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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Some interesting GREENLEAFS



 

Another ancestor who served with George Washington

Moses (6) Greenleaf Esq (Capt) Your 1st cousin 7x removed

OFFICER UNDER GEORGE WASHINGTON 1779 6 Oct Age: 24

REVOLUTIONARY WAR -Valley Forge 10TH Reg (from death record & Masons card)






Moses Greenleaf Esq
Birth Date:                                                  19 May 1755
Age at Death:                                             57
Death Date:                                                18 Dec 1812
Cemetery:                                                  Lower Corner Cemetery
Burial Place:                                                New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States
URL:                                                             http://billiongraves.com/pages.

11th Massachusetts Regiment

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 11th Massachusetts Regiment was raised on September 16, 1776 under Colonel Ebenezer Francis at Boston, Massachusetts. The 11th Mass. would see action at the Battle of Hubbardton, Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Monmouth. The regiment was disbanded on January 1, 1781 at West Point, New York.
Colonel Ebenezer Francis was commanding officer of the 11th Massachusetts Regiment from November 6, 1776 until July 7, 1777, when he was killed at the Battle of Hubbardton. Colonel Benjamin Tupper was commanding officer from July 1, 1777 until January 1, 1781.
11th Massachusetts Regiment
Active                  September 16, 1776–January 1, 1781
Allegiance           Continental Congress of the United States
Branch                 Infantry
Part of                 Massachusetts Line
Engagements        American Revolutionary War
Disbanded          January 1, 1781

Valley Forge

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Valley Forge in Pennsylvania was the site of the military camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778 during the American Revolutionary War. It is approximately 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia.[1] Starvation, disease, and exposure killed nearly 2,500 American soldiers by the end of February 1778.[2]

U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783

National Archives Microfilm Publication
Name:                                                                                                                   Moses Greenleaf
Rank - Induction:                                                                                               Capt
Roll Box:                                                                                                             1
Roll State:                                                                                                            MA
Name:                                                                                                                   Moses Greenleaf
Rank - Induction:                                                                                               Captain
Roll Box:                                                                                                             42
Roll State:                                                                                                            MA



His sons because they’re so interesting.
David was talking about Simon the other night so I looked into the records I have. This is a very basic overview because he did so much

Simon (7) Greenleaf (Prof)(Hon) Your 2nd cousin 6x removed
Birth 05 Dec 1783 in Newburyport, Essex, MA, USA
Death 06 Oct 1853 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA
.In 1833, Greenleaf was named to the Royall professorship, and in 1846 succeeded Judge Joseph Story as Dane professor of law at Harvard University. Greenleaf contributed extensively to the development of Harvard Law School, including expansion of the Harvard Law Library. He was retained as chief counsel by the Warren Bridge group in the US Supreme Court case Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge 36 U.S. 420 (1837) where the case laid down the rule that public contracts must be construed in favor of states.
In 1848, Greenleaf retired from his active duties, and became professor emeritus. After being for many years president of the Massachusetts Bible Society, he died at Cambridge. Greenleaf's well-known work, a Treatise on the Law of Evidence, is considered a classic of American jurisprudence. Greenleaf prepared the original constitution of the Colony of Liberia.



Moses (7) Greenleaf Jr Your 2nd cousin 6x removed
Birth 17 Oct 1777 in Newportbury MA
Moses Greenleaf (1777-1834) was Maine’s pioneer mapmaker. An outspoken advocate of Maine statehood and economic development, he prepared his first map in 1815 [map 7] to accompany his demonstration that Maine deserved independence: A Statistical View of the District of Maine (Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1816). This map was the first to depict the interior lakes and rivers of Maine with any degree of accuracy. Greenleaf’s 1820 reissue — the first map of the State of Maine — shows improvements in the delineation of several features, including Moosehead Lake.