Hepsibah Greenleaf
Sex: F
AKA: Hepsey Greenleaf
Individual Information
Birth: 17 May 1804 - Medford, Massachusetts 1
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Spouses and Children
1. *Gardner Fifield (Jan 1796 - )
Marriage: 28 Dec 1823 - Medford, Massachusetts 2
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Children:
1. George Gardner Fifield (1824- )
2. James Francis Fifield (1826-1907)
3. Frederick Ira Fifield (1828-1830) 3
4. Frederick Paul Fifield (1831- )
5. Georgiana Isabella Fifield (1836- )
6. Winslow Walker Fifield (1840- )
7. William E Fifield (1845- )
Jenny Greenleaf
Sex: F
AKA: Ginne Greenleaf
Individual Information
Birth: 24 May 1714 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 4
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Father: Daniel Greenleaf (Est 1680- )
Mother: Elizabeth (Est 1680- )
John Greenleaf
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Nov 1718 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 4
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Father: Daniel Greenleaf (Est 1680- )
Mother: Elizabeth (Est 1680- )
Joseph Greenleaf
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1810 - Maine
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General:
1850 US census, Wellfleet:
Joseph was 40, a mariner, born Maine, resident at Thomas Holbrook's hotel
possibly the same man
1880 census, Otisfield, Me
69, widowed, broL, b Me, household of Eliza S Greenleaf
Lydia Greenleaf
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 25 Jul 1768 - Newburyport, Massachusetts 5
Death: 10 Oct 1835 - Northfield, New Hampshire
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Spouses and Children
1. *Captain John Rowe (14 Jun 1759 - Oct 1820)
Marriage: 22 May 1787 - (Newburyport, Massachusetts)
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Children:
1. John Rowe (1788-1816)
Notes
General:
d/o Benjamin jr
Marcy Greenleaf
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Nov 1719 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 4
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Father: Daniel Greenleaf (Est 1680- )
Mother: Elizabeth (Est 1680- )
Rebecca Greenleaf
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Mar 1778 - Haverhill, Massachusetts
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Death: 26 Aug 1859 - Salem, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death: bleeding
Events
• Alt Birth, , Haverhill, Massachusetts in Haverhill, Massachusetts
Spouses and Children
Children:
1. Charles Cotesworth Beaman (1799-1883)
Notes
General:
1850 Wellfeet census:Medical:
Rebecca Beaman, 66, lived in the household of Rev Chas. C. & Mary G. Beaman.
Father: Daniel GREENLEAF
Mother: Ruth DALTON
Spouse: Ephraim BEAMON
Birth: 17 Nov 1770, Lancaster, Massachusetts
Death: 6 May 1822, Boston, Massachusetts
Marriage: 3 Sep 1797
age 78-5 (differs from census calculation)
widow
Reb- Beman
b Haverhill
d/o Danl & R Greenleaf 6
Sarah Greenleaf
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Apr 1710 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 7
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Father: Daniel Greenleaf (Est 1680- )
Mother: Elizabeth (Est 1680- )
Sarah Greenleaf
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Jan 1799 - Wiscasset, Maine
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Death: 23 Apr 1874 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death: bronchitis
Events
• Alt Birth, , Kennebunk, Maine in Kennebunk, Maine
census records very inconsistent:
1850, age 44, born Mass.
1860, age 60, born Mass.
1870, age 84, born Mass.
Spouses and Children
1. *Freeman Lewis (16 Jul 1789 - 20 Nov 1849) 8
Marriage: Est 1834
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Children:
1. Thankful Lewis (1836-1914) 9
2. Priscilla Lewis (1838-1888) 10
3. Freeman A Lewis (1840-1911) 11
Notes
Medical:
age 75-3, widow, died 23 Apr 1874 Wellfleet, b Wiscasset, parents unkMarriage Notes (Freeman Lewis)
1850 US census, Wellfleet:
house 199, household 225
Sarah Lewis, 44, no $ valuation
Thankful Lewis, 15, in school
Priscilla Lewis, 13, in school
Freeman Lewis, 9, in school
all b Mass., but the daughters ages are a year older than other records, and this is the first record for widow Sarah and son Freeman.
1860 US census, Wellfleet
lines 70.28-32, dwelling 615, household 635
Sarah Lewis, 60, mistress of house, $350, $150
Thankful Lewis, 30
James E Hickman, 32, seaman [sonL]
Priscilla Hickman, 25 [dau]
Freeman A Lewis, 20, mariner
all b Mass.
