Abraham Green (abt. 1705 - 1793)

Born about 1705 in Charles City, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Aubyn (Cowles) Green — married 17 Nov 1737 (to about 1758) in Amelia County, Colony of Virginia

Husband of Ann (Unknown) Green — married 1758 in Amelia County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 1793 at about age 88 in Amelia County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Abraham was born Dec 20 1715 of father Thomas Green ...and mother Elizabeth Marston ...^[1]

Alternative birth: Colonel Abraham Green Sr was born in 1705 in Charles City, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Cowles about 1736 in Virginia. William Green bought some 400 acres of land from John Talley on 9 Oct. 1733. The land is now in Amelia County, but at that time was in Prince Edward County, Va. Abraham also bought 400 acres from the same man at the same time. He died in 1793 in Amelia, Virginia. Their children were: Elizabeth Rebecca Green, Colonel Abraham Green Jr, Obedience Green, Elizabeth Cowles Green, William Wills Green, Susanna Green, Sarah Green (born abt 1750 Virginia), Cowles Green (born abt 1752 Virginia). Mathew Green ^[2] Apparently based on^[3]

Research Notes

Abraham Green Jr. was the Colonel and not his father as many have supposed and written. Abraham Sr. was afforded the title of "Gentleman" in many of the documents, but he would have been seventy years of age at the start of the Revolutionary War and would not have been awarded the rank of Colonel.

Alternative Genealogy posted on My Heritage: Abram Asbury Green Col., Sheriff, Circa 1705-1793 Abram Asbury Green Col., Sheriff was born circa 1705, Virginia, to Thomas Abner Green III and Elizabeth Green (born Marston). Thomas was born in 1665, in S Ham Parish [Southamptom Parish] Cumberland, Virginia. Elizabeth Marston was born on November 25, 1672, in Cumberland, Cumberland Co., Virginia. Abram had 12 siblings: Hannah Green, Henry Filmer Green, and 10 other siblings. Abram passed away in 1793, at age 88 at death place, Virginia.

Bob Nichol notes on Feb 14, 2013 RE children of Thomas the Seagull: birth dates of Thomas, Hannah, William, and Abraham are all beyond the supposed mother' s 50th birthday. Is there a second wife we have not identified? Or are these Greens another line, or perhaps grandchildren? I received a note on September 13 2002 from fellow researcher James Wall on this subject, but he does not have an answer to this question either.

Sources

1. ↑ Major Henry Filmer ca. 1600 - ca. 1671 of England and Virginia A List of Descendants, Genealogical Research Report GR-52005-1, Compiled by James M. Allen Jr., May 20, 2005, pages 36 (49) and 71 (84)
2. ↑ Greene Family on rootsweb
3. ↑ "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (accessed 2015-06-04), entry for Abraham Greene. [#177932] born 1705, died 1783.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #73009652
• Birthdate conflicts with that of William Marston Green b. 19 July 1705