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Andrew Greele was born ABT 1617. He died 30 JUN 1697 in Salisbury, MA.
Andrew Greele's wife was Mary Moyse (?-1703). They were married. They had six known children named Philip Greele (1644-1717/18), Andrew Greele (1646-?), Mary Greele (1649-?), Joseph Greele (1652-?), Benjamin Greele (1654-?), and Westwood Greele (1659-?).
Andrew Greele, the emigrant ancestor, was an early settler
in Salisbury, Mass. The exact date of his arrival there, from
whence he came, or in what vessel, is unknown. The town
of Salsbury, Mass., was granted in 1638, by the name of
Merrimac, to be a plantation unto Simon Bradstreet and others.
The year following it was incorporated by the name of Col-
chester, and in 1640 assumed, by direction of the General Court,
the name of Salsbury. The first time the name of Andrew
Greele appears on the town records is in 1640, when there
appears the following record : —
16-9-1640. Granted unto Willi Sargeant six acres more or less for
a planting lot lying near unto the mill between the millers lot &
Andrew Grelies & so butting one end upon the mill river & ye other
upon the north with the comon.
Andrew settled on a part which is now included in Sea-
brook, N. H., and thereupon built a tide mill for the grinding
of corn, on Kane's River, contiguous to a rock-bound island
in the marsh, where, in addition thereto, he built a sawmill
about 16^0. Tradition gives the date of the erection of the saw-
mill as 1650, but the following deed would seem to prove that
it was erected and in operation previous to 1655 (Old Norfolk
Co. Records, Vol. I, page 47) : —
The deposition of Lt Jeremiah Allen aged 75 yrs. and Elizabeth Moody
aged 66 years who testify and say that about ye year 1693 Andrew Grele
and his wife came down from Haverill to their son Philip Greele in Sals-
bury and lived with him some considerable time all which time they were
unable to do anything and were very troublesome & (Chargeable to their
son Sc to his wife and died there
Jeremiah Allen
Elizabeth Moody