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The children of William and Elizabeth Stickney were: I. Samuel, born in England, 1633, married Julia Swan and Prudence Gage. 2. Amos, England, 1635, married Sarah Morse, June 24, 1663. 3. Mary, England, 1637, married James Borker Jr. 4. John, 1640. 5. Faith, 1641, married Samuel Gage. 6. Andrew, 1644, married Eduah Lambert and Elizabeth Jewett. 7. Thomas, 1646, married Mehitable Kimball. 8. Elizabeth, 1646, died December 4, 1659, Rowley rec., December 7 Court rec. 9. Mercy, 1648, died January 14, 1676. 10. Adding, 1648, died September 17, I660.
(II) John, third son of William and Eliza- beth Stickney, was born at Rowley, Massachu- setts, March 4, 1640, and died in the year 1709, leaving a will which was proved on April 4. He left real estate amounting to nearly three hundred pounds, and personal estate to the value of eighty pounds. John Stickney saw considerable military service and reached the grade of lieutenant. He was one of the twelve men impressed from Rowley, November 29, 1675, by Captain Samuel Brocklebank to serve in King Philip's war. He took part in the bloody action of December 19 of that year, and assisted in the capture of the Narragansett fort. Stickney was also in the fight at Sudbury, April 21, 1676, where Captain Brocklebank, whose daughter he after- wards married, was slain. In 1733 there was granted to John Stickney and others for their service in King Philip's war a tract of land -"Narragansett Number 1," now Buxton,
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Maine. In the Boston Post-Boy and Adver- tiser of November 18, 1767, Stickney's heirs and others were notified of unpaid taxes due on this land, the Stickney portion being one pound, three and one-half pence. Lieutenant John Stickney held various town offices, being selectman of Rowley in 1688-89, overseer in 1673, constable in 1694, and tythingman in 1698-99. In a deed executed in 1707, he is referred to as "John Stickney, Carpenter, of Rowley." On June 9, 1680, Lieutenant John Sticknee. as his name was usually spelled, mar- ried Hannah Brocklebank, daughter of Cap- tain Samuel Brocklebank. She was admitted to the church in Rowley, June 23, 1695, and according to the Byfield Church Records, she died April 23, 1749, aged ninety years. Seven children were born to Lieutenant John and Hannah (Brocklebank) Stickney: I. Han- nah, July 23, 1681, married Ezekiel Sawer. 2. Elizabeth, June 13, 1684, married Richard Dole. 3. Mary, March 1, 1686, married John Palmer. 4. Samuel, whose sketch follows. 5. Sarah, February 4, 1693, married Francis Palmer. 6. Jane, November 10, 1696, mar- ried John Syle and ( second) Timothy Palmer. 7. John, January 23, 1699-1700, married Anna Lull.
(III) Samuel, elder son of Lieutenant John and Hannah (Brocklebank) Stickney, was born at Rowley, Massachusetts, March 26, 1690, died there November 3, 1760, and was buried in the first burial ground of Rowley. The inventory of his estate amounted to a little more than one hundred and seventy- three pounds. In a deed of 1715 he is re- ferred to as "Samuel Stikne of Rowley, weaver." As has been previously stated, Nar- ragansett Number I, now Buxton, Maine, was granted by the general court to the represent- atives of those who were soldiers in King Philip's war. On November 17, 1735, Samuel Stickney drew lot number eleven in right of his father John Stickney. On November 15, 1715, Samuel Stickney married Susannah Perley, who was admitted a member of the First Church in Rowley, August 23, 1767, and died July 12, 1773, aged seventy-six years. Children : 1. Samuel, July 25, 1716, died un- married. 2. Sarah, March 31, 1719, married James Dickinson. 3. Lydia, May 27, 1721, married Thomas Smith. 4. Moses, Septem- ber 8, 1723, married Sarah Graves. 5. Will- iam (2), whose sketch follows. 6. Elizabeth, March 22, 1729, died on April 28 of that year. 7. Daniel, April 5, 1730, married Sarah Gould. 8. Elizabeth, April 4, 1733, married John Stickney. 9. and 10. David and Jona-
than, twins, born September 25, 1736. David Stickney married Elizabeth Chapman, April 23, 1761 ; Jonathan Stickney married Martha March.
