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Leonard Bennett was a Methodist circuit rider.

Bennett was born in Dublin on July 16th, 1786. He converted to Methodism on June 16th, 1806, and emigrated to America the next year, arriving there on June 16th, 1807. He joined the Methodist travelling ministry on June 16th, 1810, being accepted on trial by the New England Conference. In 1810 he was assigned to the Unity Circuit in New Hampshire, and in 1811 the Bridgewater Circuit in the same state. In 1812 he was assigned to the Stanstead Circuit of Quebec, but was unable to travel there due to the War of 1812, and was thus reassigned to the Scarborough Circuit of Maine in 1813 and 1814. This was followed by the Poland Circuit in Maine in 1815, the Ashburnham Circuit of Massachusetts in 1816 and 1817, and the Toland Circuit in Connecticut in 1818 and 1819. After this, he spent 1820 and 1821 on the Wellfleet Circuit in Massachusetts, 1822 on the Chatham Circuit, 1823 on the Fairhaven Circuit, 1824 and 1825 on the Provincetown Circuit and 1826 on the Salisbury Circuit. In 1827 and 1828 he was on the Salem Circuit in New Hampshire, then the Popland Circuit in 1829 and 1830, the Rochester Circuit in 1831 and the Pembroke Circuit in 1832. He was superannuated in 1833 and remained so until he moved to Illinois in 1841, he died soon thereafter.