Descendants of Edmund Greenleaf


Generation No. 1

1.  EDMUND1 GREENLEAF was born 1600, and died 1671.  He married (1) SARAH JOURDAIN, daughter of IGNATIUS JOURDAIN and ELIZABETH BASKERVILLE.  She was born Abt. 1599 in Exeter, Devon, England, and died 1671 in Boston, Massachusetts.  He married (2) SARAH DOLE.  

Notes for EDMUND GREENLEAF:
--to Newbury, Massachusetts from England in 1635; kept a tavern and was by trade a silk-dyer; moved to Boston in 1650;of Brixham, County of Devon, near Torbay, England; it is thought his ancestors were French Hugenots;
	
Child of EDMUND GREENLEAF and SARAH DOLE is:
2.	i.	STEPHEN2 GREENLEAF, b. 1630; d. 1690, Cape Breton.


Generation No. 2

2.  STEPHEN2 GREENLEAF (EDMUND1) was born 1630, and died 1690 in Cape Breton.  He married (1) ELIZABETH COFFIN 13 Nov 1651 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, daughter of TRISTRAM COFFIN and DIONIS STEVENS.  She died 1678.  He married (2) ESTHER WEARE 1679, daughter of PETER WEARE.  She was born Abt. 1630, and died 1718.

Notes for STEPHEN GREENLEAF:
--drowned
	
Children of STEPHEN GREENLEAF and ELIZABETH COFFIN are:
	i.	DANIEL3 GREENLEAF.
3.	ii.	STEPHEN GREENLEAF, b. 1652; d. 1743.


Generation No. 3

3.  STEPHEN3 GREENLEAF (STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) was born 1652, and died 1743.  He married ELIZABETH GERRISH 1676, daughter of WILLIAM GERRISH and JOANNA LOWELL/GOODALE.  She was born 1654.
	
Child of STEPHEN GREENLEAF and ELIZABETH GERRISH is:
4.	i.	DANIEL4 GREENLEAF, b. 1680; d. 1763.


Generation No. 4

4.  DANIEL4 GREENLEAF (STEPHEN3, STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) was born 1680, and died 1763.  He married ELIZABETH GOOKIN 1701, daughter of SAMUEL GOOKIN and MARY.  She was born 1681.

Notes for DANIEL GREENLEAF:
--ordained at N Yarmouth, Massachusetts 1708; later a resident of Boston.
	
Child of DANIEL GREENLEAF and ELIZABETH GOOKIN is:
5.	i.	DANIEL5 GREENLEAF, b. 02 Nov 1702, Cambridge; d. 1795.


Generation No. 5

5.  DANIEL5 GREENLEAF (DANIEL4, STEPHEN3, STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) was born 02 Nov 1702 in Cambridge, and died 1795.  He married (1) DOLLY.    He married (2) SILENCE NICHOLS 1726, daughter of ISRAEL NICHOLS and MARY SUMNER.  She was born 04 Jul 1702 in Hingham, Massachusetts, and died 13 May 1761 in Bolton.

Notes for DANIEL GREENLEAF:
--to Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts--Doctor; of Bolton, formerly a part of Lancaster;
	
Children of DANIEL GREENLEAF and SILENCE NICHOLS are:
6.	i.	MARY6 GREENLEAF, d. 1783.
	ii.	TEN CHILDREN GREENLEAF.
7.	iii.	DAVID GREENLEAF, b. 1737; d. 1800.


Generation No. 6

6.  MARY6 GREENLEAF (DANIEL5, DANIEL4, STEPHEN3, STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) died 1783.  She married JOSEPH WHEELER 08 Jan 1761, son of JOSEPH WHEELER and ABIGAIL BUTTERFIELD.  He was born 13 Mar 1735, and died 10 Feb 1793 in Worcester.

Notes for MARY GREENLEAF:
--Mary was the ninth of the ten children of her father;
	
Children of MARY GREENLEAF and JOSEPH WHEELER are:
	i.	ELEVEN CHILDREN7 WHEELER.

