Notes:

Samuel Leonard married Lydia Madon.

Verify this Samuel Leonard:
SAMUEL LEONARD - This officer was a lieutenant in the First NJ Volunteers Battalion until August 14th, 1781, when he was promoted captain in the same organization. His service extended over the whole term of the war.

Notes:

. Nathaniel Leonard, born 1712 married Deliverance Lippit.
Nathaniel Leonard, Gentleman who in 1739 received a Royal Commission under King George II, as a lieutenant of Monmouth County New Jersey. He had 4 sons:
John who emigrated to Cuba where he married a Spanish lady.
Nathaniel;
Joseph who married Annie Bray;
& Samuel who married Lydia Thomas; &
Thomas Leonard born in 1753, married Alice Lawrence. Their children were: Elizabeth William & Joseph.

. 1763 Dec. 13. WILL of Leonard, Nathaniel, of Middletown, Monmouth Co., yeoman; My wife, Deliverance, £50. Son, John, 10 acres where he lives, on the place I bought of the Executors of Benjamin Cooper.
Rest of personal & real to be divided between my sons, John, Nathaniel, Joseph & Thomas. Son, Nathaniel, to have my homestead, where I live, & he shall take care of his mother, & provide for his
brother, Thomas, while a minor.
Executors: Sons, John, Nathaniel & Joseph, & my relation, Andrew Bowne (son of John).
Witnesses: James Winter, Phebe Taylor, Samuel Bowne.

Proved Dec. 29, 1763. Ref: Liber H, P.527.

. 1763 Dec 28 - Grantor John Leonard, QUIT CLAIM Middletown, Monmouth Co.
Grantee Joseph Leonard et al,
Grantee Nathaniel Leonard et al;
Grantee Thomas Leonard et al;
Grantor John Leonard.

Legal Work
. 1762 Feb. 25. Inventory, £33.8.0, made at Middletown, by Nathaniel Leonard & William Bowne.
. 1762 March 5. Washburn, Ebenezer, of Monmouth Co. Int. Adm'r: Jonathan Washburn, son of said Ebenezer.
Fellow bondsman: Jonathan Herbert; both of said Co., yeomen. Witnesses: James Throckmorton & Timothy Halstead.

. 1765 Nov. 9 - Conipton, William, of Middletown, Monmouth Co.
Int. Adm'x: Jane Compton. Fellowbondsmen: Richard Jaques & John Wall; all of said place.
Witnesses: Zephaniah Morris, & Thomas Willett, Jr.
1768 Nov. 14 - Inventory, made by William Applegate & Nathaniel Leonard. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Will Proved Dec. 29, 1763.

Nathaniel married Deliverance LIPPIT on 9 Jan 1694 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Deliverance was born in 1715; died on 17 May 1795 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Deliverance is the daughter of Sarah Throckmorton, b 1674, Middletown, NJ - 1728 & Mosses Lippit (1668.2.17, Warwick, Rhode Island - 1727 Middletown, NJ).

NJ Index of WILLS: Deliverance Leonard, 7927-7932 M. B, 27, page 340,
Will 1798, Inventory 1798. - - -

Birth:
Alt Name: Lippincott. Verify.

Notes:

Nathaniel is the son of Mary, b 1620 & Henry Leonard. b 1618 Pontypoon, Monmouth Co., Wales.

. 1694 Jan 9, - In Middletown in the province of East Jersey, the 9th day of Jan in year 1694-5. Nathaniel Leonard of Middletown
& Hannah Grover of the same Town, after lawful publication, did before me & several wit.; take each other in marriage till death part them. Peter Tilton.

. 1652 Henry & brother James Leonard Established a furnace & forge at Taunton, Mass., now Raynham, - The first successful iron works in America. "Where you find good iron works there you will find a Leonard,"
. 1674 Henry Leonard Established an iron works at Tinton Falls., Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
. 1764, Jan. 4. Inventory, £399.11.9, made by John Layton, Samuel Bowne, William Bowne. Lib. H, p. 527.

. Along with his father, Henry, & brothers Samuel & Thomas, Nathaniel established an iron works in Rowley, MA, in 1669.  Henry removed to Taunton, MA, in the winter of 1673/4 & afterwards to New Jersey. His three sons tarried in Boxford, MA, & on 6 Apr. 1674 contracted with the owners of the ironworks there to carry them on. After continuing for a short time in the business, they followed their father to New Jersey.

Following the departure of his father, Nathaniel (& his brothers Samuel & Thomas) remained in Rowley & worked the ironworks there under an agreement made 6 Apr. 1674. In July of that year the ironworks were demolished by fire.  In a court hearing in September/Nov? Evan Morris deposed that he was at the works the evening before they were burned & when Nathaniel Lenard left work, the deponent never saw so much care taken to put out the fire as was that night, "thou I had ben a retainer to the workers 3 months bed & board.
Ref: The History of Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, Sidney Perley, 1880.

. 1675 Mar 30. John Floyd deposed to the court held at Ipswitch that Goodwife Leonard (Nathaniel's mother ?) & Nathaniel Leonard said that they were done at the works & would work no more & deponent saw that their goods were gone out of the house, save a few trifles.
Ref: Records & Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Mass. 1675-1678.

