Capt. William LEONARD, Sr.
1787 - 1873 (85 years)-
Name William LEONARD Prefix Capt. Suffix Sr. Born 20 Aug 1787 Monmouth County, New Jersey 
Gender Male Died 19 Jul 1873 Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Buried First Middletown Baptist Church - Cement monuments lays on the ground, cracked at base. 2012.
Person ID I890 Richard Patterson NJ & ON Last Modified 11 Jul 2019
Father Capt. Thomas LEONARD, , UE
b. 1753, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey
d. 10 Jun 1791, Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick (Age 38 years) Mother Alice LAWRENCE, UE
b. 12 Dec 1756, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey
d. 26 Nov 1827, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 70 years) Married 30 Oct 1786 First Middletown Baptist Church - [Also called 1st Dutch Reformed Church of Freehold & Middletown.]
Family ID F604 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Elizabeth APPLEGATE
b. 8 Apr 1792, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey
d. 12 Apr 1836, Leonardsville, Monmouth Co., New Jersey (Age 44 years) Children 1. William F LEONARD, Jr.
b. 5 Jun 1819, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey
d. 27 Sep 1885, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey (Age 66 years)2. Elizabeth Ann LEONARD, .3
b. 13 Mar 1827, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey
d. 24 Sep 1888, Leonardsville, Monmouth Co., New Jersey (Age 61 years)3. Richard Applegate LEONARD
b. 17 Feb 1812, Leonardsville, Monmouth Co., New Jersey
d. 5 May 1877, Leonardsville, Monmouth Co., New Jersey (Age 65 years)4. Thomas LEONARD
b. Est 1814 ±Last Modified 20 Aug 2017 Family ID F611 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Elizabeth CONOVER
b. 1800, New Jersey
d. Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Last Modified 9 Aug 2020 Family ID F1726 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - . Captain Leonard, as he was familiarly called, in early life followed the water, plying between New York & Middletown, & occasionally extending his voyages to Virginia. Soon after his marriage he became both a farmer & merchant, & was for years actively engaged in business.
. . ELIZABETH APPLEGATE, daughter of Richard Applegate, 39,born Apl. 8,1792; died Apl. 12, 1836;
married William Leonard, son of Thomas & Alice Lawrence) Leonard, as his first wife.
They had six The had 6 children: Richard A, Thomas, Mary, John T William & Elizabeth.
Thomas married Mary Ann Hopping & had 4 sons:
James H;
Thos. Henry, who married Maria Runyon & they had 4 Daus: Clara, Mabel, Edith Maria & Marianna. Edward, Wm. & John Joseph.
NJ Index of Wills, William Leonard, Sr., 13021 M, Will & Codicil 1873. Inventory 1873.
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. William Leonard, a son of Capt. Thomas & the grandfather of our subject, first married Elizabeth Applegate & to this marriage 6 children were born, as follows:
Richard A. John S., Thomas, Mary, William & Elizabeth.
His second marriage was to Elizabeth Conover, from which there was no issue.
. 1830 Census Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey:3 Males; 4 Females, 1 Free Colored Female, Total 10.
. 1840 Census Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey
William Leonard:
Males - 10 thru 14: 1; Males - 15 thru 19: 1; Males - 20 thru 29: 2; Males - 50 thru 59: 1;
Females - 10 thru 14: 1; Females - 30 thru 39: 1; Females - 40 thru 49: Free Colored Females - 10 thru 23: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3; Free White Persons - Under 20-3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 4; Total All Persons - 9.
. 1874 Feb 6 - d. Australia, 26th Feb., William Henry Leonard, s/o Thomas Leonard & Mary Ann Leonard of Havelock (Kings Co.) age 44.
. 1887 Nov 10 - d. Havelock (Kings Co.) 3rd inst., Mary Ann Leonard widow of Lt. Thomas Leonard, 89th year.
Ref: The Daily Telegraph, Saint John. - - - [1, 2]
- . Captain Leonard, as he was familiarly called, in early life followed the water, plying between New York & Middletown, & occasionally extending his voyages to Virginia. Soon after his marriage he became both a farmer & merchant, & was for years actively engaged in business.
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