Notes for ELEVEN CHILDREN WHEELER:
--all born in Harvard, except the last who was born in Worcester;

	ii.	ELIZABETH WHEELER, b. 31 Dec 1761; d. 18 Jul 1782.

Notes for ELIZABETH WHEELER:
--unmarried;

8.	iii.	MARY WHEELER, b. 07 Apr 1763, Harvard; d. 04 May 1799, Jamaica.
9.	iv.	THEOPHILUS WHEELER, b. 22 Dec 1764, Harvard; d. 14 Aug 1840, Worcester.
	v.	JOSEPH WHEELER, b. 27 Aug 1766; d. 21 Jan 1852, Dixfield, Maine; m. LUCY SUMNER, 13 Jan 1793; b. 24 Dec 1771; d. 10 Apr 1863.

Notes for JOSEPH WHEELER:
--a cabinet maker who became a farmer at Dixfield, Maine;

	vi.	DANIEL GREENLEAF WHEELER, b. 14 Mar 1768; d. 10 Dec 1847; m. (1) ELIZABETH DUPEE SWEETSER, 23 Sep 1799; d. 15 Dec 1800; m. (2) ELIZABETH GROSVENOR, 14 Nov 1802; d. 18 Aug 1803; m. (3) NANCY CLAPP, 1805.

Notes for DANIEL GREENLEAF WHEELER:
--the source is hard to interpret, but he may have been married three times, the third wife being Nancy Clapp, the daughter of William and Priscilla (Otis) Clapp of Scituate; -yes he married Nancy Clapp;  --all his children were by his third wife, Nancy Clapp;

10.	vii.	JOHN WHEELER, b. 17 May 1770; d. 03 Apr 1840, Dover, New Hampshire.
11.	viii.	MOSES WHEELER, b. 04 Apr 1772; d. 27 Mar 1838, Boston.
	ix.	CLARISSA WHEELER, b. 01 Feb 1774; d. 26 May 1844, Medford.

Notes for CLARISSA WHEELER:
--unmarried;

	x.	ABIGAIL WHEELER, b. 29 Feb 1776; d. 21 Feb 1846, Andover; m. LEONARD WOODS, Oct 1799; b. 19 Jun 1774, Princeton; d. 24 Aug 1854, Andover.

Notes for LEONARD WOODS:
--Reverand Doctor; of Andover;

	xi.	LEVI WHEELER, b. 22 Oct 1779; d. 08 Mar 1781, Worcester.
	xii.	SOPHIA WHEELER, b. 20 Jan 1782, Worcester; d. 08 Oct 1831, Danvers; m. SAMUEL WALKERS, 17 May 1807; b. 27 Jan 1779, Haverhill; d. 07 Jul 1826, Danvers.

Notes for SAMUEL WALKERS:
--Reverand; of Danvers;


7.  DAVID6 GREENLEAF (DANIEL5, DANIEL4, STEPHEN3, STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) was born 1737, and died 1800.  He married MARY JOHNSON 1763, daughter of STEPHEN JOHNSON and MARY KINNE.  She was born 1742.

Notes for MARY JOHNSON:
--perhaps daughter of Stephen and Mary (Kinne) Johnson of Norwich, Connecticut
	
Children of DAVID GREENLEAF and MARY JOHNSON are:
	i.	MARY7 GREENLEAF, b. 1764, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
12.	ii.	DAVID GREENLEAF, b. 1765; d. 1834.
	iii.	DANIEL GREENLEAF, b. 1767, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. 1842; m. ABIGAIL FORSYTH, 1791, New London, New London, Connecticut.
	iv.	SARAH GREENLEAF, b. 1769; d. 1792.
	v.	NANCY GREENLEAF, b. 1771.
	vi.	SUSANNA GREENLEAF, b. 1772; d. 1812.
	vii.	JOHN GREENLEAF, b. 1774; d. 1851.
	viii.	NABBY GREENLEAF, b. 1777; d. Died young.
	ix.	WILLIAM GREENLEAF, b. 1779.


