THE GREENLEAF LINE
When Michael was a
baby, Nanna sent me this list for a possible DAR (Daughters of the American
Revolution information/application. I
had trouble trying to make information fit and it never would. I think that I now have the list correct.
NANNA’S
LIST
Edmund Greenleaf
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Born 1574 Came to America from
England in 1635 (BOSTON)
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Stephen Greenleaf
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Born 1628 England (NEWBURY ESSEX)
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John Greenleaf
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Born 1662 America (NEWBURY ESSEX)
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Born 1690 Died 1729 married
Sarah Moody
John had no David—had Daniel born in 1690 (NEWBURY
ESSEX)
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David
Greenleaf
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Someone was missing here Born 1721 married
Sarah Lamson
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Born 1753 fought in Revolutionary War married Polly Bridges
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Sarah Greenleaf
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Born 1794 married Joseph Berry
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Mary Berry
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Born 1812 married Benjamin
Blanchard
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Henry Blanchard
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Born about 1830 married Susan
Jane Norcross
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Harry Blanchard
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Born about 1866 married
Harriet Louise Skinner
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Helen Blanchard
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Born 2/22/1891 married Herbert
George Leadbeater 11/12/1913
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Herbert B Leadbeater
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Born 7/28/1917 married Mary Elaine
Parquette
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Judith Leadbeater
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I haven’t
been into the information on the first two (if there is much information) so I’ll just list them for now
Stephen or John Greenleaf
(1510 - ) 12th great
grandfather
John Greenleaf
(1542 - 1592) son of Stephen or John Greenleaf 11th great grandfather
EARLY GREENLEAF FAMILY From all that can be gathered, it is believed that the
ancestors of the Greenleaf family were Huguenots, who left France on account of
their religious principles, sometime in the course of the sixteenth century,
and settled in England. The name was,
probably, translated from the French Fuillevert.
Copied from [A GENEALOGY OF THE GREENLEAF
FAMILY – JONATHAN GREENLEAF. April 1854]
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| Huguenots Cross |
The list below
is the direct line and they have been researched and should be accurate. The
included aunts, uncles and cousins should be fairly accurate but I haven’t
checked everything out yet.
Edmund Greenleaf (Capt)
Your 10th great
grandfather
Death 24 Mar 1671 in ◘ Boston, Middlesex,
Mass, USA Find A Grave Memorial# 74658027
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| Suffolk England location |
NOTES
Came
to New England before 1638 and settled at Newbury, Mass.; was freeman 13 Mar
1639 and the same year appointed Ensign of the Company at Newbury and permitted
to keep a house of entertainment [tavern]. In 1642 he was Lieutenant and was
appointed "to end small business in Newberry;" in 1647 he was, at his
own request, discharged from his military office, and later moved to Boston
where his wife Sarah died 18 Jan 1663; he married secondly another Sarah. She
died at Boston in 1671.
EDMUND GREENLEAF
Edmund Greenleaf, who is named … as the
common ancestor, was born in the parish of Brixham, and county of Devonshire,
near Torbay, in England, about the year 1600.
He married Sarah Dole, and had several children born in England. In the year 1635, he came to America with his
family, and settled in Newbury, Mass. He
lived near “Old Town Bridge” where for some years he kept a tavern. He was by trade a silk-dyer. About the year
1650 he removed to Boston where he buried his wife and afterwards married a
Widow Hill, who had several children by a former husband. This marriage was rather an unhappy one. In
the early part of 1671, Mr Greenleaf died.
His will, a very curious document,
written, as is supposed, by himself, was proved Feb 12, 1671, and is recorded
in the Probate Records in Boston, in the volume for 1669 to 1674, page 112.
Copied from [A GENEALOGY OF THE
GREENLEAF FAMILY – JONATHAN GREENLEAF. April 1854]
Spouses and Children
10th
great grandmother
ELIZABETH GREENLEAF Elizabeth Greenleaf was the daughter
of Edmund Greenleaf and sister of Stephen…. In 1642 she married Giles Badger
and had one son, John, born June 30, 1643. JOHN BADGER This
John was twice married; by his second wife, Hannah Swett, he had a son,
Nathaniel, who removed to Norwich, Conn.
And is the ancestor of Rev Milton Badger, D.D., Cor. Sec. of the Am. Home Miss.
