George Leonard (New Brunswick), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About George Leonard (New Brunswick)
- George Leonard (November 1742 – April 1, 1826) was a Canadian farmer from New Brunswick who served as alderman and chamberlain of Saint John.
- George was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the son of Nathaniel Leonard and Priscilla Rogers.
- He became a merchant in Boston and married Sarah Thatcher there in 1765.
- During the American Revolutionary War, he was a Loyalist and commanded a fleet of ships which raided coastal towns in 1779.
- He took his family to Canada when the British evacuated Boston in 1775.
- He settled in Parrtown (later Saint John) in 1783.
- In 1786, he was named superintendent of trade and fisheries at Canso, Nova Scotia.
- He served as a member of the Council for New Brunswick, serving until his death at Sussex Vale at the age of 83.
- He was also lieutenant colonel for the Kings County militia and quartermaster for the provincial militia.
- He founded the Masonic lodge at Saint John. His son George was a member of the provincial assembly.[1]
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