Ancestry of
James Taylor

Singer-Songwriter

Abel Leonard

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of James Taylor — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 352 
  • Father:
  • Benjamin Leonard 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Scott   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 Jul 1700 
  • Birth Location:
  • Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Feb 1779 
  • Death Location:
  • West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Feeding Hills Cemetery, Hampden County, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Esther Austin
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Nov 1730 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Elijah Leonard (Ahnentafel No:176 )

• Additional marriages for Abel Leonard

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  • Spouse:
  • Experience Miller

• Sources for Abel Leonard

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Suffield, p. 19, Marriage record for Abel Leonard and Esther Austin.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/24/2018).
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Springfield, Vol. 1, p. 177, Birth record for son Elijah Leonard.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Springfield, Vol. 1, p. 59, Birth record for Abel Leanard.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, West Springfield, Vol. 2, p. 250, Death record for Abel Leonard.
  • ⁶ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #34151, Membership application for Edgar Morton Snow.
  • ⁷ Adams, Andrew N., A Genealogical History of Robert Adams, of Newbury, Mass., and his Descendants 1635-1900, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company (1900), 18.