Joseph Leonard, Jr.

Joseph Leonard, Jr.

• Gender: Male
• Birth: 1696 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Death: April 28, 1786 (89-90) Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Place of Burial: First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
• Son of Joseph Leonard and Martha (Orcutt) Leonard
• Husband of Mary (Packard) Leonard

He was a prosperous farmer and highly respected by the community as a man of intelligcnrc and probity. The records of the church, Soirth Precinct, show that he and his wife became members soon after it was formed, and that their children were baptized in infancy.

Sources

1. Mayflower Families Vol. 15 p. 60
2. Memorial: Genealogical, Historical, and Biographical, of Solomon Leonard, 1637, Duxbury and Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and some of His Descendants. By Manning Leonard, Southbridge, Mass. Press of Knapp, Peck & Thomson, Auburn N.Y. 1896, p83. Person # 79 < Archive.Org >
3. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NC-SR2 : accessed 7 August 2015), Joseph Leonard, 1696; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
4. Find A Grave: Burial: First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA, Plot: Section B, grave 211, Maintained by: Chip5610, Originally Created by: Nan, Record added: Nov 04, 2007, Find A Grave Memorial# 22664249