Hello Marvin Many Leonards have married into my Barrier/Berrier and Grimes family so I have a bit on Leonard.I am doing a cut and paste and hope this all comes thru. I have excerpts from the book and I have verified that a Valentine Leonard family was on the Neptune..according to shipping records authored by Strass. (Can someone help me out on the name of the three volumes?..I am having a senior moment.) John Paul "Valentine" Leonard b 13 Oct 1718 Bapt: 23 Oct 1718 Reformed Church Kazenbach Germany by Rev Gotthard Stein. Valentine was the son of Martin Leonard.Sponsors: John Paul Neuss and wife Anna Ottilia. Valentine Leonard d 13 Nov 1781 Rowan Co, NC m Elizabeth Wallacher b abt 1747 Northampton Co, PA d Davidson Co, NC. Valentine came to America on the ship Neptune from Rotterdam, Holland, 35 Oct 1746 with Thomas Wilkinson, Master. Removed to NC abt 1754. ( As I recall, the above follows the book you mentioned) However, Leonard researcher, Ray Haupt believes from his research that Valentine Leonard was the son of Michael Leonard. He mentions that the 1733 Easter Sunday confirmation records of the Rockenhausen Reformierte Lutheran Kirche refutes that Valentine was the son of Martin Leonard. Ray also found in the same 1733 confirmation class a record of Elizabetha Wallacher d/o Barnhardt Wallacher and Maria Margaretha Lamp Wallacher...Valentine's future wife. Eliz Wallacher was bapt June 2, 1718 in Obendorf..age 13, 11 months. http://www.geocities.com:80/Hearland/Lake/3234/MichaelLeonhardt.html Hope this helps Stephanie Marvin Leonard wrote: > > Posted on: Davidson County, NCGenWeb Query Forum > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Davidson/11840 > > Surname: Jacob Calvin Leonard, Valentine Leonard > ------------------------- > > I am trying to locate a copy of "The Centennial History of Davidson County, > North Carolina" written by Jacob Calvin Leonard. I think this book has > references to an ancestor of mine "Valentine Leonard" who is buried in > "Pilgrim Cemetery" in Lexington. Any help would be appreciated. > > ==== NCDAVIDS Mailing List ==== > Davidson County, North Carolina NCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdavids/