Rev Nathaniel Leonard

• BIRTH 9 Mar 1699 Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 11 Jun 1761 (aged 62) Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Norton Common Cemetery Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 86112800 Photos by Chip5610

Rev. Nathaniel Leonard was the son of Major George and Anna (Tisdale) Leonard of Norton, Mass. He was born on 9 March 1699/0 at Norton and a graduated at Harvard College 1719, the first from that town. He was called to settle as pastor of the First Church in Plymouth, February 13, 1724, and was ordained on the twenty-ninth of July following. Marriage banns for Nathaniel Leonard and Priscilla Rogers were published on 22 October 1724 at Ipswich, Mass., by whom he had 16 children. Nathaniel Leonard died on 11 June 1761 at Norton at age 61.

Inscription
Age 62

Parents
George Leonard 1671–1716
Anna Tisdale Thomas 1672–1733

Spouse
Priscilla Rogers Leonard 1700–1773

Siblings
George Leonard 1698–1778
Anna Leonard 1701–1724
Abigail Leonard Williams 1703–1789
Ephraim Leonard 1705–1786

Children
Anna Leonard b. 23 Nov 1725, d. 12 Feb 1725/26
Priscilla Leonard
Sarah Leonard White 23 Nov 1725/6–1802
Mary Leonard b. 8 Jul 1729, d. 26 Sep 1729
Nathaniel Leonard b. 30 Oct 1730
Priscilla Leonard McKinstry 1732–1786
Daniel Leonard b. 9 Jan 1733/34, d. 18 Jan 1733/34
Mary Leonard b. 2 Apr 1735, d. 26 Jan 1735/36
Elizabeth Leonard Duncan 3 Jul 1736–1785
Ephraim Leonard d. 6 Nov 1737
Mary Leonard b. 11 Sep 1738, d. 1 Jan 1739/40
Abiel Leonard 5 Nov 1740–1777
George Leonard b. 28 Nov 1742
Thomas Leonard b. 26 Apr 1744
Phebe Leonard b. 1746, d. 1746

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86112800/nathaniel-leonard

Sources

[2] Vital Records of Norton, MA

[3] Kingman, Bradford. Epitaphs from Burial Hill (1892).

[4] http://www.thomasrogerssociety.com/p19.htm#i559

[5] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620: Family of Thomas Rogers (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 177. Hereinafter cited as Rogers-Silver. [S1] Ann T. [Revised by], (Originally compiled by Alice W. A. Westgate) Reeves