Born in Sutton, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of John Leonard
and Naomi (Curtis) Leonard
Sister of
Seth Leonard, Orphah (Leonard) Hull, Priscilla (Leonard) Cutler, Sarah Leonard and Lois (Leonard) Kingsbury
Wife of
Nathaniel Brown Sr.
— married
12 Mar 1757 in Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
John Brown and Nathaniel Brown Jr.
Died
at about age 74
in Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont [uncertain]
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Biography
Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
- From John Maltby:
- John Leonard and Naomi Curtis had children,[1] possibly iincluding:
- Abia Leonard, baptized in Sept. 1739 in Sutton, MA,[2] married Nathaniel Brown on 12 Mar. 1757 in Douglas, MA.[3] Children not found.
Burial
- Thomas Chittenden Cemetery
- Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont
Research Note
- Entered by Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear:
Miss Abia Leonard of Middleborough married 27 Jan 1796 Ephraim Peirce also of Middleborough (Taunton). [4]
Sources
- ↑ Mitchell, Nahum, History of the Early Settlement of of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Boston, 1840, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1983, p. 235, says he had Seth 1733 and Orphah 1735.
- ↑ Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1907, p. 107, her father is called “of New Sherborn,” but not named in the baptismal record.
- ↑ Douglas VRs, p. 124, under “Lenon[?]”
- ↑ Source Citation New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Source Information Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Online access 2 Jun 2019.
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