Samuel
Leonard
aka Lennard
Born about in Chevening, Kent, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Lennard
and Elizabeth (Harmon) Lennard
Brother of
Dorothy Margerie Lennard, Sampson Lennard MP, Timothy Leonard, Elizabeth (Lennard) Eure, Benjamin Leonard, Rachel (Lennard) Neville, Timothea (Lennard) Covert, Mary (Lennard) Gresham and Ann (Lennard) Darell
Husband of
Elizabeth (Slany) Lennard
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Leonard
Died
at about age 65
in London, England
Profile last modified
| Created 24 May 2011
This page has been accessed 3,586 times.
Biography
Samuel Leonard was born about 1553 in Chevening, Kent, and he settled in West Wickham, Kent, England. Samuel's parents were John Leonard and his wife Elizabeth Harmon.
He married, in 1570 at London, Middlesex, England, Elizabeth Slany, daughter of Sir Stephen Slaney, Lord Mayor of London. They had a large family, 4 sons and 8 daughters .
He was a Member of Parliament for Fowey in 1593. He became a Justice of the Peace for Kent in 1601, and was knighted in 1603. He was a puritan.
He died at his mother-in-law’s house in London 1 Apr. 1618 and was buried in West Wickham, Kent, England.
Sources
- Source: Title: Ancestry Family Trees, Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
- Source: Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150. Ancestral File Number: HQK2-S6
Acknowledgements
- This person was created through the import of Jim Walker gedcom 4 Wikitree may 22 2011.ged on 24 May 2011.
Is Samuel your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA
No known carriers of Samuel's DNA have taken a DNA test.
No known carriers of Samuel's DNA have taken a DNA test.
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Featured National Park champion connections: Samuel is 14 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 19 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 13 degrees from George Catlin, 14 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 22 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 12 degrees from George Grinnell, 21 degrees from Anton Kröller, 14 degrees from Stephen Mather, 21 degrees from Kara McKean, 16 degrees from John Muir, 13 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 25 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Ann
Samuelis died in about 1618. Their will passed probate on 3 February 1618.<ref> Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 133
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5111 #908011 (accessed 2 December 2023)
Will of Samuelis Lennarde, granted probate on 3 Feb 1618. Died about 1618. </ref>
Ann
edited by Ann Browning
History of Parliament - LENNARD, Samuel (c.1553-1618), of West Wickham, Kent
Ann