Fourth Generation

317. Silas LEONARD³⁴¹ was born in 1746 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. He died in 1796 in Parma, NY. He was buried in Leonard-Atchison Cemetery, Hilton, NY.³⁴² There was a Silas Lenard who in 1761 applied in Lyme, CT, as a minorchoosing to live with his uncle, Isaac Hall, as guardian.

He was killed by the falling of a tree at Onondaga. He lived first inCanaan, CT. In 1796 he went to Parma, NY, with his sons Jonathan, Silas,and Lewis, (see History of Monroe County, NY), joining the Atchinsonfamily from Tolland County, CT. In 1798 his son Jonathan went to Canaanand brought his mother and sisters Lucy and Thankful to live in Parma(see History of Monroe County, NY), per ECL.

He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving under General Gates atSaratoga, and witnessing the surrender of Burgoyne. The records show aSilas, a soldier in a regiment from CT (Boston Transcript, Oct 3, 1917,May 15, 1916, and August 21, 1916).

Descent from Seth to Dorothy Stansbury Leonard checks against descentchart from Dorothy Stansbury Leonard. Information on the Internet hasSilas marrying Persis Henshaw Hincher rather than Mary Hackett, and hisson Jonathan marrying Persis Henshaw. Dorothy's genealogy is in thestacks at NEHGS. She was quite a thorough researcher and made a trip toEngland to view the early Leonard ironworker sites.

Grassy Hill Congregational Church (NE of Laysville in the Town of Lyme)or Hamburg Congregational Church (which?) indicates early marriage ofSilas Leonard and Mary Hacket 1 September 1774.

Also, a Silas Leonard enlisted 3 August 1781, discharged 4 January ?,"short levies," Second Regiment, Col. Swift, per Vol. XII, RevolutionaryWar, CT Historical Society Collections.

Kathleen Rodegeb, a descendant of Silas, sent info on the Parma Cemeteryvia e-mail 4 February 2006. Silas' tombstone indicates a death date in1796 according to the e-mail, but ECL info has him moving to Parma in1797.

There were also a Henry Leonard, b. abt. 1773, wife Margaret, and aNathaniel Leonard, b. abt. the same time, living in Parma, according tothe 1850 Census.

Silas LEONARD and Mary HACKETT were married on 1 Sep 1774 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.³⁴³ Mary HACKETT was born in 1755 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. She died on 23 Sep 1833 in Parma, Monroe Co., NY.³⁴⁴ She was buried in Leonard-Atchison Cemetery, Hilton, NY. Silas LEONARD and Mary HACKETT had the following children:

746	i.	Lucinda LEONARD.
+747	ii.	Lucy LEONARD.
+748	iii.	Mary (Polly) LEONARD.
+749	iv.	Thankful LEONARD.
+750	v.	Jonathan LEONARD.
+751	vi.	Silas LEONARD.
+752	vii.	Lewis LEONARD.