Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Benjamin GREELE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 28 Feb 1699/1700 in Haverhill, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 22 Feb 1785 in Haverhill, Massachusetts d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Joseph GRELE Birth: 5 Feb 1651/2 in Salisbury, Massachusetts Death: 7 Mar 1745 in Hudson, New Hampshire
    • Mother:
  • Martha WILFORD Birth: 18 Jan 1669/70 in Bradford, Massachusetts Death: 21 Feb 1757 in Hudson, New Hampshire

Family:
Marriage:
  • Ruth WHITTIER on 1 Jan 1722/3 at Haverhill, Massachusetts .m1
  • Ruth WHITTIER Birth: 31 Jul 1701 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 4 Dec 1745 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
Children:
  1. Ann GREELE Birth: 15 Feb 1723/4 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 19 Apr 1770 in Nottingham West, New Hampshire
  2. Ezekiel GREELE Birth: 21 Oct 1725 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 21 Jan 1793 in Nottingham West, New Hampshire
  3. Reuben GREELE Birth: 15 Oct 1726 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: Before 22 Mar 1756 in Nottingham West, New Hampshire
  4. Benjamin GREELE Birth: 9 Jun 1728 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 17 Aug 1757 in Nottingham West, New Hampshire
  5. Joseph GREELEY Birth: 18 Feb 1730/1 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 26 Nov 1814 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  6. Ruth GREELE Birth: 26 Aug 1733 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 1 Sep 1733 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  7. Ruth GREELE Birth: 24 Oct 1734 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 20 May 1779 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  8. Hannah GREELE Birth: 8 Mar 1736/7 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 29 Jun 1823 in Campton, New Hampshire
  9. Mary GREELE Birth: 6 Aug 1738 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 10 Oct 1738 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  10. Mary GREELE Birth: 1 Jan 1739/40 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: Campton, New Hampshire
  11. Sarah GREELE Birth: 10 Mar 1743/4 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 18 Dec 1750 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  12. Miriam GREELE Birth: 4 Dec 1745 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 4 Dec 1745 in Haverhill, Massachusetts

Marriage:
  • Hannah POOR on 18 Mar 1745/6 at Newbury, Massachusetts .m2
  • Hannah POOR Birth: Abt 1713 Death: 30 Mar 1802 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
Children:
  1. Moses GREELE Birth: 21 Aug 1747 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 11 Oct 1749 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  2. Samuel GREELE Birth: 14 Mar 1748/9 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: 11 Oct 1749 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  3. Daniel GREELE Birth: Feb 1750 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: Feb 1750 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  4. Jonathan GREELE Birth: Feb 1750 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: Feb 1750 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  5. Martha GREELE Birth: Feb 1750 in Haverhill, Massachusetts Death: Feb 1750 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
  6. Anna GREELE Birth: 1 Feb 1752 in Haverhill, Massachusetts

Bibliography
  1. Greeley, George Hiram, Genealogy of the Greely-Greeley Family. Boston, MA: George Hiram Greeley, 1908. M-LH #G108. Available at http://books.google.com/?id=cm0ZAQAAMAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p[0-9]*].
  2. Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910. M-LH #PS86. Available at http://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofha02have Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HaverhillMA vitals p[0-9]*].
  3. Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, Concord, NH: Rumsford Press, 1938. NEHGS CS71/P643/1938. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/29865. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p23, HaverhillMA vitals p144, Holman PILLSBURY p500],
place:
[Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p23, HaverhillMA vitals p144, Holman PILLSBURY p500],
parents:
[Ref: HaverhillMA vitals p144, Holman PILLSBURY p500],
father:
[Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p23]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
mother:
Martha CORLIS dau John CORLIS & Mary WILFORD [Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p23]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p42, Holman PILLSBURY p501],
place:
[Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p42, Holman PILLSBURY p501]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ruth WHITTIER
date:
[Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p42]
1 Jan 1722 [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p501],
place:
[Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p42, Holman PILLSBURY p501],
child:
[Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p42, HaverhillMA vitals p148, Holman PILLSBURY p502]
Sources with Information about marriage to Hannah POOR
date:
[Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p501]
second marriage of Benjamin [Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p42],
place:
[Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p501],
child:
[Ref: GreeleyGH GREELY p43, HaverhillMA vitals p148, Holman PILLSBURY p502]
Research Notes:
farmer in Haverhill, MA [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p501]

1735: received from wife's father a piece of land in Haverhill called Browns farm; sold it a few days later to Abner Chase for forty pounds [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p501]

1746: sold with the other heirs his rights in the widow Mary Whittier's dower [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p501]

