Solomon Leonard (abt. 1693 - 1761)

Born about 1693 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 29 May 1761 at about age 68 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

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Solomon was a yeoman.

Solomon Leonard was born in 1693 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay. His parents were Jacob Leonard and Susanna King.

He married Elisabeth Perkins in 1731

Together they had 5 children:

1. Susanna Leonard
2. Solomon Leonard
3. Elizabeth Leonard
4. Experience Leonard
5. Experience Leonard

He died on May 29, 1761 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Probate

Solomon Leonard, of Bridgewater, yeoman died intestate and on 3 August 1761, Solomon Leonard of Bridgewater, husbandman was granted the administration of his estate.^[1]

His inventory was taken on 13 August 1761 in Bridgewater.^[2]

Burial

Burial: 470. Here lies buried Capt. Solomon Leonard, who died May 29, 1761, in ye 69th year of his age. (He and his son, Capt. Solomon, both lived fifteen rods east of Wm. S. Alden).

Date: 1761

Place: Old Parish Burying Ground, GR#7 Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA

Source

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-39RT : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1760-1767 vol 17-18 > image 55 of 419; State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-6SJX?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-Q68%3A337797401 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1758-1764 vol 15-16 > image 460 of 623; State Archives, Boston.

• Find a Grave

• Source: 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, p43 and p63-7.

• MF Vol. 15 p. 62

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