Henry Leonard1

M, #3029, * 1618
FatherThomas Leonard1 * s 1580
     Henry Leonard was born in 1618 in England.1 He married Mary b 1650.1

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Henry Leonard and Mary had six children: Samuel, Nathaniel, Thomas, Henry (b. 14 Jun 1656, d. Sep 1657), Sarah (b. 26 Jun 1663), and Mary (b. 13 Jan 1666, d. Aug 1667). The last three were born at Lynn.1
     Henry Leonard was in 1642 at Lynn, of Braintree in 1652, at Hammersmith (Lynn) in 1655. He became a freeman of Lynn in 1668, and was at Rowley Village in 16741 Henry Leonard moved to New Jersey after 1674, and was in the iron manufacturing there. His sons Samuel, Nathaniel and Thomas continued the ironworks in Rowley Village.1
In 1652 Henry Leonard and his brother James Leonard, who were skilled ironworkers from Wales, and had been working for the Iron Company in Lynn and Braintree, were together with Ralph Russell, induced by the inhabitants of Taunton to start an Iron Works on the Two Mile River. This was the first Iron Works not financed by English capital. There is no record of Henry Leonard actually working in Taunton, but James Leonard, John Tisdale and George Watson are listed among the shareholders in 1653-4. Thomas Leonard became clerk/manager in 1683, his son Samuel Leonard continued in 1713, after his father's death, and his son Samuel Jr. succeeded him in 1745, and Samuel's brother Elijah in 1749. In 1777 the Works passed out of the management of the Leonards, when Elijah sold it to Josiah Dean.1,2

Citations

  1. [S413] Warren Reed Deane, Leonard Family. Online at https://ia700405.us.archive.org/12/items/genealogicalmemo1851dean/genealogicalmemo1851dean.pdf
  2. [S410] Vol 38 (1884), pg. 265-275. "Ancient Iron Works in Taunton," by J. W. D. Hall, New England Historical and Genealogical Register.