Elizabeth Greenleaf

Elizabeth Coffin

• Birth: Nov. 13, 1634 - Brixton Devon, England
• Death: Nov. 19, 1678 -Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Burial: First Parish Burying Ground Newbury Essex County Massachusetts, USA
• Parents: Tristram Coffin (1609 - 1681) and Dionis Stevens (1610 - 1684)
• Wife of Stephen Greenleaf, Sr. — married 13 Nov 1651 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Biography

Elizabeth was born Brixton, Plymouth, Devon, ENG. She was the wife of Stephen Greenleaf and the daughter of Tristram Coffin and Dionis Stephens.

Her father, Tristam Coffin, is considered the patriarch of Nantucket, and his beliefs and actions held considerable influence over the early colony.

Her husband, Stephen Greenleaf, was the son of Captain Edmund Jr. and Sarah (Moore) Greenleaf, was baptized on 10 Aug 1628 at St Margaret's Church in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.[1] He arrived in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts about 1634 at the age of 6.[2]

He married (1) Elizabeth Coffin on November 13, 1651 in Newbury with whom he had 10 children. He married (2) Mrs. Esther Weare Sweet on March 31, 1679. There were no children from this marriage.

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

Origins

References

• http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aMarriagesC.shtml "(COFFIN (Coffrin)) Elizabeth, and Steven Greenleafe, Nov. 13, 1651."
• http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aDeathsG.shtml "(GREENLEAF (Greenlef, Grenleife)) Elizabeth, w. Ens. Stephen, Nov. 19, 1678."
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=coffinfam...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coffin-140

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• Residence: (1602-1882) Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
• Arrival: (1642 — Age: 8) New England, USA
• Marriage to Stephen Greenleaf Capt: (13 Nov 1651 — Age: 17) Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: USA
  • Updated from Ancestry Genealogy by SmartCopy: Nov 29 2015, 2:01:50 UTC
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8953416
• “Early Settlers of Nantucket. Chapter Vl. Stephen Greenleaf, with some account of his father, Edmund Greenleaf ”. (document attached)