Nathaniel Leonard (1700 - 1761)

Born 9 Mar 1700 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Priscilla (Rogers) Leonard — married 22 Oct 1724 in Ipswich, Essex, MA

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1761 at age 61 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts

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Biography

Rev. Nathaniel Leonard was the son of Major George and Anna (Tisdale) Leonard of Norton, Mass., b. Mar. 9, 1699/1700. 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.

He married Priscilla Rogers of Ipswich, Mass., by whom he had 16 children.

Sources

• Birth: Vital Records of Norton, Massachusetts to the year 1850. (Boston, Mass. : Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society,, 1906) pp. 94-96
• http://www.cyberancestors.com/cummins/wc91/wc91_343.htm

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86112800

• "Annals of the Leonard Family" compiled by Fanny Leonard Koster, 1911, p74.

• "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXZ-VXD : accessed 17 May 2015), George Leonard in entry for Nathaniell Leonard, 09 Mar 1700; citing NORTON,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873833 IT 2.

• Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1795) Vol. 4, Page 131

• http://www.thomasrogerssociety.com/p19.htm#i559
• Reeves, 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.
• Vital Record of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Mayflower Descendant 13:199 - Page 120.

The Children of the Reverend mr Nathaniell Leonard & Priscilla his wife.

Nathaniel Leonard born Octr: 30 . 1730.