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]

1. Lieut Nathaniel LEONARD, Jr. was born in 1712 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; died on 13 Dec 1763 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.