William (Greene) Green (1651 - aft. 1732)

Born 22 Aug 1651 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Felch) Green — married 1674 in not Woburn

Husband of Hannah (Kendall) Green — married Jun 1677 in not Woburn

Descendants

Died after 1732 after age 80 in Mendon, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

William Green (no "e") was born 22 October 1651 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[1]

Because his parents died when he was young, he is said to have been raised by his Carter uncles.^{[citation needed]}

He received 38 pounds from his father’s estate in 1670.^{[citation needed]}

He first married Mary Felch (1653-1676) around 1674 and had 1 child with her:

• William Jr., b 9 Aug 1675^[2]

Mary died in 1676.

William then married Hannah Kendall (1655-1719), daughter of Francis Kendall and Mary Tidd, in 1677.^[3],^[4],^[5] They had the following children:

• Francis (1678-1759);
• Ebenezer;^[6]
• Mehitable; ^[7], died before 1698 when daughter by same name born
• Hannah; ^[8]
• Mary; ^[9]
• Samuel; ^[10]
• Jacob; ^[11]
• Joseph; ^[12]
• Mehitable (2);^[13]
• Thomas;
• Benjamin;
• John;
• Abigail.

Birth records of their children show they remained in Woburn for the majority of their life. They may have removed to Mendon late in life.

In 1676, William was drafted to help in the efforts against the Narragansett in King Philip's War.

A previous version of this profile claimed that this William died 1 December, 1717 in Woburn, Massachusetts.^[14] But subsequent research by L. Ray Sears demonstrates it is more likely that the William Green who died on that date was William b. abt 1681 d. 1 Dec 1717 son of John (1649-1681) and Sarah Bateman.^[15]

William the father was still alive in 1726 and as late as 1732. Sears points out that Holman,^[3] on page 106, says "William Green, of Mendon, deeds land there to his daughter Hannah and her husband, Thomas Beard in 1720; and in 1726 Green gave more land to his grandson, Thomas Beard (Worcester Deeds, 26:592)." Sears points out another deed on 25 May 1732 which is likely this William.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-99C : 22 October 2020), William Green, 22 Aug 1651; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120. Births, page 110.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-Q5V : 22 October 2020), William Green in entry for William Green, 9 Jun 1675; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.; Births, p 110
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Mary Lovering Holman, Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his Wife Frances Helen Miller, 2 vols., (Concord, N.H.: privately printed at the Rumford Press, 1948–1953) Pages: 101-107 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067408831&view=2up&seq=125
4. ↑ Thomas Bellows Wyman, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629–1818, 2 vols., (Boston, Mass.: David Clapp and Son, 1879) Page: 438, William Green 15 and William Green 16
5. ↑ NOT in Woburn VR
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-WMG : 22 October 2020), William Green in entry for Ebinezer Green, 18 Jul 1680; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-WHZ : 22 October 2020), William Green in entry for Mehitabell Green, 30 Jun 1682; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC99-6QY : 21 October 2020), Wm./Green in entry for Hannah Green, 7 Aug 1684; citing Birth, Wooburne, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-43T : 22 October 2020), Will. Green in entry for Mary Green, 1 Nov 1686; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-HRN : 22 October 2020), Wm. Green in entry for Samuell Green, 18 Jul 1689; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-Z3T : 22 October 2020), William Green in entry for Jacob Green, 14 Oct 1691; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-82P : 22 October 2020), William Green in entry for Joseph Green, 14 Apr 1694; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXN-5BN : 22 October 2020), Wm. Greene in entry for Mehitabel Greene, 27 Mar 1698; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXJ-SX9 : 22 October 2020), William Green, 1 Dec 1717; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
15. ↑ L. Ray Sears, comment on this profile, citing https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067408831&view=2up&seq=127 (bottom footnote); adds: "The adm of his estate was his wife, Mary; the bondsman was Samuel Green, both were of Woburn. The bond was dated 11 Apr 1718. The estate was divided on 4 Jan 1730 and 2/3 of it was given to the son, William..."
16. ↑ See L. Ray Sears, "#52 Ancestors - William Green," in Cape Cod Folks (blog), 23 March 2023; (http://capecodfolks.blogspot.com/2023/03/52-ancestors-william-green.html)

See also: [some of these are duplicates of sources cited above]:

• Johnson, Woburn records of births, deaths, and marriages (1890) Vol. 1, Pg. 110
• Johnson, Woburn records of births, deaths, and marriages (1890) Pt. 10, Pg. 74-75,
• Johnson, Woburn records of births, deaths, and marriages (1890) Pt. 2, Pg. 83
• Massachusetts, Town Clerk Records, Middlesex, County Records, 1641-1843, Liber 3, Pg. 5
• Massachusetts, Town Clerk Records, Middlesex, Woburn, 1641-1843, Pg. 27, 331
• Sewall, The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. (1868) Pg. 114, 616, 619
• Bob Carter, Bob Carter's Family Genealogy Page, viewed 24 March 1999
• Hugh D. Miller, Manuscript, Genealogy: Ethel P. Miller/Hugh D. Miller, 1985, copy in possession of Barbara M
• Nora E. Snow, The Snow-Estes Ancestry, 2 vols., (Hillburn, N.Y.: the author, 1939)
• George Burwell Snow, "The Richard Snow Family", (Long Beach, Calif.: typescript, c.1923). Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Call Number: 929.273Sn61sg &2055208/22 ]