The Ancestors and Relatives of William Addams Reitwiesner
Part CMLXXXI
The Descendants of Samuel Leonard and Anne ...



Descendants of Samuel Leonard and Anne ...
                   
1. Capt. SAMUEL LEONARD, b. ... , N. J., ... [1673-1676], d. ... [will dated Perth Amboy, N. J., 2 April 1754, codicil dated 13 April 1757, proved 13 Feb. 1758], son of Samuel Leonard and of Sarah Brooks,
m. ...
ANNE ... , b. ... , d. ... [will dated Perth Amboy, N. J., 31 Aug. 1758, proved 13 June 1761], dau. of ... and of ... ,
Issue (surname Leonard, order unknown):
2 a. Sarah, b. ... 1712, d. ... [will dated Perth Amboy, N. J., 23 Sept. 1765, proved 7 Sept. 1770].
3 b. Mary, b. ... , d. ... .
4 c. Elizabeth, b. ... , d. ... .
5 d. Rachel, b. ... , d. Perth Amboy, N. J., 20 Dec. 1761.
6 e. Anne, b. ... [ca. 1732], d. ... 31 Aug. 1758.



Generation II


2. Sarah Leonard, b. ... 1712, d. ... [will dated Perth Amboy, N. J., 23 Sept. 1765, proved 7 Sept. 1770], dau. of Samuel Leonard [number 1] and of Anne ... ,
m. ... [after 22 March 1735/6], as his second wife, Thomas Billopp, b. Perth Amboy, N. J., ... 1711, d. Bentley Manor, Staten Island, 2 Aug. 1750 [he had m. (1) ... , Eugenia Stelle, b. Shrewsbury, N. J., ... 1712, d. ... 22 March 1735/6], son of Thomas Farmar and of Ann Billopp.
For issue, see Part CCCCXC.


3. Mary Leonard, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of Samuel Leonard [number 1] and of Anne ... ,
m. ... , as his first wife, John Berrien, b. Newtown, L. I., 19 Nov. 1711, d. Rocky Hill, Somerset Co., N. J., 22 April 1772 [he later m. (2) ... 16 Aug. 1759, Margaret Eaton, b. Eatontown, N. J., ... (ca. 1733), d. ... 29 March 1819], son of Peter Berrien and of Elizabeth Edsall.
No issue.


4. Elizabeth Leonard, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of Samuel Leonard [number 1] and of Anne ... ,
m. ... 20 June 1752, Frans Goelet, b. ... , N. Y., 20 Nov. 1724, d. Perth Amboy, N. J., 4 Sept. 1767, son of Jan Goelet and of Jannetje Canon.
Issue (surname Goelet):
a. John, b. ... , d. ... .


5. Rachel Leonard, b. ... , d. Perth Amboy, N. J., 20 Dec. 1761, dau. of Samuel Leonard [number 1] and of Anne ... ,
m. Perth Amboy, N. J., 20 Jan. 1753, Samuel Sargent, b. Woodbridge, N. J., 1 Sept. 1727, d. ... 1778, son of John Sargent and of Cicely ... .
Issue (surname Sargent):
a. John, b. ... , d. ... [young].
7 b. Anne, b. ... 1757, d. ... .
8 c. Sarah, b. ... 1759, d. Williamsport, Md., ... 1810.
9 d. Mary, b. ... , d. New Brunswick, N. J., 30 Jan. 1812.


6. Anne Leonard, b. ... [ca. 1732], d. ... 31 Aug. 1758, dau. of Samuel Leonard [number 1] and of Anne ... ,
m. [license 18 July 1753], as his first wife, John Brown Lawrence, b. ... [ca. 1728], d. Upper Canada ... 1796 [he later m. (2) Monmouth Co., N. J., 14 Nov. 1759, Martha Tallman, b. Burlington Co., N. J., 20 April 1734, d. Burlington Co., N. J., 2 Sept. 1781], son of Elisha Lawrence and of ... .
Issue (surname Lawrence):
10 a. Elizabeth, b. ... , d. ... .



Generation III


7. Anne Sargent, b. ... 1757, d. ... , dau. of Samuel Sargent and of Rachel Leonard [number 5],
m. ... 1 Sept. 1774, Poole Hickman England, b. ... 1754, d. Kingston, Upper Canada, 10 Oct. 1813, son of Patrick Richard England and of Margaret Hickman.
Issue (surname England):
11 a. Margaret Hickman, b. Toronto, Canada, 21 Oct. 1777, d. ... .
12 b. Poole Vallancey, b. ... , N. J., ... 1787, d. Dover, England, ... 1884.
c. Charlotte, b. ... , d. ... .
13 d. Frances Poole, b. Detroit, Mich., ... [ca. 1796], d. London, Ontario, 18 April 1873.
14 e. Mary, b. ... , d. ... .


8. Sarah Sargent, b. ... 1759, d. Williamsport, Md., ... 1810, dau. of Samuel Sargent and of Rachel Leonard [number 5],
m. ... , William Van Lear, b. ... 1757, d. Williamsport, Md., 11 Feb. 1815, son of ... John Van Lear and of Elizabeth Reynolds.
Issue (surname Van Lear):
a. Samuel Sargent, b. ... 24 Feb. 1787, d. ... .
b. Matthew Simms, b. ... 19 July 1788, d. ... .
15 c. Eliza England, b. ... 2 March 1790, d. Washington Co., Md., 8 Feb. 1862.
16 d. William Horatio, b. Williamsport, Md., 9 March 1791, d. Cumberland, Md., ... 1820.
17 e. Joseph, b. ... 9 Nov. 1796 (twin), d. ... .
f. Thomas Farmar, b. ... 9 Nov. 1796 (twin), d. ... .
18 g. Mary Ann, b. ... 26 Nov. 1799, d. ... .


9. Mary Sargent, b. ... , d. New Brunswick, N. J., 30 Jan. 1812, dau. of Samuel Sargent and of Rachel Leonard [number 5],
m. ... , John Heard, b. Woodbridge, N. J., ... Dec. 1752, d. New Brunswick, N. J., 16 Feb. 1826, son of Nathaniel Heard and of Mary Ford.
Issue (surname Heard):
19 a. Margaretta Dunlap, b. ... , N. J., ... 1796, d. Mt. Carmel, Ill., 4 March 1839.


10. Elizabeth Lawrence, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of John Brown Lawrence and of Anne Leonard [number 6],
m. ... 30 June 1774, Michael Kearny, b. ... 11 Nov. 1750, d. ... 24 Feb. 1791, son of Philip Kearny and of Isabella Hooper.
Issue (surname Kearny):
a. John, b. ... , d. ... .
b. Michael, b. ... , d. ... .
c. Robert, b. ... , d. ... .
d. James, b. ... , d. ... .
e. Philip, b. ... , d. ... .
f. Francis, b. ... , d. ... .
g. William, b. ... , d. ... .
h. Lawrence, b. ... , d. ... .



Generation IV


11. Margaret Hickman England, b. Toronto, Canada, 21 Oct. 1777, d. ... , dau. of Poole Hickman England and of Anne Sargent [number 7],
m. (1) ... 5 July 1803, as his second wife, Jacob Herkimer, b. ... , drowned when the Speedy went down on Lake Ontario 8 Oct. 1804 [he had m. (1) ... , ... (a Mississauga woman), b. ... , d. ... ], son of Johann Jost Herkimer and of Mary Van Alen,
m. (2) Kingston, Upper Canada, ... 1809, as his second wife, Maj Gen Æneas Shaw, b. ... , d. ... 15 Feb. 1815 [he had m. (1) ... , Ann Gosline, b. ... 21 June 1776, d. ... 1 Jan. 1806], son of Angus Shaw and of Anne Dallas,
m. (3) ... , William Leeming, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Leeming and of ... .
No issue.


12. Gen Poole Vallancey England, b. ... , N. J., ... 1787, d. Dover, England, ... 1884, son of Poole Hickman England and of Anne Sargent [number 7],
m. ... , Mary Lutwyche, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... Lutwyche and of ... .
Issue (surname England):
a. Maj Gen Edward Lutwyche, b. ... 21 March 1839, d. ... 1910,
m. ... , Mary Reid, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... Reid and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
b. Catherine Frances, b. ... , d. ... .
c. Charlotte, b. ... , d. ... .


