Daniel Leonard

Released In Exile
Date of birth:18. 05. 1740
Date of death:27. 06. 1829
Age:89† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1700s
State:Massachusetts
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Daniel Leonard

Biography

Daniel Leonard was a Massachusetts Loyalist lawyer. He was individually named in the 1778 Massachusetts Banishment Act. The law prohibited return and provided for removal of returning Loyalists. This record concerns legal exclusion after departure; it does not establish a prison term or date the original departure to 1778.

Case

Charges: Legal banishment as a named Loyalist under the Massachusetts Banishment Act
Sentence: Banishment and prohibition on return to Massachusetts

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