Leonard Lispenard

Col. Leonard Lispenard (December 14, 1714 – February 20, 1790) was a New York City merchant, politician and landowner.

[2] He was the eldest son of six children born to Anthony Lispenard (1683–1758) and Elizabeth Huygens De Kleyn (b.

[9][10] He was a member of New York City's revolutionary committees that seized control of the city after the American Revolutionary War broke out, and he led a small contingent of militia that seized a British supply ship in the harbor.

[11] He entertained George Washington when he was en route toward Boston to take command of the Continental Army in June 1775.

Together, they were the parents of three children:[6] After the death of his father-in-law, Anthony Rutgers, he was the owner of his estate, thereafter known as "Lispenard Meadow.