13. Frances Poole England, b. Detroit, Mich., ... [ca. 1796], d. London, Ontario, 18 April 1873, dau. of Poole Hickman England and of Anne Sargent [number 7],
m. Adolphustown, Ontario, 5 April 1814, as his second wife, Richard Leonard, b. New York, N. Y., ... 1768, d. Niagara Falls, Ontario, 31 Oct. 1833 [he had m. (1) ... , div. ... , Elizabeth Hillsgrove, b. Blissville, N. B., ... 1785, d. Blissville, N. B., ... 1850], son of George Leonard and of Sarah Thacher.
Issue (surname Leonard):
a. Frances Mary, b. Niagara, Ontario, 14 July 1815, d. Chicago, Ill., 15 Oct. 1878,
m. ... 20 Oct. 1836, William Warren Street, b. London, England, 4 Oct. 1812, d. Chicago, Ill., 1 April 1879, son of William Street and of Mary Ann Porter.
Children and descendants not shown here.
b. George England, b. ... 1817, d. Niagara, Ontario, 22 July 1826.
c. Margaret Elizabeth, b. ... , d. ... ,
m. (1) ... 15 Feb. 1847, C ... Campbell Hamilton Grant-Ellis, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Grant-Ellis and of ... ,
m. (2) Bruce, Ontario, 5 Oct. 1854, Thomas Thompson Ellis, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Ellis and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
d. Charlotte Fitzgerald, b. Niagara, Ontario, 23 Oct. 1822, d. ... .
e. Sarah Evanson, b. Niagara, Ontario, 31 Oct. 1824, d. ... 24 Nov. 1864,
m. London, Ontario, 27 Oct. 1841, as his first wife, Henry Corry Rowley Becher, b. London, England, 5 June 1817, d. Falconhurst, Kent, 6 July 1885 [he later m. (2) Whitby, Yorkshire, 20 Aug. 1874, Caroline Street Robinson, b. ... , d. ... ], son of Alexander Becher and of Frances Scott.
Children and descendants not shown here.
f. Georgina England, b. Niagara, Ontario, 13 Aug. 1826, d. ... May 1829.
g. Charles Maitland, b. Niagara, Ontario, 26 July 1829, d. ... 9 Jan. 1866,
m. ... , Sarah Louise Pope, b. Charlotte, New Brunswick, 18 Oct. 1833, d. ... , dau. of ... Pope and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.
h. Vallancey, b. Niagara, Ontario, ... Oct. 1831, d. Niagara, Ontario, 19 Aug. 1832.


14. Mary England, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of Poole Hickman England and of Anne Sargent [number 7],
m. ... , as his second wife, Thomas Richard Fuller, b. ... , d. Adolphustown, Ontario, ... 1814 [he had m. (1) ... , Ann Fuller, b. ... , d. ... ], son of Richard Fuller and of Jane Roe.
Issue (surname Fuller):
a. Rt Rev Thomas Brock, b. ... 16 July 1810, d. ... 18 Dec. 1884,
m. ... 14 May 1835, Cynthia Street, b. ... 1818, d. ... 14 Jan. 1892, dau. of Samuel Street and of ... .
Children and descendants not shown here.


15. Eliza England Van Lear, b. ... 2 March 1790, d. Washington Co., Md., 8 Feb. 1862, dau. of William Van Lear and of Sarah Sargent [number 8],
m. Washington Co., Md., 12 July 1823, as his second wife, Otho Holland Williams, b. Hagerstown, Md., 27 Sept. 1776, d. Hagerstown, Md., 11 July 1852 [he had m. (1) Washington Co., Md., 7 Oct. 1800, Elizabeth Bowie Hall, b. ... , d. ... 11 Nov. 1816], son of Elie Williams and of Anna Barbara Grosh.
Issue (surname Williams):
a. Cora H ... , b. ... [ca. 1829], d. ... .