1870 US census, Wellfleet
lines 16.38-39, dwelling 148, household 160
Sarah Lewis, 84, keeping house, $300
Thankful Lewis, 33, tailoress
both b Mass.
Stephen Greenleaf
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Aug 1628 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England
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Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Coffin (Abt 1634 - 19 Nov 1678) 12
Marriage: 13 Nov 1651 - Newbury, Massachusetts Bay
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Notes
Marriage Notes (Elizabeth Coffin)
Children
Tristram GREENLEAF
Stephen GREENLEAF , Jr., Capt. b: 15 AUG 1652 in Newbury
Susannah Greenleaf
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Nov 1722 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 4
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Father: Daniel Greenleaf (Est 1680- )
Mother: Elizabeth (Est 1680- )
Judith Greenleah
Sex: F
AKA: Judith Somerby
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Sep 1625 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England
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Death: 15 Dec 1705 - Newbury, Massachusetts 13
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Spouses and Children
1. *Deacon Tristram Coffin (1 Feb 1632 - 4 Feb 1704) 12
Marriage: 2 Mar 1653 - Newbury, Massachusetts Bay 14
Status:
Children:
1. Judith Coffin (1653- )
2. Mary Coffin (1657- )
3. James Coffin (1659-1736)
4. John Coffin (1660-1677)
5. Lydia Coffin (1662- )
6. Enoch Coffin (1663-1675)
7. Steven Coffin (1665-1725)
8. Peter Coffin (1667-1746)
9. Nathaniel Coffin Esq (1669-1748)
Elizabeth Brown Greenly
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Nov 1771 - Titley Court, Herefordshire
Baptism:
Death: 29 Jan 1839
Burial: in St. Peter's Church, Titley, Hertfordshire
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin (16 May 1759 - 23 Jul 1839)
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Status:
Notes
General:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/gwenynen.gwent/greenly.htm
'The Llanofer Circle' consisted of a large number of friends and relatives. The county families of Wales, scholars, politicians and diplomats as well as members of the royal family all received a warm welcome at Llanofer and at Lord and Lady Llanofer's London house.
One of these was Elizabeth Brown Greenly born in Herefordshire in 1771. A Welsh speaker and an ardent supporter of the Welsh causes of the day, Lady Greenly was a very close friend of Mrs. Waddington, Lady Llanofer's mother, and no doubt had some influence on the young Augusta, encouraging her interest in the country of her birth, its language and culture.
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Elizabeth Brown Greenly was born at Titley Court, Herefordshire, on the 27th November, 1771, the only child of William Greenly and his wife Elizabeth (née Brown). They had a town house in Abergavenny and property near Cwmdu, Breconshire, as well as the estate in Herefordshire. William Greenly was said to have been 'an excellent scholar and antiquary, and a man of great goodness of heart and simple manners'.
Elizabeth, usually known as Eliza, was said to be 'a person of so much real merit, & of such superior & general cultivation of mind, that her superiority to the contemporary and surrounding society was too self-evident not to excite astonishment' ... She was an ardent supporter of the Welsh causes of the day and was one of the first to support Iolo Morganwg (Edward Williams 1747 - 1826) beginning her patronage in 1806, and continuing for the rest of his life. Lady Llanofer's mother (Georgina Mary Ann Waddington, née Port) was the same age as Eliza and the two were close friends. A frequent visitor to Llanofer, Eliza no doubt encouraged the interest of young Augusta Waddington (later Lady Llanofer) in these matters.
She had a good voice and on her visits to the Waddington family she would entertain them with her singing - usually the old Welsh folk songs of which she was very fond. According to Frances (Lady Llanofer's sister, who later became Baroness Bunsen) Eliza's voice 'was not of superior quality, but her taste was refined, & she had an admirable collection of songs'. Perhaps it was this introduction to the old tunes while she was young that made Augusta Waddington so enthusiastic about Welsh music throughout her life.
Eliza was good natured and attractive and 'considered clever, of a religious nature and inclined to literary pursuits'. She had a number of suitors but, according to Baroness Bunsen, any man who might have been a suitable husband for Eliza, and acceptable to her, was 'frightened off from prosecution of his suit, by the ever-increasing demands made upon him as conditions of consent to marriage, by the Mother & Grandmother' ... The Grandmother, Mary Brown, was head of the family, 'adding whalebone to Mrs. Greenly's buckram, in all family concerns', as Baroness Bunsen remarked in her Reminiscences written in 1874.
