Elizabeth Gooking

1681 - 1762  (81 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Gooking
  Birth	11 Nov 1681	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Nov 1762	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [3, 5]
  Burial	King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [3]
  Person ID	I40846	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of XYZ
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel Gooking,   b. 22 Apr 1652, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 16 Sep 1730, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary   d. Aft 29 Apr 1707
  Family ID	F23916	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. Daniel Greenleaf,   b. 10 Feb 1680, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 27 Aug 1763, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1701  [1, 6]
  Children	+ 1. Daniel Greenleaf,   b. 7 Nov 1702, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 18 Jul 1795 (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F23915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia (accessed 28 Apr 2024): Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf was the first female apothecary in the Thirteen Colonies. She is considered to be the first female pharmacist in the United States. Elizabeth Gooking was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts Colony in 1681, the daughter of Samuel and Mary Gooking. She married minister, physician, and apothecary Daniel Greenleaf (a Harvard graduate) in 1699. The couple had twelve children. In 1727, Elizabeth moved to Boston to open an apothecary shop. Though this was a role which had been exclusively performed by men, Massachusetts did not have any laws in place to prevent women from practicing. This made her the only woman among the 32 apothecaries working in New England at the time. Later in 1727, Daniel moved to Boston to join her after resigning his post as pastor of the Congregational Church in Yarmouth. They ran the shop together for several decades. Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf died in 1762, followed by her husband in 1763. She was one of 17 women to be honored by the American Pharmacists Association in 2012, for "contributions to the profession and advancement of women in pharmacy."

  
  

• Sources

  [S7582] Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family by James Edward Greenleaf. Boston: Frank Wood, 1896. [S3431] Massachusetts, town clerk and town records, 1626-2001, on familysearch.org. [S7588] Find a Grave page for Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf. [S6108] Adventurers of Purse and Person: Virginia 1607-1624/5. Fourth edition, ed. John Frederick Dorman. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004-07., date only. [S7582] Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family by James Edward Greenleaf. Boston: Frank Wood, 1896., month and year only. [S7589] Find a Grave page for Rev Daniel Greenleaf Sr.., year only.