Master Surname Index



Edmund Greenleaf

Ancestry of
Edmund Greenleaf

(c1574 - 1671)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637


Who was Edmund Greenleaf?

Edmund Greenleaf was a Great Migration immigrant who arrived in New England by 1637. The Great Migration includes immigrants to New England who arrived between the Mayflower in 1620 and the beginning of the English Civil War in 1640. The first wave of immigrants consisted largely of Puritans, who left England in search of religious freedom and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. Over the next few decades, thousands of people from England, Scotland, and other parts of Europe made the journey to New England, bringing with them their skills, customs, and cultures. The immigrants played a key role in shaping American society and politics, and many of their descendants went on to play important roles in the American Revolution and the formation of the United States.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Edmund Greenleaf

sprite

Seth Low

Mayor of New York City
President of Columbia University

7th great-grandson

sprite

Sam Waterston

Stage, TV and Movie Actor

8th great-grandson

sprite

Charlie Day

TV and Movie Actor

10th great-grandson

sprite

Charlie Baker

72nd Governor of Massachusetts

9th great-grandson

sprite

Brooke Adams

TV and Movie Actress

9th great-granddaughter

sprite

Bill Weld

68th Governor of Massachusetts

9th great-grandson

sprite

Brewster Kahle

Founder, Internet Archive

10th great-grandson

sprite

Story Musgrave

NASA Astronaut

10th great-grandson

sprite

Horace Gray

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

6th great-grandson

sprite

John Taylor Gilman

5th Governor of New Hampshire

4th great-grandson

sprite

T. S. Eliot

Poet and Playwright

6th great-grandson

sprite

Rev. William Greenleaf Eliot

Founder, Washington Univ - St Louis

5th great-grandson

sprite

Scott Foley

TV, Stage and Movie Actor

10th great-grandson

sprite

Richard Hatch

TV and Movie Actor

10th great-grandson

sprite

Gerald Ford

38th U.S. President

10th great-grandson

sprite

Dr. H. H. Holmes

Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”

7th great-grandson

sprite

Elbridge Gerry

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

3rd great-grandson

sprite

Raquel Welch

Movie Actress

10th great-granddaughter

sprite

Nicholas Gilman

Signer of the U.S. Constitution

4th great-grandson

sprite

Paget Brewster

TV Actress

9th great-granddaughter

sprite

Linda Hamilton

TV and Movie Actress

9th great-granddaughter

sprite

Herman Melville

Author of Moby Dick

5th great-grandson

sprite

Nathaniel Philbrick

Author of In the Heart of the Sea

10th great-grandson

sprite

Harry Chapin

Singer and Songwriter

10th great-grandson

sprite

John Greenleaf Whittier

American “Fireside” Poet

4th great-grandson

View entire list of famous kin for Edmund Greenleaf

Please note: The ancestor reports on this website have been compiled from thousands of different sources, many over 100 years old. These sources are attached to each ancestor so that you can personally judge their reliability. As with any good genealogical research, if you discover a link to your own family tree, consider it a starting point for further research. It is always preferable to locate primary records where possible. FamousKin.com cannot and does not guarantee the accuracy and reliability of these sources.