Enoch Greeley (1754 - 1815)

Born 1 Aug 1754 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy (Batchelder) Greeley — married 23 Mar 1780 in Kensington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1815 at age 60 in Hallowell, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Enoch was born in 1745. He was the son of Andrew Greeley and Mary Webster.^[1]

He married Dorothy Batchelder 23 Mar 1780 at Kensington, Rockingham, New Hampshire.^[2]

He died 28 Feb 1815.^[2]

He was a member of Capt. Philip Tilton's Company, under date of June 12, 1775. He was one of the signers of a receipt which reads : "We the subscribers, belonging to Capt Tiltons Company in Col. Poors Regt do hereby acknowledge that we have recd of Timo Walker Jr Four dollars each man in full satisfaction for the Regimental Coat which was promised by the Colony of New Hampshire Oct. 11, 1775-"

He removed from Kingston, N. H., to Hallowell, Me., about 17S0, and lived in a house near the northwest corner of the present (1890) factory lot. He was a blacksmith. His tombstone in the old cemetery at Hallowell reads :—

"Erected in memory of Mr. Enoch Greeley who died Feb 28. 1815 aged 61 yrs. Behold ye mourners for the dead In this cold grave I've made my bed. The trump shall sound, I hope to rise, And meet my Saviour in the skies."^[3]

Sources

Footnotes

1. ↑ Greeley, G. H. p.64 #397
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Greeley, G. H. p.119 #397
3. ↑ Greeley, G. H. p.119-120 footnotes

Bibliography

• Greeley, G. H. Genealogy of the Greely-Greeley Family Boston, Mass: F. Wood, printer.

See also:

• Batchelder, C. H., & Brage, C. W. (1985). Batchelder / Bachilder genealogy through Rev. Stephen Bachiler's son Stephen Bachilder: (a correction of the work on this family by Pierce).