The man Eliza eventually married, in 1811, was Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, a man more than ten years her senior, and an erratic seafarer who suffered from gout. He took the name Greenly on marrying Eliza, heiress to a considerable fortune. Eliza was said to have 'some eccentric habits (such as getting up in the middle of the night to write sermons)' and maybe this contibuted to his less than satisfactory behaviour towards her following their marriage. Her behaviour appears to have been without fault, but after the first year of marriage he went to visit friends and stayed away for seven years!
He communicated with her only rarely, and on the few occasions he did return, it appears that he was very disagreeable. Eliza once wrote, 'One moment he makes me love him, at another his unfeeling letters and actions completely repel me'. Sir Isaac's relatives and friends sympathised with the long-suffering Lady Coffin Greenly.
Eventually Sir Isaac dropped the name Greenly, and Lady Greenly stopped using the name Coffin.
In 1823 Augusta Waddington married Benjamin Hall III and they lived in a rented house in Herefordshire where they were neighbours of Lady Greenly. She no doubt continued to share her enthusiasm for the Welsh language, which she spoke extremely well, with the young Mrs. Hall. '... contrary to the general belief today, there was still a great deal of Welsh spoken in Herefordshire at the period'. In spite of the age difference between the two woman, Lady Greenly and Augusta Hall were great friends, and Eliza Greenly became one of the god-parents of Augusta and Benjamin's first child, Augusta Charlotte Elizabeth (later Mrs. Herbert).
Lady Greenly, always an ardent supporter of the Welsh causes of the day, attended every eisteddfod in south-east Wales. In 1833 she wrote to her cousin Louisa Hastings :-
'To all, who from ignorance or prejudice oppose these national meetings, [i.e. eisteddfodau] let it be said that whatever preserves nationality - that love for the language, customs, habits and appearance of our forefathers which has most commonly a strong hold on the uncorrupted mind, ought to be encouraged, for it cannot be doubted that the prevalence of such feelings is the safeguard of a people.'
Mrs. Hall (later Lady Llanofer) won the prize for the best essay on the advantages of preserving the language and dress of Wales, at the Cardiff Eisteddfod of 1834, but Lady Greenly had also sent in an entry. She used the pseudomyn Llwydlaes, and her entry was complimented for its style and language. Her generous and unassuming nature enabled her to write to her cousin, Louisa Hastings:-
'Mrs. Hall was called upon to receive the Ring from Lord Bute amidst a thunder of applause - she had kept the secret so profoundly that everybody was as much surprised as pleased, and I hope that even I (Llwydlaes) did not envy her success too much' ...
A week later she wrote again to her cousin saying that 'Dear Mrs Waddington ... told me I ought to have had the Ring, for I had no one to assist me in writing the essay which was the spontaneous production of the moment. To this, however, I could not agree, Mrs. Hall took great pains and had opportunities of research which I had not, and deserves a reward for her diligence'.
In 1835 Lady Greenly suffered a slight stroke and this, together with rheumatoid arthritis caused her to be less active. Previously she had been a keen horsewoman, and spent many hours on horseback travelling between Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Glamorganshire, and Breconshire. According to Baroness Bunsen:-
'Miss Greenly & most of her contemporaries relieved themselves from the long tyranny of whalebone by casting off all wholesome ligatures , & for the most part, condensing all visible dress into a riding habit which was rarely taken off ... the riding habit was in her case the more indispensible attire, as trotting many a weary mile was necessary after her Parents settled for good at Titley, to enable her to enjoy any of the society welcome to her ...'
From then until her death in 1839, Lady Greenly was unable to attend the eisteddfodau, although she continued to support and encourage them.
Eliza Greenly died on 29th January 1839 and was buried at St. Peter's Church, Titley, where the following inscription appears on a monument to her memory:
Sacred to the memory of the Lady Elizabeth Brown Coffin GREENLY,
only child of the late William GREENLY esq. of Titley Court and
of Elizabeth his wife; and wife of Admiral Sir Isaac COFFIN Bart G.C.H.
who took the name of GREENLY by letters patent on his marriage.
She was born on the 27th November 1771 and died on the 29th January 1839 aged 67.
