Josiah Leonard Sr. (abt. 1678 - bef. 1745)

Born about 1678 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, New England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Marjoram (Washburn) Leonard — married 2 Nov 1699 (to before Nov 1717) in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Abigail (Washburn) Leonard — married 21 Nov 1717 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 21 May 1745 before about age 67 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Josiah Leonard was a son of John Leonard, born (probably) in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, by about 1678 (assuming he was 21 or older at his marriage), and died before 21 May 1745 in Bridgewater. He married Marjoram (also called Margery) Washburn, his first wife, on 1 November 1699 in Bridgewater. She was a daughter of Philip Washburn and Elizabeth Irish.^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: abt 1678

Place: Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Marriage 1

Husband: Josiah Leonard

Wife: Marjoram Washburn

Marriage:

Date: 1 Nov 1699

Place: Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Marriage 2

Husband: Josiah Leonard

Wife: Abigail Washburn

Marriage:

Date: 2 Nov 1717

Place: Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts

From John Maltby:

Margery Washburn, b. c. 1678, second daughter of Philip Washburn and Elizabeth Irish, married Josiah Leonard, son of John and Sarah Leonard,^[2] on 1 Nov. 1699 in Bridgewater.^[3] He was born say ca. 1678 in Bridgewater, a grandson of Solomon and Sarah (Chandler) Leonard, who settled in Duxbury, MA, in ca. 1637.^[4] He was a great‑grandson of Samuel Leonard, of Monmouthshire, England, and of Roger and Isabella (Chilton) Chandler,^[5] of Leyden, Holland, and Plymouth Colony, and a great-great-grandson of James Chilton, who came to Plymouth Colony in 1620 aboard the “Mayflower.”^[6]

In September 1704 John Washborne, of Plymouth, Joseph Emmory and wife Elizabeth, of Little Compton, Josiah Leonard and wife Margory, of Bridgwater, and Mary Washborne, of Plymouth, sued Israel Dilleno, of Duxboro, for trespass and ejectment from land that was “settled on plaintiffs in right of their mother Elizabeth Washborne and won the case.^[7]

Margery (Washburn) Leonard died in ca. 1716, and Josiah Leonard remarried to Abigail Washburn, daughter of John and Rebecca (Lapham) Washburn^[8], on 21 Nov. 1717 in Bridgewater.^[9]

On 12 July 1727 Josiah Leonard deeded land in Bridgewater to his son, John Leonard.^[10]

Josiah Leonard died testate in 1745 in Bridgewater.^[11] His will was dated 6 Feb. 1743, and probated on 21 May 1745 in Bridgewater, and named his son, Josiah Leonard Jr., as executor of his estate, and he named eldest son John Leonard, sons Josiah, Ezekiel, Samuel and Nathan Leonard, and daughters Elizabeth Washburne, Mary Herrington and Margene Pratt.^[12][13] Abigail (Washburn) Leonard presumably died before 1743 since she was not named in his will.

Josiah Leonard probably had 6 children by Margery Washburn,^[14] and 2 more children by Abigail Washburn, order uncertain:

Children of Josiah Leonard by Margery Washburn:

• John Leonard, born ca. 1700, married Naomi Curtis on 23 Nov. 1732 in West Bridgewater, and they moved to Sutton, Worcester Co., MA, by 1741, then to Douglas, Worcester Co., MA, in 1747.

205 ii Elizabeth4 Leonard, born ca. 1703,[498] married 1.) (172) James4 Washburn (Jr.), son of (65) James3 and Mary (Bowden) Washburn,[499] on 23 Nov. 1720 in Bridgewater.[500] He was born on 6 Oct. 1698 in Bridgewater,[501] a grandson of (43) John2 and Elizabeth2 (Mitchell) Washburn (5th). James Washburn (Jr.) died on 4 Aug. 1741 in East Taunton, MA, aged 43 [sic] years,[502] and she remarried to 2.) Joseph4 Crossman (Jr.),[503] of Easton, MA, son of Joseph3 and Sarah3 (Alden) Crossman,[504] of Easton, as his second wife,[505] on 20 Aug. 1752 in Bridgewater.[506] Joseph Crossman (Jr.) was born ca. 1689, probably in Taunton,[507] and died on 14 Mar. 1776 in Easton, aged 86 years.[508] Elizabeth (Leonard) (Washburn) Crossman died a widow on 14 Aug. 1783 in Bridgewater, aged 80 years.[509] (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4 in the family of James Washburn Jr.)

