Benjamin LEONARD^[1]
1686 - 1749

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• Birth	Between 1686 and 1690	Bridgewater, MA.   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1749	Mt. Freedom Church, Mendham, Morris, New Jersey   [3]
  Death	Bef Jul 1749	Mendham, New Jersey   [3]
  Died	Jul 1749	Mendham, NJ   [2]
  Person ID	I55	Leonard
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	Isaac LEONARD,   b. 1650, Duxbury ,   d. 10 Dec 1717, Bridgewater, MA.
  Mother	Deliverance AMES,   b. 06 Dec 1653, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Married	1675	Bridgewater, MA.
  Family ID	F00054	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah PHILLIPS,   b. 1698,   d. 15 Feb 1733, Massachusetts
  Married	15 Aug 1715	Bridgewater, MA.   [4]
  Children	1. Caleb LEONARD,   b. 23 Sep 1726, Dighton, Bristol, MA. ,   d. 1814, Washington Co. PA., Bealsville cemetery   2. Benjamin LEONARD,   b. 06 Sep 1722, Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts ,   d. UNKNOWN   3. Hannah LEONARD,   b. 26 Sep 1720, Dighton, Bristol, MA. ,   d. UNKNOWN   4. Lydia LEONARD,   b. 17 Sep 1718, Bridgewater, MA. ,   d. UNKNOWN   5. Jemima LEONARD,   b. 08 May 1717, Bridgewater, MA. ,   d. UNKNOWN   6. William B. LEONARD,   b. 17 Dec 1724, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts ,   d. Mar 1805, Pleasant Twp, Knox Co., Ohio
  Family ID	F00051	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Mary CUDWORTH,   b. 14 Nov 1702, Freetown ,   d. 05 Nov 1778, Morristown, NJ
  Married	13 Jun 1734	Freetown   [4]
  Children	1. Ephraim LEONARD   2. Huldah LEONARD,   b. 11 Jun 1738, Berkley   3. Sarah LEONARD   4. Dorthea LEONARD   5. Susanna LEONARD
  Family ID	F00053	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  He married (1) Bridgewater 15 Aug 1715 or 1716 Hannah Phillips, d. ca 1730; dau. of William and Hannah (Gilbert) Phillips of Taunton. On 15 Nov. 1717 Benjamin and Hannah LEONARD of Bridgewater received of "our grandfather Thomas Gilbert of Taunton, administrator of the estate of William Phillips late of Taunton deceased, our father," their share of his estate. He m. (2) Freetown 13 June 1734 Mary Cudworth, b. Freetown 14 Nov. 1702; very prob. d. Morristown NJ 5 Nov. 1778 ae 75; dau. of James and Betsy (Hatch) Cudworth. Benjamin LEONARD, cooper, of Bridgewater sold his homestead in Bridgewater in 1720, and the same year he and wife Hannah sold land in Dighton, set off to her from her father's estate. In 1722 Benjamin bought land in Dighton, and was living in the part which later became Berkley in July 1723 with wife Hannah. Benjamin was of Berkley when he sold land in 1735, and also when he sold his homestead in 1737, wife Mary relinquishing dower. Both he and Mary still of Berkley acknowledged a sale 7 Dec. 1738. His last sale was acknowledged in Berkley 3 Sept. 1739. About 1740 Benjamin and family moved to Mendham, Morris Co., NJ. No probate or land records have been located for either Benjamin or Mary in NJ. References: Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 2; pp. 60-61. VR Bridgewater Dighton VR 1:42 Freetown VR, typescript, pp 17, 79 and marriages p. 40 TAG 46:121 Bridgewater by MITCHELL pp. 247 LEONARD Family pp. 67-8 Cory Ancy 2:1:87-90. Plymouth County LR 38:201 (Benj. LEONARD) Bristol Co. LR 13:139, 565; 15:16, 255; 35:355; 40:276; 57:199 (Benj. LEONARD) ------------------------------------------- [New Jersey+ CT records} Birth and Marriage Records: Caleb LEONARD, born 1725, of Roxiticus {later Mendham}, NJ. Caleb LEONARD married to Jemima Menthorne on 27 Jan 1748. Jemima LEONARD, b. in Taunton, married Henry Axtell in 1737. It is also recorded: the first pastor of the Mendham Presbyterian Church married Sarah LEONARD of Taunton, Mass., granddaughter of the old LEONARD family of Taunton {Mendham, NJ, history}.




• Sources

  [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.. [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. 66. Benjamin LEONARD (Isaac, Sarah Chandler, Isabella Chilton, James) b. prob. Bridgewater ca. 1686-1690; d. Mendham NJ by July 1749. [S00238] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 15, Sherman, Robert Moody and Vincent, Verle Delano and Revised by Wakefield, Robert S., (Name: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997;), 63-67. [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. 66. He m. (1) Bridgewater 15 Aug 1715 Hannah Phillips, b. ca. 1698; d. ca. 1730; dau of William and Hannah (Gilbert) Phillips of Tauton. He m. (2) Freetown 13 June 1734 Mary CUDWORTH, b. Freetown 14 Nov. 1702; very prob. d. Morristown NJ 5 Nov. 1778 ae 75; dau of Janes and Betsey (Hatch) CUDWORTH.