Thirteenth Generation

5692. Thomas "The Immigrant" LEONARD (*) (*+)²⁶⁵ was born on 23 May 1577 in Chevening, Kent County, England.³⁹⁹ He was baptized on 23 May 1577 in Chevening, Kent County, England.¹²²³ He died on 6 November 1638 at the age of 61 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^265,399 Life Sketch: "Thomas Leonard is called "the Immigrant." He was one of the last of the 13 children of Sampson Leonard and Margaret Fiennes, Baroness Dacre, of Knol in Kent and Herstmonceux in East Sussex. Being one the last of many children of a titled family didn't stand for much. Thomas is found as a skilled iron worker in Pontypool, Wales. He is a skilled iron worker there. He also married Lydia White there in 1600. Thomas Leonard and his son Henry Leonard, and another son, made the trip to Massachusetts, where all three worked in the colonial iron forges. Lydia died in Pontypool, Wales in 1701. Thomas died in Taunton, Bristol Co, MA on 6 Nov 1638. Thomas Leonard, along with his son became the founders of an roaming iron-working dynasty that lasted over 200 years." Note: "Thomas b 1577 WAS NOT the son of Sampson Leonard and Margaret Fiennes, as connected here on FindaGrave. That is a common incorrect belief that is found all over the Internet, as well as in vanity genealogies from the past century. Thomas Lennard, the son of Sampson and Lady Margaret Fiennes, died without children!!" Lydia Elizabeth WHITE (*) and Thomas "The Immigrant" LEONARD (*) (*+) were married in 1600 in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales.^399,1223

5693. Lydia Elizabeth WHITE (*) was born on 23 May 1587 in Of Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales.^193,399,1223 She died before 1638 at the age of 51 in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales.^193,399,1223

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