+ 206 iii Mary4 Leonard, born ca. 1705,[510] married Daniel Harrington (3rd), of Marlborough, MA, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Warren) Harrington (Jr.), of Watertown, MA,[511] on 10 Jan. 1732/3 in Bridgewater,[512] and they probably lived in Marlborough, Middlesex Co., MA. (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)

+ 207 iv Margery/Margene4 Leonard, born say 1707, married Nathaniel Pratt on 17 June 1729 in Hopkinton, MA,[513] and they lived in Framingham, MA. (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)

208 v Josiah4 Leonard (Jr.), born ca. 1710,[514] married (356) Jemima5 Washburn, daughter of (110) Josiah4 and Mercy3 (Tilson) Washburn,[515] on 24 Jan. 1739/40 in Bridgewater.[516] She was born on 27 June 1710 in Bridgewater,[517] a granddaughter of (56) John3 and Rebecca2 (Lapham) Washburn (6th),[518] and of Ephraim2 and Elizabeth2 (Hoskins) Tilson.[519] He was executor of his father's will in 1745. He was a tanner, and he died testate on 25 Dec. 1760 in Bridgewater, aged 50 years.[520] His will was dated 11 Oct. 1760, and probated on 2 Mar. 1761, and he named his wife, Jemima, and brother-in-law, Josiah Washburn, Jr., as executors of his estate.[521] (Continued in Plymouth Fifth Generation under the family of Jemima Washburn.)

+ 209 vi Ezekiel4 Leonard, born ca. 1712,[522] possibly married Joanna Hudson, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Orcutt) Hudson,[523] on 29 May 1732 in Southborough, Worcester Co., MA,[524] and they lived in Southborough. (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)

Children of Josiah Leonard by Abigail Washburn:

379 vii Nathan4 Leonard, born, say 1719, probably in Bridgewater, married Thankfull Besse, of Wareham, MA, possibly daughter of David and Mary Besse, on 22 Nov. 1744 in Wareham.[126] (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

+ 380 viii Samuel4 Leonard, born ca. 1721,^[15] probably in Bridgewater, married Lydia Besse, of Wareham, MA, on 7 July 1748 in Wareham.^[16]

Death

Death:

Date: 1745

Place: Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Sources

1. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. Vol. 15: Chilton, James, and More, Richard. Pages 58-59
2. ↑ MF5G: Chilton, pp. 21, 58.
3. ↑ Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 383.
4. ↑ MF5G: Chilton, p. 8.
5. ↑ MF5G: Chilton, p. 5.
6. ↑ MF5G: Chilton, p. 1-3
7. ↑ Plymouth Co. Court Records, Vol. 1, General Sessions of the Peace, Session 1, p. 16.
8. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 323; MF5G: Chilton, p. 58; MF5G: Cooke, p. 245.
9. ↑ Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 241
10. ↑ Plymouth Co. Land Records, Vol. 26, p. 216.
11. ↑ Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 517.
12. ↑ Plym­outh Co. Probate Docket #12638; Vol. 9, p. 458.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Probate records 1742-1745 and 1844-1856 vol 9-9M > image 241 of 583; State Archives, Boston.
14. ↑ By the dates of their marriages or their ages at death, it appears that all the children of Josiah Leonard were most likely born before 1717 except Nathan and Samuel Leonard. Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 235, says he had John, Josiah, Ezekiel, Samuel, Nathan, Elizabeth, Mary, and Margene, but does not say which wife was the mother of which children. Wood, in MF5G: Cooke, p. 245, agrees with my assessment, with the exception of son Ezekiel, whose birth he puts at about 1718, making him a son of Abigail Washburn, however Ezekiel would have been much too young to marry in 1732 if he were not born until 1718. He must, therefore, have been a son of Margery Washburn instead of Abigail.
15. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 236, calculated from his death in 1792 aged 71 years.
16. ↑ Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 245, not found in the Wareham Vital Records published in The Mayflower Descendant.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GWY3-KTP
• John A. Maltby Genealogies - Margery Washburn
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• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• NEHG Register, July, 1867, p.225, Josiah m. Majoram Washburn
• NEHG Register, July, 1867, p.228, Josiah m. 2nd Abigail D Washburn
• 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, p38 and p60-1 Solomon Leonard
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NOTES

Husband: Josiah Leonard

Wife: @I5566@

Child: Josiah Leonard

Child: Margine Leonard

Child: Ezekiel Leonard

Child: Mary Leonard

Child: Samuel Leonard

Child: @I450@

Child: John Leonard

Child: Nathan Leonard

Acknowledgments

• WARNER James 1828.ged on Sep 13, 2013 Jonathon Dale Walter Myers
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/c/a/Dolores-Scarlett/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0167.html
• Chester Southworth Washburn & Family - Rev. Daniel Washburn Jones