Sr. Caleb LEONARD^{[1, 2, 3]}
1726 - 1814

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• Title	Sr.
  Birth	23 Sep 1726	Dighton, Bristol, MA.
  Gender	Male
  Died	1814	Washington Co. PA., Bealsville cemetery   [4]
  Buried	Mar 1814	Beallsville Cemetery, Washington County, Pennsylvania   [5]
  Death	18 Mar 1814	Washington County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I54	Leonard
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	Benjamin LEONARD,   b. Between 1686 and 1690, Bridgewater, MA. ,   d. Jul 1749, Mendham, NJ
  Mother	Hannah PHILLIPS,   b. 1698,   d. 15 Feb 1733, Massachusetts
  Married	15 Aug 1715	Bridgewater, MA.
  Family ID	F00051	Group Sheet

  
  

  Married	15 Aug 1715	Bridgewater, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F00052	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Jemima MINTHORN,   b. Between 1720 and 1730,   d. 1768
  Married	27 Jan 1748	Mendhan, Morris, NJ   [6, 7]
  Children	1. Caleb LEONARD,   b. 1750, Morristown, Morris, NJ ,   d. 17 Jul 1845, Washington Co., PA, Bealsville cemetary   2. Issac LEONARD,   b. 03 Mar 1753, Mendham, Morris Co., New Jersey ,   d. 29 Aug 1833, Franklin Co., Ohio   3. Silas LEONARD,   b. 1755, Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey ,   d. 06 Nov 1851, Trumbull County, Ohio   4. Abner LEONARD,   b. 1759, Morris County, New Jersey ,   d. 1852, Johnson County, Indiana   5. William LEONARD,   b. 1760, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 1848, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA   6. Jemima LEONARD,   b. 1762, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey ,   d. 25 Apr 1814, Middleton, Columbiana Co., OH   7. Hannah LEONARD,   b. 1767,   d. UNKNOWN   8. Eleanor LEONARD,   b. Abt 1797   9. Lois LEONARD,   b. Abt 1795   10. Avery LEONARD,   b. 30 Jul 1798, Washington Co., PA. ,   d. 03 Feb 1888, Seneca County, Ohio
  Family ID	F00048	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah HALE
  Married	1792
  Children	1. Sarah LEONARD,   b. 1796, Washington County, PA. ,   d. 11 Sep 1876, Washington County, PA.
  Family ID	F00050	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. Fifteen James Chilton-Richard More; compiled by Robert Moody Sherman, Robert S. Wakefield, and Lydia Dow Finlay; General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow St., Plymouth, MA. 02360; 1997, pp. 66-67. Children of Benjamin LEONARD by his first wife, Hannah Phillips: i Jemima b. 8 May 1717 ii Lydia b 17 Sept 1718 iii Hannah b 26 Sept 1720 iv Benjamin b 6 Sept 1722 v William b. 17 Dec. 1724 vi Caleb b. 23 Sept 1726 (ref: Dighton Vital Records 1:42, 43 (b. Caleb) Mayflower Families details Benjamin LEONARD's land trasactions, marriage to second wife Mary Cudworth and their six children (total of 12 for Benjamin). ------------------------------------- Memorial, Genealogical, Historical, and Biographical of Solomon LEONARD 1637, of Duxbury and Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants; by Manning LEONARD, Southbridge, Mass; 1897. Details several generations of LEONARD descendants, but conspicupously ignores the generations descended from Benjamin LEONARD. ------------------------------------- From Leonard Family History by G. Allan Vaughan Caleb remarried about 1794 at age 68 after being a widower for 24 years. One can easily suppose there were many grandchildren among those gathered at the ceremony. He lived twenty more years. The bride was Sarah Hale, age 37 born February 17, 1755, and not previously married. She had moved not long before from Connecticut with a brother. Sarah was the daughter of Gideon Hale, and perhaps great-granddaughter of Samuel Hale, born 1610 in Wales, died in Connecticut 1695. Blaine (hsb) wrote, ".... it is written that another to descend from Samuel was Nathan Hale, the martyr spy of the revolution". the children of Caleb and Sarah Lois5 Leonard born about 1795 Eleaner Leonard born about 1797 Avery Leonard b. Sep 1, 1798 48 yrs ygr than bro, m.nancy smith,harrison co,seneca co o When Avery was born Caleb was about age 72 and Sarah was about age 43. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On April 14th, 1998, Sallyann Joiner [SMTP:carver@agate.net] wrote: NOTES...Caleb LEONARD a Mayflower Desc of Pilgrim James Chilton. Caleb and Jemima LEONARD removed to Wash Co in abt 1773-1775. This LEONARD family came from NJ to Somerset township, Wash co, Pa and as early as 1780 were in possession of land there. A number of LEONARD sons who recorded Land Property transfers, one particular tract of land was 155 acres owned by a bro. First owned by Isaac LEONARD, then trans to Abner LEONARD to Caleb LEONARD, Jr and then purch by a John Hawkins, etc," 1790 PA Census [you can look that one up for yourself] History of Wash Co.... tells about Lindley's Fort. Interesting little story. ------------------------------------------ DAR Index: Vol XXIX, page 248. [proven] [Source: Stephen Bank author of "The LEONARD History Book"] "The long list of LEONARDs in Morris County of the northern part of New Jersey settled there prior to the Revolutionary War, must have had an origin from several lines of the Massachusetts branch of LEONARDs {see Solomon LEONARD Family of Bridgewater for further details}. " The vicinity of Mendham in Morris county, New Jersey, where the LEONARDS settled was one of the most inviting places for Pioneers pushing to the fertile fields of the interior of the Colony and settlements were made in this township as early as 1715-20. The country around furnished an industrious and growing populations, with rich products of the soil, and abundance of magnetic iron ore, so that mining, manufacturing and farming interests greatly prospered and attracted new comers every year. Caleb and Jemima LEONARD family removed from New Jersey to Washington County in PA. in about 1773-1775. "The LEONARD family came from New Jersey to Somerset township, Washington County, PA, and as early as 1780 were in possession of land there. There were a number of LEONARD sons who recorded Land Property transfers, one particular tract of land of 155 acres was owned by several of these brothers. First owned by Isaac LEONARD, then he sold to Abner LEONARD; Abner sold to Caleb LEONARD, Jr. (perhaps Caleb Francis LEONARD?) (From The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia of THE FIRST FAMILIES OF AMERICA EDITED BY FREDERICK A. VIRKUS VOLUME I 1925 F. A. VIRKUS & COMPANY Genealogical Publishers 440-442 S. Dearborn Street Chicago, Ill. 4-Nancy (1784-1863), m Caleb Francis LEONARD (desc. Solomon LEONARD);) ------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME Caleb /LEONARD/ 2 GIVN Caleb 2 SURN LEONARD 1 SEX M 1 NOTE {Source: Washington County History} LEONARD family removed to 2 CONC Western Pennsylvania in the first migration from Morris county in New 2 CONC Jersey. The first twenty families arrived in 1773, claimed the land, 2 CONC and built a fort for protection from Indian raids. The region to 2 CONC which LEONARDs and Carys settled was known as Ten-Mile Creek, near the 2 CONC towns of Amity and Prosperity. They were part of LINDLEY'S FORT. 2 CONC "Demas Lindley and Jack Cook were two of the most prominent and 2 CONC influential men among the early settlers along Ten-Mile creek. They 2 CONC were very active in the frontier movements against the Indians, and a 2 CONC fort was early established upon the property of Mr. Lindley, called 2 CONC Lindely's Fort, and was the rendezvous for the residents in this part 2 CONC of the county." 1 SOUR @S34@ 2 PAGE Pages 932-3 2 QUAY 3 1 SOUR @S77@ 2 PAGE page 410-411 1 BIRT 2 DATE 23 SEP 1726 2 PLAC Dighton, Bristol, MA 2 NOTE DAR Index: Vol XXIX, page 248. [proven] 1 DEAT 2 DATE 1814 2 PLAC Washington Co, PA 2 NOTE [Source: Stephen Bank author of "The LEONARD History Book"] 3 CONC "The long list of LEONARDs in Morris County of the northern part of 3 CONC New Jersey settled there prior to the Revolutionary War, must have had 3 CONC an origin from several lines of the Massachusetts branch of LEONARDs 3 CONC {see Solomon LEONARD Family of Bridgewater for further details}. " 3 CONC The vicinity of Mendham in Morris county, New Jersey, where the 3 CONC LEONARDS settled was one of the most inviting places for Pioneers 3 CONC pushing to the fertile fields of the interior of the Colony and 3 CONC settlements were made in this township as early as 1715-20. The 3 CONC country around furnished an industrious and growing populations, with 3 CONC rich products of the soil, and abundance of magnetic iron ore, so that 3 CONC mining, manufacturing and farming interests greatly prospered and 3 CONC attracted new comers every year. 3 CONT




