Notes:

Alice is the daughter of William Lawrence & Margaret Tilton.
Ref: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Boston Transcript, 1906-1941.

1776 -1782. Alice Lawrence, Shrewsbury Delegate, Friends' Quarterly Meeting.

. 1777 Oct 4th, Sat., 3:00 P.M, Present, His Excellency, Wm. Livingston, Mrs. Leonard, wife of Thos. Leonard, who acted as a Major in the British Services & is now a prisoner of war to the Unites states, was sent over to New York sometime ago by order of Brigd. Gen. Forman, & has lately returned to this State. She complains of indisposition & requests that she may be permitted to tarry in Monmouth Co. until she be reinstated in her health, & that she be suffered to pass to Easton, to see her husband, & from thence to return to the said County there to abide.
Agreed, that Mrs. Leonard be permitted to pass to Easton, or to any other place in which her Husband may be fixed; & to remain with him; & that she go thither without delay.

. 1795 Feb 23 - WILL of her father, William Lawrence, left Alice £30 & 3 silver spoons.

Extracted: Brigadier Gen. David Forman of Monmouth Co., Committee of Retaliation, was one of the most notorious offenders ... lack of civil means for citizens to seek redress.:

. 1777 Oct 7, WORTHY PATRIOTS ... Foreman had an arbitrary manner presumed to banish some women out of this state into the enemy's lines. This induced me to lay before the Gov. & Council of Safety, on 28 Aug., 1777 a Remonstrance on information of the arbitrary stretch of power by Davie Foreman & others. That my daughter Mary Leonard, the wife of Thomas Leonard then & yet a prisoner & by permission of our Chief Justice go leave to lay her complaint before the Governor & Council. Where I attended with her last Saturday, to my great astonishment to hear arguments that I never suspected to come from the mouths of Freeman much less from those who are chosen Guardians of our Freedom to defend Freeman under his pretense of Martial Law. Gen. G. Washington wrote a letter urging New Jersey to pass a law limiting the militia & troops from blundering & abusing civilians.

. 1786, Oct. 30. Thomas Leonard married Alice Lawrence, 1st Reformed Church, Freehold.
Note: Marriage in the Reformed Church must have met with displeasure from Alice Lawrence's Quaker Friends. PJA 2011.

FOUR LAWRENCE SIBLINGS TOGETHER AT ST. JOHN, New Brunswick, Canada; Queensbury Co., NB Land Grants: In 1787 the four Lawrence siblings originally settled adjacent to each other:

Mrs. Alice Lawrence Leonard was located at Lot One, Saint John, N.B.,
Mrs. Margaret Lawrence Nicholson at Lot 52,
Lieut. John Lawrence on one side of the Saint John River at Lot 101,
Lieut. Richard Lawrence, Lot 169, on the other side of the Saint John River.

Adjoining Lieut. John Lawrence's grant was Rev. Jonathan Odell who was a close friend of their cousin & a church member, John Brown Lawrence who was Mayor, of Burlington, New Jersey. - - -

Birth:
Upper Freehold Twp.

Died:
(location presumed)

Alice married Capt. Thomas LEONARD, , UE on 30 Oct 1786 in First Middletown Baptist Church. Thomas (son of Lieut Nathaniel LEONARD, Jr. and Deliverance LIPPIT) was born in 1753 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 10 Jun 1791 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Lydia MADDEN on 19 Mar 1804 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Lydia was born in 1779 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.
f
. 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. - - -

Buried:
Cement monuments lays on the ground, cracked at base. 2012.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth APPLEGATE. Elizabeth was born on 8 Apr 1792 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 12 Apr 1836 in Leonardsville, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in First Middletown Baptist Church. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth CONOVER. Elizabeth was born in 1800 in New Jersey; died in in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Joseph Leonard, of Middletown, 1777 arrested for disaffection 1777;
2 Jul 1777 - Estate inquisitioned for forfeiture, estate confiscated.

. Aug 1770 Vestryman, Anglican Christ Church May 1782 indicated for misdemeanor. Verify this Joseph. - - -

Notes:

. Middletown Bapitst Churchyard monument:
Elizabeth daughter of Thomas & Alice Leonard, died Sep 15, 1823 aged 89 years, 3 months, 13 days.

NJ Index of Wills, Elizabeth C Leonard, 13776M.
Inventory 1882. - - -

Birth:
Verify. Father T Leonard already dead.

Died:
Aged 89y 3m 13d = 1793.6.5th; Softening of Brain.

Buried:
Middletown, NJ. Elizabeth dau. of Thomas & Alice Leonard.

Notes:

.

Notes:

William Leonard, Jr. son of Thomas Leonard & Alice Lawrence, followed the water in his early days but later became a farmer & merchant.

