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( III) Captain Stephen (2) Greenleaf. son of Stephen ( I) Greenleaf, was born August 15, 1652, in Newbury, and died there October 13, 1743. He was a prominent man, famed for his services in the Indian wars, and known as the "Great Indian fighter." He was wounded in the battle of Hatfield. August 25, 1675. and commanded a company in the battle with the French and Indians at Wells, Maine, in 1690. He was in King Philip's war also. May 18, 1695, he filed a petition for relief, and pre- sented a bill for the services of a physician in caring for a wound received while moving a family who had been taken from Newbury by the Indians. In 1696 he was granted land to build a wharf. He married ( first ), October 23, 1676, Elizabeth Gerrish, born September IO. 1654. died August 5, 1712, daughter of William and Joanna (Goodale-Oliver) Ger- rish, of Newbury. He married ( second), 1713, Mrs. Ilannah Jordan, of Kittery, Maine, who (lied September 30, 1743. Children, all by first wife: Elizabeth, born January 12, 1678-9: Daniel, mentioned below : Stephen, August 31, 1682, died October 15. 1688; William, April I, 1684, died April 15, 1684; Joseph, born April 12, 1686: Sarah, July 19, 1688 : Stephen, Octo- ber 21, 1690; John, August 29, 1603; Ben- jamin, December 14, 1695; Moses, February 24, 1607-8.
(IV) Rev. Daniel Greenleaf, son of Ste- phen (2) Greenleaf, was born in Newbury,
February 10, 1679-80, and baptized February 22, 1679-80. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1699, and for about six years prac- ticed medicine in Cambridge. About 1706 he began to preach, and in 1708 was ordained pas- tor of the church at Yarmouth, succeeding Rev. John Cotton. He remained there for nearly twenty years, and in 1727 removed to Boston, whither his wife and twelve children had preceded him. The last years of his life he was confined to his bed as the result of a fall. He died August 26, 1763. He married, November 18. 1701. Elizabeth Gookin, born November II, 1681, died November, 1762. daughter of Samuel and Mary Gookin, and granddaughter of Major-General Daniel Gookin. Children: Daniel, mentioned below : Hon. Stephen, born October 4, 1704; Mary. August 29, 1706; Elizabeth, August 24, 1708; Sarah, April 16, 1710; Samuel, May 9, 1712; Jane, May 24, 1714; Hannah. October 3, 1716: Dr. John, November 8, 1717; Mercy, November 29, 1719; Gooking, September 18, 1721; Susanna, November 12, 1722; Hon. William, January 10, 1725.
(V) Dr. Daniel (2) Greenleaf, son of Rev. Daniel ( I ) Greenleaf, was born in Cambridge, November 7. 1702, and died July 18, 1795. He was for a number of years a practicing physician in Hingham, and removed to Bol- ton in 1732. He married ( first ), July 18, 1726, Mrs. Silence ( Nichols) Marsh, born July 4. 1702, died May 13. 1762, daughter of Israel and Mary ( Sumner ) Nichols, of Hingham, and widow of David Marsh. He married ( sec- ond ), intentions dated October 22, 1762, Mrs. Dorothy Richardson, November 18, 1762; she was widow of Josiah Richardson. Children, all by first wife, born in Hingham: David Coffin, January 20. 1728, died September 30, 1728: Elizabeth, born October 30, 1729; Dr. Daniel, September 2, 1732. Born in Bolton : Israel, March 29, 1734: Stephen, October 15. 1736, in Boston ; David, July 13, 1737, in Bol- ton : General William, mentioned below : Cal- vin, March 31, 1740; Mary, July 3. 1742; John, June 13, 1744, died August 2. 1744.
