Henry Leonard

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Husband Henry Leonard ¹

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         Father: Thomas Leonard (      -      ) 2
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General Notes: Husband - Henry Leonard

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He and his brother James, were the first representatives of this family in America, coming from Pontypool, Monmouthshire, England. They were skilled "Iron Masters" and were interested in the first "Bloomerie" erected in New England, situated at Saugus. In 1651-52 they superintended the erection of the first foundry at Braintree, Massachusetts, and in the same year they removed to Taunton and erected their own "bloomerie," which remained in operation in the hands of Leonards and descendants until it was demolished in 1876. James Leonard, Sr., was one of the "Associates" of the North Purchase in 1668 of Philip. The price paid for this tract of land was "the full sume of one hundred pounds."
In 1695 two hundred acres of land were given the Leonards for another forge on the "Stony Brook" in the "North Division," and also the liberty to take their next division of one share in the North-Purchase lands "in the best iron-oare that they can find." They were also allowed the privilege of digging ore in any other man's land, for the use and benefit of said works, by "paying the owner of such land one shilling a tun for every tun of iron-oare they shall dig." At one colonial period they coined money for the realm; certain pieces were on exhibition in Historical Hall, Taunton, Massachusetts.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 231.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 230.