. Leonard, son of William & father of our subject, was born in 1819, & died in 1885. His farming lands comprised 100 acres & he was one of the largest & most successful truck farmers of his locality. For many years he was an honored member of the Baptist church, in which he was a trustee, & his political sympathies were with the Republican party. He was highly esteemed in his home in Atlantic Highlands, & when he passed away the county as a loyal citizen & an estimable man.
His wife was formerly Abigail Grover, who was a daughter of James & Deborah Grover. A large family was born to these parents, but only three yet survive, these being:
E. Welling, our subject; John S., also a subject; & Mrs. D. Woodward.

E. Welling Leonard was born at Leonardsville. New Jersey, on March 25. 1847, & lie was reared & educated in Middletown, his native township. Since attaining his maturity he has been continuously engaged in agricultural pursuits, one-half of his father's farm belonging to him. Our subject, in connection with his brother, conducts one of the most popular dairies in the county, the output from this establishment meeting with ready sale on account of its uniform excellence.

Mr. Leonard was married in 1871 to Miss Mary E. Hendrickson, who was born at Nut Swamp, & who was a daughter of Daniel & Mary Hendrickson. To this marriage these children have been born, namely: William W., born on February 13, 1872, married Mabel L. Leonard, & they have one son, Harold; Philip, born on April 18, 187s, married Eva Laux; & Abigail G.. born on March 23. 1881.

Mr. Leonard & family are connected with the First Baptist church of Atlantic Highlands, where he fills the office of deacon with dignity & consistency.

. William Leonard, Jr. married first Elizabeth Applegate, & married second Elizabeth Conover;

The children of Captain William & Elizabeth Applegate Leonard were:

1 Richard Applegate Leonard, Richard A., president Monmouth County Agricultural Society, 1866-69. chosen freeholder; constituent member Navesink Baptist Church; Deacon Navesink Baptist Church & also a trustee of Navesink Baptist Church, 1877; a founder of Agricultural Society of Monmouth; he was active in temperance work.
Richard A. Leonard, born 1812, Middletown Township, eldest son of Captain William & Elizabeth (Applegate) Leonard, lived on his father's farm; Richard A. Leonard married first Elizabeth Roberts, eldest daughter of Rev. Thomas Roberts, 1833; he married second Sarah Roberts, daughter of Rev. Thomas Roberts, 1849; the children of Richard A. & Elizabeth (Roberts) Leonard were:
Richard (married Delia F. Patterson), Sarah (married Charles McClees),Emma (married George Sherman) the children of Richard A. & Sarah (Roberts) Leonard were: Charles T. (married Annie Grover), William J. (married Fanny M. Clark) & Ella S. Leonard;
2. Mary Leonard;
3.Thomas. Leonard.2 - Thomas Leonard, born 1815, at Leonardville, son of Captain William & Elizabeth Applegate Leonard, married Mary A. Hopping, daughter of James & Patience Hopping, 1840; the children of Thomas & Mary A. (Hopping) Leonard were:
James H. (born 1841, see below),
Thomas H. (born 1843), - Thomas H. lived at old Brown farmhouse. Bay Shore, now First Avenue, Atlantic Highlands;
Edward H. (born 1853), &
John J. (born 1856); biography & portrait of, James H. Leonard, born 1841, eldest son of Thomas & Mary A. (Hopping) Leonard of Leonardville, married Emma C. Taylor, daughter of
James G. Taylor, Atlantic Township, 1863; the children of James H. & Emma C. (Taylor)
Leonard were: Mary (born 1866), George T. (born 1872), & Albert T. (born 1875)
4. John S. Leonard;
5. William Leonard.2
6. Elizabeth Leonard.

. 1810-25 - A beautiful collection of Teapot & tea set. Rectangular with rounded corners & slightly sloping sides, shaped spout & ear-shaped handle. White soft-paste porcelain with a pink luster border, decorated with hand-painted pink & yellow flowers with green leaves. Made in England. This teapot is part of tea service F07.0644-F07.0661. Height is 7 inches.
Acquisition: Gift of Mr. & Mrs. William F. Leonard in memory of Mrs. Cornelius Leonard.
This teapot is part of a tea service that came to the Staten Island Historical Society in 1948 from the estate of Mary (Wood) Leonard. Mary & her husband Cornelius Leonard Jr. resided in Travis, Staten Island. Cornelius was listed as an oysterman in the 1880 census.
Ref: Staten Island Historical Society & the Historic Richmond Town, Catalog 2016. - - -

Died:
Aged 66y 5m.

Buried:
Middletown. Very tall Leonard Pillar monument.

Family/Spouse: Abigail ABBY GROVER. Abigail was born on 16 Mar 1823 in New Jersey; died on 24 Sep 1894 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Fairview Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary
. 1888 Sep 24. Miss Elizabeth Ann Leonard, the youngest daughter of the late Capt. W. Leonard, died last Saturday.
Miss Leonard & her sister, Mrs. McClane, lived together at Leonardville. She was also a sister of Thos. Leonard, who is now the oldest living member of the Leonard family. Miss Leonard left quite a little fortune. She was a maiden lady & was 62 years of age. The funeral was held yesterday and the burial was at Fair View cemetery.
Ref: Red Bank Register, New Jersey, published 1888 Sep 28, Wed. - - -

Died:
Grey onument reads d. Sep 22,1888.