This monument is erected by her surviving parent in memory of her virtues and
of her talents which she dedicated through life to the cause of religion and morality.
In her character were blended the qualities most loved of God - Piety, Humility and
Sincerity joined to a clear understanding and matchless sweetness of disposition.
Her resignation and cheerfulness under severe and protracted trials attested
the firmness of her faith in "him who was made perfect through suffering" and
inspired the tenderest affection in those around her and the deepest sorrow at her loss.
Her remains rest in the vault underneath the tower erected by herself
at the west end of this church.
Them who sleep in Jesus will God also bring with him.
Greenough
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Oct 1767 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
Baptism:
Death: 4 Oct 1767 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Greenough (1742-1781)
Mother: Mehetable Dillingham (1740-1793)
Abigail Greenough
Sex: F
AKA: Nabby Greenough 16
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Dec 1776 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
Baptism:
Death: 15 Jun 1789 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 15
Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Greenough (1742-1781)
Mother: Mehetable Dillingham (1740-1793)
Notes
General:
"In memory of Nabby Greenough, daughter of John Greenough & Mehitable, hsi wife, who died June 15, 1789 in the 13th year of her age." 17
Abigail Greenough
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Apr 1730 - Newburyport, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 18 Jul 1806 - Woolwich, Maine
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Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Nathaniel Thwing J.P. (25 Jun 1731 - 4 Jun 1817) 18
Marriage: 2 Nov 1756 - Boston, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. John Greenough Thwing (1772-1835)
Alfred Greenough
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Aug 1809 - Boston, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 10 Jun 1851 - Boston, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Greenough (1774-1836) 15
Mother: Elizabeth Bender (1776-1866)
Notes
General:
Married: 25 APR 1839
Children
Alfred Greenough b: 27 FEB 1844
Amelia Greenough
Sex: F
AKA: Laura Ann Greenough
Individual Information
Birth: 16 Nov 1811 - Boston, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 15 Feb 1878 - Paris, France
Burial:
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Father: David Greenough (1774-1836) 15
Mother: Elizabeth Bender (1776-1866)
Notes
General:
Married: 14 JUN 1838
Angeline C Greenough
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1888 - New Hampshire
Baptism:
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Spouses and Children
1. *Henry E Knowles (1886 - Est 1928)
Marriage: 20 Jul 1907 - Concord, New Hampshire 19
Status:
Children:
1. Harold Ellsworth Knowles (1908- )
2. Walter Milton Knowles (1910- ) 20
3. Clayton Russell Knowles (1911-1912) 20
4. Florence Angeline Knowles (1912- ) 20
5. Stanley Freeman Knowles (1913- ) 20
6. Evelyn B Knowles (1916- )
7. Carlton G Knowles (1918- )
8. Beryl M Knowles (1920- )
9. Helen L Knowles (1921- )
10. Leonara Josephine Knowles (1922-2010)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Henry E Knowles)
1910, 1920 US census, Eastham
1930 US census, Orleans
Angline C Knowles, 42, widow, NH
Harold E Knowles, 21, sing, Ma
Walter M Knowles, 20,
Stanley F Knowles, 15,
Evelyn B Knowles, 14
Carlton G Knowles, 12
Beryl M Knowles, 10
Helen L Knowles, 9
Leonora J Knowles, 7
Benjamin F Greenough
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: Oct 1815 - Haverhill, Massachusetts 21
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Greenough (1772-1861) 15
Mother: Mary Harrod (1772-1871)
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1. Medford Massachusetts Vital Records, 67.
2. Medford Massachusetts Vital Records, 218.
3. Medford Massachusetts Vital Records, 54, 369.
4. George Ernest Bowman, transcriber, "Yarmouth, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant, in several parts), 13:224.
5. Vital Records of Newburyport, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. in 2 volumes (1911. Salem, Mass: The Essex Institute [online http://ma-vitalrecords.org/EssexCounty/Newburyport/]), 1:167.
6. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), 129 177 (Salem).
7. George Ernest Bowman, transcriber, "Yarmouth, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant, in several parts), 13:223.
8. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:32. the children of John Lewis junr and Sarah (Bickford) his wife.
9. 1880 US census, Wellfleet Massachusetts.
10. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1888, p 28, death records.
11. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association).
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13. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Vol. 2: marriages and deaths (1911. Salem Ma: The Essex Institute
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15. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:12. John & Mehetable Greenough family.
16. Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.
17. Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 48.
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