(IV) William (2), third son of Samuel (1) and Susannah (Perley) Stickney, was born at Rowley, Massachusetts, August 27, 1726, and died in 1808, aged eighty-two years. He owned the covenant of Rowley First Church, July 15, 1744, and renewed it at Byfield Church, April 24, 1788. In a deed of 1750 he is referred to as "William Stickney of Row- ley, laborer"; but in a deed of 1755 he is called a leather dresser. He saw service in the French and Indian war, serving as sergeant in Captain Joseph Smith's company, which, was on duty up the river from Quebec, April to November 29, 1759. On March 19, 1776, he was appointed by the town of Rowley one of the committee of safety. On February 18, 1743, Captain William (2) Stickney married Mary Sawyer, daughter of Benjamin Sawyer, of Amesbury, Massachusetts. They had nine children : I. Amos, baptized July 22, 1744, died young. 2. Paul, February 9, 1745, mar- ried Elizabeth Pike, (second) Betsey Cheney. 3. Lucy, July 17, 1748, died young. 4. Lucy, March 25, 1750, married Moses Tenney. 5. Elizabeth, December 24, 1752, married Jacob Rogers. 6. Eunice, January 3, 1754, died Au- gust 21, 1756. 7. William, March 6, 1757, married Judith Frye. 8. Samuel (2), whose sketch follows. 9. Silas, December 2, 1764, married Betsey Thorndike, (second) Sarah Shattuck.
(V) Samuel (2), fourth son of Captain William (2) and Mary (Sawyer) Stickney, was born at Rowley, Massachusetts, May 13, 1762, and was baptized at Byfield, three days later. He died at Brownville, Maine, Jan- uary 9, 1835, in his seventy-third year. He was the first one of his line to leave his na- tive town, but he moved from Rowley to the neighboring village of Bradford, Massachu- setts ; thence to Weare, New Hampshire, where he lived till 1809, when he migrated to Brownville, Maine, where he spent the last twenty-four years of his life. Although but a boy of fifteen when the revolution broke out, he saw considerable service. On July 6, 1778, he enlisted as a fifer in Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Wade's regiment, Rhode Island service. On October 14, 1779, he was sergeant in Captain Benjamin Pea- body's company. On July 31, 1780, he was in the Thirty-first Division (six months men), and marched from Springfield with Captain Greenleaf. At this time he is described as
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being "18 years of age; ruddy complexion ; stature 5 ft. 9; and from Bradford." His last enlistment was as a fifer from Rowley, August 4 to November 27, 1781, in Captain John Robinson's company, Colonel William Turner's regiment of five months men, Rhode Island service. On May 11, 1784, Samuel (2) Stickney was married, by Rev. James Chandler, to Irene Rawlings, of Newbury, Massachusetts. She died in September, 1787, leaving two children: Irene, born in Septem- ber, 1785; and Samuel, born March 31, 1787. On April 29, 1792, Samuel Stickney married (second) Patty Atwood, daughter of Benja- min Atwood, of Bradford, Massachusetts. She survived him, and died at Brownville, Maine, October 2, 1845. Five years before her death she received a pension from the government on account of her husband's rev- olutionary services. Eleven children were born to Samuel (2) and Patty (Atwood) Stickney: I. Martha Atwood, July 24, 1794, married William Wells. 2. Polly, April 12, 1796, died in infancy. 3. Silas, July 5, 1797, drowned, unmarried, July 9, 1833. 4. Mary, mentioned below. 5. Benjamin, February 12, 1800, died June 3, 1804. 6. Betsey, Decem- ber 20, 1802, married Nathaniel P. Thomas. 7. Judith, May 24, 1805, died unmarried in 1866. 8. Simeon Atwood, October 5, 1807, married Sarah W. Gilman. 9. Daniel Worth- ley, February 10, 1810, died in infancy. 10. Louisa, March 28, 1811, married Robert Wells. II. Lucy Ann, October 2, 1814, mar- ried Isaac Smith.
