Ancestry of Rev.
William Greenleaf Eliot
Founder, Washington Univ - St Louis
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- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- William Greenleaf Eliot
- Mother:
- Margaret Greenleaf Dawes
- Birth Date:
- 5 Aug 1811
- Birth Location:
- New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 23 Jan 1887
- Death Location:
- Pass Christian, Harrison, Mississippi
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
- Notes:
Founder of Washington University in St. Louis
William Greenleaf Eliot
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Marriages for William Greenleaf Eliot
- Spouse:
- Abigail Adams Cranch
- Marriage Date:
- 29 JAN or JUN 1837
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Sources for William Greenleaf Eliot
- 1 Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A047548.
- 2 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/18/2021).
- 3 Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Marriage record for son Henry Ware Eliot and Charlotte Champe Stearns.
- 4 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847, Vol. 1, p. 79.
- 5 Greenleaf, James Edward, Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family, Boston: Frank Wood, Printer (1896), 211-212.
- 6 Holland, Henry W., William Dawes and His Ride with Paul Revere: An Essay Read Before the New England Historic Genealogical Society . . ., Boston: John Wilson and Son (1878), 69-70.
- 7 Wikipedia, "William Greenleaf Eliot", (accessed 03/18/2021).