Uriah Leonard I (1662 - 1742)

Born 10 Jul 1662 in Taunton, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Caswell) Leonard — married 1 Jun 1685 in Taunton, Bristol. Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1742 at about age 79 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Uriah was born in 1662 at Taunton, Massachusetts. He is the son of James Leonard and Mary Martin.^[1]

Elizabeth Caswell and Uriah Leonard were married in Taunton on June 1, 1685^[2] They had six children.^[3]

Uriah and his brothers Joseph and Benjamin worked at James Leonard Iron Works, founded by their father on the Mill River in 1678. By agreement between James' heirs, Uriah inherited two-thirds and the dwelling house in 1691.^[4]

Uriah died in Taunton in 1742.^{[citation needed]}. We know that he died after 12 March 1721/22, the date on which he and his wife Elizabeth, among others, quitclaimed an interest in property to "our Brother Samuel Caswell ... as Executor to the Estate "of our Honored father Thos. Caswell...."^[5]

Children

1. Uriah b 10 Apr 1686
2. William
3. James
4. Seth
5. Jonathan
6. Margaret

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVZ-7HQ : 15 January 2020), Uriah Leonard, 1662.
2. ↑ Vital Records of Taunton Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Volume II-Marriages. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1928. Page 92. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Bristol/Taunton/Images/Taunton_M092.shtml
3. ↑ Deane, William Reed. Genealogical Memoir of the Leonard Family. Boston, MA: Self-Published for the New England Historic-Genealogical Register, 1857. Page 19.https://archive.org/details/genealogicalmemo00dean/page/19/mode/2up
4. ↑ Koster, Fannie Leonard. Annals of the Leonard Family. Brooklyn, NY: Self-Published, 1911. Page 44
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986", Deeds of Bristol County, images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-36088-11896-14?cc=2106411&wc=MCBG-96N:361612901,361851401 : accessed 15 Oct 2014), Bristol > Deeds 1721-1725 vol 14, Page 316 > image 165 of 647.

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