Nathan Leonard (1743-1813)

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1743 Sep 25

Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Mother:

Ezra Leonard (1711-1798)

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Spouse 1:

Amittai Cutler (1748-1840)

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1766 Nov 25

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Joseph (1767-1842, married Abigail HALL and had seven children: Lucy (1792-1872), Clarissa (1795-1858), Samuel Hall (1798-1858), Harriett (1801-1813), Joseph Norman (1804-___), Charles S. (1809-1896), and William (1811-1845). Joseph’s son Charles was Overseer of the Poor in Syracuse for several years. His son Joseph Norman LEONARD may be Norman of Skaneateles and Sempronius.),
Polly (married Samuel CROSS),
Nathan Jr. (1772-1813, married Candice in 1798 and had four known children: twins, Melancthon (died young) and Alanson C. LEONARD (b. 1802 and married Eliza WOODFORD), Gad (b. 1806 married Ann GREEN and died 1842), and Mary Ann (b. 1810 married A.L. Freeman in 1832),
Benjamin (died young, age 7),
Luther (1777-1849),
Calvin (1779-1849). He was born June 14, 1779, in Shaftsbury, Vermont and died in Ohio 1849; married Tryphena ROOT of Skaneateles in 1817 and had at least three children). He died in Ohio, Dec. 20, 1849.
Asenath (1782-1841, died in Ohio),
Benjamin C. (1784-1820, died unmarried at age 35 of Malaria on his way to Indiana),
Ezra (1787-1850, who married Laura HOWE and lived in Brutus),
Cutler (1790-1820, who also died unmarried in Indiana).

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1813

Skaneateles Cemetery

Nathan Leonard (1743-1813), born in Hardwick, Worcester County, Mass., on Sept. 25, 1743, was a descendant of Solomon Leonard of Bridgewater. He was a son of Ensign Ezra and Olive Leonard. He lived in Vermont from 1778 until abt. 1796 when he purchased 3,000 acres of timber land in Sennett (now Marcellus), and 500 acres of Lot 43 in Aurelius (now Brutus). He married Amittai (or Annette) Cutler of Lexington, Massachusetts, on Nov. 25, 1766 (or Nov. 26). She was born on July 15, 1748 and died on Oct. 26, 1840. Together they had at least ten children.

"Capt. Leonard served as a minute man at the Lexington Alarm and commanded a Co. 1778 in Nathaniel Wade's Regt. of Worcester, Mass." [Revolutionary War Soldiers of Cayuga County, p. 50-51, available at FamilySearch]. He went to Skaneateles in Feb. 1797.

Will of Nathan Leonard of Brutus dates 5/3/1813, rec. 1/19/1814. #314 in Early Cayuga County WIlls. [Link]

Note: In 1810 the town of Mentz included Ira, Throop and Montezuma until 1820-1860. Mentz had only just been formed from Aurelius in 1802. Also, Brutus was formed from Aurelius and Locke was formed from Genoa, all only eight years prior, in 1802.

Revolutionary Soldiers Resident or Dying in Onondaga County, New York, by Beauchamp & Chase, 1913, p. 222.
Records of various churches in north central New York [FamilySearch]

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