Notes for: Stephen GREENLEAF

Captain Stephen Greenleaf, Sr. was the son of Captain Edmund Jr. and Sarah (Moore) Greenleaf. He was baptized on September 29, 1628 at St Margaret's Church in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. He arrived in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts aboard the MARY and JOHN in 1634 at age 6.

In 1670 he was appointed an Ensign in the Colonial Militia of Newbury. He was a representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1676 to 1686. He was raised to the rank of Lieutenant in 1685. In 1686 he was raised to the rank of Captain of the Newbury Militia and went to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to fight in the disastrous Phips Expedition against Port Royal in the Indian Wars. Captain Greenleaf, along with nine other men, were wrecked in a vessel during the siege of Port Royal, and all hands were drowned. It is not known whether their bodies were ever recovered. There are no records that would indicate that they were recovered.