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Martha <I>Orcutt</I> Leonard

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Martha Orcutt Leonard

Birth
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
Sep 1752 (aged 81)
Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
there is no stone
Memorial ID
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******No tombstone/monument was ever erected*********

Beloved daughter of William Orcutt 11 and Mary Martha Lane of Scituate Mass.
Dearest wife of Joseph Leonard(Son of Jacob Leonard and Susannah King)
children ;

1. Joseph b.1696 d.1786 marr. Mary Packard
2. Ephraim b. d. marr. 09/16/1720 to Martha Perkins ****
3. Martha b.d. marr. 10/07/1734 to Ebenezer Eddy

Their are NO TOMBSTONES FOR THIS COUPLE!!!

"Thanks to Lieut. John Washburn we know that Joseph Leonard and his beloved wife Martha Orcutt were buried in the Old Grave Yard of Bridgewater MA. in the vacant space near the NOW monuments of their son Joseph Leonard and his wife Mary Packard, on Mr. Lanthams Plan.Lieut. John Washburn was the sexton of this cemetary from 1739-1797.

"It is sad to note that there is no monument to mark the resting place of my grandfathers' grandparents"Simeon Leonard wrote to Manning Leonard in 1855."

****Ephraim was to maintain the old folks but he failed in business and moved to New Jersey. Leaving his Father Joseph Leonard in dire indigent circumenstances."

Source; Solomon Leonard 1637
author Manning Leonard pg 62-63
Legends loves and Loyalaties of New England pub 1930
by Caroline Leonard Goodenough pg5-11
American Ancestry vol . 4 pg. 79 pub. 1889
******No tombstone/monument was ever erected*********

Beloved daughter of William Orcutt 11 and Mary Martha Lane of Scituate Mass.
Dearest wife of Joseph Leonard(Son of Jacob Leonard and Susannah King)
children ;

1. Joseph b.1696 d.1786 marr. Mary Packard
2. Ephraim b. d. marr. 09/16/1720 to Martha Perkins ****
3. Martha b.d. marr. 10/07/1734 to Ebenezer Eddy

Their are NO TOMBSTONES FOR THIS COUPLE!!!

"Thanks to Lieut. John Washburn we know that Joseph Leonard and his beloved wife Martha Orcutt were buried in the Old Grave Yard of Bridgewater MA. in the vacant space near the NOW monuments of their son Joseph Leonard and his wife Mary Packard, on Mr. Lanthams Plan.Lieut. John Washburn was the sexton of this cemetary from 1739-1797.

"It is sad to note that there is no monument to mark the resting place of my grandfathers' grandparents"Simeon Leonard wrote to Manning Leonard in 1855."

****Ephraim was to maintain the old folks but he failed in business and moved to New Jersey. Leaving his Father Joseph Leonard in dire indigent circumenstances."

Source; Solomon Leonard 1637
author Manning Leonard pg 62-63
Legends loves and Loyalaties of New England pub 1930
by Caroline Leonard Goodenough pg5-11
American Ancestry vol . 4 pg. 79 pub. 1889

Gravesite Details

No tombstone for Martha Leonard



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  • Created by: j wyke
  • Added: Oct 5, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77699963/martha-leonard: accessed ), memorial page for Martha Orcutt Leonard (23 Apr 1671–Sep 1752), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77699963, citing First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by j wyke (contributor 46973795).