Joshua Green Jr. (1772 - 1822)

Born 23 Dec 1772 in Rhode Island

Ancestors

Died 1822 at about age 49 in Byron, Genessee County, New York

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Biography

It has been said that his parents, Joshua Green & Alice (Waite) Potter both died from small pox while residents of New Lebanon, Kings District then located in Old Albany County (now Columbia) New York. Joshua Green, Jr would have been about 13 years old. In 1793 he was married to Sarah Hunter while a resident of New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York. He seems to have followed his oldest sister, Mary (Green) Fox and his youngest sister, Susannah (Green) Fox when they moved north to Montgomery (now Fulton) County, N.Y. They were all enumerated in the 1800 Federal Census as residents of that place. William & Mary Fox settled in the Town of Mayfield while Consider & Susannah Fox along with half-brother, Joshua Green settled in the adjacent Town of Broadalbin. He later migrated west to Genesee County, New York where he was enumerated in the 1810 Federal Census. He died in 1822 and his wife, Sarah (Hunter) Green died in 1860. They were buried in the Byron Cemetery in Byron, Genesee County, New York. They have a very nice monument erected at their grave. I have identified one son named Andrew Hunter Green (1797-1875) who is buried on his father & mother's cemetery plot.

Sources

• Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916, index and Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914, index, published on the FamilySearch.org. web site.The Federal Census Records for 1800, 1810 and 1820. Cemetery Records Tombstone Inscriptions from the Byron Cemetery in Byron, Genesee County, New York published on the Find-A-Grave web site. Advertisements published in the Genealogical Helper from Mrs. Charles P. Russell of 215 Boltwood Dr. N.E. in Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505. She was looking for the parents of Joshua Green, Jr. I sent her a letter on June 3rd, 1978 giving her the information she was seeking. I don't know if I ever heard back from her or not. Also from Mrs. Selma D. Plew of 220 N. 1st Street in Sierra Vista, Arizina 85635. She was a descendant of Joseph Potter, a half-brother of Joshua Green. I sent her a letter on May 17th, 1990 to see if she knew anything about the Green Family. She replied back on May 25, 1990 and again on June 19th, 1990. She was battling cancer at the time and so I never heard from her again.