fourth Monday of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fourteen before the Honorable Samuel Robert Esquire President and his associate Judges of the same court. On the petition of Elizabeth LEONARD, widow and relict of William LEONARD late of Franklin Township of Greene County deceased setting forth that the said William LEONARD died leaving issue three children, Nancy, John and William minors under the age of fourteen years-------- She therefore prays the court to appoint some proper person to take care of their person and Estates. Where upon the Court appoint Jonathon Parkinson and Bernard Whitlatch guardians of the persons and Estates of the said Nancy, John and William LEONARD. More about WILLIAM LEONARD: Census: 1810, Franklin Twp., Greene Co., PA Will: June 27, 1814, Greene Co. PA Will Book 1 pp 136: Estate of William LEONARD, deceased. Letters of Administration granted to Elizabeth LEONARD the twenty seventh day of June 1814. Bond with William Whitlatch and Thomas MITCHELL as securities taken the same day. Notes for ELIZABETH FRANCES (BETSY) WHITLATCH: On Elizabeth's marriage license to Henry Jacobs, she is referred to as the Widow LEONARD.




• Sources

  [S00043] Annals of the LEONARD-HUTCHINSON Families, Jennie LEONARD HUTCHINSON, (Name: Self-published 1949;). [S00120] Descendants of William LEONARD (1724-abt 1806) by Anna Harless, Anna Harless, (Name: Self-published;), P8. WILLIAM12 LEONARD (LOT (REV.)11, WILLIAM10, BENJAMIN9, ISAAC8, SOLOMON (JOHN SOLOMON)7, SAMUEL6, SAMUEL (LENNARD)5, JOHN (LENNARD)4, JOHN3 LENNARD, JOHN (ESQ.)2, GEORGE LEONARD/1) was born 1784 in Greene Co. PA, and died 1814 in Greene Co. PA. He married ELIZABETH FRANCES (BETSY) WHITLATCH Abt. 1807 in Greene Co. PA, daughter of WILLIAM WHITLATCH and NANCY VEITCH/VEECH. She was born September 16, 1786 in Morgan, Greene Co. PA, and died March 03, 1839 is not verified. [S00280] One World Tree (sm), Ancestry.com, (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.;). Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.