Thomas Leonard and Lydia White

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Husband Thomas Leonard

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           Born: 
     Christened: 23 May 1577 - Chevening, Kent, England
           Died: Nov 1638 - Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 1600 - Pontypool, Monmouth, England

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Wife Lydia White

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           Born: 23 May 1587
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M John Leonard

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           Born: Abt 1615 - Pontypool, Monmouth, England
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Feb 1675-24 Feb 1676 - Agawam River, Hampden, Massachusetts
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Heald (      -      )
           Marr: 12 Nov 1640 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

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2 M Philip Leonard

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           Born: 1612 - Pontypool, Monmouth, England
     Christened: 
           Died: Jul 1708 - Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Lydia (      -      )
           Marr: 1635 - Chevening, Kent, England

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3 M Henry Leonard

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           Born: 1618 - Pontypool, Monmouth, England
     Christened: 
           Died: 1695 - Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine
         Buried: 

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4 M James Leonard

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           Born: 1620-1621 - Pontypool, Monmouth, England
     Christened: 
           Died: 1691 - Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Martin (      -      )

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5 M William Leonard

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           Born: 30 Nov 1628 - Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Cox (Abt 1630-      )
           Marr: 22 Jan 1654 - Crewcorne Parish, Somersetshire, England

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6 M Thomas Leonard

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           Born: 
     Christened: 20 Apr 1636 - publow Parish, Somersetshire, England
           Died: 1720-1732 - picataway, New Jersey
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Katherine (      -      )
           Marr: Abt 1655

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7 F Joan Leonard

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           Born: 1628 - Pontypool, Monmouth, England
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
         Buried: 

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8 F Margery Leonard

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           Born: 
     Christened: 13 Mar 1624-13 Mar 1625 - Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England
           Died:  - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Sampson (      -      )
           Marr: Abt 1645

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9 F Sarah Leonard

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           Born: 
     Christened: 23 Feb 1633-23 Feb 1634 - publow Parish, Somersetshire, England
           Died: 1720 - New Salem, Salem, New Jersey
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Thompson (      -      )
           Marr: 4 Feb 1679 - Elsenburgh, Essex, New Jersey

         Spouse: Robert Fairbanks (      -      )
           Marr: 1676 - Ireland

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10 F Mary Leonard

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           Born: 
     Christened: 12 Sep 1627 - Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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General Notes (Husband)

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It is not clear where he died. Even though he is commonly said to have died in Taunton, Massachusetts, he is not supposed to have ever left England.

It is not clear where he was born. According to Newell ancestry : the story of the antecedents of William Stark Newell, they were a family of ironmasters of Pontypool, Wales, a place celebrated for its working of iron. It was always possible to be in a place celebrated for the working of one's trade without being from there. Brothers James and Henry were connected with iron forges at Braintree and Lynn in Massachusetts. In 1652 they started independently as ironmasters. In October of that year an agreement was made between the town of Taunton and Henry Leonard, by which Henry and James Leonard and Ralph Russell were to set up a bloomery works on the Two Mile River. Their forge was erected in that part of Taunton which later became Raynham, Massachusetts, It was the first forge in Plymouth Colony, and before long probably became the principal one in America. James Leonard remained in Taunton the remainder of his life, while Henry went to several places in Massachusetts and subsequently to New Jersey, where he carried on the iron business. From these beginnings by the two brothers spread great iron industries, and their descendants were engaged in such enterprises for many years. Tus the name of Leonard came to be synonymous with the iron industry.

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