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- John is the son of Deliverance Lippit & Nathaniel Leonard Jr.
. 1763, Dec. 13. WILL of Leonard, Nathaniel, of Middletown, Monmouth Co., yeoman; My wife, Deliverance. Rest of personal & real to be divided between my sons, John, Nathaniel, Joseph & Thomas.
John Leonard married1 Magdelen (Magdaline) Riche of Burlington, NJ &
married2, Frances Schooley (Scooley.)
. 1801 Oct 10 - Parish of Waterborough, Queens County, New Brunswick,
WILL of JOHN LEONARD, Esquire. Intestate.
Administration granted 10 October 1801 to son Thomas LEONARD Esq., son of the deceased.
Fellow bondsmen Benjamin BIRDSILL & Peres GILBERT, all of Queens County.
Three page inventory of personal estate, dated 13 October 1801, valued at £432 by Benjamin BIRDSILL, Joshua GIDNEY & Peres GILBERT.
Accounting of the estate concludes with disbursement of £37 19s. 5¾d. each
"To John, Samuel, Nancy, Catharine, Margaret, Sally, Rebecca & Mary," a total of £303 15s. 10d., & "My own Share or proportion of Said Estate £37 19s. 6d."
Ref: NB, Canada, Probate. Queens Co., Waterborough Parish, N.B
. Obituary: 1801, Oct 3, John Leonard, d. Sunday Waterborough, Queens Co., John LEONARD, old farmer, staunch Loyalist, formerly of New Jersey.
. 1801 Nov 28, Saint John, NB. Estate of John LEONARD, Queens Co.; Admin. Thomas LEONARD, 3rd Nov. 1801.
. 1805 May 20, Saint John. Public Auction: farm, Gagetown, Queens Co., John LEONARD, Esq. deceased, presently owned by Thomas LEONARD & occupied by Abraham Covert.
Ref: Saint John Gazette, New Brunswick.
New Brunswick Land Petitions: 1787 Feb 15, Waterborough Parish, Queens co., NB, Grant 105, 169 Acres.
CLAIMS & LOSSES OF AMERICAN LOYALIST #1188: Heard 1786 Jan 25
MEMORIAL OF JOHN LEONARD, late of Freehold, Monmouth, NJ.
1783 Aug 6. Real Estate Claims listed as below.
Schedule of Moveable Estate of John Leonard:
2 young negro fellows, £100; 16 Horses £250; 75 horned Cattle, £247; 130 Hoggs £180; 220 sheep £100
1200 hundred bushels Indian corn £400; 1000 bushels wheat, £400; household goods & Farming utensils £200. Total £1736.
. City of New York, John Leonard personal appeared & sworn, stated the above Moveable goods is just & new, the same has been confiscated & sold by the Americans by reason of him joined the British Army.
Signed, Jno. Leonard, 10 Aug 1783.
. 1783 Aug 10 - EVIDENCE OF BARZELLA GORVER, CITY OF NEW YORK late of Monmouth Co., NJ, Sworn
Deposes John Leonard, had serval trans in NJ confiscated, JL joined the Army of King of GB. H was well acquainted the the personal estate of John Leonard & he verily believes his servants, furniture, horses, cattle, farming utensils at least the value of 1736 York currency. Signed, Barzella Grover. & Robt Nicholls Auchmuty Esq, Commissioner.
. 1783 Aug 10 - EVIDENCE OF ANTHONY WOODARD, CITY OF NEW YORK late of Monmouth Co., NJ, Solemnly Affirmed, being a Quaker. Affirmed John Leonard a Refugee from Monmouth Co., property valued at 8,340 York currency, confiscated by State NJ by reason of John Leonard having joined the Army of King of GB. Signed, Anthony Woodard.
. 1784 Feb 10, MEMORIAL OF JOHN LEONARD, late of Freehold, Monmouth, NJ.
Memorial for Restitution:
That your memorialist was relentlessly attached to the British Gov., at the commencement of the Rebellion in America he opposed the Measured of the Congress so much at the soon made himself Obnoxious to the supporters thereof. Was taken up & carried before the Provincial Congress at Trenton & compelled to give a large sum of money & securities Bond for his peaceable behavior & adherence.
In DECEMBER 1776 he & near 100 of his Friends in a Body & armed, joined His Majesties Troops at Trenton. He was employed by Sir Wm. Howe in procuring provisions, Forage, Wagons & Horses for Army use & actually procured considerable quantities of those in NJ supplies & carried them to be delivered at Trenton & Bordentown. W. Howe appointed him Major, First Battalion, NJ Volunteers.
. In 1777 your Memorialist attained by Law NJ State for doing British Amy, His property valued & confiscated & sold.
Evacuation of Philadelphia in June 1778 he was employed by Sir Henry Clinton as one of the Guides to general Kniphausen through to his native New Jersey. He was attained by Law of NJ State for having joined the British & his Property appraisement, herewith presented, was confiscated & soon afterwards sold. He lost his all by the determination of the Rebellion, & being far advanced in Life is reduced to treat distress.