Buried:
Middletown.

Notes:

Richard married1 Elizabeth Roberts &
married2 Sarah Roberts.
Both Elizabeth & Sarah were daughters of Rev. Thomas Roberts.

. Captain Wm Leonard's grandson, Thomas resided on the homestead of his grandfather, Thomas, whose property is now in possession of the widow of Richard A. Leonard, spent his youth on the farm owned by his father, to the cultivation of which his time was devoted, with the exception of the period spent at school. At the age of 21 years, being ambitious fora more independent life than was possible on the homestead, Mr.Leonard removed to his grandfather's farm, purchased for him by his father, William Leonard, where he resided daring the remainder of his life. - - -

Birth:
[Middletown, NJ]

Buried:
Leonardo, NJ.

Richard married Sarah ROBERTS on 14 Mar 1833. Sarah was born on 4 Feb 1809 in Georgia; died on 6 Jul 1888 in Leonardsville, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Fairview Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Welling was the son of Abagail and William Leonard.

Buried:
Flat double monument, raised lettering

Enoch married Mary Elizabeth HENDRICKSON in 1871. Mary was born in 1849 in New Jersey; died in 1913 in India; was buried in Fairview Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Deborah Leonard married Mr. Woodard of Point Pleasant, NJ.

Notes:

Buried:
Double grey granite monument with ivy above inscriptions.

John married Jane F Jennie FROST in 1879. Jane was born on 23 May 1855 in New Jersey; died on 8 Sep 1937 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Fairview Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
[Middletown]

Notes:

. Among the oldest families of the county are the Leonards, after whom the village of Leonardville is named, and at the present time there are about 200 people of that name residing in that vicinity. they are a kindly, god-fearing race, and have almost without exception secured wealth, and fame as wide as the State, as successful farmers.

Lying about a mile back from the coast is the farm of Richard A. Leonard. Here he lives with his wife and family. One of the member of his family was a daughter named Delia F., a young lady of twenty-three years, brown-haired, with dark-gray eyes, and of medium height. She was a modest, unassuming girl, a devoted member of the Baptist church, and one who found her chiefest pleasures in the home circle and the society of the village and church circles.

In the fall of the year it has been the custom from time immemorial for the good people of Middletown to make up parties to go to Sandy Hook beach fro the purpose of having an outing and gathering the red and purplish beach plums for winter preserves. On Saturday one of these parties was organized to the number of twenty, and of the party were Mrs. R. A. Leonard and her daughter Delia. With happy hearts and well-filled lunch baskets the party took the 10:45 a.m. boat for the railroad pier at the Hook.

Miss Leonard had been in ill health for a number of years and was under the professional care of Dr. Hammond, of New York. A few days previous she had received a bottle of medicine from her physician with instructions to take ten drops of the liquid in two teaspoonfuls of water. Before starting on the trip Miss Leonard took an empty medicine bottle and put in it a teaspoonful of the medicine, and then filled it with water. When the time for starting arrived she took with her what she supposed was the medicine with water, but through an inadvertence she picked up the bottle of undiluted medicine.

When the party arrived at the pier they started across the beach to the ocean side, about a mile away, for the purpose of having dinner, when they would afterward fill their baskets with plums and return home by the five o'clock boat. After the party had eaten their dinner, Miss Leonard took a dose of medicine. She immediately commenced to feel bad, and told her mother that the medicine seemed to affect her differently from that which she had been in the habit of taking. Mrs. Leonard asked to see the bottle, and to her horror discovered that the bottle contained the undiluted medicine.

One or two of the party immediately ran to the ocean edge and brought back sea water, which the young lady drank, in hopes that it would make her vomit and thus get the poison out of her system. This remedy failed, and Miss Leonard was seized with spasms. In the third spasm she died, within two hours after taking the fatal dose.

In the meantime messengers had been dispatched to the telegraph station at the Hook to telegraph for the attendance of physicians from Seabright and Atlantic Highlands. The Seabright physicians were all away from home, but at Atlantic Highlands Dr. Geo. D. Fay was found, and he immediately proceeded to the beach, but before he arrived Miss Leonard had passed away.

It was a sad cortege that retraced their steps across the sands in order to take the boat for home, bearing with them the lifeless body of their friend and companion. The body was taken to the home at Leonardville - the home which had been departed from in the morning with smiles, and good-byes, and well wishes for a pleasant day on the beach--the home upon which had so suddenly fallen the shadow of the Angel of Death.

The funeral was held at the house on Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. J. J. Baker, of Marlboro, formerly pastor of the Navesink Baptist church, conducting the services. The interment was made in Fairview Cemetery.
Ref: Red Bank Register, published Wed., Sept. 23, 1885.

Birth:
[Middletown].