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He was the eldest son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Gerrish) Greenleaf. He graduated from Harvard College in 1699. Daniel married Elizabeth Gooking November 18, 1701. He was ordained pastor of the Congregational church in Yarmouth, Massachusetts in 1708. In 1727 he resigned and moved to Boston where he opened an apothecary's shop.

And on Saturday night died here, in the 85th Year of his Age, after a long and painful indisposition, the Rev. Mr. DANIEL GREENLEAF, formerly a Minister at Yarmouth, in the County of Barnstable. (Providence Gazette (Providence, Rhode Island) September 3, 1763, p. 4)

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Daniel married Elizabeth Gookin on 18 Nov 1701 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Captain Samuel Gookin and Mary Larkin) was born on 11 Nov 1681 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Nov 1762 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried after 17 Nov 1762 in Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Son of Daniel and Elizabeth Greenleaf.

Married Mrs. Silence (Nichols) Marsh, Jun. 9, 1726, Boston MA.

Dr. Daniel Greenleaf for a number of years a practicing physician at Hingham, Massachusetts, removed with his family to Boston in 1732.
(Title: Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family
Abbrev: Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family
Author: James Edward Greenleaf
Publication: Frank Wood, Printer, Boston, Massachusetts, 1896, Page: 89)

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Daniel married Silence Nichols on 9 Jun 1726 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Silence (daughter of Israel Winslow Nichols and Mary Sumner) was born on 4 Jul 1702 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 3 May 1762 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 3 May 1762 in Old South Burying Ground, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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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William married Mary Brown on 3 Jun 1747 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Robert Brown and Priscilla Johnson) was born on 15 Mar 1728/29 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 1 Dec 1807 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; was buried after 1 Dec 1807 in Acushnet Cemetery, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Son of Dr. Daniel and Silence (Nichols) Greenleaf.

Married Mrs. Ann Burrell abt. 1763 in England.

"Dr. Daniel Greenleaf, Jr. studied medicine, and afterwards went to England, whereon 5 May 1763, he married Anna Burrell. Returning to America he practiced medicine in some part of Worcester County, Massachusetts, until his death which took place 18 Jan. 1777.

Copy of will of Daniel Greenleaf Jr. Probate Records at Worcester, Massachusetts, Vol. XIII. p. 390.:
"I, Daniel Greenleaf, Jr., of Bolton, in County of Worcester, etc., Physician, being engaged to go into the Continental Service as chief Surgeon in the Regiment whom Jonathan Smith, Colonel (commanded), considering the vicissitude and danger these persons are exposed to who are engaged in war, especially as the present war is, being of health of body, and sound and perfect mind and memory, etc. To loving wife, Ann Greenleaf, one half real and personal estate except legacies hereinafter mentioned, as long as she remain my widow. And if she marries, use of one third of the real, and one third of the personal, estate forever. To son Daniel £13-6-8, to purchase a Silver Tankard, also my watch and stone ring. To daughter Silence £6-13-4, to purchase a silver Kan. To daughter Eleanor £6-13-4, to purchase a silver Kan. The Real Estate may be sold, if thought best, and the money put out on good security, said money to be equally divided among my three children. Wife to be their guardian so long as she remains my widow. If she marries, Samuel Baker to be guardian. Live stock, husbandry utensils, physical books, medicines, surgery instruments, and chaise may be sold and divided. To Ann Burrell, my wife's daughter, £6-13-4, to purchase for her a piece of plate as she shall choose. Other books to be divided between my wife and children, etc.
Witnessed.
Signed 22 July 1776.
JONATHAN LORING.
Probated 4 March 1777.
ELIZABETH LORING.
THOMAS LORING.

Amount of inventory taken at Bolton, March 1, 1777, £720-5-5."

Title: Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family
Abbrev: Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family
Author: Greenleaf, James Edward
Publication: Frank Wood, Printer, Boston, Massachusetts, 1896

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Daniel married Anna Burrell on 5 May 1763 in England. Anna was born about 1732; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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On May 7, 1771 she married Boston merchant, Samuel Eliot (B. June 17, 1748 D. Mar 2, 1784) and they had six (6) children: Samuel Jr. 1772 - 1822; Elizabeth 1774 -1847; Mary 'Myra' 1775 - 1809; Andrew 1777 - 1783; Susanna 1779 - 1846; William Greenleaf 1781 - 1853.

On June 2, 1785 she married her second husband, Judge Edward Pope, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Collector of the Port of New Bedford, Massachusetts. They had four(4) children: Edward 1787 - 1842; Thomas 1789 - 1872; Juliana 1791 -1792 and a daughter b & d April 2, 1795.

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Elizabeth married Samuel B. Eliot on 7 May 1771 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Rev. Andrew Eliot, D.D. and Elizabeth Langdon) was born on 17 Jun 1748 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 2 Mar 1784 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Judge Edward Pope on 2 Jun 1785 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Edward was born on 15 Feb 1738/39 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jun 1818; was buried after 10 Jun 1818 in Acushnet Cemetery, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Spouse & Children:
Rounseville Spooner 1778 –  1844
Edward Pope Spooner 1803 –  1877
Walter Spooner 1814 –  1887

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Susanna married Dr. Rounsevel John Spooner on 25 Apr 1802 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Rounsevel (son of Hon. Alden Spooner and Elizabeth Rounseville) was born on 23 Apr 1778 in Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Mar 1844 in Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts; was buried after 17 Mar 1844 in Long Plain Cemetery, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]