. {Summary] State of New Jersey Inferior Court of Common Pleases for Monmouth Co., Tues, 28 Jul 1878, Present John Anderson, Esq. & John Longstreet, Esq., Judges. Inquisition for doing the Army of King of Great Brain, Proclamation being made against John Leonard that judgment final be entered. For the State NJ Samuel Forman, Joseph Lawrence, Kenneth Hankinson & Jacob Wicoff, Esq, Commissioners appointed on behalf of the sate to take & dispose of the Estates of certain fugitives & offenders. are to dispose all his estates. 1778 Dec 11, John Anderson, Esq., Judge.
Ref: Claims, New Jersey Evidence, Vol 18, pgs 338-362. [Note some documents exactly are repeat in his next appearance before the Commission for Claims & Losses of American Loyalist.. - PJA]
XRef: See wife Madgaline Ritchie for Indenture & Will Abstract of Geo. Willcox.
CLAIMS & LOSSES OF AMERICAN LOYALIST, Sries II, Appearance of 1784 Feb 27.
Schedule of Real Estate of Mr. John Leonard: [Summary]
1. Farm, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., 280 Acres, good dwelling house, barn Orchard, valued by Barzeillia Grover & Anthony Woodard, £3230.
2. Farm, joining the above, 200 A £1700.
3. Pine Lands 200 A, in Glouchester Co., £500.
4. 300 Acres Pine Land, Monmouth Co. £60.
5. 140 Meadow lands, near NB County in Middlesex Co., £200.
6. Cedar Swamp lots, 200 A. Monmouth Co., £169.
7. 330 A. property, unallocated, made by survey to Geo. Hillocks, £150.
8. 250 A. good Cedar Swamp, in Cedar Creek, Monmouth, £250.
9. 2716.3 A., unallocated survey, £543.
10. 583.3/4 A. propriety by Daniel Ellis Esq. £98.16.
11. One quarter share of proportion Western Division, of NJ, £300
12. Farm in Hanover, Burlington Co, 278 A, Good house, barn, orchards & improvements, Held in right of his wife, £500.
13. Farm, Greenwich, Sussex Co., 300 A, £300.
14. Rent on my Homestead Place, induing use of my servants, stock, farming utensils form 1778 to 1783, 5 years, £2000.
15. Rent of Hanover Farm, for 5 years, £500.
16. Rent of Greenwich Farm, for 5 years, £100.
Money in Dollars, $10,600.16. Sterling Money £5962.19. {5,578 Acres!}
. EVIDENCE OF JOHN LEONARD, late of Freehold, Sworn:
Resided on his property in Monmouth at the commencement of the Troubles. He uniformly supported Great Brain publicly, refused to sign all Oaths to Americans. In Jun 1776 taken before Trenton Congress for influencing the people against the Measures of Congress, tried & found guilty, but was allowed to go home on giving £500 & two Securities. Joined the British in December 1776 at Trenton, but before that time he had been obliged to hide himself from the Rebels. Sir Wm. Howe employed him in collecting Forage, Provisions, wagons & Horses in Monmouth Co., Afterward he was appointed to attend the Hessians at Burlington. Received no pay for his Services, after Rawll's defeat he left home & never has been at home since.
The winter the Army were at Philadelphia he acted as forgiving parties guide though the Jersey & at the Battle of Monmouth. Returned to NY, received $1 for two years & 9 months.
His present residence is Margeville on the River St. Johns, whee his two sons reside, he has lately been at New York for the purpose of getting his papers & his wife resides in Burlington Co., NJ.
Property, 380 Acres, Monmouth co., that he devised to his Executors for the use of Ann Ritchie & her issue. Lands at Greenwich. Claimant married one of the daughters of Ann Richie; she had three & his wife was entitled to one-third of the Property. Produces a Recovery suffered by John Leonard & Madaline his wife, dated 32nd year of George the Second. There is a deed of conveyance from Saml Port to the three husbands [i.e. daughters of Ann Ritchie.] His wife has been dead 18 years & left issue, he has been in posses ever since.
. 1787 Feb 27th, EVIDENCE OF COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BILLOP, Sworn:
Believe Mr. Leonard has no lands in NB but has heard hime express his intentions of purchasing up the River Saint John when he should be entitled by receiving compensation. Mr. Leonard considered as an appellant? Farmer.
. 1787 Feb 28, EVIDENCE OF REVEREND JONATHAN ODELL, Sworn,
Knew claimant beefier & during the War, he was lawyers understood to be a determined character in point of Loyalty. He was possessed of some valuable property. Mr. Odell considers him as a resident in this Province & thinks he cannot return to New Jersey. Anthony Woodard is a man of good character has heard Mr. Leonard say that a friend of his wife has purchased some of the property & that she was allowed to reside on it.
. 1787 Feb 28, EVIDENCE OF ISAAC ALLAN, Sworn
Knew Claimant in Freehold, NJ, had considerable property & was uniformly loyal. He came to Nova Scotia at the Evacuation of New York, when he left this Province he meant to go to England & he will settle in this Province. Mr Leonard mighty be worth £6000 NJ Currency.
Ref: American Losses & Claims, Pages 42-50 & 229.
X-Ref: Further Claims by wife Fanny Schooley.
Research & transcription by P J Ahlberg. Thank you. - - - [1, 2]
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