Moses LEONARD^[1]

1706 - 1788  (81 years)

• Name	Moses LEONARD
  Born	1 Nov 1706	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Cordwainer
  Died	24 Oct 1788	Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Buried	Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I26721	Main
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Lt Moses LEONARD,   b. 12 May 1677, prob Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 10 Dec 1775, Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts  (Age 98 years)
  Mother	Mercy NEWTON,   b. 16 Feb 1685, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1 Dec 1714, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 29 years)
  Married	15 May 1705	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F9437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Beulah Harriet RICE,   b. 23 Nov 1716, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts ,   d. 4 Dec 1780, Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts  (Age 64 years)
  Married	Abt 1734	prob Worcester, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Beulah LEONARD,   b. 28 Oct 1735, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts + 2. Moses LEONARD,   b. 17 Jan 1736, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts ,   d. 3 Feb 1818, Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts  (Age 82 years) + 3. Mercy LEONARD,   b. 27 Dec 1738, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts ,   d. 10 Nov 1817, Holland Patent, Oneida, New York  (Age 78 years)   4. Samuel LEONARD,   b. 12 Nov 1740, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Apr 1841, Canton, St Lawrence, New York  (Age 100 years) + 5. Jonas LEONARD,   b. 19 Sep 1745, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts ,   d. 19 May 1837, Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts  (Age 91 years)   6. Lucy LEONARD,   b. 31 Mar 1743, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts ,   d. 20 Jul 1782  (Age 39 years)   7. Francis LEONARD,   b. 23 Jul 1747, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts ,   d. 30 Oct 1838, Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts  (Age 91 years)   8. Noah LEONARD,   b. 2 Nov 1750, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Dec 1848, Glover, Orleans, Vermont  (Age 98 years)   9. John LEONARD,   b. 28 Mar 1753, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts   10. Sarah LEONARD,   b. 12 Dec 1755, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F9279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Nov 1706 - Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Moses was about twelve years old when the family moved to Worcester. He probably followed his father to Brookfield for time, as he was deeded a farm there in 1732, but the births of his two oldest children are recorded in Worcester. In 1738, he sold his Worcester land and bought land in Rutland. He served as selectman and treasurer at various times in Rutland and lived in the "North West Quarter" or "Rutland District" which later became Barre. His home seems to have been in the area of the present Barre common. In 1778, he followed his children to Warwick, where in 1782, he gave the town land that is now the north end of the cemetery for a burying ground with the provision that they erect a fence and allow him to pasture his cattle and sheep there. His epitaph (part of which is below the present turf line) reads - "Reader behold and shed a tear, Think on the dust that slumbers here, And when you read ye fate of me, Think of the glass that runs for ye".

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 21068473.