(VI) General William Greenleaf, son of Dr. Daniel (2) Greenleaf, was born in Bol- ton, Massachusetts, August 23, 1738, and bap- tized August 27, 1738. He lived first in Bos- ton, and then moved to Lancaster, Massachu- setts, where he resided until his death. He was a druggist in Boston. He was prominent in public life, holding the office of sheriff of
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Worcester county for many years, and he was a brigadier-general in the militia of the state. September 8, 1777, he gave returns of a cen- sus of male citizens of military age, as a se- lectman of Lancaster. November 19, 1781, at Lancaster, he formed and headed the military company, marching through the town in cele- bration of the capture of Cornwallis, and after the procession was over they had a feast at the Sun Tavern. He was sheriff during the time of the Shay insurrection, being then Colonel William Greenleaf. Wednesday, November 22, 1786, he read the riot act from the court- house steps of Worcester, and harangued the mob which had gathered to prevent the sitting of the court of general sessions. When one of the orators of the mob replied that one of their desires was to rid themselves of the sheriff and his exorbitant fees, the colonel answered : "If you deem my fees for execution oppressive, gentlemen, you need not wait longer for redress; I will hang you all for nothing with the greatest pleasure." He also served as town clerk in Lancaster. He mar- ried, December 19, 1763, Sally, daughter of Edmund Quincy, of Boston. She died March 12, 1790, and he died January 13, 1793. Chil- dren : William, born in Boston, January 26, 1766: Edmund, December 10, 1767; Eliza- beth, September 2, 1769; son, born August 8, 1771, died in infancy; Sarah, February 21, 1773; John Hancock, mentioned below; son, born November 15, 1776, died in infancy ; Dan- iel, born October 9, 1778, in Lancaster.
(VII) John Hancock, son of General Wil- liam Greenleaf, was born in Lancaster, April 30, 1775, and died January 28, 1852. He learned the trade of cabinet maker and house- joiner in Boston, and then settled in Granville. Washington county, New York. He moved to Tioga county, New York, in March, 1817, and lived there the rest of his life. In ap- pearance he was of medium size, fair com- plexion, dark brown hair, dark eyes and high forehead. He walked very erect, and was a sedate man with very strict habits. For nearly fifty years he was a member of the Baptist church. He married, February 1, 1801, Polly Norton, born October 23, 1780, of Granville. Children : Betsey Gardiner, born about 1803, died in infancy ; John Matthew, mentioned be- low; Martha Norton, born April 17, 1809; Betsey Gardiner, September 25, 1815; William Josephus, September 25, 1815; Amos Canfield, March 8, 1818, in Owego, New York.
(VIII) John Matthew, son of John Han- cock Greenleaf, was born May 19, 1806, and died August 23, 1881. He lived in Owego, New York, where he removed with his par- ents in 1813. Until 1826 he lived in the town- ship of Richford, and then moved to Owego, where he soon formed a partnership with Mr. Truman in a general store, becoming one of the pioneers in the business. In 1849 a fire destroyed the business section in the town, and after his store was burned he retired. Ile lived in Owego for fifty-six years. He was an honorable, upright man, retiring in disposi- tion, of sound judgment, kindly and charita- ble to the poor and unfortunate, a good judge of men, successful in his affairs and enjoying the respect and confidence of his neighbors. lle married ( first ), June 20, 1837, Lucy Tal- cott, who died July 4, 1842; (second ), Sep- tember 27, 1843, Emeline Wilbur. He died August 23, 1881. Child, born at Owego, by first wife: Ann Elizabeth, July 28, 1841, died June 28, 1843. Children of second wife : John Talcott, mentioned below; Frederic Hewitt, born October 11, 1855, died December 20, 1872.
(IX) Dr. John Talcott Greenleaf, son of John Matthew Greenleaf, was born at Owego, New York, January 26, 1847. He attended the public schools and Owego Academy, and began the study of medicine under the instruc- tion of Dr. Lovejoy. He afterward attended medical lectures in the New York Homœo- pathic Medical College, and was graduated with the degree of M. D., March 2, 1867. After practicing a short time in Candor, New York, he located in Owego, where he has been in active practice to the present time and taken high rank in his profession. In the lat- ter part of 1888, Dr. Greenleaf conceived the project of any asylum for the insane, con- ducted on homeopathic principles, and in part- nership with Dr. E. E. Snyder and Daniel Johnson he founded the Glen Mary Home of Owego, and was for many years its superin- tendent. The institution was given official recognition by the state authorities in charge of the insane. In addition to his medical prac- tice and duties at the insane hospital, Dr. Greenleaf has taken an active part in public affairs, and co-operated in every movement for the welfare and development of town and county. He was a member of the board of ed- ucation of Owego for many years, and the high standards of the public schools are due
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in no small degree to his interest and efforts. In politics he is independent. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
He married (first), September 4, 1867, Lib- bie C. Manning, who died December 20, 1867. He married (second), December 21, 1870, Martha S. McMaster, who died March II, 1872. He married (third). October 22, 1873, Hattie Meeker. By his second wife he had one child, born March 11, 1872, died Septem- ber 28, 1872.
