Descendants of Archibald Greenfield


Archibald Greenfield, parents unknown
B: unknown
M2: Christian Bookloss on June 14, 1685 in Dunbar, Scotland
M2: Jenet Foster on January 19, 1693 in Dunbar, Scotland
D: circa 1705 in Scotland

Christian Bookloss Greenfield, parents unknown
B: unknown
D: before 1693 in Dunbar, Scotland

Archibald had six children:
1. Thomas Greenfield, born May 23, 1686 in Dunbar, Scotland
2. Elizabeth Greenfield, born November 14, 1688 in Dunbar, Scotland
3. James Greenfield 4. Archibald Greenfield (1692 - 1769)
5. James Greenfield 6. Jean Greenfield

I have met a lot of new Greenfield cousins since this page went on line in 1996. I have much more information on the descendants of Archibald than what is on this page. I havn't had a chance to type it all up or index it, but you can look at what I've done so far.

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Archibald Greenfield, son of Archibald Greenfield and Christian Bookloss Greenfield:
B: November 24, 1692 in Dunbar, Scotland
M1: Hannah Starr before 1715
M2: Sarah Bacon on May 31, 1733 in Salem, Massachusetts
M3: Mary Platt on January 10, 1740 in Huntington, New York
M4: Mary White Gautier on December 31, 1757 in Salem, Massachusetts
D: August 1769 in Salem, Massachusetts

Archibald and Hannah had three children:
1. James Greenfield: (circa 1715 - ?)
2. Archibald Starr Greenfield: (1718 - 1793)
3. Elizabeth Greenfield: (1723 - 1814) married Rodger Alger Jr.

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James Greenfield , son of Archibald Greenfield and Hannah Starr Greenfield:
B: circa 1715 probably in Newport, Rhode Island
M: Elizabeth Raymond on January 25, 1740/41 in New London, Connecticut
D: unknown

Elizabeth Raymond, daughter of Sands and Elizabeth Raymond
B: circa 1715 in New London, Connecticut
D: unknown

James and Elizabeth had seven children:
1. Sarah Greenfield (1743 - )
2. Raymond Greenfield 3. Archibald Greenfield 4. Enos Greenfield 5. Bethuel Greenfield 6. James Greenfield (1753 - 1812)
7. William Greenfield

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James Greenfield , son of James and Elizabeth Raymond Greenfield:
B: December 25, 1753 probably in New London, Connecticut
M: Margaret Sweet on December 25, 1774
D: January 23, 1812 in Russia, Herkimer County, New York

Margaret Sweet, daughter of Caleb Sweet and Isabel Sherman Sweet
B: June 28, 1758
M2: Mr. Martin
D: August 21, 1833 in Russia, Herkimer County, New York

James and Margaret had eleven children:
1. Caleb Greenfield (1776 - 1817)
2 .James Greenfield 3. Stephen Greenfield 4. Thomas Greenfield 5. Barbary Greenfield 6. Sherman Greenfield 7. Archibald Greenfield 8. Sarah Greenfield 9. Starr Greenfield 10. Margaret Greenfield 11. Hiram Greenfield
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Caleb Greenfield , son of James and Margaret Sweet Greenfield:
B: October 22, 1776 in Stephentown, New York
M: Esther White on March 3, 1799 in Fairfield, New York
D: March 24, 1817 in Newport, New York

Esther White, daughter of Nathaniel White and Esther Wyman Brooks White
B: October 18, 1778
M2: Moses Little in Cayuga County, New York
D: after 1855

Caleb and Esther had five children:
1. Stephen J. Greenfield (1801 - 1870)
2. Merritt M. Greenfield 3. Barbary Greenfield who married Jacob Spoor
4. Ira S. Greenfield 5. Sophia Greenfield who married John Hecox

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Stephen J. Greenfield , son of Caleb and Esther White Greenfield:
B: 1801 probably in Herkimer County, New York
M: Cornelia Sabin
D: 1870

Cornelia Sabin, parents unknown
B: 1801
D: unknown

Stephen and Cornelia had at least seven children:
1. Charlotte Greenfield
2. Caleb Greenfield 3. John D. Greenfield 4. Susan Greenfield
5. Clarissa Maria Greenfield who married Joel M. Palmer
6. Mary Jane Greenfield
7. Quartus Dewey Greenfield (1839 - 1924)

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Quartus Dewey Greenfield, son of Stephen J. Greenfield and Cornelia Sabin Greenfield:
B: January 14, 1839 - Skaneateles, New York
M: Carolyn "Carrie" Downing - June 4, 1865 Moravia, New York (divorced 1884 in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania)
D: November 18, 1924 - Keeneyville, Pennsylvania

Carolyn "Carrie" Downing, parents unknown
B: unknown
M2: Richard R. Phillips
D: unknown

Quartus and Carrie had four children:
1. Marshall Jay Greenfield (1863 - )
2. Maude A. Greenfield 3. Neal D. Greenfield, born May 3, 1872
4. C. Agusta Greenfield: born July 18, 1874 married Charles M. Guest

Quartus enlisted in Company "H" (45th Regiment) Pennsylvania Volunteers on September 8, 1861. He was discharged a year later (age 23) and suffered the rest of his life from arthritis caused by exposure during the Civil War. In 1882 he moved to Keeneyville, Pennsylvania, where he lived for the rest of his days. After he and Carrie divorced she took their daughters with her to live with her new husband. Quartus never remarried. He died of consumption and is buried in the Middlebury Union Cemetery, Tioga Counta, Pennsylivania.

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