Captain Solomon Leonard1

M, #16963, (1693 - 29 May 1761)
Gravestone of Capt. Solomon Leonard
Last Edited=1 May 2023
     Captain Solomon Leonard was born in 1693.1,2 He was the son of Jacob Leonard and Susanna King.1

Captain Solomon Leonard married Elizabeth Perkins, daughter of David Perkins, in 1730

Children:
1. Solomon Leonard (1733-1814)
2. Elizabeth Leonard (1737-1799)
3. Susanna Leonard (1740-1778)
4. Experience Leonard (1743-1818.)3,4,5


Captain Solomon Leonard died on 29 May 1761 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.4,6,7 He was buried at First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, section D, grave 470. Solomon's epitaph reads:

Here lies buried
Capt. Solomon Leonard,
who died May 29, 1761,
in ye 69th year of his age.6,7


His estate was inventoried on 13 August 1761 at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and valued at £1072 3/2d.8

Citations

  1. Jennings, William Henry. A Genealogical History of the Jennings Families in England and America. Columbus, Ohio: by the author, 1899.
  2. Ancestry.com. Family Data Collection - Births. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2001.
  3. Mitchell, Nahum. History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth county, Massachusetts. Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Edward Alden, 1897.
  4. Ancestry.com. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2000.
  5. Ancestry.com. Ancestry Member Trees - Use with Caution. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations.
  6. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  7. Scott, Henry Edward. Vital Records of Bridgewater Massachusetts to the Year 1850, volume 2 - Marriages and Deaths. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916.
  8. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015.