Capt. James Leonard

1642 - 1726  (84 years)

• Name	Capt. James Leonard  [1]
  Birth	1642	Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1643  [3]
  Death	1 Nov 1726	Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts   [2, 4]
  Burial	Neck-o-Land Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts   [2]
  Siblings	3 siblings
  + 1. Abigail Leonard   d. Aft 12 Dec 1698 ▻ John Kinsley ,  m. Bef 1672 + 2. Hannah Leonard   d. Aft 1710 ▻ Isaac Deane ,  m. 24 Jan 1678 + 3. Capt. Thomas Leonard ,   b. 3 Aug 1641   d. 24 Nov 1713, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years) ▻ Mary Watson ,  m. 21 Aug 1662 + 4. Capt. James Leonard ,   b. 1642, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 1 Nov 1726, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age 84 years) ▻ Lydia Gulliver ,  m. Oct 1675
  Person ID	I39582	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	James Leonard,   b. Abt 1616   d. Bef 5 Nov 1691 (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Jane Martin   d. 25 Feb 1664, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F13694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Gulliver,   b. Abt 1659   d. 24 Jul 1705 (Age ~ 46 years)
  Marriage	Oct 1675	Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts   [5, 6]
  Children	+ 1. James Leonard,   b. 11 May 1677, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 16 Jan 1764, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 86 years) + 2. Stephen Leonard,   b. 14 Dec 1680, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. Nov 1743, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F23257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  From his Wikitree page: (accessed 3 Jan 2024): He likely learned the trade of Ironworker from his father in Braintree, and when in Taunton in 1671 he was given the west hearth of Raynham Forge. In 1695, James and his brother Thomas built the Chartley Iron Works at the corner of South Worcester and West Main streets. Bog iron was dug along the banks of Stony Brook which flowed through the area where Chartley Pond is today. He continued this trade all of his life. James was a representative to the general court of Massachusetts, first lieutenant in the first Military Company of Taunton, 1705 and captain in 1713.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7079] The History of Milton, Mass., 1640 to 1887 ed. Albert Kendall Teale. Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1887. [S7078] Find a Grave page for Capt James Leonard Jr. [S2892] A Genealogical Memoir of the Leonard Family, Containing a Full Account of the First Three Generations of the Family of James Leonard, Who Was an Early Settler of Taunton, MS., with Incidental Notes of Later Descendants by W. R. Deane. Boston: Office of the New England Historic-Genealogical Register, 1851. [S2892] A Genealogical Memoir of the Leonard Family, Containing a Full Account of the First Three Generations of the Family of James Leonard, Who Was an Early Settler of Taunton, MS., with Incidental Notes of Later Descendants by W. R. Deane. Boston: Office of the New England Historic-Genealogical Register, 1851., date only. [S2889] Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929. [S7078] Find a Grave page for Capt James Leonard Jr., year only.