He was the son of John Freeland and Mrs. Mary (Mellen) Gibbs, widow of Phineas Gibbs. Leonard's parents were married December 7, 1769 at Christ (Congregational) Church of Hopkinton, Massachusetts. He had four half-siblings and six siblings. All ten of them are in the records of Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, but Leonard, the youngest child, is not. However, his father is in the U. S. Census of 1790 at Hopkinton so it is fair to presume that the family was living in Hopkinton when Leonard was born.
It is from other records that we establish his connection to these parents and siblings. He married Maria Van Deusen, child of John J. Van Deusen and Fytje (Sophia in English) Hallenbeck, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack, Columbia County, New York in September of 1806. The following year my ancestor John Augustus Freeland, Sr. was born (on July 28, 1807) and later baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack, Columbia County, New York. John would go on to become the first husband of Eliza C. Bryan who married as a second husband, Joseph Simonson, Jr.
Eliza and John had a daughter, Helena Willett Freeland, born in 1846 at Manhattan (my ancestor), and a son, John Augustus Freeland, Jr., born in 1850 in Manhattan. Helena married Charles Alger (my ancestor) on January 4, 1866 in Greenport, Columbia County, New York.
Leonard and his older brother Phineas Freeland were active in local politics at Claverack. Phineas ran a summer hotel at Claverack where the local politicians met. Leonard held some local offices in Claverack and Hudson. Leonard eventutally moved from Claverack to Hudson but died at Claverack and is buried at Hudson. His most important office probably was as Sheriff of Columbia County from 1837 to 1840. He outlived his wife Maria Van Deusen and in old age he lived with his youngest child, Mary Mellen Freeland, the wife of Peter Bogardus. Leonard even outlived his son-in-law Peter Bogardus, a local businessman of Hudson, New York and Treasurer of Columbia County at the time of his death in April of 1868 (elected for three years in November of 1866).
I could only find records for four children for Leonard Freeland and Maria Van Deusen. Their names were my ancestor John Augustus Freeland, Sr., born July 28, 1807, Sophia Maria Freeland, born in 1809, who died unmarried in her twenties, Sally Freeland, born Aug. 12, 1811, the wife of Peter Snyder, and Mary Mellen Freeland, born about 1827, the wife of Peter Bogardus.
A sister, Sophia Freeland, of Phineas Freeland and Leonard Freeland, also lived in Claverack at the time of her marriage. She married Aaron Gifford in 1800 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack. Later in 1850 and 1860 her name is on the U. S. Census of 1850 and 1860 as a widow living in Brooklyn with her nephew James Freeland who was a son of Phineas Freeland. Leonard became the executor of the will of his brother-in-law Aaron Gifford when Aaron died around 1837 but later James Freeland was in charge of Sophia's affairs. He was well-suited to do this with experience as a businessman in the dry goods business and insurance, lay leader in the Plymouth Church of Brooklyn, and by 1869 District Director of Internal Revenue for Brooklyn and the rest of Long Island, a position he held until his death in 1879.
It is from other records that we establish his connection to these parents and siblings. He married Maria Van Deusen, child of John J. Van Deusen and Fytje (Sophia in English) Hallenbeck, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack, Columbia County, New York in September of 1806. The following year my ancestor John Augustus Freeland, Sr. was born (on July 28, 1807) and later baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack, Columbia County, New York. John would go on to become the first husband of Eliza C. Bryan who married as a second husband, Joseph Simonson, Jr.
Eliza and John had a daughter, Helena Willett Freeland, born in 1846 at Manhattan (my ancestor), and a son, John Augustus Freeland, Jr., born in 1850 in Manhattan. Helena married Charles Alger (my ancestor) on January 4, 1866 in Greenport, Columbia County, New York.
Leonard and his older brother Phineas Freeland were active in local politics at Claverack. Phineas ran a summer hotel at Claverack where the local politicians met. Leonard held some local offices in Claverack and Hudson. Leonard eventutally moved from Claverack to Hudson but died at Claverack and is buried at Hudson. His most important office probably was as Sheriff of Columbia County from 1837 to 1840. He outlived his wife Maria Van Deusen and in old age he lived with his youngest child, Mary Mellen Freeland, the wife of Peter Bogardus. Leonard even outlived his son-in-law Peter Bogardus, a local businessman of Hudson, New York and Treasurer of Columbia County at the time of his death in April of 1868 (elected for three years in November of 1866).
I could only find records for four children for Leonard Freeland and Maria Van Deusen. Their names were my ancestor John Augustus Freeland, Sr., born July 28, 1807, Sophia Maria Freeland, born in 1809, who died unmarried in her twenties, Sally Freeland, born Aug. 12, 1811, the wife of Peter Snyder, and Mary Mellen Freeland, born about 1827, the wife of Peter Bogardus.
A sister, Sophia Freeland, of Phineas Freeland and Leonard Freeland, also lived in Claverack at the time of her marriage. She married Aaron Gifford in 1800 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack. Later in 1850 and 1860 her name is on the U. S. Census of 1850 and 1860 as a widow living in Brooklyn with her nephew James Freeland who was a son of Phineas Freeland. Leonard became the executor of the will of his brother-in-law Aaron Gifford when Aaron died around 1837 but later James Freeland was in charge of Sophia's affairs. He was well-suited to do this with experience as a businessman in the dry goods business and insurance, lay leader in the Plymouth Church of Brooklyn, and by 1869 District Director of Internal Revenue for Brooklyn and the rest of Long Island, a position he held until his death in 1879.
