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Details for Leonard Family

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Samuel Leonard - was born about 1580 in Pontypool, Monmouth, England and died about 1630 . Samuel - - Manning Leonard's book states that Samuel, a dissenter, migrated to Leyden, Holland (The temporary home of the Pilgrims who came to Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower in 1620) from the environs of the town of Bristol in Monmouthshire, England. It is possible that Samuel came to America with his son, Solomon, but if he did, he died shortly afterwards.   "The name "Leonard" is a very ancient one and is a surname which was derived fron the Christian given name, "Leo" and carries the basic idea of lion-hearted. It is strange that those of the family who attained the honor of knighthood chose the head of a tiger, rather than of a lion, for use on their crest." Source: "Memorial : Genealogical, Historical, & Biographical, of Solomon Leonard" (1896) by Manning Leonard Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  John Solomon Leonard was born in 1609/1610 in (prob) Monmouthshire, England and died on 1 May 1671 in Bridgewater. Plymouth, MA . See #2. below.

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John Solomon Leonard - was born in 1609/1610 in (prob) Monmouthshire, England and died on 1 May 1671 in Bridgewater. Plymouth, MA . He was the son of Samuel Leonard. John married Sarah Chandler in 1640. Sarah was born on 16 Oct 1622 in Leyden, Holland. She was the daughter of Roger Chandler and Isabella Chilton. She died on 15 Aug 1658 in Boston, Ma . Sarah - (some sources show her name as Sarah, some as Mary) Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Samuel Leonard was born in 1643 in Duxbury, MA and died about 1720 in Plymouth, Ma . See #3. below.

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Samuel Leonard - was born in 1643 in Duxbury, MA and died about 1720 in Plymouth, Ma . He was the son of John Solomon Leonard and Sarah Chandler. Samuel married Abigail Wood in 1674. Abigail was born about 1655. She is the daughter of John Atwood and Sarah Masterson. Abigail - It iis interesting to note that Abigail's ssurname is shown as WOOD wheras her father's surname is shown as ATWOOD. (ADH Sr.) Samuel - owned land at Worchester, Mass. and moved to Conn. about 1695. He was an original member of the Preston, Conn. church in 1720. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Mercy Leonard was born about 1673 in Plymouth, Ma and died on 14 Dec 1749 . Mercy married Richard Adams Sr in 1704. Richard was born on 22 Aug 1678 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA. He is the son of James Adams and Priscilla Ramsdell. See Adams family for children. ii.  Elizabeth Leonard was born in 1683 in Bridgewater, MA. Elizabeth married Thomas Clark on 10 Jul 1703. Thomas was born on 15 Jan 1674 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. He died in Norwich, CT . See Clark family for children.

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