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Joseph Leonard

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Joseph Leonard

Birth
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
29 Jan 1749 (aged 78–79)
Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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****No Monument or tombstone was ever erected******

Beloved son of Jacob Leonard and Phoebe Chandler(daughter of Rodger Chandler and Isabelle Chilton).

** Jacob Leonards' second wife was Suzanna King**


Dearest husband of Martha(Orcutt)daughter of Wm.Orcutt ll and Mary Martha Lane
Married 1695 Scituate Mass.
children;
1.Joseph b.1696 to Mary Packard
2.Ephraim b.1700 d.marr to Martha Perkins on 09/16/1720 ****
3.Martha b.1712 d. marr to Ebenezer Eddy on 10/7/1734


source;
"Thanks to Lieut.John Washburn we know that Joseph Leonard and his wife Martha Orcutt were buried here in the Old Grave Yard of Bridgewater MA. in the vacant space NOW near the monuments of their son Joseph and his wife Mary Packard, on Mr. Lathams plan. Lieut John Washburn was the sexton from 1739-1797."
"It is sad to note that NO MONUMENTS marks the resting place of my grandfathers'grandparents...." Simeon Leonard wrote in a letter dated 1855 to Manning Leonard.
***Ephraim was to maintain the old folks but he failed in buisness moved to New Jersey and left his father alone and in indigigent dire circumstances."

Book: Solomon Leonard 1637
author: Manning Leonard see pg.62 -63

A Genealogical History of the Jenning Families in England and America vol.4-8 pgs 563-573
Legends loves and loyalties of New England pub.1930
author Caroline Leonard Goodenough

****No Monument or tombstone was ever erected******

Beloved son of Jacob Leonard and Phoebe Chandler(daughter of Rodger Chandler and Isabelle Chilton).

** Jacob Leonards' second wife was Suzanna King**


Dearest husband of Martha(Orcutt)daughter of Wm.Orcutt ll and Mary Martha Lane
Married 1695 Scituate Mass.
children;
1.Joseph b.1696 to Mary Packard
2.Ephraim b.1700 d.marr to Martha Perkins on 09/16/1720 ****
3.Martha b.1712 d. marr to Ebenezer Eddy on 10/7/1734


source;
"Thanks to Lieut.John Washburn we know that Joseph Leonard and his wife Martha Orcutt were buried here in the Old Grave Yard of Bridgewater MA. in the vacant space NOW near the monuments of their son Joseph and his wife Mary Packard, on Mr. Lathams plan. Lieut John Washburn was the sexton from 1739-1797."
"It is sad to note that NO MONUMENTS marks the resting place of my grandfathers'grandparents...." Simeon Leonard wrote in a letter dated 1855 to Manning Leonard.
***Ephraim was to maintain the old folks but he failed in buisness moved to New Jersey and left his father alone and in indigigent dire circumstances."

Book: Solomon Leonard 1637
author: Manning Leonard see pg.62 -63

A Genealogical History of the Jenning Families in England and America vol.4-8 pgs 563-573
Legends loves and loyalties of New England pub.1930
author Caroline Leonard Goodenough


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  • Created by: j wyke
  • Added: Oct 5, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77698720/joseph-leonard: accessed ), memorial page for Joseph Leonard (1670–29 Jan 1749), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77698720, citing First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by j wyke (contributor 46973795).