"268. … Joseph (Greenleaf),5 b. Sept. 25, 1717; m. Mary _____; res. Newbury, Mass.; five children.
It appears by the county records at Salem, Mass., that 'the administration of the estate of Joseph Greenleaf, late of Newbury, Innholder, deceased (was) granted to Mary Greenleaf, widow of the said Joseph, 30 March, 1751. The inventory of the estate was £315-6-8. Three persons were appointed by the Judge, July 1, 1754, to set off the right of dower in Joseph Greenleaf's estate to Mary Greenleaf, alias Peabody.' [Essex Co. Probate Court, Vol. cccxxix., p. 530, Vol. cccxxx., p. 58.] … Richard Kent was appointed guardian of Thomas Greenleaf (son of Joseph and Mercy), a minor upwards of fourteen years old, Aug. 25, 1752. [Vol. cccxxxii., pp. 369 and 529.]"