HUBBARD George Hubbard, the immi- grant ancestor, was born in 1601, probably in eastern or southeastern England. where many of the name were found. His name first appears on the records here in 1639, on a list of the early settlers of Hartford. He was one of the number of those who came from the vicinity of Boston in the years 1635 and 1636, and set- tled in Windsor. Hartford and Wethersfield, Connecticut, and in Springfield, Massachın- setts. He was granted by the town six acres of land, "with privilege of Wood & keeping cows on the common". He lived on a lot ad- jacent to the land of James Ensign and George Graves, on a road parallel with the Connecticut river, according to an early map. After his marriage in 1640 he was given a home-lot and land on the east side of the "Great River". On September 4. 1640, he was appointed. with William Swayne, as an appraiser of the e's- tate of Edward Mason : on April 24, 1649, he was fined for exchanging a gun with an In- clian. In March, 1650-51, he seems to have sold his property and moved with about fifteen other families to Mattabesett, later, in 1653. Middletown, Connecticut. About this time he had a commission from the colonial govern- ment as "Indian agent and trader for the Mat- tabesett district". He was made freeman in 1654. Ile lived on the east side of Main street, on opposite corners with his son-in-law, Thomas Wetmore. He also owned much land on the west side of the street and on the east side of the river. These tracts were recorded September 5. 1654. He with three others on the west side of the street gave land for the second meeting house ; the first meeting house was started February 10, 1652. George Hub- bard, who lived adjacent to it, was appointed its keeper, and on December 17, 1666, he was allowed forty shillings for his services, and those of his son Joseph, who beat the drum to
announce church and give warning of Indians. On March 22, 1670, his property was ap- praised at ninety pounds ten shillings fifteen pence, and in 1673 it amounted to one hundred and thirty-two pounds ten shillings. The inven- tory at his death amounted to two hundred and forty-three pounds ten shillings, and he owned over one thousand acres of land. His will was dated May 22, 1681, when he was eighty years of age, and the inventory was taken May 13, 1685. He died March 18, 1684, and his widow died in 1702. A record of him says that he was "highly respected, and of marked integ- rity and fairness". He and his wife were buried in the Middletown Riverside cemetery. He married, in 1640, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Watts. Children : Mary. Joseph, mentioned below ; Daniel, Sam- uel, George, Nathaniel, Richard, Elizabeth.
(II) Joseph, son of George Hubbard, was born in Hartford, December 10, 1643, died in Middletown, December 26, 1686. He was as- sistant to his father in the first church at Mid- dletown. In 1667 he had lands recorded to him. In December, 1686, the inventory of his estate amounted to one hundred and forty pounds, including four hundred and seventy- two acres of land. His uncle, Captain Thomas Watts, left him one hundred pounds. He married, December 29, 1670, Mary Porter, sister of Dr. Daniel Porter, died 1690, and Robert Porter, died 1689, of Hartford and Farmington. She was born in 1650, died in Middletown, June 10. 1707. Children : Joseph. born October 22, 1671, died 1686; Robert, Oc- tober 30, 1673 ; George, October 7, 1675 ; John, mentioned below; Mary, January 23, 1681, died April 19, 1682 ; Elizabeth, March 26, 1683.
