Five? How about Seven Johns (& a Michael, too)!

In an earlier post, I made an imprecise reference to John's nephew JB being the fifth successive generation to bear the moniker John Leonard. As pointed out in the comments section by Bentley's great aunt, JB's great, great, great grandfather was also John Leonard. While I always knew him referred to as Maurice, his first name was actually John. In fact, his father, Bentley's great, great, great, great grandfather, who was the first Leonard to arrive in the United States from Ireland (in 1869) was also John Leonard. And, to complete the circle, the original John Leonard from seven generations ago was the son of Michael Leonard! So, JB's paternal derivation of his name is as follows:

• Michael Leonard (1826-1882) great, great, great, great, great grandfather
• John Leonard (1850-1909) great, great, great, great grandfather
• John Maurice Leonard (1875-1901) great, great, great grandfather
• John William Leonard (1898-1941) great, great grandfather
• John (Jack) William Leonard (1923-2008) great grandfather
• John (J.) William (Bill) Leonard (1952- ) grandfather
• John William Leonard (1976-2007) uncle
• John Bentley Leonard (2012- )

A 162 years of successive John Leonards and counting!