1776: sold to his son Joseph land in Haverhill [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p501]

----- Essex Co Deed 70:255, partially quoted in Pillsbury Ancestry:
I Joseph Whittier of Haverhill ... Yeoman for ... that parentall Love goodwill and Affection that I have and Do Bear towards My Daughter Eli Chase, ye now Wife of Abner Chase of Haverhill ... and ... towards My daughter Ruth Greely ye now Wife of Benj Greely of Haverhill ... do ... give ... to them ... a certain piece of Land ... in Haverhill ... westerly Corner of a farm called Browns farm ... 6 Jun 1735. [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p501]

Essex Co Deed 70:252, partially quoted in Pillsbury Ancestry:
... wee Benj Greele and Ruth his Now Wife of haverhill ... for ... forty pounds ... sell ... to ... Abner Chase. The half or Moiety of a certain piece of land ... in Haverhill ... being ye westerly Corner of a farme Called Browns farme ... 20 Jun 1735 [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p501]

Essex Co Deed 136:100, partially quoted in Pillsbury Ancestry:
I Benjamin Greeley of Haverhill ... Yeoman ... for ... three hundred Pounds ... have ... given ... unto my son Joseph Greely of Haverhill ... yeoman ... land in Haverhill, 28 Feb 1776 [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p501]

Will dated 29 Jun 1782, pro 17 Mar 1785:
The Twenty Ninth Day of June 1782: I Benjamin Greely of Haverhill ... yeoman being in good Health of Body & of Perfect Mind & Memory; DO Make & ordain this my last Will & Testament ...
In ye first Place I give & Bequeath to hannah my Dearly beloved Wife ...
Also I give to my well Beloved son Ezekiel Greely whom I like wise Constitute ... my only & Sole Executor of this my last will & Testament ...
I also give to my well beloved Son Joseph Greely ...
I also give to my well beloved Daughters, Hannah Johnson & Mary Johnson the whole of my Pew in the Revd Mr H Smiths Meeting House with one quarter of my House Hold Goods
I also give to the offspring of my two daughters Anna marsh & Ruth Ela one quarter of my Household Goods
I also give to my Grandson Benj Johnson, my Clothes Chest. I also bive to my Grandson Benj Ela my Desk ...
In Wittness where of I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal ye Day & Year first within written. Benj (X) Greely
Eleanor Spafford, Hannah Bartlett, Moses Spafford
Filed in Court, 17 Mar 1785
Ezekiel Greely of Nottingham West in New Hampshire, Gentleman, with Benjamin Poor of Newbury, yeoman, and Moses Spafford of Rowley, cordwainer, as sureties, gave a bond in court, 17 Mar 1785 [Ref: Holman PILLSBURY p502]



Pedigree of Benjamin GREELE
          /-----Andrew GRELE
 /-----Joseph GRELE
|        |         /-----Joseph MOYSE
|         \-----Mary MOYSE
|                  \-----Hannah (MOYSE)
Benjamin GREELE
|         /-----Gilbert WILFORD
 \-----Martha WILFORD
         |         /-----Thomas DOW
          \-----Mary DOW
                   \-----Phebe (DOW)



Descendants of Benjamin GREELE
1. Benjamin GREELE m1. Ruth WHITTIER m2. Hannah POOR
m. Ruth WHITTIER father: Joseph WHITTIER mother: Mary PEASLEY
m. Hannah POOR

2nd generation

2. Ann GREELE m. Thomas MARSH
m. Thomas MARSH father: John MARSH mother: Sarah SEVERANCE
6. Joseph GREELEY m. Prudence CLEMENT
m. Prudence CLEMENT father: Jonathan CLEMENTS mother: Mary GREENLEAF

3rd generation

34. Joseph GREELEY m. Dorothy SARGENT
m. Dorothy SARGENT father: Christopher SARGENT mother: Anna SARGENT
37. Stephen GREELEY m. Betsey BALCH
m. Betsey BALCH father: Nathaniel BALCH mother: Joanna DAY

4th generation

39. Polly GREELEY m. Henry CARLETON
m. Henry CARLETON father: Moses CARLETON mother: Margaret SPRAKE
45. John Balch GREELEY m1. Clarissa JEWETT m2. Francis Dunn COBB
m. Clarissa JEWETT
m. Francis Dunn COBB

5th generation

46. Margaret Sprague CARLETON m. George Alfred PILLSBURY
m. George Alfred PILLSBURY father: John Captain PILLSBURY mother: Susan WADLEIGH