(III) John, son of Joseph Hubbard, was born in Middletown, July 30, 1678, died there January 2, 1726-27. He owned land on the east side of the river in what is now Portland, and he also had land granted him by the pro- prietors of the town. On July 21, 1703, he bought eighteen acres of woodland near the straits, about two miles below the city on the west side of the river. In 1704 he received seventeen and a half acres of his father's lands for which he was to pay his sister Eliza- beth. He was given the home-lot in this dis- tribution and was to support his mother the rest of her life. He married, February 10, 1702-03, Mary Phillips, who died October 21, 1736. Children : Joseph, born March 21, 1703- 04: John, August 13, 1705; Abigail, April 9,
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1707; Nathan, mentioned below ; Daniel, July 16, 1710; Hannah, July 13, 1711, died July 10, 1714; Mary, September 20, 1713; Solomon, August 20, 1715; Hannah, August 8, 1718.
(IV) Nathan, son of John Hubbard, was born in Middletown, May 4, 1709, died in Sandisfield, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, May 18, 1788. In 1730 he sold his property in Middletown to John Whittemore. In 1733 the children of John Hubbard signed an agree- ment to a new distribution of his property, because of dissatisfaction with the former distribution. In 1734 he sold his home-lot and moved to Waterbury, Connecticut, and later to Berkshire county, Massachusetts. He married (first), at Waterbury, Lydia, daughter of Na- thaniel Judd, of Wallingford, Connecticut ; (second), in Berkshire county, Mary Hough, born March 8, 1715. died in Sandisfield, No- vember 2, 1812. She was blind for many years. Children by first wife, born in Waterbury: John, mentioned below; Imer or Immer, born July 30, 1741, died January 13, 1745 ; Eli. born May 23, 1745; Nathan, born at Wallingford, February 29, 1747; Lydia, June 23, 1750; Juss Imer or Judimer, May 20, 1751 ; Mary. July 28, 1756: Nathaniel, November 17, 175 -; Sarah, born in Berkshire county. March 4. 1762, died October 26, 1764, possibly child of second wife.
(V) John (2), son of Nathan Hubbard. was born in Waterbury, December 22. 1736. and died in Sandisfield, at the home of his son, Captain Josiah, December 8. 1825. He lived in Waterbury, Sheffield, and Sandisfield. He was lieutenant in Captain William Baker's company, Colonel John Fellows, Eighth Mas- sachusetts Regiment. On April 21, 1775, two days after the Lexington Alarm, this company was on the way to Boston. They were in camp at Roxbury, May 23, 1775. They fought at Bunker Hill and were eight months about Boston. He married, January 12, 1764, Han- nah Paine, born in 1745, died in Sandisfield, September 19, 1822. Children: Sarah, born September 8, 1767; Josiah, November 27. 1768: John, August 25, 1770: Theophilus, Oc- tober 13, 1773; Solomer and Solomon, twins, January 4, 1775, one died in 1776; Hannah, November 16, 1781: Lydia, January 5, 1784: Clarissa, July 18, 1786.
The Hubbards of Sandisfield and vicinity, in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, are de- scendants or relatives of this John Hub- bard (?). In 1790 there were at Sandisfield
heads of families: John, Seth, Juddimer and Nathaniel Hubbard ; at Sheffield : John, Noah, Timothy and Moses Hubbard. John Hubbard, of Sandisfield, bought land there of Daniel Brown, August 7, 1764, and Seth bought land of Judah Fuller, November 28, 1796. John owned Lot No. 45, in the third division of Sandisfield.
(VII) Jacob Hubbard, grandson of John Hubbard, mentioned above, was born in Sand- isfield, Massachusetts, October 13, 1774, died September 21, 1855 .. The name of his father has not been ascertained, for want of the rec- ords of this town, but the Hubbards of Sandis- field, the family to which he belonged have been outlined above. He removed to North- ville, New York, and followed the trade of miller. He married Catherine Storer, born February 21, 1781. Children: Jacob, born January 10, 1812; Allen, born August 23, 1820, died September 21, 1856; William, men- tioned below ; Barnes, born December 24, 1828; Walter, born April 12, 1799: Harriet, born December 7, 1816, died 1851, married Samuel Dunham : Eliza, married Rufus Gifford ; Electa. born April 11, 1801, married Nathaniel Mead ; Laura Ann, born June 30, 1805; Ruth, May 15, 1808: George, June 8, 1810, died August 25, 18.43: Pelina, April 13, 1814; Seth, June I, 1819: Jane E., November 10, 1825.
