Ancestry of
Herman Melville

Author of Moby Dick

Mercy Greenleaf

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• • Great-grandmother of Herman Melville — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 11 
  • Father:
  • Daniel Greenleaf 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Gookin   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Nov 1719 
  • Birth Location:
  • Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
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  • 7 Oct 1793 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • John Scollay
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Mar 1735 
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  Priscilla Scollay (Ahnentafel No:5 )

• Sources for Mercy Greenleaf

  • ¹ Greenleaf, James Edward, Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family, Boston: Frank Wood, Printer (1896), 207.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 174.