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for it seems that even King Philip himself
shared the fate of kings; he was decapitated
and his head carried about and shown as a
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 589
in New Bedford in 1822, beginning business
on Orange street. He prospered and in five or
six years was a director in the Merchants' Bank,
curiosity by one Alderman, the Indian who
shot him." From this estate, it is stated in
the biography of Mrs. Peddy (Leonard) Bowen,
was taken the timber that went into the
keel of the "Constitution."
(I) James Leonard, the immigrant settler at
Taunton, was dead in 1691; his wife Margaret,
who survived him, was mother-in-law to all
his children. She died about 1701. His children
were : Thomas, born Aug. 3, 1641 ; James,
born about 1643; Abigail; Rebecca; Joseph,
born about 1655; Benjamin; Hannah; and
Uriah.
(II) Benjamin Leonard, son of James, married
Jan. 15, 1678-79, Sarah Thresher, and
their children were: Sarah, born May 21, 1680;
Benjamin, born Jan. 25, 1682; Hannah, born
Nov. 8, 1685; Jerusha, born June 25, 1689;
Hannah (2), born Dec. 8, 1691; Joseph, born
Jan. 22, 1692-93; and Henry, born Nov. 8,
1695.
(III) Joseph Leonard, son of Benjamin,
born Jan. 22, 1692-93, had children: George,
who lived in Middleboro, Mass.; Chloe;
Ephraim, and Philip. Of these, Chloe married
Eliphalet Elmes, of Middleboro, a soldier of
the Revolution who died in 1830, aged seventyseven
years; she died in 1843, aged eightythree.
Ephraim married Mary Pratt, and lived
in Middleboro his children were : James ; (of
Middleboro), Jane (wife of L. 0. Perkins, of
Boston), Sarah (wife of Orlando Thompson,
of New Bedford) and Betsey (wife of J. Drake,
of Boston).
(IV) Capt. Philip Leonard, son of Joseph,
married Jan. 6, 1737, Mary Richmond,
daughter of Josiah Richmond. Captain Leonard
had his forge at what is now called the
tack factory on the railroad between Middleboro
and Taunton.
(V) George Leonard, son of Capt. Philip,
born in Middleboro, always lived in his native
town. He had his bloomery on the Nemasket
river at Pour Corners. He married Mary Allen,
born Sept. 21, 1760, and their children
were : George Samuel Nehemiah ; ; ; Lois, married
to Rev. Lewis Leonard, of Cazenovia, N.
Y. and ; Emeline, married to Thomas Daggett,
Esq., of Middleboro. Nehemiah had been in
business at Middleboro, and then he bought the
forge at Randy's Mills in Rochester, and he
and his brother George carried it on in partnership
some four or five years, when and agent for several whale ships. He drifted
into the manufacture of oil, and in 1836 built
candle works on Rotch's South (familiarly
known as Leonard's) Wharf, carrying on this
business for thirty years. He died Oct. 25,
George
bought his interest and continued the 'business
alone the rest of his life. Nehemiah located
1869.
(VI) Samuel Leonard, son of George, was
born in Middleboro. In 1814 he married Hannah
Taber, born in New Bedford, daughter
of Benjamin Taber, and their children were:
Henry Taber; Bathsheba, who married Nathaniel
Gilbert, of Bridgewater; Samuel, Jr.,
who married Sarah Tobey, daughter of George
and Keziah (Sherman) Tobey; Capt. John W.,
who married Sylvia Tucker; George, who married
Cynthia Washburn; Thomas W., who
married Sarah Schenck; and Mary A., who
married Peleg Akin, a bank president of South
Yarmouth. Shortly after his marriage Samuel
Leonard and his father-in-law contracted
to build a mill building at the Head-of-the-
River. Through thii came acquaintance with
William Rotch, Jr.- For a short time Mr.
Leonard was at Yai louth erecting salt works,
and starting the business, and after his return
to New Bedford he built extensive salt works
at the Cove for Messrs. Rotch, Arnold and
Russell, these works eventually covering many
acres, and he operated the works as long as
they were profitable. He erected the house
now occupied by the Orphans' Home, at the
corner of Brock avenue and Cove street.
Through purchasing the lumber for his extensive
building operations he became interested
in the lumber business, and Mr. Rotch
built what is known as Leonard's wharf for the
business which so rapidly grew. Mr. Leonard
added a planing-mill and other works. He then
began the manufacture of sperm candles, and
after a fire had destroyed all his and his
brother's works, built the candle works of William
Russell (now the carriage factory of the
George L. Brovraell estate). He was the largest
oil refiner in the world, and was the first to
make the colored wax candles used all over
the world. He was a very important factor
in the commercial life of New Bedford. At
the time of the building of the New Bedford
and Taunton railroad, it was said that his
freighting was one and one-half times greater
than all other freights from New Bedford combined.
He died Oct. 25, 1868, and his widow
Oct. 14, 1875.
(VII) Hemut Taber Leonard (son of
Samnel), for seventeen years, fifteen days the