Flower (Chilton) Green (bef. 1706 - 1776)

Born before 16 Nov 1706 in Timsbury, Somerset, England

Wife of John Green — married 21 Oct 1727 in St Marys Church, Timsbury, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died 1776 after age 69 in Timsbury, Somerset, England

Biography

Birth and Baptism

Flower Chilton was born at Timsbury, Somerset, England, in 1706 and baptised at St Mary, Timsbury, on November 16, 1706. ^[1]Flower was the daughter of Samuel Chilton and Eleanor Purnell Chilton.

Church of St. Mary, Timsbury, Somerset

Childhood

Flower had an older sister Mary and an older brother John, Mary was five years old when Flower was born and John was four. Sadly Mary died when Flower was only two and a half. However around the same time another sister was born and she was also given the name Mary. A little before Flower was four years old her youngest sister Ann was born, so Flower grew up with an older brother and two younger sisters.

Marriage

On October 21, 1727 around the time of her twenty-first birthday Flower married John Green at St. Mary, Timsbury.^[2]

Family

Just a year after she married, Flower's only brother John died.

Flower and her husband John had a eight children, but two of them, both named Flower after their mother, died in early childhood. Their first child John was born in 1730 and named after his father. Their first daughter born in 1731 was named Flower but we know she died before October 1734 because another daughter was given her name that month; between them came Martha born in 1733, who lived to marry and become a mother herself. Two more sons were born in 1735 and 1737, they were Peter and James. In May 1738 the second Flower died but before the end of the year another daughter was born and given her name Flower The youngest child, another daughter, Ann was born in 1740.

In 1755 Flower's husband John died at the age of fifty. Flower outlived him by 21 years.

Death and Burial

Flower died in late November or early December 1776 and was buried at St. Mary Timsbury on December 3,1776. ^[3]

Summary

Flower lived all her life in Timsbury, Somerset, and her significant life events, of baptism, marriage, the baptism of her eight children, her daughter Martha's marriage, her husband's burial and her own burial, all took place at St. Mary, Tilsbury, Somerset.

Sources

1. ↑ FR-Timsbury Parish Register County Somerset Place Timsbury Church name St Mary Register type Parish Register Baptism date 16 Nov 1706 Person forename Flower Person sex F Father forename Samuel Mother forename Eleanor Father surname CHILTON Transcribed by Andy Phillips File line number 717 Cited on: https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5b7d56cef493fdb0776c0b7d/flower-chilton-baptism-somerset-timsbury-1706-11-16?locale=en
2. ↑ FR-Timsbury Parish Register County Somerset Place Timsbury Church name St Mary Register type Parish Register Marriage date 21 Oct 1727 Groom forename John Groom surname GREEN Groom parish Timsbury Bride forename Flower Bride surname CHILTON Bride parish Timsbury Notes B Transcribed by Andy Phillips File line number 136 Cited on: https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818638fe93790eb7fb55aec/flower-chilton-john-green-marriage-somerset-timsbury-1727-10-21?locale=en
3. ↑ FR-Timsbury Parish Register County Somerset Place Timsbury Church name St Mary Register type Parish Register Burial date 03 Dec 1776, Burial person forename Flour Burial person surname GREEN Transcribed by Andy Phillips File line number 1016 Cited on https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818f147e93790ec75cf0a38/flour-green-burial-somerset-timsbury-1776-12-03?locale=en

Acknowledgements

• This profile has been improved by a member of the England Project's Orphan Trail