Ancestry of
Polly Greeley

(1786–1842)

Martha Wilford

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Polly Greeley — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 17 
  • Father:
  • Gilbert Wilford 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Dow   
  • Birth Date:
  • 18 Jan 1669/1670 
  • Birth Location:
  • Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Feb 1757 
  • Death Location:
  • Hudson, Hillsborough, New Hampshire 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Joseph Greeley
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Feb 1694/1695 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Benjamin Greeley (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some sources, including Genealogy of the Greely-Greeley Family, state that Martha Wilford is the daughter of John Corliss and Mary Wilford. This is incorrect as Martha is actually the daughter of Gilbert Wilford and Mary Dow.

• Sources for Martha Wilford

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Haverhill, Vol. 2, p. 140, Marriage record for Joseph Greely and Martha Willford.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1865, Vol. 19, p. 59.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1936, Vol. 90, p. 202.
  • ⁴ Greeley, George Hiram, Genealogy of the Greely-Greeley Family, Boston, Massachusetts: Frank Wood, Printer (1905), 22-24.
  • ⁵ Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, n.p.: n.p. (1938), 499.
  • ⁶ Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, With Some Related Families of Adjoining Towns and . . . Vol. 3, Providence, Rhode Island: Snow and Farnham Co., Printers (1916), 1024.