Mary Polly Brown was my 3rd great-grandmother. She married first to Charles R. Leonard, before 1854, when she was only about 16 years old. She and Charles had 11 known children, but split in the 1880s. She married second to Joseph Wilson, April 5, 1899. He was born in 1843 in Groton and died Dec. 30, 1904. Afterwards, Mary married for a third time to Peter Walsh/Welch, son of Anna Burns and Patrick Welch. In the settling of Mary's estate, property she owned in Locke was menti

This week I've been updating some data on my Leonard family in Cortland, New York, specifically zooming in on Charles L. Leonard, the son of Charles Russell Leonard. He was living in Cortland on Hamlin Street with his family when the census was taken in 1892 and 1900. In 1905, however, when the New York State Census was taken, his wife and son, Floyd, lived alone in Cortland. I went to the census to check what Luella's marital status was in 1905, but that question was not ask

For years I've been trying to learn more about Joshua Leonard and his family. I believe he was the father of my 4th great-grandfather, Russell Leonard. You can find his profile on Wikitree here. I have been able to find very little about him or his children. In fact, I don't even know when or where Joshua died! (Please help!) Recently, FamilySearch added their "Full Text Search" option so I've spent the past month or so searching various terms to find whatever I can find and

Leonard Family Reunions in Central New York Old newspaper clippings about family reunions can reveal connections we may have never made otherwise. Following are some Leonard family reunions I found in old New York Newspapers, with the help of one of my favorite sites, fultonhistory.com . In summary, most of these reunions are for descendants of Jacob Leonard and were held in or around Steuben County, New York. His descendants held reunions from 1889 through 1940, and possibl

We all seek birth, marriage, and death dates and places for every ancestor in our tree, but if you're not getting excited when you find a baptismal record, you might be missing out on some valuable clues. Prior to the mandate for reporting births to the State in the late 1800s, vital records were limited mostly to church records or entries in the family Bible, provided that names and dates were recorded there. Baptismal registers can provide more information than you might th

From Genealogical abstracts of Revolutionary War pension files , by Virgil D. White, 1990, p. 2056-2060: For the list of abbreviations, see here . LEONARD, Adam, BLW #9814-100-29 Jun 1789 assignee M. McConnell, srv as a Pvt in the PA Line LEONARD, Amos, Marcy, W20462, MA Line, sol m Mercy or Marcy Green of Granby MA on 17 Oct 1788 & sol was of Brookfield MA, sol appl 1 Apr 1818 Oneida Co NY aged 69, in 1820 sol had a wife Mercy aged 60 & a daughter Mercy aged 21 at home, wid'