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George Leonard

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Biography

In his will, proved 23/11/1799, George Leonard rehearsed that as the surviving husband of his first wife Frances Leonard who died at Peckham in Surrey 07/11/1789, and who was the only surviving child of Bezaleel Hodge who had died 15/08/1787, he had been advised that he was entitled to 1/8th of the produce of Bezaleel Hodge's estate until 1804, to an estate known as Simia [?] Farm on Tortola and to 1/3rd of all Hodge's slaves and chattels. He left 1/2 his share of the arrears on the Hermitage estate on Antigua rented to Rev. James Coull to his sister Ruth widow of William Atkinson of Dominica, and 1/4 each to George Martin and Samuel Martin, the sons of his worthy kinsman Hon. Henry Martin 'of this island' [later identified - oddly - as his brothers] together with the £5000 left to his wife by her father and allegedly misappropriated by Bezaleel Hodge's executors.


Sources

Will of George Leonard Judge of HM Court of Admiralty, Tortola, PROB 11/1333/124.

Further Information

Spouse
Frances Hodge

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1799 [EA] - 1799 [LA] → Heir-at-law
Hermitage Estate [ Antigua ]

In his will proved in 1799 George Leonard left arrears of rent from Hermitage which was under lease to Rev. James Coull. Leonard's father-in-law Bezaliel Hodge had left an unnamed estate on Antigua to his daughter Frances Leonard and her husband George in 1789.

Relationships (1)

George Leonard
Son-in-law → Father-in-law
Bezaliel Hodge
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