(VI) Mary, fourth daughter and sixth child of Samuel (2) and Patty (Atwood) Stickney, was born at Weare, New Hamp- shire, January 31, 1799, and died at Brown- ville, Maine, March 25, 1883. About 1820 she was married to Daniel Smith, of Brownville, Maine. (See Smith, I.)
(For preceding generations see Edmund Greenleaf I.) (III) John, third son of
GREENLEAF Stephen and Elizabeth (Coffin) Greenleaf, was born June 21, 1662, at Newbury, Massachu- setts, and died either May or June 24, 1734. He was admitted to the first Congregational Church in Newbury, with his first wife, Eliza- beth (Hills) Greenleaf, January 31, 1696. All his life was spent in Newbury, and he was sometimes called Quartermaster John to dis- tinguish him from two other John Greenleafs, his son and nephew, all of whom were living in Newbury at the same time. He must have been a man of some standing, for both his
marriages were to women very well connected. On October 12, 1685, John Greenleaf married Elizabeth Hills, daughter of Joseph Hills and his second wife, Hannah (Mellowes) Hills. Joseph Hills, who was born in 1602, came from Malden, England, where he was a woolen draper, to Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1638. In 1647 he removed to the neigh- boring town of Malden, and afterwards to Newbury, where he died February 5, 1687-88. His first wife was Rose Dunster, sister of President Dunster of Harvard College. Ten children were born to John and Elizabeth (Hills) Greenleaf : Elizabeth, July 30, 1686, married Edmund Titcomb, (second) Thomas Oakes ; Jane, November 10, 1687 ; Judith, July 15, 1689, died September 30, 1690; Daniel, whose sketch follows; John, January 3, 1692, married Sarah Smith; Parker, February 23, 1694, married Mary Jacques; Samuel, April, 1697, married Elizabeth Kingsbury; Martha, married a Gage and lived at Joppa, Maine ; Benjamin, November 21, 1701, married Ann Hale, (second) Abigail (Moody) Greenleaf ; Stephen, October 6, 1704, married Eunice Wallis. Elizabeth (Hills) Greenleaf, the first wife of John Greenleaf, and the mother of all his children, died August 5, 1712; he mar- ried (second) May 13, 1716, Lydia Pierce, widow of Benjamin Pierce, and daughter of Major Charles Frost, of Kittery, Maine. She died May 15, 1752, at the age of seventy-eight. There were no children by this marriage.
(IV) Daniel, eldest son of John and Eliza- beth (Hills) Greenleaf, was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, December 24, 1690, and was drowned on Newbury bar, in January or Feb- ruary, 1729. On November 17, 1710, a month before he was twenty, Daniel Greenleaf mar- ried Sarah Moody, and they had eight chil- dren : Elizabeth, born June 10, 1713; Martha, March 18, 1715, married Isaac Johnson ; Jane, July 16, 1717, died in infancy ; Sarah, July 6, 1719, married Moses Pearson, of Byfield; Da- vid, July 24, 1721, married Sarah Lamson; Daniel, September 20, 1722, married Polly Bridges; Jonathan, whose sketch follows; Parker, February 21, 1725; and Mary, Sep- tember 8, 1729. The last two children died in infancy.
