Moses Poor Greenleaf

7 February 1818–29 January 1848 (Age 29)
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

The Life Summary of Moses Poor

When Moses Poor Greenleaf was born on 7 February 1818, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel Greenleaf, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Hale, was 20. He married Susan Marsters Allen on 8 October 1846. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 29 January 1848, at the age of 29, and was buried in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Moses Poor Greenleaf
1818–1848
Susan Marsters Allen
1822–1854
Marriage: 8 October 1846
Benjamin Greenleaf
1848–1848

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    8 October 1846
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (6)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 1
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 
    1820 · Making States Equal
    Age 2
    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 12
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    Name Meaning

    English (Essex and Middlesex): from Middle English grene ‘green’ + lef ‘leaf’, presumably applied as a nickname, the significance of which is now lost.Jewish (American): translation into English of the Ashkenazic artificial surname Grünblatt, a compound of German grün + Blatt ‘leaf’.Americanized form (translation into English) of French Canadian Vertefeuille .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Greenlief
    Vertefeuille

    Sources (7)

    • Moses P. Greenleaf, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
    • Moses P. Greenleaf, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
    • Moses P. Greenleaf, "Find A Grave Index"

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