GREEN / GREENE / GRENE
I have another GREEN ancestor I have already featured at
this blog, Bartholomew Green (about 1590 – 1636) of Cambridge, Massachusetts. They do not appear to be kin.
Thomas Green, my 9th great grandfather, arrived
in Massachusetts aboard the ship Planter in 1635/6. In 1646 he was living at Lady Deborah Moody’s
farm in Lynn, Massachusetts, and by 1650 he was a resident of Malden. He had a 63 acre farm located in what is now
the Melrose and Wakefield border. He was
a farmer, and was elected a selectman in 1658, and a juror several times for Middlesex
County.
There were two Thomas Greens living in Malden at this
time. This Thomas Green is called “senior”
and his son is “Thomas Green junior”.
The other Thomas Green had no suffix after his name. My ancestor Thomas Green left a will dated 12
November 1667, proven on 15 January 1667/8.
It doesn’t name his wife, but it names all his children.
Two of his children are my ancestors. His son William, my 8th
great grandfather, was born in 1625 and settled in Malden. He was a freeman in 1668, selectman in 1678,
1683, and 1702. His son, Isaac Green, my
7th great grandfather, left Malden and settled in Falmouth, on Cape
Cod, where he is buried. I descend from his daughter, Martha, born in 1705, my
6th great grandmother who married Peter Robinson, the great great
grandson of Rev. John Robinson, pastor to the pilgrims.
Thomas’s daughter, Hannah Green (1647 – 1721) is also my 8th
great great grandmother. She married Joseph Richardson and removed to the town
of Woburn, which was settled by Malden and Charlestown residents. Joseph Richardson was a member of Major
Samuel Appleton’s militia and was engaged in the Great Swamp Fight on 19
December 1675. They had five children.
Some GREEN resources:
The New England Historic Genealogical Register, Volume 16, page 74
and also Volume 61, page 65
Descendants of Thomas Green of Malden, Massachusetts by Samuel
S. Green, 1858
The Greenes of Rhode Island with Historical Records of England
Ancestors, by Louise Brownell Clarke, 1903.
My GREEN genealogy:
Generation 1: Thomas Green, born in England, died 19
December 1667 in Malden, Massachusetts; married on 26 June 1627 in Malden to
Elizabeth Unknown. She had ten children.
He married second Frances Watson, the widow of Isaac Wheeler and Richard
Cook.
Lineage A:
Generation 2A:
William Green, born 15 December 1635 in England; died 30 December 1705
in Malden; married on 13 March 1659 in Malden to Elizabeth Wheeler as his first
wife (the daughter of Isaac Wheeler and Frances Watson, she had six children);
married second on 6 February 1695 to Isabel Farmer, daughter of John Farmer and
Isabella Burbage (she had no children).
Generation 3A: Isaac Green, born about 1666 in Malden, died
4 January 1739/40 in Falmouth, Massachusetts; married about 1693 to Sarah
Unknown as his first wife (six children); married second on 6 August 1716 in
Falmouth to Judith Betell.
Lineage A1:
Generation 4A1: William Green, born 20 November 1696 in
Malden, died about 1773 in Falmouth; married 26 May 1726 in Falmouth to Joanna
Mendall, daughter of John Mendall and Joanna Standike. She was born 13 May 1690 in Rochester,
Massachusetts; and died before 3 May 1773.
Generation 5A1:
Tabitha Green, born 18 December 1726 in Falmouth; married on 7 January
1748 to Jabez Robinson, son of Peter Robinson and Martha Green (see
below). He was born 9 June 1726 in Falmouth. Five children.
Generation 6A1:
Elizabeth Robinson m. Ebenezer Crosby
Generation 7A1: Rebecca
Crosby m. Comfort Haley
Generation 8A1:
Joseph Edwin Healy m. Matilda Weston
Generation 9A1: Mary
Etta Healey m. Peter Hoogerzeil
Generation 10A1: Florence Etta Hoogerzeil m. Arthur Hitchings
Generation 11A1:
Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)
Lineage A2:
Generation 4A2: Martha
Green, born 28 October 1705 in Falmouth; married on 18 July 1724 in Falmouth to
Peter Robinson, son Of Isaac Robinson and Hannah Harper. He was born 15
December 1701 in Falmouth, and died after 1772.
Seven children.
Generation 5A2: Jabez
Robinson m. Tabitha Green (see above)
Lineage B:
Generation B2: Hannah
Green, born 7 February 1647 in Woburn, Massachusetts, and died 20 May 1721 in
Norwich, Connecticut; married on 5 November 1666 in Woburn to Joseph
Richardson, son of Samuel Richardson and Joanna Thake. He was born 27 July 1643 in Woburn, and died
5 March 1718 in Woburn. Five children.
Generation B3: Mary
Richardson m. James Fowle
Generation B4: Mary
Fowle m. James Simonds, Jr.
Generation B5: Caleb
Simonds m. Susanna Converse
Generation B6: Ruth Simonds
m. Andrew Munroe
Generation B7: Luther
Simonds Munroe m. Olive Flint
Generation B8: Phebe
Cross Munroe m. Robert Wilson Wilkinson
Generation B9: Albert
Munroe Wilkinson m. Isabella Lyons Bill
Generation B10: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise
Roberts (my grandparents)
See this link for my ROBINSON lineage back to Rev. John
Robinson, pastor to the Pilgrims:
------------------------------
Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ GREEN of
Charlestown and Malden, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 21,
2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/surname-saturday-green-of-malden.html: accessed [access date]).
