Anne Alice LEONARD, .3

Female Bef 1732 - 1758  (> 26 years)


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  • Name Anne Alice LEONARD 
    Suffix .3 
    Born Bef 1732  Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ambury, NJ
    Gender Female 
    Died 31 Aug 1758  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I365  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 18 Jul 2019 

    Father Capt. Samuel LEONARD, Jr., Esq.
              b. 1676, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Apr 1758, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Anne BROOKS
              b. Est 1676, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Jun 1761, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Brown LAWRENCE, Esq., U.E.
              b. 1728, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Jul 1798, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 18 Jul 1753  Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 

    Notes 
    • Marriage John LAWRENCE of Burlington, Esq'r, and John DOE.[bound to] Jonathan BELCHER, Governor 500 pounds 18 July 1753.
      John LAWRENCE obtained license of marriage for himself and
      for Anne LEONARD of Perth Amboy, spinster.
      Wit: Tho:s BARTOW NJ early Marriages, Vol L #076 [1]
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .ix
              b. Nov 1751, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Abt 10 Oct 1802, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2014 
    Family ID F102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Anne is the daughter of Anne Brooks & Samuel Leonard, Jr.

      . John Lawrence of Burlington, Esq'r, & John DOE bound to] Jonathan Belcher, Governor £500 pounds 18 July 1753. John Lawrence obtained license of marriage for himself and for
      Anne Leonard of Perth Amboy, spinster. Wit: Thos. Bartow, John Lawrence of Burlington, Anne Leonard of Middlesex Co., L Part 1: 1739-63 #76.

      . Anne's father Samuel Leonard Jr & her husband John Lawrence, Esq., both assisted in lying the cornerstone for Nassau College, which is the oldest college in Princeton University.

      NJ Marriage #076; John Lawrence of Burlington, Esq'r, & John DOE [bound to] Jonathan BELCHER, Governor £500,18 July 1753.
      John Lawrence obtained license of marriage for himself &
      for Anne Leonard of Perth Amboy, spinster. Thomas Bartow.

      . Anne's father, Samuel Leonard, Jr, In a 13 Apr. 1757 codicil he made a special bequest to son-in-law John Lawrence.

      . From her mother, Mrs. Anne Leonard, Granddaughter Elizabeth Lawrence £200 when she is of age, provided she continue under the care of my daughter Rachel Sarjant or live in such other place as my daughters Sarah Billop, Rachel Sarjant, Elizabeth Goelet or my Executor think proper. ... thus confirming Ann Alice Lawrence died a couple of years before her mother; &
      . Son-in-law John Brown Lawrence received £50 from his mother-in-law.

      . Anne Brooks had a sister Mary Farrington who wrote her will 2 Apr. 1754.  She left a portion of her estate to nieces Sarah Billop, Rachal Sarjant & Elizabeth (wife of Francis Goelet). Samuel Sarjant & John Berien were her executors A Sam Leonard, Junr. was mentioned in Jonathan Holme's diary for 13 June 1737.

      The cause of Anne's death was not reported, but we do known that in 1758 many people in the Princeton area died of smallpox & dysentery, including her grandparents. - - - [2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S24] .

    2. [S7] NJ Marriage Bond.

    3. [S30] Calendar of New Jersey Wills.