Generation No. 7

8.  MARY7 WHEELER (MARY6 GREENLEAF, DANIEL5, DANIEL4, STEPHEN3, STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) was born 07 Apr 1763 in Harvard, and died 04 May 1799 in Jamaica.  She married EZRA WALDO WELD 24 Mar 1790, son of EZRA WELD and ANNA WELD.  He was born 1765.

Notes for MARY WHEELER:
--second of her father's eleven children;
	
Children of MARY WHEELER and EZRA WELD are:
	i.	JOSEPH WHEELER8 WELD, b. Feb 1791; d. 30 Jan 1811, Havana, Cuba.
	ii.	JOHN WELD, b. 28 Aug 1792; d. 28 Apr 1799, Kingston, Jamaica.
	iii.	ELIZABETH WELD, b. 21 Mar 1794.
	iv.	CAROLINE ELIZA WELD, b. 1796; d. 29 Apr 1836, Carthagena, S.A.; m. JAMES TOOSE.


9.  THEOPHILUS7 WHEELER (MARY6 GREENLEAF, DANIEL5, DANIEL4, STEPHEN3, STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) was born 22 Dec 1764 in Harvard, and died 14 Aug 1840 in Worcester.  He married ELIZABETH LYNDE 04 Apr 1790, daughter of JOSEPH LYNDE and MARY LEMMON.  She was born 01 Oct 1756, and died 07 Mar 1833.
	
Children of THEOPHILUS WHEELER and ELIZABETH LYNDE are:
	i.	SIX CHILDREN8 WHEELER.
	ii.	WILLIAM DUNCAN WHEELER, b. 24 May 1791; d. 23 Jun 1834; m. ELIZA C POOLE, 11 Jul 1833; b. 22 Jan 1805; d. 16 Nov 1893.
	iii.	CHARLES WHEELER, b. 10 Aug 1793; d. 07 Mar 1827.

Notes for CHARLES WHEELER:
--unmarried;

13.	iv.	HENRY WHEELER, b. 30 Sep 1795, Worcester; d. 11 Oct 1840.
	v.	HENRIETTA WHEELER, b. 30 Sep 1795; d. 14 Aug 1796.
	vi.	HARRIET WHEELER, b. 30 Jan 1797; d. 12 Apr 1818.

Notes for HARRIET WHEELER:
--died at 21;unmarried;

	vii.	MARY LYNDE WHEELER, b. 15 Apr 1799; d. 18 Jul 1834; m. WILLIAM JAMESON; b. 10 Jan 1790, Brookfield; d. 27 Aug 1866.

Notes for WILLIAM JAMESON:
--Jennison/Jameson;  descended from Robert who arrived in Watertown 1637;


10.  JOHN7 WHEELER (MARY6 GREENLEAF, DANIEL5, DANIEL4, STEPHEN3, STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) was born 17 May 1770, and died 03 Apr 1840 in Dover, New Hampshire.  He married (1) REBECCA HARRIS 12 Mar 1793, daughter of WILLIAM HARRIS and REBECCA MASON.  She was born 17 Apr 1770, and died 28 Jan 1804.  He married (2) ELIZABETH NEIL 17 Nov 1805.  She was born 25 Nov 1780, and died 06 Sep 1807.  He married (3) ELIZABETH CROSBY 05 Jun 1810, daughter of OLIVER CROSBY and RACHEL STICKNEY.  She was born 30 Jul 1782, and died 05 Jun 1857.

Notes for ELIZABETH NEIL:
--of Portsmouth;
	
Child of JOHN WHEELER and ELIZABETH NEIL is:
	i.	NO CHILDREN8 WHEELER.


11.  MOSES7 WHEELER (MARY6 GREENLEAF, DANIEL5, DANIEL4, STEPHEN3, STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) was born 04 Apr 1772, and died 27 Mar 1838 in Boston.  He married (1) FRANCES PORTER, daughter of JOHN PORTER and ELIZABETH LAMB.    He married (2) ELIZABETH PORTER 08 Nov 1807, daughter of JOHN PORTER and ELIZABETH LAMB.  
	