Soc. Giles Badger died July 10, 1647,
and on Feb 16, 1648, his widow was married to Richard Browne, by whom she had
five children, and was again left a widow in 1661, and as such is mentioned in
her father’s will as his “daughter Browne, Widow.” She resided in Newbury. Copied from [A GENEALOGY
OF THE GREENLEAF FAMILY – JONATHAN GREENLEAF. April 1854]
·
Judith Greenleaf –SOMERBY-COFFIN (1625-1705) Find A Grave Memorial# 5919898 (m. 1644 Henry Somerby m. 1653 Tristram
Coffin [Deacon]Find A Grave Memorial#
20630324)
JUDITH GREENLEAF The eldest daughter of Edmund Greenleaf…. She was born in England about the year 1628,
and in 1644, at the age of 16, was married to Henry Somerby, of Newbury, a
tailor, by whom she had four children. Mr. Somerby died in 1652, and on march
2, in the following year, Mrs Somerby married Tristram Coffin Jr, who had been
an apprentice to her first hudband. By this marriage she had eleven children,
who are the ancestors of the Coffins in New England. Mrs Coffin died at Newbury, Dec 15, 1705. Copied from [A GENEALOGY OF THE
GREENLEAF FAMILY – JONATHAN GREENLEAF. April 1854]
Stephen Greenleaf Sr (Capt)
9th great grandfather
Death 1 Dec 1690 in At Sea off Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada on disastrous Phips Expedition against Port Royal in the
Indian Wars. Captain Greenleaf, along with 9 other men, were wrecked
NOTES
MILITARY King Philip’s War 1688-1697. In 1686
raised to Captain of Newbury Militia and went to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
STEPHEN GREENLEAF Stephen Greenleaf was the only son of
Edmund, the common ancestor, of whom we have any account. He was born in England, in 1630, and at the
age of 5 years came to America with his father. He resided in Newbury until his
death. In 1651 he married Elizabeth
Coffin, the daughter of Tristram Coffin Sr, by whom he had 10 children. His wife died Nov 19, 1678m and in March
following he married Mrs Esther Swett, He
was a captain of the militia and as such went to Cape Breton, in the Indian
wars, and was there wrecked in a vessel and drowned, in company of 9 others, on
Dec 1, 1690, at the age of 60 years. His second wife outlived him, dying in
Newbury, Jan 16, 1718, aged 89. Mr. Greenleaf was a religious man, a member of
the First Congregational Church in Newbury, to which he was admitted Dec 6,
1674. Copied from [A GENEALOGY OF THE GREENLEAF FAMILY –
JONATHAN GREENLEAF. April 1854]
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN
Find A
Grave Memorial# 91775536
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Stephen Greenleaf Jr (Capt) (1652-1743) Find A Grave Memorial# 25830256 (m. 1676 Elizabeth Gerrish Find A
Grave Memorial# 65487327 m 1713 Hannah Unknown)
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Sarah Greenleaf -DOLE (1655-1718) Find A Grave
Memorial# 8953434 (m.
1677 Richard Dole Find A Grave Memorial# 6879049)
John Greenleaf
8th great grandfather
Death 24 May 1734 in ◘ Newbury, Essex,
Mass US Find A Grave Memorial#
65598253
Copied from [A GENEALOGY OF THE
GREENLEAF FAMILY – JONATHAN GREENLEAF. April 1854] JOHN GREENLEAF
1663-1734 John
Greenleaf was the 2md son of Stephen Greenleaf Sr and Elizabeth Coffin his
wife, who lived to marry and was born at Newbury Jun 2, 1662, abd resided in
Newbury until his death. He was twice married, first to Elizabeth Hills and
second to Mrs Lydia Pierce, the widow of Benjamin Pierce Esq and sister of Maj
Charles Frost of Kittery ME. By his 1st
marriage he had 10 children, six sons and four daughters. He was admitted to the First Congregational
Church in Newbury, with hi 1st wife, on Jan 31, 1696. Mr. Greenleaf died May 24, 1734 at the age of
72. His second wife survived him, dying May 13th, 1752, aged 78. He
was buried near the north corner of the “Old town” meeting-house. The present house of worship occupying that
site, probably covers his grave. [see Notes 9 to 16 and from 81 to 93]
SPOUSES AND CHILSREN
Copied from [A GENEALOGY OF THE
GREENLEAF FAMILY – JONATHAN GREENLEAF. April 1854] The three eldest children of John Greenleaf Sr. were
daughters, viz; Elizabeth, Jane and Judith.
Judith died in infancy, and of Elizabeth and Jane nothing is known. He had another daughter, Martha, born in
1699, who married a Mr Gage of Newbury.
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John Greenleaf (Hon) (1692-1760) Find A Grave
Memorial# 41178184
(m. 1713 Abigail Moody m. 1719 Sarah Smith)
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Benjamin GREENLEAF (1701-1783) Find A Grave
Memorial# 6892872
(m. 1724 Ann Woodbridge m. 1726 Abigail Moody)
Daniel Greenleaf
7th great grandfather
Copied from [A GENEALOGY OF THE
GREENLEAF FAMILY – JONATHAN GREENLEAF. April 1854] DANIEL GREENLEAF
1690-1729 Daniel
Greenleaf, the eldest of John Sr resided in Newbury. He followed the sea and
was drowned on Newbury bar in January or February 1729. He married Mary
Moody [SOURCE Family History Library,
Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0886202 item 3 indicates marriage to Sarah Moody.
Sarah had a sister Mary but I don’t find any information on her] and had buried 3 young children
before his death leaving 4 when he died; 2 sons, David and Jonathan, and 2
daughters—Elizabeth, who married Moses Pearson, of Byefield, [SOURCE Family History Library,
Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0886202 item 3.indicates a marriage to Ebenezer
Choate] and Sarah, who married Isaac
Johnson [SOURCE Family History
Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0496782.indicates marriage to Moses
Pearson]. His wife had a daughter born a few months after his death who
died in infancy.
