GENEALOGY OF THE Greenleaf Family COMPILED BY JAMES EDWARD GREENLEAF. " l}); Mctf) tl)e name atone de,scend,s ; •lour f)onor on iour,sdf depend5." -Gay. BOSTON: FRANK WOOD, PRINTER, 352 WASHINGTON STREET. 1896. COPYRIGHT BY JAMES E, GREENLEAF, 18g6. All rigkts reservtd. CONTENTS. PREFACE v. INTRODUCTION xi. NEWBURY, MASS. NOTES . 63, 49o PERSONAL HISTORY 71 MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE 161 GENEALOGY 190 UNCONNECTED F AMlLIES 47 2 NEWBURY RECORDS 493 IPSWICH RECORDS 494 HAVERHILL RECORDS 495 BOSTON RECORDS 495 GOVERNORS OF MASSACHUSETTS 501 ERRATA 502 ADDENDA 503 GENERAL INDEX 513 ILLUSTRATIONS. FRONTISPIECE OLD GARRISON HousE IN NEWBURY CAPT. STEPHEN GREENLEAF, JR. 8c PAINTED 1722. REV, DANIEL GREENLEAF • 82 FROM PORTRAIT BY COPLEY. HON. WILLIAM GREENLEAF 90 FROM PORTRAIT BY BLACKBURN. MARY (BROWN), WIFE OF HON. WILLIAM GREENLEAF FROM PORTRAIT DY BL.ACKBURN. JoHN GREENLEAF, SON OF HoN. WILLIAM GREE:l\'LEAF IO0 JAMES GREENLEAF, SON OF HoN. WILLIAM GREENLEAF IOI FROM PORTRAIT BY STUART. REBECCA, DAUGHTER OF HON. WILLIAM GREENLEAF, AND WIFE OF DR. NOAH \VEBSTER IOI SILHOlJRT'l'E, JEREMIAH GREENLEAF II4 PROFESSOR SIMON GREENLEAF 137 BENJAMIN GREENLEAF PREFACE. HE custom of prefacing books with introductory remarks, or explanations,-which the author desires to bring to the T notice of the reader,-is a pleasant way of saying, "Pause, before you pass the threshold 'of this house : it con­ tains many things which you should behold understandingly; and although the door stands wide open for you to enter therein, a cordial greeting awaits you, the guests are already assembled, and you are to take possession, I stand here to make the transfer, and we will, if you please, enter together. As we wander about its hospitable halls, let us view kindly any imperfections we may discover, the better to enjoy the work as a whole." With this metaphor, I frankly state that the sense of freedom as we enter the door is to me refreshing: because of the oppor­ tunity it gives for personal expression,-a feeling of latitude, enough to set forth all that is required for a clear understanding by the reader of my aim and purpose in preparing this book, and that he may know the path I took in the intricate labyrinth of research; and also to know of some of those to whom I owe and sincerely render my acknowledgments. My copy of the "Genealogy of the Greenleaf family, by Jonathan Greenleaf, of Brooklyn, N. Y., printed for the use of the family, 1854," has, in the handwriting of my honored father, the late Rev. P. H. Greenleaf, D.D., the inscription, "James Edward Greenleaf, from his Affect. Father, June, 1854-" The perusal of its pages awakened an interest which led me to the habit of gathering, from time to time, all items of family interest that would come in my way. These fragments, whether of his­ tory, or data of birth, marriage or death, being carefully pre­ served, necessarily formed a large accumulation in the forty years which now have passed. How and when to utilize them for family use has been an interesting problem. The busy life of an active man in daily toil and struggle,-the experience of most of us,-gave me no opportunity to enter upon the task of compiling and putting (v) vi PREFACE. in proper order all the material I had, and adding thereto by a systematic research matter for a " full, reliable, and complete " work; and therefore, content with what I had, I bided my time, in patient anticipation. At last the way was opened, in a truly unexpected manner, through the door of an illness, which com­ pelled me to abandon business for a time. I commenced late in September, 1892, "assembling the rank and file, and calling the roll of those present and absent." By Jan. 11 1893 1 the material was in an orderly condition; I was then looking to an early publication of the book. I sent a circular in July of that year to some eight hundred of our family, who are scattered through­ out the length and breadth of the land. The replies showed ap­ preciation of the idea, and readiness to co-operate and render assistance in the fulfillment of the enterprise. Gladly would I publish a list of these correspondents, as a tribute of gratitude, if I could by so doing give expression to my sentiments to all who have aided in many ways, as by search­ ing records of the archives of town, counties, and state, etc. Miss Marion Constance, daughter of Dr. Richard Cranch Greenleaf, of Lenox, Mass., kindly sent me photographs from portraits which have enabled me to give the illustrations of the early ancestors, and which add so mi{ch to the interest of the book. To Levi Greenleaf, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, formerly of Lewiston, now of