• Sources

  [S00349] Tax list, Wa.Co., PA. 1793, Copied from orginal sources by WaCo Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1995, p. 44. Tax list of 1793 shows both Caleb Jr. and Caleb Sr. in Somerset Township. [S00237] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 15, Family of James Chilton originally by Robert Moody Sherman and Verle Delano Cincent, Revised by Robert S. Wakefield, (Name: Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997;), F63 M39, 9929' .2'0973, 75-30145; ISBN 0-930270-16., p 67. Caleb b. 23 Sept. 1726 Ref: VR Bridgewater. Dighton VR 43 (b. Caleb) [S00241] Memorial, Genealogical, Historical, and Biographical, of Solomon LEONARD, 1637, of Duxbury and Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Manning LEONARD, (Name: 454 pp; 1896; Published on demand by Higginson Book Co., 148 Washington Street, Salem, MA. 01970;), GC 929.2 L553L., p68. [S00303] Revolutionary War burials, http://www.geocities.com/hsdurbin/cemet/revwarcem1.html. [S00396] Washington County, PA, Frontier Rangers 1781-1782, Myers, Paul W., (Name: 1987, Reprint 1992;), 46. [S00410] William R. "Bill" Mitchell, Sr, (Name: William R. "Bill" Mitchell, Sr. His research files were deposited with Jerry Zollars in Santa Fe, NM and subsequently forwarded to William G. Mitchell of Irving, Texas.;). [S00087] Combined Regsitry of 1st Presbyterian Church, unkn.