Capt. Stephen Greenleaf, Sr.

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The Greenleaf family originally came from Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The Greenleafs migrated on the Mary and John in 1634 from England as part of the Puritan Migration.

Read here for Wikipedia entry for Stephen Greenleaf (1628 -1690): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Greenleaf

Stephen Greenleaf was one of the 9 original purchaser of Nantucket Island.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Greenleaf-90

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'Stephen Greenleaf,

Captain Stephen Greenleaf, Sr. was the son of Captain Edmund Jr. and Sarah (Moore) Greenleaf. He was baptized on September 29, 1628 at St Margaret's Church in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. He arrived in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts aboard the MARY and JOHN in 1634 at age 6.

Stephen Greenleaf died on 1 December 1690 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Nouvelle France, now Canada, at age 62. He drowned. The Newbury vital records say "cast on shore at Capbreton coming from Canada and all lost."
Parents: Edmund Greenleaf and Sarah Moore.

Married first: Elizabeth Coffin, daughter of Tristram Coffin and Dionis Stevens, on 13 November 1651 in

Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Married second: Esther Weare on 31 March 1679 in Hampton, Province of New Hampshire, now Rockingham County, She was the widow of Capt. Benjamin Swett.

Children of Stephen Greenleaf and Elizabeth Coffin:

• 1. Stephen Greenleaf b. 15 Aug 1652, d. 13 Oct 1743
• 2. Sarah Greenleaf b. 29 Oct 1655, d. 26 Feb 1707/8
• 3. Daniel Greenleaf b. 17 Feb 1656/57, d. 5 Dec 1659
• 4. Elizabeth Greenleaf b. 5 Apr 1660, d. date unknown
• 5. John Greenleaf b. 21 Jun 1662, d. 24 Jun 1734
• 6. Samuel Greenleaf b. 30 Oct 1665, d. 6 Aug 1694
• 7. Tristram Greenleaf b. 11 Feb 1666/67, d. 16 Sep 1741
• 8. Edmund Greenleaf b. 10 May 1671, d. c 1740
• 9. Mary Greenleaf b. 6 Dec 1671, d. date unknown
• 10. Judith Greenleaf b. 23 Oct 1673, d. 19 Nov 1678

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Æ 62 Years, 3 Months, 21 Days - Lost at sea during the Phips Expedition against Port Royal during the Indian Wars while in active duty.

Captain Stephen Greenleaf, Sr. was the son of Captain Edmund Jr. and Sarah (Moore) Greenleaf. He was baptized on September 29, 1628 at St Margaret's Church in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. He arrived in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts aboard the MARY and JOHN in 1634 at age 6.

In 1670 he was appointed an Ensign in the Colonial Militia of Newbury. He was a representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1676 to 1686. He was raised to the rank of Lieutenant in 1685. In 1686 he was raised to the rank of Captain of the Newbury Militia and went to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to fight in the disastrous Phips Expedition against Port Royal in the Indian Wars. Captain Greenleaf, along with nine other men, were wrecked in a vessel during the siege of Port Royal, and all hands were drowned. It is not known whether their bodies were ever recovered. There are no records that would indicate that they were recovered.

Æ 62 Years, 3 Months, 21 Days - Lost at sea during the Phips Expedition against Port Royal during the Indian Wars while on active duty.

In 1670 he was appointed an Ensign in the Colonial Militia of Newbury. He was a representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1676 to 1686. He was raised to the rank of Lieutenant in 1685. In 1686 he was raised to the rank of Captain of the Newbury Militia and went to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to fight in the disastrous Phips Expedition against Port Royal in the Indian Wars. Captain Greenleaf, along with nine other men, were wrecked in a vessel during the siege of Port Royal, and all hands were drowned. It is not known whether their bodies were ever recovered. There are no records that would indicate that they were recovered.

GEDCOM Note

After coming to Newbury, MA with his parents he lived there for the rest of his life. Captain of the Quebec Expedition in 1690 and drowned in ship wreck on the way home. "Captain John March, Captain Stephen Greenleaf, Lieutenant James Smith, Ensign William Longfellow, and Ensign Lawrence Hart, of Newbury, Captain Philip Nelson, of Rowley, and Captain Daniel King, of Salem, were among the officers commissioned for service in the expedition to Canada under the command of Sir William Phips." (History of Newbury, MA)
National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars, 1950; "Appointed Ensign of Company of Newbury, 1670., Lieut., 1685. Dep. to General Court of Mass., Aug 9, 1671. Capt,. 1689-90, in disastrous Expedition to Canada, and drowned at Cape Breton, Oct 31, 1690."

References

• “Early Settlers of Nantucket. Chapter Vl. Stephen Greenleaf, with some account of his father, Edmund Greenleaf ”. (document attached)
• http://www.gulbangi.com/5families-o/p256.htm#i6390
• HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 486
• (1st) http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/cMarriagesG.shtml "(GREENLEAFE (Greenleaf)) Steven, and Elizabeth Coffin, Nov. 13, 1651"
• (2nd) http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/cMarriagesG.shtml "(GREENLEAFE (Greenleaf)) Steven, Ens., and Esther Swett, Mar. 31, 1679"
• http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/cDeathsG.shtml "(GREENLEAF (Greenlef, Grenleife)) Stephen, Capt., sr. ["cast on shore at Capbratoon coming from Canada and all lost. " S. dup.], Dec. 1, 1690."

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• Arrival: (1638 — Age: 10) Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Marriage to Elizabeth Coffin: (13 Nov 1651 — Age: 23) Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Marriage to Hester Esther Weare: (31 Mar 1679 — Age: 50) Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Androscoggin, Maine, USA
• Residence: Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: USA
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