Portland, Maine, I am especially indebted for assistance in presenting the descendants of Joseph, the son of Stephen, son of Stephen, Jr., a branch omitted from Chart XXIII. of the book published in 1854, and of which my collection was fragmentary, unconnected, and seemingly hope­ lessly obscure. He has generously given largely of his valuable time, and most faithfully pursued and followed out to a conclu­ sion the various, and somewhat at times mythlike, clues in the line of genealogical chains, until at last is presented a record of rare fullness and completion. The venerable and honored John Greenleaf, of Wiscasset, Maine, was one of my first correspondents with reference to this branch of the family. Another, whose kind assistance I shall ever hold in felicitous regard, is the Rev. Ebenezer Green­ leaf Parsons, son of Captain Jotham and Olive (Greenleaf) Parsons, and now residing in Derry, N. H., to whom my grate- PREFACE. vii ful acknowledgments are given for the elaborate record of the descendants of Olive and Thankful, daughters, and Ebenezer, son of Stephen and Mary (Knight) Greenleaf. Clement A. Greenleaf, of Indiana, aided me materially, besides giving information of his own family by sending a large collection of names and addresses throughout the South and West as far as the Pacific Slope. To Marshall Vv. Wood, A.M., M.D., Major and Surgeon United States Army, I am indebted for the very interesting sketch of Major-General Daniel Gooking. These and many more kincl friends have increased the numbers whose record the pages of the Genealogy bears. It is a vast throng. A clergyman who called on me and saw the well­ laden desk, chairs, yes, and floor, too, covered with leaves of record, remarked, "Well, sir, with such surroundings, and the shades of the departed they must call forth to appear before you, you are not likely to feel lonesome," -a sentiment with which I was in hearty accord ; and if ever a person may be said to desire an interview with those who have gone hence,- to lift the veil and ask for this, that, or the other member of the family to come forth and explain,-it is the genealogist who is in a strait for reconcilation of conflicting returns he has received ; and he who comes forward in time of need, is really a friend indeed. At one such period I received reply to a letter of inquiry which led to a correspondence with Mr. William F. J. Boardman, of Hartford, Conn. :Mr. Boardman married Jane Maria, daughter of Dr. Charles and Electa (Toocker) Greenleaf. I cannot convey by writing the appreciation I have of his letters, without prolixity, which would pass beyond limits of indulgence. Let it suffice that I am indebted to him greatly for suggestions, timely, and of much value, in developing the ideal which I had set up as my standard for accuracy in data and correctness in statement of historical fact, also for family records of the descendants of Dr. Daniel Greenleaf in the line of Dr. Charles, of Chart XVI. In the summer of 1893, my brother, Lieut.-Col. Charles R. Greenleaf, Deputy Surgeon General United States Army, Went abroad by order of the Secretary of War as a delegate to represent the United States at the Medical Congress. On his return, being in England, he visited Ipswich, for the purpose of examining the records of the parish of " St. Mary la Tours," viii PREFACE. where he found the date of baptism of our common ancestor, Edmund Greenleaf, and of Enoch, his son. It is there that the names of other children of Edmund may be found; and had time permitted, it is possible that further investigation might have revealed the earlier history of our ancestors when they came over from France, and perhaps a glimpse of whence they fled from their cruel persecutors. These are beyond my power to disclose, for the present, at least. In the summer of 1894 my nephew, Prof. Ernest A. Cong­ don, of the Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, while in London, England, made research in the archives of State papers, 1534- 1674, examining among others the "Calendar," of 4 volumes (Colonial), and the "Calendar" of State papers, 44 volumes, 1635-1668 (Domestic). These and all previous researches by their negative value give strength to the tradition of the HUGUENOT ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY; but it remains for the future historian or antiquary to supply the authentic record of descent. This I had hoped to have done, and had prepared a paper on the Huguenots, which, to incorporate in these pages with our present incomplete information, would appear premature and out of place. So, likewise, I regard the subject of " FAMILY Co AT OF ARMS." At least three are claimed in different branches of our family.