(\'III) William, son of Jacob Hubbard, was born April 13, 1803, in Northville, Fulton county, New York, and died April 25, 1887, at Owego. New York. He was educated in the common schools and learned the trade of millwright. In 1848 he removed to Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, and thence in 1852, to Owego, New York. He owned a mill there, and manu- factured woodenware and shingles. During the last fifteen years of his life he was retired, owing to physical disability, making his home in Owego. He was a member of the Baptist church. He married Olly Chapman, born April 29, 1803, in Fulton county, New York, died at Owego, in 1866, daughter of Jehiel Chapman. Children : Truman Myron, mentioned below ; Theda Ann, married Almer G. Newall, and had children, Myron G., Alice and William Olly.
(IX) Truman Myron, son of William Hub- bard. was born in Fulton county, New York, near Northville, September 27, 1835. He at- tended the public schools and learned the trade of carpenter when a young man. For a time he engaged in the sash and blind business and
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in 1852 he began to manufacture sash, doors and blinds in Owego. In 1872 he established himself in business as an undertaker in Owego and was very successful in this business. Dur- ing the civil war he was in the Union service, enlisting August 27. 1862. in Company C. One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Regiment, New York Volunteers, and served to the end of the war. He was in the campaigns in the Caro- linas; took part in the siege of Atlanta, and also in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettys- burg, Lookout Mountain, Buzzards Roost. Marietta, and other engagements, and on through Georgia with Sherman. After the first five months of service, he was appointed hospital steward of his regiment.
After the war, he returned to Owego and resumed the manufacture of sash and blinds until 1872 when he went into the undertaking business. In 1880 he admitted to partnership O. G. King and the business was conducted under the firm name of Hubbard & King for eight years. The firm was then dissolved and during the next ten years Mr. Hubbard was in the employ of Mr. McDonakl, an under- taker. In partnership with L. S. Colby, under the firm name of Hubbard & Colby, Mr. Hub- bard resumed business on his own account and has continued in it to the present time. He has buried upwards of 5.300 people and has ridden on a hearse over 100,000 miles. He is a member of Babcock Post, Grand Army of the Republic. In politics he is a Republican and he has been prominent in public affairs. For six years he was a trustee of the incor- porated village, and for a time he was over- seer of the poor of the town. In religion he is a Baptist.
He married ( first), in 1861, Jane Manly, (second) Ella Newell, (third) Lydia New- man, daughter of Martin Newman. ( fourth ) Elizabeth D., widow of Dr. James Newman. She has two children, Elizabeth Van Gilder and Lynda Young. Child of his second wife : Lena MI., married Dawney. Children by third wife: Burt N., agent of the United States Express Company at Oneonta, New York ; Edith B., married P. G. King, and has two children, Rowena and Ruth King.
EASTMAN The surname Eastman is sy- nonymous with Easterling. A native of the east of Germany was known as "an easterling." In medieval times merchants trading with the English in
that quarter were known as mercatores es- trenses. The surname is also synonymous with Eastmond. Estmond, Easemond, Easman and Esmond. A branch of the family went early to the Barbadoes. The only coat-of-arms of the Eastman family is: Gules the dexter chief point an escutcheon argent charged with a lion rampant. The Eastman genealogy gives the abstract of the will of John Eastman, of Rom- ney, Southampton, England, dated September 24. 1602, proved October 22, 1602, providing for his burial there and bequeathing to sons Roger and John and daughters Elizabeth and Margaret, all minors.