(V) Hon. Jonathan, third son of Daniel and Sarah (Moody) Greenleaf, was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, in July, 1723, and died there May 24, 1807. His father was drowned when Jonathan was a little more than five years of age, and the mother was left in very destitute circumstances with a large fam- ily of children. At seven years of age the boy
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was apprenticed to Mr. Edward Presbury, and learned the trade of ship carpenter. In time he became a ship builder on a large scale, and ultimately acquired a handsome fortune. Mr. Greenleaf early proved himself a man of abil- ity and character, and from 1768 to 1792, nearly a quarter of a century, he held some public office. September 26, 1774, he was unanimously chosen to represent the town of Newburyport in the general court. He was a member of the continental congress at the beginning of the revolution. June 12, 1786, he was made one of the governor's council from Essex, and he was elected state senator, February II, 1788. In the Massachusetts as- sembly for the ratification of the federal con- stitution, Jonathan and Benjamin Greenleaf were among those who voted Yea. A descrip- tion of his personal appearance has come down to us, which gives a vivid portrait of a gen- tleman of that day. Mr. Greenleaf was about five and a half feet in height, of spare figure, with a high forehead, a large aquiline nose, full, dark hazel eyes, and rather prominent front teeth, which he retained to the last. Cer- tain of these physical characteristics may be called family traits, for they would apply to John Greenleaf Whittier, the poet; to Ben- jamin Greenleaf, preceptor of Bradford Acad- emy from 1814 to 1836, and author of the famous arithmetic ; and to several early Green- leafs, merchants, physicians and clergymen, whose portraits have come down to us. In his later years Mr. Jonathan Greenleaf wore a suit of one color, deep blue, London brown or light drab, and shoes with oval silver buckles. His head was covered by a full white wig, after the fashion of the day, and a cocked hat ; and in winter he wore a drab cloth great coat or a blue coat. He was very courteous in manner, and possessed a kindly disposition. His educational advantages were limited, but he had a large share of common sense and a knowledge of human nature, and he had im- proved his mind by extensive reading. He joined the church about the time of his mar- riage, and for many years was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church at Newburyport. Nothing but absolute necessity kept him from public worship on the Sabbath, and he was scarce ever known to omit regular morning and evening worship. In 1744 Jonathan Greenleaf married Mary Presbury, daughter of Edward and Catherine ( Pierce) Presbury, of Newbury: Mr. Presbury was the wealthy ship-builder from whom Mr. Greenleaf first learned his trade. He owned the land from Ship street to the rear of the lots on Federal
street, and down to Water street, and the ship yard in front, afterwards the property of Mr. Greenleaf. Nine children were born to Jon- athan and Mary (Presbury) Greenleaf, of whom the first three died in infancy or early childhood. These were David, Jonathan and Mary, who were born in 1747, 1749 and 1750, respectively. Simon, born in 1752, married Hannah Osgood, of Andover, Massachusetts. Sarah, born May 31, 1753, married Captain William Pierce Johnson, of Newburyport. Moses, see forward. Enoch, born October II, 1757, married Mary Stone and (second) Dor- othy Ingersoll. Catherine, born November 12, 1759, married Anthony Davenport, of New- buryport. Richard, born July 3, 1762, mar- ried Marcia Tappan.
(VI) Captain Moses, fourth son of Jon- athan and Mary (Presbury) Greenleaf, was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, May 19, 1755, and died at New Gloucester, Maine, De- cember 18, 1812. He was bred a ship carpen- ter, but at the age of nineteen entered the American army as a lieutenant, and in 1776 was commissioned captain. In 1781 he began the business of ship-building in Newburyport in connection with his father. and from that time till the year 1790 they built twenty-two ships and brigs. In November, 1790, Captain Moses Greenleaf moved with his family to New Gloucester, Maine, where he followed farming till his death. Captain Greenleaf was a member in high standing of the order of Masonry, and was instrumental in establishing Cumberland Lodge, Maine. He received his degrees in Saint Peter's Lodge, Newburyport, where he became worthy master in 1780. In that same year, July 6, he was made worship- ful master of Washington Lodge, a travelling lodge in the revolutionary army. Older breth- ren have often heard Captain Greenleaf re- mark that he had many a time commanded the commanding general of the armies in the lodge meetings, for General Washington frequently attended, and always came as a private mem- ber without ceremony. On September 17, 1776, Captain Moses Greenleaf married Lydia Parsons, daughter of Rev. Jonathan and Phoebe (Griswold) Parsons, of Newburyport, Massachusetts. She was born April 3, 1755, and died March 21, 1854. Mrs. Lydia (Par- sons) Greenleaf came of distinguished ances- try. Her mother, Phoebe Griswold, daughter of Judge John Griswold, was descended from the Griswolds and the Walcotts. two of the most distinguished families in Connecticut, who have given to their country no less than twelve governors of states, and thirty-six