He was the son of John Freeland and Mrs. Mary (Mellen) Gibbs, widow of Phineas Gibbs. Leonard's parents were married December 7, 1769 at Christ (Congregational) Church of Hopkinton, Massachusetts. He had four half-siblings and six siblings. All ten of them are in the records of Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, but Leonard, the youngest child, is not. However, his father is in the U. S. Census of 1790 at Hopkinton so it is fair to presume that the family was living in Hopkinton when Leonard was born.
It is from other records that we establish his connection to these parents and siblings. He married Maria Van Deusen, child of John J. Van Deusen and Fytje (Sophia in English) Hallenbeck, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack, Columbia County, New York in September of 1806. The following year my ancestor John Augustus Freeland, Sr. was born (on July 28, 1807) and later baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack, Columbia County, New York. John would go on to become the first husband of Eliza C. Bryan who married as a second husband, Joseph Simonson, Jr.
Eliza and John had a daughter, Helena Willett Freeland, born in 1846 at Manhattan (my ancestor), and a son, John Augustus Freeland, Jr., born in 1850 in Manhattan. Helena married Charles Alger (my ancestor) on January 4, 1866 in Greenport, Columbia County, New York.
Leonard and his older brother Phineas Freeland were active in local politics at Claverack. Phineas ran a summer hotel at Claverack where the local politicians met. Leonard held some local offices in Claverack and Hudson. Leonard eventutally moved from Claverack to Hudson but died at Claverack and is buried at Hudson. His most important office probably was as Sheriff of Columbia County from 1837 to 1840. He outlived his wife Maria Van Deusen and in old age he lived with his youngest child, Mary Mellen Freeland, the wife of Peter Bogardus. Leonard even outlived his son-in-law Peter Bogardus, a local businessman of Hudson, New York and Treasurer of Columbia County at the time of his death in April of 1868 (elected for three years in November of 1866).
I could only find records for four children for Leonard Freeland and Maria Van Deusen. Their names were my ancestor John Augustus Freeland, Sr., born July 28, 1807, Sophia Maria Freeland, born in 1809, who died unmarried in her twenties, Sally Freeland, born Aug. 12, 1811, the wife of Peter Snyder, and Mary Mellen Freeland, born about 1827, the wife of Peter Bogardus.
A sister, Sophia Freeland, of Phineas Freeland and Leonard Freeland, also lived in Claverack at the time of her marriage. She married Aaron Gifford in 1800 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack. Later in 1850 and 1860 her name is on the U. S. Census of 1850 and 1860 as a widow living in Brooklyn with her nephew James Freeland who was a son of Phineas Freeland. Leonard became the executor of the will of his brother-in-law Aaron Gifford when Aaron died around 1837 but later James Freeland was in charge of Sophia's affairs. He was well-suited to do this with experience as a businessman in the dry goods business and insurance, lay leader in the Plymouth Church of Brooklyn, and by 1869 District Director of Internal Revenue for Brooklyn and the rest of Long Island, a position he held until his death in 1879.
It is from other records that we establish his connection to these parents and siblings. He married Maria Van Deusen, child of John J. Van Deusen and Fytje (Sophia in English) Hallenbeck, at the Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack, Columbia County, New York in September of 1806. The following year my ancestor John Augustus Freeland, Sr. was born (on July 28, 1807) and later baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack, Columbia County, New York. John would go on to become the first husband of Eliza C. Bryan who married as a second husband, Joseph Simonson, Jr.
Eliza and John had a daughter, Helena Willett Freeland, born in 1846 at Manhattan (my ancestor), and a son, John Augustus Freeland, Jr., born in 1850 in Manhattan. Helena married Charles Alger (my ancestor) on January 4, 1866 in Greenport, Columbia County, New York.
Leonard and his older brother Phineas Freeland were active in local politics at Claverack. Phineas ran a summer hotel at Claverack where the local politicians met. Leonard held some local offices in Claverack and Hudson. Leonard eventutally moved from Claverack to Hudson but died at Claverack and is buried at Hudson. His most important office probably was as Sheriff of Columbia County from 1837 to 1840. He outlived his wife Maria Van Deusen and in old age he lived with his youngest child, Mary Mellen Freeland, the wife of Peter Bogardus. Leonard even outlived his son-in-law Peter Bogardus, a local businessman of Hudson, New York and Treasurer of Columbia County at the time of his death in April of 1868 (elected for three years in November of 1866).
I could only find records for four children for Leonard Freeland and Maria Van Deusen. Their names were my ancestor John Augustus Freeland, Sr., born July 28, 1807, Sophia Maria Freeland, born in 1809, who died unmarried in her twenties, Sally Freeland, born Aug. 12, 1811, the wife of Peter Snyder, and Mary Mellen Freeland, born about 1827, the wife of Peter Bogardus.
A sister, Sophia Freeland, of Phineas Freeland and Leonard Freeland, also lived in Claverack at the time of her marriage. She married Aaron Gifford in 1800 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Claverack. Later in 1850 and 1860 her name is on the U. S. Census of 1850 and 1860 as a widow living in Brooklyn with her nephew James Freeland who was a son of Phineas Freeland. Leonard became the executor of the will of his brother-in-law Aaron Gifford when Aaron died around 1837 but later James Freeland was in charge of Sophia's affairs. He was well-suited to do this with experience as a businessman in the dry goods business and insurance, lay leader in the Plymouth Church of Brooklyn, and by 1869 District Director of Internal Revenue for Brooklyn and the rest of Long Island, a position he held until his death in 1879.
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