Ancestor Samuel Leonard

Father: p0472

Mother: p0473

			:also_known_as: nil
			:baptism: nil
			:birth_date: "ABT 1643"
			:birth_note: nil
			:birth_place: "Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA"
			:birth_source: nil
			:birth_year: "1643"
			:buried: nil
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			:christening: nil
			:death_age: "About 76-77"
			:death_cause: nil
			:death_date: "AFT 30 NOV 1720"
			:death_note: nil
			:death_place: "Preston, New London, Connecticut, USA"
			:death_source: nil
			:death_year: "1720"
			:description: nil
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			:family_of_origin: :f181
			:family_of_procreation: [:f180]
			:father: :p0472
			:former_name: nil
			:given_name: "Samuel"
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			:id: :p0470
			:immigration: nil
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			:mh_id: "I725"
			:mh_name: "Samuel /Leonard/"
			:mother: :p0473
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			:naturalized: nil
			:nickname: nil
			:notes: ["FROM \"LEONARD GENEALOGY\" <\n\nHas been called carpenter, husbandsman and planter. He lived in Bridgewater at the time of his marraige, having built a house on his fathers land--a common thing in those days--having assurance that a title would be given at a future date. He became an early proprietor in Worcester, where his brother Jacob had been living several years and removed to that place before 1690 and was living there whenhis only son Samuel was taken captive by Indians in 1695. About this time he  seems to have removed to Norwich ,Conn.and bought land in Preston, Conn.on the opposite side of the Shetucket River. He was probably led to this place by the fact that some of Major Bradfords family had located here and several oldfriends and neighbors from Duxbury and Bridgewater. Among them Josiah and Miles Standish( son ans grandson of renowned Capt. Miles Standish ofthe Mayflower) and Deacon Caleb Fobes. He was a consistent member of theFirst Church of Preston, formed 16 Nov.1698 when Rev. Salmon Treat wasordained pastor. Mr. Treat resigned14March1744, and died 6Jan1762 aged90. <\n\nSecond wife Deborah is thought to be the daughter of John Leonard of Springfield who were relatives.",
 "<------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BOOK---GRISWOLD-A HISTORY     \n\n  Being a history of the town of Griswold CT\n\nmicrofilm 1597788 item 5    book  975.65/G3   H2p    pp11,12,54\n\nSAMUEL LEONARD\n\nAbout 1696 there came to the Pachaug country Samuel Leonard, who with his family settled on the banks of the Pachaug river, east of Appaquashosk hill. They had experienced to the full the savagery of the Indians, for their only son, a lad of 12 years, also named Samuel, had just before been kidnapped near Worcester Mass. and carried into captivity by the redskins, with whom he remained for nearly 2 years. It chanced that during this time he was brought into the company of Hannah Dustin and Mary Neff, the details of whose capture by the Indians at Haverhill, Mass., in 1697, had horrified all New England. The three, while in a wigwam occupied by 2 Indian families on an island in the Merrimac river, near Concord, planned their escape. The boy Samuel had been so long with the savages that, when he asked his master how to strike to kill instantly, and how to take a scalp, it was taken as a sign that he had become one of them, and he was freely told. When the captives had perfected their plans, silently and with speed, while their captors slept, the attack was made. Ten Indians were killed instantly; the two remaining, a squaw who was wounded, and a child who was spared purposely, escaped to the woods. With the scalps of the slain and their weapons, the 3, captives no longer, embarked in a canoe, and having scuttled the boats that remained, descended the river until they came in safety to their friends. The news of their escape spread from settlement to settlement, and all whoheard were filled with astonishment and admiration because of their heroic deed. Soon after the family of the boy Samuel, doubtless fearing thenand always the vengeance of his implacable foes, fled in secrecy to Pachaug, and became permanent settlers there. Family tradition alone tellsus that at one timein the early days the Leonards became aware of an Indian lurking about their home. At last, after days of watching, a member of the family shot the Indian dead, seemingly with no more compunction thanhe would have shown toward a dangerous beast. But such incidents were exceptional."]
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			:surname: "Leonard"
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