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- From FindaGrave:
The Honorable William Greenleaf was the Sheriff of Suffolk County from Oct. 31, 1775 to Dec. 14, 1780.
As sheriff he proclaimed the Declaration of Independence from the Old State House in 1776.
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William was the youngest son of Daniel Greenleaf and Elizabeth Gooking. He married Mary Brown in Boston, Massachusetts on June 3, 1747, and they had fifteen children.
1. Mary, b. 1747, d. ????
2. Elizabeth, b. 1749/50, d. 1841, m.1. Samuel Elliot, m.2. Edward Pope
3. Mary, b. 1752, d. 1835, m.Daniel Bell
4. Susannah 'Sukey', b. 1754, d. 1832, m. Duncan Ingraham, Jr.
5. Priscilla, b. 1755, d. 1826, m. John Appleton
6. Sarah, b. 1757, d. 1838, m.1. Dr. Nathaniel Walker Appleton, m.2. Joseph Haven
7. William (1), b. 1758, d. 1759
8. William (2), b. 1760, d. ????
9. Margaret, b. 1761, d. 1836, m. the Honorable Thomas Dawes
10. Daniel, b. 1762, d. 1853, m. Elizabeth Greenleaf
11. John, b. 1763, d. ????
12. James, b. 1765, d. 1843
13. Rebecca, b. 1766, d. 1847, m. Noah Webster, Jr.
14. Robert, b. 1768, d. 1816, m. Hannah Arnold
15. Anna Nancy, b. 1772, d. 1843, m. William Cranch, Esq. (most of her VR uses Nancy)
The Provincial Congress appointed him Sheriff of Suffolk during the Revolutionary War.
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1725 - 1803 (78 years)