16. William Horatio Van Lear, b. Williamsport, Md., 9 March 1791, d. Cumberland, Md., ... 1820, son of William Van Lear and of Sarah Sargent [number 8],
m. Cumberland, Md., 3 Oct. 1816, Louisa Christian Smith, b. Cumberland, Md., 29 March 1798, d. Cumberland, Md., 29 July 1861, dau. of Samuel Smith and of Mary McLene.
Issue (surname Van Lear):
a. Mary Louisa, b. Cumberland, Md., 28 March 1818, d. Cumberland, Md., 27 Aug. 1850,
m. Cumberland, Md., 20 Nov. 1835, Thomas Johns Perry, b. Cumberland, Md., 17 Jan. 1809, d. Cumberland, Md., 27 June 1871, son of Roger Perry and of Lucy Calmes.
Issue includes:

  1. Sarah Van Lear Perry m. Henry Shriver. Issue includes:

    1. Robert Sargent Shriver m. Hilda Shriver. Issue includes:

      1. R(obert) SARGENT SHRIVER (*1915) m. Eunice Mary Kennedy. Issue Includes:

        1. Maria Owings Shriver m. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (*1947)
b. Sarah Sargent, b. Cumberland, Md., 26 Aug. 1820, d. ... 19 Feb. 1843,
m. Cumberland, Md., 23 Feb. 1841, William Osborn Sprigg, b. Cumberland, Md., 28 June 1816, d. Washington, D. C., 24 June 1891, son of Michael Cresap Sprigg and of Mary Lamar.
Children and descendants not shown here.


17. Joseph Van Lear, b. ... 9 Nov. 1796, d. ... , son of William Van Lear and of Sarah Sargent [number 8],
m. ... 12 Sept. 1818, Hannah Powell, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... Powell and of ... .
Issue, if any, unknown.


18. Mary Ann Van Lear, b. ... 26 Nov. 1799, d. ... , dau. of William Van Lear and of Sarah Sargent [number 8],
m. ... 12 Jan. 1815, John M ... Findlay, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Findlay and of ... .
Issue, if any, unknown.


19. Margaretta Dunlap Heard, b. ... , N. J.., ... 1796, d. Mt. Carmel, Ill., 4 March 1839, dau. of John Heard and of Mary Sargent [number 9],
m. ... , Aaron Winder Slack, b. Bucks Co., Pa., 15 Feb. 1794, d. ... , Ind., ... 1868, son of Cornelius Slack and of Elizabeth Spear.
Issue (surname Slack):
a. Rebecca Oram, b. New Brunswick, N. J., 28 June 1824, d. Indianapolis, Ind., 5 July 1903,
m. Princeton, Ind., 18 Sept. 1849, Francis Asbury Hester, b. Vernon, Ind., 4 April 1822, d. Indianapolis, Ind., 20 Dec. 1906, son of George Knight Hester and of Beatrice Ellen Briggs.
Children and descendants not shown here.
b. Charles W ... , b. ... , N. J., ... 1831, d. ... .
c. Edward W ... , b. ... , N. J., ... 1835, d. ... .
d. Mary, b. ... , d. ... .








NOTES






1 -- The first few generations of the above material was extracted from http://freepages/genealogy/rootsweb/ancestry/com/~bart/LEONARD3.htm.



1 -- Anne is occasionally said, without evidence, to have been "Anne Brook".

Anne, in her will, bequeaths to her sister Mary Farrington her [Anne's] half part of the house where she [Anne] lives and where Edward Griffen lately lived, and also the 2 acres of land in Perth Amboy east of Market Street which formerly belonged to her [Anne's] father-in-law [step-father?] Benjamin Griffith, and afterwards to her [Anne's] mother.

Mary Farrington's will was dated Perth Amboy 21 Aug. 1760, proved 19 Dec. 1760.



4 -- A son of John Brown Lawrence by Martha Tallman was Capt. James Lawrence, USN (1781-1813), commander of the frigate Chesapeake, who, mortally wounded by small arms fire, famously ordered "Don't give up the ship".



10 -- Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence Kearny wrote under the pseudonym of "Madam Scribblerus".



12 -- From 1880 to his death, Poole England was Master Gunner, St James Park.



13 c -- Thomas Thompson Ellis, a "dental physician" and notorious confidence man, was convicted, 20 Feb. 1860 in New York City, of grand larceny and sentenced to three years and six months of hard labor in the New York State Prison. See New York Times, 21 Feb. 1860, p. 3.



14 a -- Rt Rev Thomas Brock Fuller was the first Bishop of Niagara.













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