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judges of the higher courts. Five children were born to Captain Moses and Lydia ( Par- sons ) Greenleaf, all of whom possessed abil- ity, and some of whom attained unusual dis- tinction. 1. Judge Moses, born October 17, 1777, died at Williamsburg, Maine, Marclı 20, 1834; he was one of the first settlers at Will- iamsburg, Maine, where he was for many years associate justice of the court of ses- sions. He was engaged for many years in land surveying, and was probably the first au- thority in his day on the interior lands of Maine and the best way of developing them. During this time he executed the first authen- tic map of the state of Maine, a reduction of which he published at Boston in 1816 in con- nection with a "Statistical View" of one hun- dred and fifty pages, describing the resources of the new country. In 1829 he published a new map much improved, accompanied by a "Survey of Maine" in an octavo volume of nearly five hundred pages. These works were of the utmost importance in the development of the state, and they have been commem- orated in a handsome memorial volume, issued at Bangor in 1902 by Moses Greenleaf's great grandnephew, Judge Edgar Crosby Smith. (See Smith, III.) 2. Clarina Parsons, men- tioned below. 3. Captain Ebenezer, born No- vember 23, 1781, died at Williamsburg, Maine, November 29, 1851; he for many years commanded one of the packet ships from Portland to Liverpool. He finally left the sea and lived at Williamsburg, Maine, where he was employed in farming and land surveying. He was closely associated with his brother Moses in the work of map-making. 4. Pro- fessor Simon, born December 5, 1783, died at Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 6, 1853; he was a brilliant lawyer and author of the standard work on the law of evidence in use at the present day, and also Royal and Dane professor in the Harvard Law School. He was the first reporter of the decisions of the supreme judicial court of Maine, beginning in 1820 and continuing for twelve years. About this time Judge Story, then at the head of the Law School at Cambridge, was holding court at Portland when an interesting case in ad- miralty came up. The judge was surprised at the erudition that Mr. Greenleaf displayed in this very peculiar system of law, which Judge Story wished to make prominent in the school, and he secured Mr. Greenleaf's appointment as professor. In 1833 Simon Greenleaf re- ceived the degree of LL. D. at Harvard, and the next year the same degree from Amherst. In 1835, upon the death of Judge Story, Mr.
Greenleaf succeeded him as Dane professor. His connection with the Law School marked a season of great prosperity in its history. Professor Greenleaf during his residence at Cambridge occupied a house near the poet Longfellow, whose sister Mary, Greenleaf's son James married in 1839. Among Professor Greenleaf's works was "An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice; with an Account of the Trial of Jesus." This was published in Boston in 1846 and reprinted in London in 1847. 5. Rev. Jonathan, born September 4, 1785, died in Brooklyn, New York, April 24, 1865; after filling various clerical positions in Maine and Massachusetts, he organized a Presbyterian church at Brooklyn, New York, in 1843, and remained pastor till his death, twenty-two years later. Bowdoin and Princeton colleges gave him the degree of Doctor of Divinity ; and he was the author of many historical and religious works, including a Gencalogy of the Greenleaf Family.
(VII) Clarina Parsons, only daughter and second child of Captain Moses and Lydia (Parsons) Greenleaf, was born at Newbury- port, Massachusetts, November 12, 1779, and was married at the home of her father in New Gloucester, Maine, November 26, 1801, to Eleazer Alley Jenks of Portland. (See Jenks, V.) She died at Brownville, Maine, Decem- ber 12, 1841. "Mrs. Jenks was one of the most charming ladies of the old school, a pol- ished artificer in the almost lost art of letter writing, and a poetess of no mean ability." Thus wrote her great-grandson, Judge Edgar Crosby Smith, sixty years after her death. Tradition would seem to indicate that she was a worthy compeer of her distinguished brothers, and not the least remarkable of the gifted family of five children of Captain Moses and Lydia ( Parsons) Greenleaf.
