Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for William GREENLEAF | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WILLIAM (Greenleaf) b. 1788, Oct. 7. [ref 13:226] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - William Greenleaf birth 7 Oct 1788 Medford Middlesex /s Jona Joanna [ref 76] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - His mother died when William was eight years old, and soon after this he was bound out and brought to Maine and was almost lost to his relatives for a long time, and it was many years before he saw any of them. He lived with Mr. Peter Holden, a shoemaker (to whom he was bound to learn the trade). Mr. Holden moved to Otisfield, Me., taking William with him. He sometimes fared hard; was poorly fed and scantily clothed, but worked his time out and got his trade. He was ambitious, possessed an amiable disposition, was healthy, and grew to be a fine-looking young man, liked and respected by all who knew him. When he became of age, he bought a lot of land, cleared it, and built a house and barn, convenient for a home. He prospered in his business, working on his land, while his trade furnished him with work, more than he could do besides his farm work, so he was always busy, sitting late at night on his low bench, making shoes well suited to those good old times of home manufacture. A brook ran through his farm near his buildings gs, which, by the help of a dam, furnished water power sufficient for a mill. He bought machinery and built a mill, doing a successful business, sawing shingles. Later on he built a new house of modern architecture, and commodious for his family of seven healthy and happy children. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
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