Mary Leonard

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Isaac’s wife Margaret Ford was born in 1599 in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England. Margaret died in Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass.

Child of Isaac and Margaret

i. Mary Margaret Martin b. 1619 in Pontypool, Trevethan, Monmouthshire, Wales; d. 1684 in Taunton, Bristol, Mass.; m. 1640 Taunton, Mass to James Henry Leonard (1621 – 1691)

James’ parents were Thomas Leonard, 1577-1638, and Lydia White. He emigrated from Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales, with his brothers Henry, and Philip. These immigrants were the founders of the first successful iron-works in America.

“It is said that the Leonards had been in the iron industry for twelve hundred years, since the days of the “forestsmiths” of Germany, where the name Leonard is found in old German records of the sixth century. The Saxon Leonards, workmen in metals, came to England very early and settled among the iron hills of Kent and Sussex. Later, as the mines in this vicinity were less productive, some of them removed to the iron mining districts of Wales from whence James and Henry Leonard came, leaving their forges in England “plastered with mortgages,” not only at Pontipool but also at Belaton, Stafford County. In the nineteenth century the Leonards might have redeemed their title to this property, but it would have involved an expensive and lengthy suit in the Court of Chancery, which was not undertaken.

“Being well versed in the iron lore, the secrets of which had been long handed down from father to son, James and Henry Leonard, on their arrival in America, at first found employment with one John Winthrop at his bloomery near Lynn, established by Adam Hawkes in 1630. The following entry has been found in an old account book of Winthrop’s dated 1651. “James Leonard, fifteen days’ worke in ye forge oe 1.13.0.”

“After a short connection with John Winthrop’s iron effort at Braintree, the Leonard Brothers struck out for themselves, testing the streams and ponds for chalybeate evidence, little Thomas and James who had come holding onto “Uncle Henry’s finger,” probably having the time of their lives fishing with birch rods on these expeditions. Their elders found large deposits of bog iron, particularly in Quittacus Lake, Middleboro, which were extracted by means of great tongs from the lakes and swamps. They made a contract with the town of Taunton to set up a bloomery there. A stock company was formed, one of the stock holders being Elizabeth Pole, who had bought Taunton from the Indians for a peck of beans.

“The Leonards called their bloomery Raynham forge, doubtless from Raynbam in England, which is the station where one alights to visit Belhus mansion at Aveley Essex, the head quarters of the English Leonards where the beautiful portraits are of our English ancestors. The owner, Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard, is a landed proprietor of at least 10,000 acres of land inherited from the early Leonards. It may be that James and Henry Leonard lived here in their boyhoods and had childhood’s associations with Raynham, for which they named their forge. The site of this old forge which was carried on by seven generations of Leonards, was pointed out to me by my father, when as a child I rode with him through Raynham to Taunton.

“This was the parent forge for many others not only in this vicinity but all over the Atlantic seaboard of the United States, substantiating the famous saying “Wherever you find iron works you will find a Leonard.” The proudest accomplishment of these various forges was in 1775, when Eliphalet Leonard of the fifth generation made in Easton the first bar of American steel.

“James Leonard was a warm friend of the good Indian chief Massasoit who used frequently to visit him, sleeping under his roof and eating his bread. James gave him every assistance in the repair of his guns and making his weapons and tools. Massasoit, before his death, required a solemn oath of his son Philip that he would never harm a Leonard, and Philip in 1675 in an imposing meeting in Taunton Church at which James Leonard was present, affixed his mark to a document promising peace with the men of Taunton. Philip’s tribe molested the white settlers in Middleboro and New Bedford, but the inhabitants of Taunton and Bridgewater suffered little in King Philip’s war, and no harm was done to the Leonards with Philip’s consent. Thus the name of Leonard represents to Taunton not only splendid enterprise, but the hospitality and friendliness which secured safety for the town at a critical period. King Philip had a summer home near the Leonards, and Lake Nippenicket between Raynham and Bridgewater was a favorite fishing ground of his. There is a tradition that Philip’s head was secreted after his death under the old Leonard house in Raynham.

   “James Leonard, the immigrant, died in 1691. His wife, Mary Martin, had died earlier and he had married a second wife named Margaret.

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Biography ==There remains uncertainty regarding James' wives; His daughter Hannah Leonard Deane identifies her mother as ___ Martin.<ref>Deane, William Reed. Genealogical Memoir of the Leonard Family. Boston, MA: Self-Published for the New England Historic-Genealogical Register, 1851. Page 21.</ref>Her older brother Thomas' birth record identifies his mother as Jane/Jean.<ref>"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J94T-XFC : 19 March2020), Thomas Leonard, 1641.</ref>

Mary seems to be the mother of at least all the children born in New England.We know from Colony records that she died before March of 1663/4,[13] within months of Uriah's birth.<ref>Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records ofthe Colony of New Plymouth of New England, Court Orders Vol. III 1651-1661. Boston, MA: Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1855. Page 54.</ref>

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Biography ==The transcribed birth record for Thomas Leonard indicates his mother'sname is Jane.<ref>"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J94T-XFC : 19 March 2020), Thomas Leonard, 1641.</ref>

Nothing further is known.

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Mary Jane "Jennie" Martin Leonard
BIRTH 1623
Monmouthshire, Wales
DEATH 25 Feb 1663 (aged 39–40)
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
BURIAL
Neck O Land Cemetery
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
MEMORIAL ID 81619480

Dau. of Isaac Martin of Pontypool.

Family Members
Spouse
James Leonard
1620–1691

Children
Thomas Leonard
1641–1713
James Leonard
1642–1726
Joseph Leonard
1648–1692
Rebeckah Rebecca Leonard Chapman
1657–1736
Uriah Leonard
1662–1742
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