Nathaniel LEONARD, Sr.

Male 1652 - 1707  (54 years)


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  • Name Nathaniel LEONARD 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 16 Jun 1652  Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1707  Tinton Falls, Monmouth Co. New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I78  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 22 May 2017 

    Family Hannah LAWRENCE, .i
              b. 1668, Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1714, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 9 Jan 1694  Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lieut Nathaniel LEONARD, Jr.
              b. 1712, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Dec 1763, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2010 
    Family ID F59  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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. - - - [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S29] John E Stillwell, M.D. 1903. .