we know, as being a, That the Leonard Abington who came to Ringstead is the one listed in A Musical Directory for the Year 1794 as his father had died only some three years after Leonard birth, over 1766, Of typhus fever. His mum was a widow for 56 years, Although she 'enjoyed an adequate annuity', As her grandson lets us know later, Which came as a result of her husband's membership of the Royal Society of Musicians. on the other hand, His father's early death must have had an impact on the family unit for Leonard, the particular son, Was apprenticed as a wood carver to a furniture maker from age 12 for seven years, which had been also sponsored by the Society.

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