Rebecca (Russell) Greenleaf (1692 - 1737)

Born 6 Nov 1692 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Enoch Greenleaf — married about 1715 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 Dec 1737 at age 45 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Grandmother of Elbridge Gerry, 5th Vice President of the United States

The name of Elbridge Gerry was obtained from a relative. His great-grand mother Elizabeth Elbridge, married Samuel Russell, who was born in 1645, she being born June 19, 1653. Their daughter Rebecca Russell married Enoch Greenleaf, and their daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Gerry. The Elbridge family belonged in Bristol, England, where an uncle John Elbridge, a merchant of that place, died and left them a large property, and in memory of this family, Elbridge Gerry derived his name. ^[1]

Marriage

Spouse: Enoch Greenleaf (1683 - 1774)^[2]

Children:

1. Elizabeth Greenleaf Gerry (1716 - 1771)^[2]

Death

Burial:

Old Burial Hill Cemetery

Place: Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

^[1][2][3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} N.E.H & G. Register, vol 12, p112
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} FindAGrave: Rebecca Russell Greenleaf: Memorial #98817506Created by: Pat McArron. Record added: Oct 13, 2012. Last accessed Feb 14, 2016.
3. ↑ Gary Boyd Roberts. Notable Kin, Volume One. P. 140. Publication: Name: Name: Carl Boyer, 3rd; Location: Santa Clarita, California; Date: 1998. Repository: Fitzpatrick Home Library. NOTE: Published in cooperation with the New England Historic genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

• Chapter Sketches, Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution, Patriots' Daughters (Connecticut Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution, New Haven, 1904) Page 10

• Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8S-ZYM : 15 January 2020), Rebecca Russell, 1692.

• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZJ-KS7B : 11 May 2022), Enoch Greenleif and Rebecca Russell, ; citing Marriage, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011150.

• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZ24-GZ6Z : 20 May 2022), Rebecca in entry for Sarah Greenleaf, 21 Oct 1717; citing Birth, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009556.

• Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8S-FLF : 15 January 2020), Rebecca in entry for Sarah Greenleafe, 1717.