The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 32 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ... New England branch, but they cannot furnish any details. As a bit of partial information, I would state that my grandfather, the late Hon. Stephen B. Leonard, of Owego, N. Y., was the son of Silas Leonard, and born in Wall Street, New York. His home stood where the custom-houee now looms up its granite (root. Silas Leonard, my great-grandfather, had a brother Paul, a clergyman in Xew York; also two other brothers, named Stephen and Zephaniah. He had two listers; one married a Condit, and the other a Mulford or Hurd. My grandfather's memory was somewhat impaired towards the end of his long life, but he gave me much valuable information concerning the " olden time." His grandfather's name Si thought was Joshua, but of this be was uncertain. I feel of course personally interested in this matter, and 1 am sure the gathering together of the historical items ud data of the New Jersey branch of this family will add to the value of your already rich New England research. W. A. Leonard, Brooklyn, L. I. Rector of the Church of the Redeemer. Kingsbury.--To the Register for April, 1859 (ante, xiii. 157), I contributed an article on the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury. I have since found evidence that June, Joseph, Samuel and Thomas Kingsbury, whom I thought might be sons of Henry, were actually his children. There is little doubt that Susannah was also his child. I have collected considerable additional information concerning this family, which, at a future time, I may contribute to the Register. The following inscriptions from gravestones on the old Burying Hill, Newburyport, were sent me in July, 1875, by the late John M. Bradbury, Esq., of Ipswich. All the stones are of slate. Those of Henry and Rebecca are about two feet high and a foot...