Ancestry of
Dan Quayle

44th U.S. Vice-President

Joseph Leonard Jr.

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Dan Quayle — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 726 
  • Father:
  • (probable) Joseph Leonard 
  • Mother:
  • (probable) Martha Orcutt   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1696 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Apr 1786 
  • Death Location:
  • Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Packard
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Sep 1721 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Sarah Leonard (Ahnentafel No:363 )

  David Leonard

  • Notes: 

  • Joseph's parentage is listed as "probable" and is not proven. Evidence is still needed to confirm the relationship.

• Sources for Joseph Leonard Jr.

  • ¹ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 25920, Membership application for Jessica (Sherburn) Omohundro.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/11/2016).
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Bridgewater, Vol. 2, p. 519, Death record for Joseph Leonard.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1879, Vol. 33, p. 246.
  • ⁵ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1887, Vol. 41, p. 249.
  • ⁶ The Mayflower Descendant, 1991, Vol. 41, p. 8.
  • ⁷ Goodenough, Caroline Leonard, Legends, Loves and Loyalties of Old New England, Rochester, Massachusetts: Published by the Author (1930), 276, 331.
  • ⁸ Mitchell, Nahum, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts: Including an Extensive Family Register, Boston: Kidder and Wright (1840, 1897 reprint), 246.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 69.
  • ¹⁰ Sherman, Robert Moody et. al., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 15, James Chilton-Richard More, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2013), 60.