Child of MOSES WHEELER and FRANCES PORTER is:
	i.	ONE CHILD8 WHEELER.


12.  DAVID7 GREENLEAF (DAVID6, DANIEL5, DANIEL4, STEPHEN3, STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) was born 1765, and died 1834.  He married ANNA (NANCY) JONES 1787, daughter of RUFUS JONES and ANNE HARTSHORN.  She was born 1765.

Notes for ANNA (NANCY) JONES:
--perhaps daughter of Rufus and Anne (Hartshorn) Jones.
	
Children of DAVID GREENLEAF and ANNA JONES are:
	i.	TOTAL SEVEN CHILDREN8 GREENLEAF.
14.	ii.	DR CHARLES GREENLEAF, b. 02 Jun 1788, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 18 Dec 1843, Hartford, Connecticut.


Generation No. 8

13.  HENRY8 WHEELER (THEOPHILUS7, MARY6 GREENLEAF, DANIEL5, DANIEL4, STEPHEN3, STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) was born 30 Sep 1795 in Worcester, and died 11 Oct 1840.  He married MARY HOWE THAXTER 12 Jul 1826, daughter of BENJAMIN THAXTER and SARAH HOWE.  She was born 26 Sep 1793, and died 19 Nov 1874.
	
Child of HENRY WHEELER and MARY THAXTER is:
	i.	SIX CHILDREN9 WHEELER.


14.  DR CHARLES8 GREENLEAF (DAVID7, DAVID6, DANIEL5, DANIEL4, STEPHEN3, STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) was born 02 Jun 1788 in Hartford, Connecticut, and died 18 Dec 1843 in Hartford, Connecticut.  He married ELECTA TOOCKER 1808 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.  She was born 06 Oct 1791 in Hartford, Connecticut, and died 09 Apr 1864 in Hartford, Connecticut.
	
Children of DR GREENLEAF and ELECTA TOOCKER are:
	i.	TOTAL TWELVE CHILDREN9 GREENLEAF.
	ii.	CHARLES GREENLEAF, b. 01 Sep 1809.
	iii.	WILLIAM HENRY GREENLEAF, b. 06 Aug 1814.
15.	iv.	JANE MARIA GREENLEAF, b. 09 Aug 1835, Hartford, Connecticut; d. 20 Aug 1899.


Generation No. 9

15.  JANE MARIA9 GREENLEAF (DR CHARLES8, DAVID7, DAVID6, DANIEL5, DANIEL4, STEPHEN3, STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) was born 09 Aug 1835 in Hartford, Connecticut, and died 20 Aug 1899.  She married WILLIAM FRANCIS JOSEPH BOARDMAN 07 Jan 1852 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, son of WILLIAM BOARDMAN and MARY FRANCIS.  He was born 12 Dec 1828 in Wethersfield, Connecticut.

More About JANE MARIA GREENLEAF:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery
	
Child of JANE GREENLEAF and WILLIAM BOARDMAN is:
16.	i.	WILLIAM GREENLEAF10 BOARDMAN, b. 29 Jun 1853, Hartford, Connecticut.


Generation No. 10

16.  WILLIAM GREENLEAF10 BOARDMAN (JANE MARIA9 GREENLEAF, DR CHARLES8, DAVID7, DAVID6, DANIEL5, DANIEL4, STEPHEN3, STEPHEN2, EDMUND1) was born 29 Jun 1853 in Hartford, Connecticut.  He married ELIZA FOWLER ROOT 29 Oct 1874 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, daughter of HORATIO ROOT and ABIGAIL HUSSEY.  She was born 11 May 1853 in Hartford, Connecticut.
	
Children of WILLIAM BOARDMAN and ELIZA ROOT are:
	i.	FRANCIS WHITTIER11 BOARDMAN, b. 06 Apr 1876; d. 05 Apr 1885.
	ii.	CEDRIC ROOT BOARDMAN, b. 23 Jan 1886.
	iii.	DOROTHY ROOT BOARDMAN, b. 26 Apr 1889.