George Leonard (November 1742 – April 1, 1826) was a British Loyalist and Canadian farmer from New Brunswick who served as alderman and chamberlain of Saint John.
[1] George was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the son of Nathaniel Leonard and Priscilla Rogers.
He became a merchant in Boston selling "corn and flour" and married Sarah Thatcher there in 1765.
[1] During the American Revolutionary War, he was a Loyalist and first served under Lord Hugh Percy at the Battle at Lexington in April 1775.
After later falling out with British commanders after the 1782 defeat at Yorktown, VA, Leonard left the Revolutionary War.