The Leonard Family In New Jersey, Compiled By 0. B. Leonard, Plainfield, N.J.; From the Monmouth Inquirer Nov. 8 And 15, 1883:
Henry Leonard, son of Samuel, was born in Massachusetts about 1668, and came to New Jersey with his father in 1675-6. His name first appears on the public register of deeds at Trenton, Oct. 4, 1693, when he takes title from the proprietors of East New Jersey for 170 acres at Colts Neck in Monmouth County. Again July 14, 1703, he received a deed for a plot of land from John Reid, deputy surveyor, bordering on Swimming River, near his brother Samuel's property. Here his sawmill is mentioned in 1710.
Governor Hunter commissioned him Nov. 25, 1711, as High Sheriff of Monmouth. In 1732 he is recommended by Governor Morris for one of the councils, "being a rich churchman and possessing one of ye best estates." His name occurs as a charter member of Christ Church at Shrewsbury, in 1738. A transcript of his last will is found in Liber C. folio 317, in the office of the Prerogative Court at Trenton, dated Shrewsbury, April 1739, during the summer of which year he died. The will records his wife's name as Lydia, and his children Samuel, Captain Henry, Thomas, Sarah, Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, Susannah and Parthenia Cook.
Samuel, his son, lived in Shrewsbury Township, his will recorded under date of November 14, 1742, and proved July 13, 1743, mentioning his wife Elizabeth, and sons Joseph and Thomas.
Captain Henry executed his will November 4, 1759, in which his wife's name is mentioned as Euphame Arrabella, with children Robert Morris, Henry and Susannah. He died 1761, the year his will was probated.
[Henry's son, Thomas became a noted Loyalist during the American Revolution and his property along Lahaway Creek, near Crosswicks Creek in Upper Freehold Township, was confiscated. This Thomas Leonard has been confused by historians as the son of John Leonard, his uncle. This family connection is confirmed by the will of his uncle Judge Thomas Leonard, of Princeton, and the Loyalist Claim of Major Thomas Leonard, the subject of this editorial note.]
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About 1710, Henry next married Sarah Morford, the daughter of Thomas and Susannah Morford of New Jersey.
His parents were Samuel Leonard and Sarah Brooks of New Jersey.
Henry Leonard, son of Samuel, was born in Massachusetts about 1668, and came to New Jersey with his father in 1675-6. His name first appears on the public register of deeds at Trenton, Oct. 4, 1693, when he takes title from the proprietors of East New Jersey for 170 acres at Colts Neck in Monmouth County. Again July 14, 1703, he received a deed for a plot of land from John Reid, deputy surveyor, bordering on Swimming River, near his brother Samuel's property. Here his sawmill is mentioned in 1710.
Governor Hunter commissioned him Nov. 25, 1711, as High Sheriff of Monmouth. In 1732 he is recommended by Governor Morris for one of the councils, "being a rich churchman and possessing one of ye best estates." His name occurs as a charter member of Christ Church at Shrewsbury, in 1738. A transcript of his last will is found in Liber C. folio 317, in the office of the Prerogative Court at Trenton, dated Shrewsbury, April 1739, during the summer of which year he died. The will records his wife's name as Lydia, and his children Samuel, Captain Henry, Thomas, Sarah, Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, Susannah and Parthenia Cook.
Samuel, his son, lived in Shrewsbury Township, his will recorded under date of November 14, 1742, and proved July 13, 1743, mentioning his wife Elizabeth, and sons Joseph and Thomas.
Captain Henry executed his will November 4, 1759, in which his wife's name is mentioned as Euphame Arrabella, with children Robert Morris, Henry and Susannah. He died 1761, the year his will was probated.
[Henry's son, Thomas became a noted Loyalist during the American Revolution and his property along Lahaway Creek, near Crosswicks Creek in Upper Freehold Township, was confiscated. This Thomas Leonard has been confused by historians as the son of John Leonard, his uncle. This family connection is confirmed by the will of his uncle Judge Thomas Leonard, of Princeton, and the Loyalist Claim of Major Thomas Leonard, the subject of this editorial note.]
(http://spotswoodhistory.tripod.com/id12.html)
About 1710, Henry next married Sarah Morford, the daughter of Thomas and Susannah Morford of New Jersey.
His parents were Samuel Leonard and Sarah Brooks of New Jersey.
The Leonard Family In New Jersey, Compiled By 0. B. Leonard, Plainfield, N.J.; From the Monmouth Inquirer Nov. 8 And 15, 1883:
Henry Leonard, son of Samuel, was born in Massachusetts about 1668, and came to New Jersey with his father in 1675-6. His name first appears on the public register of deeds at Trenton, Oct. 4, 1693, when he takes title from the proprietors of East New Jersey for 170 acres at Colts Neck in Monmouth County. Again July 14, 1703, he received a deed for a plot of land from John Reid, deputy surveyor, bordering on Swimming River, near his brother Samuel's property. Here his sawmill is mentioned in 1710.
Governor Hunter commissioned him Nov. 25, 1711, as High Sheriff of Monmouth. In 1732 he is recommended by Governor Morris for one of the councils, "being a rich churchman and possessing one of ye best estates." His name occurs as a charter member of Christ Church at Shrewsbury, in 1738. A transcript of his last will is found in Liber C. folio 317, in the office of the Prerogative Court at Trenton, dated Shrewsbury, April 1739, during the summer of which year he died. The will records his wife's name as Lydia, and his children Samuel, Captain Henry, Thomas, Sarah, Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, Susannah and Parthenia Cook.
Samuel, his son, lived in Shrewsbury Township, his will recorded under date of November 14, 1742, and proved July 13, 1743, mentioning his wife Elizabeth, and sons Joseph and Thomas.
Captain Henry executed his will November 4, 1759, in which his wife's name is mentioned as Euphame Arrabella, with children Robert Morris, Henry and Susannah. He died 1761, the year his will was probated.
[Henry's son, Thomas became a noted Loyalist during the American Revolution and his property along Lahaway Creek, near Crosswicks Creek in Upper Freehold Township, was confiscated. This Thomas Leonard has been confused by historians as the son of John Leonard, his uncle. This family connection is confirmed by the will of his uncle Judge Thomas Leonard, of Princeton, and the Loyalist Claim of Major Thomas Leonard, the subject of this editorial note.]
(http://spotswoodhistory.tripod.com/id12.html)
About 1710, Henry next married Sarah Morford, the daughter of Thomas and Susannah Morford of New Jersey.
His parents were Samuel Leonard and Sarah Brooks of New Jersey.
Henry Leonard, son of Samuel, was born in Massachusetts about 1668, and came to New Jersey with his father in 1675-6. His name first appears on the public register of deeds at Trenton, Oct. 4, 1693, when he takes title from the proprietors of East New Jersey for 170 acres at Colts Neck in Monmouth County. Again July 14, 1703, he received a deed for a plot of land from John Reid, deputy surveyor, bordering on Swimming River, near his brother Samuel's property. Here his sawmill is mentioned in 1710.
Governor Hunter commissioned him Nov. 25, 1711, as High Sheriff of Monmouth. In 1732 he is recommended by Governor Morris for one of the councils, "being a rich churchman and possessing one of ye best estates." His name occurs as a charter member of Christ Church at Shrewsbury, in 1738. A transcript of his last will is found in Liber C. folio 317, in the office of the Prerogative Court at Trenton, dated Shrewsbury, April 1739, during the summer of which year he died. The will records his wife's name as Lydia, and his children Samuel, Captain Henry, Thomas, Sarah, Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, Susannah and Parthenia Cook.
Samuel, his son, lived in Shrewsbury Township, his will recorded under date of November 14, 1742, and proved July 13, 1743, mentioning his wife Elizabeth, and sons Joseph and Thomas.
Captain Henry executed his will November 4, 1759, in which his wife's name is mentioned as Euphame Arrabella, with children Robert Morris, Henry and Susannah. He died 1761, the year his will was probated.
[Henry's son, Thomas became a noted Loyalist during the American Revolution and his property along Lahaway Creek, near Crosswicks Creek in Upper Freehold Township, was confiscated. This Thomas Leonard has been confused by historians as the son of John Leonard, his uncle. This family connection is confirmed by the will of his uncle Judge Thomas Leonard, of Princeton, and the Loyalist Claim of Major Thomas Leonard, the subject of this editorial note.]
(http://spotswoodhistory.tripod.com/id12.html)
About 1710, Henry next married Sarah Morford, the daughter of Thomas and Susannah Morford of New Jersey.
His parents were Samuel Leonard and Sarah Brooks of New Jersey.
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