Perseverance (Johnson) Greene (bef. 1599 - bef. 1658)

Born before 1599 in Moses, London, England

Wife of John Greene — married 1610 in England

Descendants

Died before 1658 at about age 59 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Perseverance Johnson born abt 1599 in Moses, London, England, died BEF 1658 Charlestown, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts Colony. She married John Greene John Greene ^[1]

The History of the First Church, Charlestown (1845) describes a memorial stone on the "burying hill" in Charlestown bearing the following inscription:^[2]

Here lieth the body of Mr John Greene born at London in Old England who married Perseverance the daughter of [name not legible] Johnson in Amsterdam by whom he had six children; with whom and their children he came to Charlestown in New England in 1632, was ruling elder of the church, and deceased April 22, 1658, aged 65, leaving behind two sons and one daughter, viz, John, Jacob, and Mary, who erected this monument to the memory of him and his wife, their father and mother.

Sources

1. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register]]</i> V4 p184 stating a Mary's birth in 1734, Boston of John Greene and Perseverance. <http://www.archive.org/stream/newenglandhisto00wategoog#page/n184/mode/1up/search/Greene>
2. ↑ Budington, William Ives. The History of the First Church, Charlestown: In Nine Lectures, with Notes, Boston: Charles Tappan, 1845. page 50 (link to Google Books).

• Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown (D. Clapp, Boston, 1879) Page 435
• Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 23 March 2018), memorial page for Perseverance Green (unknown–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #35753991, ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) Unknown. NOTE: No headstone, no sources
• Drake, Samuel. Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England (Boston, 1860) Page 12: April 12, 1631 The names ... passe to New England... taken the oath of allegeance...

• Perseverance Greene
• John Greene
• Jacob Greene
• Joseph Greene
• Abigail Greene