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Stephen Greenleaf
For the American Unitarian clergyman, author and hymn writer, see Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch.
American colonial politician and soldier (1628 –1690)
Stephen Greenleaf | |
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Born | 1628 Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
Died | December 1, 1690(1690-12-01) (aged 61–62) Cape Breton |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Colonial politician and soldier |
Known for | One of the nine original purchasers of Nantucket Island |
Stephen Greenleaf (1628 – 1 December 1690) was an American colonial politician and soldier. He was one of the nine original purchasers of Nantucket Island. A number of his descendants became prominent in North American society.
Life
[edit]Stephen Greenleaf was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England to Captain Edmund Greenleaf, an original settler of Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Greenleafs migrated on the Mary and John from England in 1634 during the Puritan migration.[1]
In 1651, Greenleaf married Elizabeth
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