Ancestry of
Herman Melville

Author of Moby Dick

Daniel Greenleaf

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Herman Melville — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 22 
  • Father:
  • Stephen Greenleaf Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Gerrish   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Feb 1679/1680 
  • Birth Location:
  • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  • 22 Feb 1679/1680 
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Aug 1763 
  • Death Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Gookin
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Nov 1701 
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  • Children:
  
  

  John Greenleaf

  Mercy Greenleaf (Ahnentafel No:11 )

  William Greenleaf

• Sources for Daniel Greenleaf

  • ¹ New England Ancestors Magazine, 2000, Vol. 1.5, pp. 11-15.
  • ² American Antiquarian Society, Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society at the Annual Meeting Held in Worcester, October 18, 1922, Vol. 2, Pt. 2, Worcester, Massachusetts: The Davis Press (1923), 303.
  • ³ Greenleaf, James Edward, Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family, Boston: Frank Wood, Printer (1896), 201, 205-207.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 174.