JENKS This name is traced traditionally from an ancient Welsh family of importance. The American branch were evidently people of enterprise and some substance and, better still, of splendid physique and fibre, fitted for the struggle of life in a new world. The descendants partake in a large measure of the same qualities and are useful and respected citizens of the sev- eral communities in which they live.
(I) Joseph Jenks, an inventor of high or- der, was born in 1602, either at Hammer- smith, Hounslow or Colubroke, in the neigh- borhood of the city of London, England, and
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came to Massachusetts in 1643, it is supposed with John Winthrop the younger, who brought from England in that year stock and divers workmen to begin an iron works. Joseph Jenks is thought to have been one of the workmen engaged to establish the iron works on the Saugus river, the first in New Eng- land. At least he was employed there soon after the beginning of the enterprise. He is said to have been "the first founder to work in brass and iron on the American continent," and although this is possibly an exaggerated statement it is no doubt true that he was the first highly skilled worker in metals to begin operations in the English colonies in North America. In 1646 the Massachusetts general court granted him a patent for three important inventions, namely : a water mill, or wheel; a machine for making scythes and other edged tools ; and a saw mill. He then built a forge at the iron works for the manufacture of scythes. He was the first coiner, and made the first piece of coin. He had married in England, but his wife died previous to his departure for America. He had two sons who were left in care of the mother's family. The elder is supposed to have settled in Virginia, but the younger, Joseph Jenks Jr., according to the instruction of his father, was to join him in America when he became of age. The senior Joseph married the second time in Lynn, Massachusetts, before 1650. By this union he had five children, three sons and two daughters.
(H) John. second son of Joseph Jenks and his second wife, Elizabeth, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, July 27, 1660, and died in 1698. He married Sarah Merriam, and among their children was Captain John (2), men- tioned below.
(III) Captain John (2), son of John (I) and Sarah (Merriam) Jenks, was born April 6, 1697, at Lynn, Massachusetts, and died January 15, 1764. He was but one year old when his father died. Nothing further is known about him except that he had a son mentioned below.
(IV) William R., son of Captain John (2) Jenks, was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, and was the first of his line to migrate to Maine. He moved to Portland, where he made his permanent home, and where he died.
-(V) Eleazer Alley, son of William R. Jenks, was born at Portland, Maine, May 18, 1776, and was drowned in Portland Harbor, July 12, 1807. He learned the printer's trade early in life, and in 1798, when only twenty- two years of age, founded the Portland Ga-
zette, an influential paper, which he conducted up to the time of his death. On November 26, 1801, Eleazer Alley Jenks married Clarina Parsons Greenleaf, elder daughter of Captain Moses and Lydia (Parsons) Greenleaf, of New Gloucester, Maine. She was born at Newburyport, Massachusetts, November 12, 1779, and died at Brownville, Maine, Decem- ber 12, 1841. (See Greenleaf, VII.) They had three children : Elizabeth, Alexander Hamilton, Eleazer Alley (2), mentioned be- low.
(VI) Eleazer Alley (2), younger son of Eleazer Alley (I) and Clarina P. (Greenleaf) Tenks, was born at New Gloucester, Maine, July 19, 1806, and died at Brownville, Maine, July 7, 1875. He married Eliza Brown, and among their six children was Martha Lord, mentioned below.
(VII) Martha Lord, daughter of Eleazer Alley (2) and Eliza ( Brown) Jenks, was born at Brownville, Maine, July 4, 1836. She mar- ried, January 8, 1860, Samuel Atwood Smith, of Brownville. (See Smith, II.)
The name Weeks is very com- WEEKS mon in the counties of Devon- shire and Somersetshire, Eng- land. Examination of the parish records of Wells, Chew Magua, and Compton Martin, in Somerset, between 1573 and 1680, show many entries of this name which is variously spelled Week, Weeks, Wick, Wyke, Wickes, Weekse, &c. All or nearly all of this cogno- men in Maine are descended from Leonard Weeks, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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