Mary (Unknown) Green (abt. 1625 - 1657)

Born about 1625 in England [uncertain]

Wife of John Green — married about 1650 in Stamford, New Haven Colony

Descendants

Died 14 Nov 1657 at about age 32 in Stamford, New Haven Colony

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Disputed Surname

There is no evidence of Mary's birth surname,^[1] despite some family trees and publications referring to it as Jarvis. To the contrary, Seversmith, the author of Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut, maintains "sincerely and categorically" that she was not the daughter of Stephen Jarvis.^[2]

Biography

Mary was born about 1625. She married John Green about 1650 in Stamford, Connecticut. Their children were John Green and Joseph Green. She passed away on 14 November, 1657 in Stamford, Connecticut followed with burial at the Stamford Burying Ground in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

The circumstances of her marriage to John Green are unknown. The couple lived in the New Haven Colony and had three known children:^[3]

• John b ca 1651^[4]
• Joseph; m Elizabeth __
• Benjamin; m (1) Susan Roberts (2) Hester Clements (3) Mary Holmes

Mary Green died at Stamford on November 14, 1678.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Vol 1. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1985. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) By Subscription $. Page 854.
2. ↑ Seversmith, Herbert Furman. Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut. Washington, DC: Self-Published, 1953. Pages 1.624-625.
3. ↑ Mead, Spencer Percival. Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich. Greenwich, CT: Knickerbocker Press, 1911. Page 551.
4. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol 3. Rome, NY: New Haven Genealogical Magazine, 1923. Page 708.
5. ↑ "Stamford (Conn.) Town Records." The American Genealogist, Volume 10. New Haven, CT: 1933. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) By Subscription $ Page 301.

• Find A Grave.com https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159078395/mary-green
• REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS OF STAMFORD FAMILIES. Compiled by Reverend Elijah B. Huntington Stamford, April 6, 1797, listing for Mary (Mercy) Green, wife of John.

Research Notes

The origins of Mercy or Mary Jarvis are smokey. In Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut : being the ancestry & kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith, the author says that there are some accounts that attempt to link Mercy Jarvis Green to Stephen Jarvis of Huntingdon, Long Island, but insists that these threads are erroneous. The birth dates seem to agree with him. I believe it is possible that she is related, but not as a daughter. There is a faint hope that she was connected to a merchant John Jarvis of Boston who appears around 1648 and has a will listed in 1656 according to Anderson in the GMB. She is clearly a Jarvis, as this is the one thing upon which people can agree.

Nothing is known about the origins of Mary, the first wife of John Green. Her birth year is estimated based upon the presumed marriage date and her birth location is likely in England.

Mercy or Mary was married to John Green in about 1650-51. She was the mother of John's first two sons, John and Joseph. Both sons recorded to have been born in Stamford. She died in 1657 in Stamford, Connecticut. Her church record is associated with the name "Mary".