. 1695 Oct 2- Nathaniel Leonard patented 220 acres of sundry tracts at Colt's Neck with a total yearly quit rent of 9/2 (E:443).
The 220 acres consisted of:
. 211 acres SW his brother Samuel Leonard, SE the Mine Brook, S a swamp & a run of water, N & NW a branch of Sawmill Brook
. 6 acres of bogg meadow, SE of grantee
. 2 acres of meadow on the north side of Sawmill Brook
. 6 acres of meadow on the SW side of Thomas Leonard.
 
. 1700 Jan 7-Nathaniel & his wife Susannah exchanged with Job Throckmorton (husband of Nathaniel's sister Sarah) the Colt's Neck land for Job's land in Middletown. They named the land Leonardsville. - - -

Nathaniel married Hannah LAWRENCE, .i on 9 Jan 1694 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Hannah (daughter of Capt William C. LAWRENCE, .1 and Elizabeth SMITH) was born in 1668 in Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York; died in 1714 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah is the daughter of Elizabeth Smith & Capt. Wm. Lawrence.

Hannah married first Joseph Grover, Sr.
Hannah married second 9 Jan 1694 Nathaniel Leonard, Sr.

. In Middletown in the province of East Jersey the 9 day of January in ye Yeare 1694-5 Nathaniell Leonard of Middletown & Hannah Grover of the same Town after Lawfull Publication Did before me & severall witnesses; take each other in Marriage till Death part them.

. The names of most of the early settlers of Monmouth are given in Proprietors' Records at Perth Amboy, but in a majority of cases, the year is not given when they came.
Rights of Land: 1676. William Lawrence, in right of self & sister, Hannah Lawrence, 240 acres.

Hannah is given as a daughter in the 15 Jul 1701, WILL of William Lawrence, but his mother's name needs to be better confirmed. Eliz. Gildersleeve was alive on 20 February 1663, so exact death date for Gildersleeve & the birth date of Hannah are needed.
Capt. Wm. Lawrence married on 4 Mar 1664 his second wife, Elizabeth Smith. Only the 3 Townley children are mentioned in Elizabeth Smith - Lawrence - Carterel -Townley's final will. Presumably Elizabeth felt her other Lawrence children were provided for already. - PJA 2010.

. At a Court of Sessions held for ye County of Monmouth. March ye 26, Anno 1695. It is the order of the Court that upon application made by James Grover Senior Capt. Safety Grover.
X-Ref: Name Hanna's sister Elizabeth's child, that is Safety Browne, b. 1720. - PJA, 2010.

. William Lawrence Senr & William Lawrence Junr; The nearest relations to Joseph Grover & Hannah Leonard, late Wife of the said Joseph Grover, Deceased.
That William Lawrence Senr, Grandfather of ye Children of the aforesaid Joseph Grover & Hannah, his late wife shall have the oversight of the said children:
James [Joseph?] Grover son of the aforesaid Joseph Grover late deceased came into Court & did make choice of his Grandfather William Lawrence Senior & his Uncle William Lawrence Junior to be his Guardians.

Mary Grover daughter of the afforesaid Joseph Grover & Hannah his late wife; Lately deceased did make choice of William Lawrence Senior her grandfather to be her guardian. All which was allowed by the Court & ordered to be recorded by order of the Court, Tho Webley, Clerk. Freehold Deeds, Lib. A. B. C, p. 103.

. 1689 Mar. 26. Letters of administration were granted to Hannah Grover, widow of Joseph Grover, & William Lawrence, Jr., on the Estate of Joseph Grover. Trenton Records, Lib. D., p. 91.

. JOSEPH GROVER, second son" James Grover1 married Hannah, daughter of William Lawrence, of Middletown, who, upon his demise, remarried, second, Nathaniel Leonard of Middletown, Jan. 9, 1694-5.H

. 1690Oct. 16.- James Johnston, of Monmouth County, for £14, New York money, sold to Hannah Grover, of Middletown, "all that tract of land, situate, lying & being in the County of Monmouth aforesaid, beginning at Peter Sonman's north east corner, at Crosswicks, thence running South south east along his line twenty chains to Joseph Grover, his line, thence along Joseph Grover's line east north east 25 chains, thence north & by east to Doctor's Creek," etc.
Ref: Trenton Records, Lib. D., p. 276.

Issue: James Grover, Jr.
Mary Grover
Elizabeth Grover, born 1685.
Rebecca Grover
Hannah Grover
Deborah Grover
Susannah Grover.

Hannah Lawrence, widow of Joseph Grover, by her second marriage, was Nathaniel Leonard, had Issue:
Thomas Leonard, born 1708.
Nathaniel Leonard, born 1712; married Deliverance Leonard.

Hannah's two husbands were:
James Seabrook, married c1708 Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ, & Benjamin Drake.

. 1683-4 March 5. WILL of Swyny, Swiny, Therlagh, Thurlow, of Middletown; Wife Mary. Son John, under age. House & land in Middletown Township, to go to James, son of Joseph & Hannah Grover, who are appointed executors & guardians, if son john dies with-out heirs.
Witnesses: Peter Tilton, William Lawrence Jun., John Fish, Richard Gardiner.
Proved March 12, 1683-4. - - -

Birth:
Alt Name: Suhannah.