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  • ID: I7569
  • Name: Israel Greenleaf 1
  • Sex: M
  • Change Date: 23 MAR 2001
  • Birth: 22 DEC 1764 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts 1 2
  • Death: 01 JUN 1847 in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1
  • Note:

    Served in the United States Army, after which he purchased 750 acres of land near the Unadilla River, in Chenango County, New York, which he afterwards sold to his father, and removed to Pennsylvania and purchased land near Wellsburg, where he went into the millwright business. He was a powerful man, six feet two inches high, broad shoulders, full chest, high forehead, large blue eyes, full, plump, handsome face, commanding appearance and lofty bearing. In powers of endurance he yielded to none, save "Old General Putnam." As an example of his great strength, it was said of him he would go into the Laurel Mountain alone, carry all his tools and provisions, and in fourteen or fifteen days raise the stones out of the quarry, and complete them for the mill or grinding. May have been born on 29 Jan 1765. 3




    Father: Israel Greenleaf b: 29 MAR 1734 in Bolton, Worcestor County, Massachusetts
    Mother: Prudence Whitcomb b: 29 OCT 1735 in Lancaster, Worcestor County, Massachusetts

    Marriage 1 Sally Hoadly
    • Married: APR 1785 1
    Children
    1. Has No Children Sarah Greenleaf b: 24 NOV 1786
    2. Has Children David Greenleaf b: 31 DEC 1788
    3. Has Children Betsey Greenleaf b: 27 MAY 1791
    4. Has No Children Polly Greenleaf b: 15 NOV 1794
    5. Has No Children Sophia Greenleaf b: 10 MAR 1796
    6. Has No Children William Greenleaf b: 02 JAN 1799

    Sources:
    1. Title: Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family
      Abbrev: Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family
      Author: Greenleaf, James Edward
      Publication: Frank Wood, Printer, Boston, Massachusetts, 1896
      Page: 226
    2. Title: Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (CD-ROM: 1999 Search & ReSearch Publishing Corp.)
      Abbrev: Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts
      Author: Compiler: Unknown compiler
      Publication: Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1910
      Page: 35
    3. Title: Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family
      Abbrev: Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family
      Author: Greenleaf, James Edward
      Publication: Frank Wood, Printer, Boston, Massachusetts, 1896
      Page: 107
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