(1) Roger Eastman, the immigrant ances- tor, was born in Wales, England, in 1611. and died in Simsbury, Massachusetts ( now in Con- necticut ). December 16, 1694. Ile came from Langford, Wiltshire, England, in the ship "Confidence," John Jabson, master, in 1638. as a servant of John Saunders. He settled in Salisbury, Massachusetts, where he received land in the first division in 1640-43. lle con- tributed to the minister's tax in 1650. He was a house carpenter by trade, and was a pro- prietor in Salisbury in 1639. He deposed April 11, 1671, that he was aged sixty years, and his wife deposed the same day that she was aged about fifty. They were both mem- bers of the church in Salisbury in 1644. He died December 16, 1694. He married Sarah Smith, born 1621, died March 11. 1697-98. Children, born at Salisbury : John. mentioned below : Nathaniel, March 12, 1643 : Philip. Oc- tober 20, 1644; Thomas, September 11. 1646; Timothy, September 20, 1648: Joseph, Novem- ber 8. 1650: Benjamin. December 12, 1652: Sarah. July 25. 1655: Samuel, September 20. 1657: Ruth, January 21, 1661.
(11) John, son of Roger Eastman, was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, January 9, 1640. and died there March 25, 1720. He took the oath of allegiance in 1677, and was made free- man in 1690. He was representative from Salisbury to Boston in the general court in 1601. He married ( first ), October 27, 1665. Ilannah Heilie: (second). November 5. 1670. Mary Boynton, born in Rowley, Massachu- setts, May 23. 1648. daughter of William Boyn- ton, of Rowley, who was a school teacher, tailor and planter. Children: Hannah, born November 23. 1673. died December 18. 1673 : John, born August 24, 1675: Zachariah, men- tioned below : Roger, born February 26, 1682: Elizabeth, September 26, 1685: Thomas. Feb-
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ruary 14, 1688, died August 27, 1691 ; Thomas, York. In appearance he was six feet six inches 1691 ; Joseph, June 23, 1692.
( Il]) Zachariah, son of John Eastman, was born in Salisbury, August 24. 1679, and died in Ipswich, Massachusetts, November 18, 1732. He married ( first ), May 1, 1703. Martha Thorn, of Ipswich, who died June 6, 1718: she was admitted to the church in Salisbury. July 28, 1706. He married ( second ) Phebe West, who died March 3. 1723. He married ( third ), September 3. 1724, Deborah Pillsbury. widow of Reuben Whittier ; she had seven children from her first marriage. They lived in Ipswich. Children by first wife: Jeremiah. mentioned below ; Martha, born November 19. 1705: Abigail. December 16, 1708; Jacob. March 29. 1711 ; Ruth, May 25. 1713. died May 23. 1714. Children by second wife : Will- iam, born March 9. 1719; Mary, November 25. 1721 ; Benjamin, February 2, 1723. Children by third wife: Timothy, August 10, 1725: daughter, October 15. 1727, died soon after birth.
( IV ) Jeremiah, son of Zachariah Eastman, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, March 30, 1704. He settled in Byfield, Massachu- setts. He married, February 10, 1725. Lydia. daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Brown, of Newbury and Salisbury, Massachusetts. Chil- dren : Lydia, born November 8. 1726 : llannah, died June 29. 1730; Martha, born December 17, 1730 : Jeremiah, November 28, 1732: Mer- iam, February 28, 1740; Mary, September 3. 1745 : Ephraim, mentioned below : Phebe, May 1, 1750: Benjamin.
(V) Ephraim, son of Jeremiah Eastman, was born in Byfield, Massachusetts, August 4, 1747, and died January 26, 1836. He lived first in Kingston and later in Deerfield, New Hampshire, where both he and his wife died. He married, February 28, 1771, Elizabeth Colby, who died September 20, 1820. Chil- dren: Joseph, born 1772: Israel, died young : Lydia, born March 3. 1774: Polly, 1775 : llan- nah, November 25, 1778; Jeremiah, mentioned below; John, July 21, 1783; Daniel, October 17. 1785 : Isaac Benson, June 17. 1788.
(VI) Jeremiah (2), son of Ephraim East- man, was born in Kingston, New Hampshire. January 8, 1780. In 1816 he moved from Deerfield, New Hampshire, to Schoharie coun- ty, New York, where he lived only a short time, moving finally to Broome county, New York. He was drowned June 18. 1834. in the Susquehanna river, near Union village, New
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