SPOUSE
AND CHILDREN
[SOURCE Family
History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0886202 item 3.]
Martha Greenleaf-JOHNSON (1715-1788) (m. 1733 Isaac Johnson) [SOURCE Family History Library,
Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0886202 item 3 INDICATES Isaac Johnson married
Martha]
Jane Greenleaf (1717-1717) INFANT
Sarah Greenleaf -PEARSON (1719-1792) (m. 1739 Moses Pearson)
David Greenleaf (1721-1785) 6th great
grandfather
Jonathan Greenleaf (1723-1807) Find A Grave Memorial# 11856748 (m. 1744 Mary Presby) Find A Grave Memorial# 11856769
Mary Greenleaf (1729-1764) 34 YEARS OLD – NEVER MARRIED
OTHERS SOURCES FOR DANIEL ETC NEED TO BE FOUND. JONATHAN GREENLEAF’S INFORMATION DOESN’T SEEM
TO HOLD AND OTHER INFORMATION DOESN’T CORRELATE. THE LAST OF THE CHILDREN ARE BORN AFTER THE
DATE OF SARAH’S DEATH
David Greenleaf
6th great grandfather
SHORT BIO
David
Greenleaf, eldest son of Daniel of Newbury, and grandson of John Sr, was born
in Newbury, July 25, 1721. He resided for some years in Boston; was a man of
considerable property, and at one time held the office of Town Treasurer. He afterwards became poor, and removed to
Newburyport, where he died in June, 1785, at the age of sixty-four years. He married Sarah Lamson, and had one child
only, viz: Daniel. [page 93 A genealogy of the Greenleaf family 1854]
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
During the Revolutionary War David Greenleaf
lived at Bolton, Mass, and was absent from home much of the time in the
service. His military record as given in the Greenleaf Genealogy is as
follows:--
“Private, May 12, 1777’ five weeks, Capt
Jabez Hatch’s Co., Boston Regt. Guarding stores at and about Boston, by order
of Council, May 12, 1777, under Maj Gen Hatch, commanded by Maj Andrew Symmes.
[Mass. Muster and Pay Rolls, Vol XX, p 3]
Enlisted July 30, 1778; discharged Sept 13,
1778. Private, one month, fifteen days, Capt. Manasseh Sawyer’s Co, 2nd
Worcester Regt., Col Josiah Whitney. Rhode Island Campaign [Mass Arch Muster
Rolls Vol XXII p 207]
Enlisted Private July 28 to Nov 1, 1780. Capt
Thomas Brintnall’s Co, Col Cyprian Howe’s Regt Rhode Island Island Campaign.
Raised for three months to reinforce Continental Army [Mass Arch Muster Rolls
Vol Xvii p 83
The second Worcester regiment of militia,
commanded by Col Joshiah Whitney of Harvard, was one of those detailed for the
Rhode Island campaign, and was engaged for one month and fifteen days from
August 1, 1778. Captain Manesseh
Sawyer’s company of this regiment number sixty-four rank and file, belonging to
Lancaster, Harvard and Bolton. It
roster, found in Massachusetts Archives,
XXII, 207
SPOUSE AND CHILD
Sarah Lamson
(1726-1753) 6th great grandmother
Daniel
Greenleaf (1753-1831) 5th great grandfather
Daniel Greenleaf
5th great grandfather
Daniel Greenleaf, the only child of David, of Newburyport, was born
there in 1753. He was at sea for some
little time during the war of Revolution, and was once a prisoner. When he was
over thirty years of age he married Polly Bridges, and had six children.
About the year 1800, Mr. Greenleaf removed from Newburyport to the town
of Rumford in Maine, where he died in 1839 at the age of eighty-six. Two sons, William and Charles, are living
unmarried now, (1854), both over sixty years of age. Sarah, the eldest daughter, married Joseph
Berry, and had deceased. Mary, the
second daughter, is living, the wife of Stephen Ethridge; James B, the youngest
son, married Sybil Goddard, and has none children. . [page 93 A genealogy of
the Greenleaf family 1854]
SPOUSE AND CHILDREN
Polly Bridges (1764-1836) 5th
great grandmother
Sarah Lamson Greenleaf -BERRY
4th great grandmother
Death 14 Nov 1836
No Bio information found yet
SPOUSE & CHILDREN
Joseph Berry 1789-1831 (m. 1812) 4th
great grandfather
Mary A Berry -BLANCHARD-LANG (1812 -
1831) daughter of
Sarah Lamson Greenleaf –BERRY 3rd
great grandmother
Henry Fiske Blanchard (1838 - 1917) son of Mary A Berry -BLANCHARD-LANG 2nd great grandfather
Harry Herbert Blanchard (1867 - 1946) son of Henry Fiske Blanchard great grandfather
Helen Muriel Blanchard -LEADBEATER
(1891 - 1989) daughter
of Harry Herbert Blanchard grandmother
Herbert Blanchard Leadbeater (1917 -
1998) son of Helen
Muriel Blanchard –LEADBEATER father
