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Thomas Greene (1600-)
Mary (Smith) Green (bef.1607-bef.1625)
Elizabeth (Unknown) Greene (abt.1610-1658)
Frances (Watson) Wheeler (abt.1612-aft.1671)
Other--

Elizabeth (Newman) Green (abt.1610-1658)
Elizabeth (Lynde) Green (1607-1658)

The identity of Thomas Greene was documented by Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn in 2000. He was baptized Toppesfield, Essex, England, 3 February 1599/1600, son of William,[1][2][3] and is the same man deposed Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay, 16 (2) 1662, then "aged about 62."[4] Thomas died at Malden, Middlesex County, 19 December 1667,[5] leaving a will dated 12 November 1667.[6]

This origin and identity was followed by Robert Charles Anderson in 2003 who referenced the baptismal date and wrote, "Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn identified the English origin of the eldest Thomas Greene of Malden ..."[7]

Thomas Greene is presumed to have married three times. Information regarding each of the three wives follows.

Contents

Mary (Smith) Green

Thomas was baptized 1599/1600 at Toppesfield, and in 1625, the first baptism to a child of Thomas appears in the parish records there, listing the wife's name as Mary,

1625, Mary, d. Thomas Greene & Mary, 8 Sept.[8]

An entry of the same day appears there for the burial of Mary, wife of Thomas Greene.[9]

Was she Mary Smith? She may have been the Marie Smith who married at St. Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, 28 June 1624, Thomas Greene,[10] possibly the Mary Smith baptized Toppesfield 17 January 1606/7, daughter John Smith.[11]

Elizabeth (_____) Greene

An additional four baptisms are recorded at Toppesfield between 1632 and 1638 for the children of "Thomas Greene & Elizabeth."[12] All of these children migrated to New England--records of them are found there and each is named in Thomas' will.[13] One more child, son Thomas, was born at England about 1630. He is named in his father's will as the eldest son, but research has yet to produce a record of his baptism. The four English baptisms 1632-1638 are,

1632, "John, s. Thomas Greene & Elizabeth, 6 December." As "John Greene, Senr," he testified at Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, 10 September 1695, then "age 63 years or thereabouts."[14]
1634, "Elizabeth, d. Thomas Greene & Elizabeth, 30 Novem-."
1636, "William, s. Thomas Greene & Elizabeth, 15 December." He died Malden, 30 December 1705, aged 70 years.[15]
1638, "Henery, s. Thomas Greene & Elizabeth, 13 Janu. [1638/9]." He died at Malden, 19 September 1717, age 78 years, 8 months.[16]

Yet other children were born or recorded to Thomas and Elizabeth at Massachusetts Bay.

Samuel Green, born about April 1645 (died at Malden, 31 October 1724, aged 79 years, 7 months and 19 days).[17]
Mary Green, born about 1647; mentioned in her father's will, See Research Notes.
Hannah Green, born say 1649; mentioned in her father's will.
Martha, born say 1651; mentioned in her father's will.
Dorcas, born Malden, 1 May 1653.

Elizabeth was born, probably England, about 1610 (birth of first presumed child, about 1630); she died at Malden, Massachusetts Bay, August 1658.[18]

Not Elizabeth Newman. Elizabeth Newman was mis-identified as the wife of the immigrant, Thomas Green, in a 2004 release of Judy Parsons Smith's Windows into Our Past.[19] This work also mis-identified the origin and parentage of the immigrant, reporting Thomas Greene was born "St. Albans, Hartfort," England, about 1600, died "16 April 1674," the son of an Arthur Green.

Elizabeth Newman is otherwise presumed the wife of James Greene of Charlestown. See Thomas Bellows Wyman, The genealogies and estates of Charlestown.[20] and William H. Whitmore, "The Wing Family."[21]

An entry for James Green-Elizabeth Newman appeared in Frederick A. Virkus, The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy (1925)[22] just above the entry for Thomas Green-Elizabeth _____. It is possible this Elizabeth (Newman) Green became mistakenly associated with Thomas by someone transferring data.

Not Elizabeth Swindells. Elizabeth Swindells, a spinster, married at Prestbury, Cheshire, England, 5 July 1627, John Greene, by license dated 26 June 1627.[23][24][25][26] A Thomas Green was bondsman for the marriage license. Possibly someone mis-recorded the groom's name in the process of transferring data.

John and Elizabeth (Swindells) Greene may be the couple who lived at Adlington, a village in the parish of Prestbury. Perhaps also the parents of Edward, baptised 27 January 1627/8, and buried 20 May 1636; and Ellen, baptised 10 June 1630. [See G2G.]

Not Elizabeth Lynde. Information about her is generally conflicted; her name, more often than not, is given as Elizabeth Lynde Swindells, Family files usually report her birth at Presbury, Cheshire. She is at times said daughter of Dea. Thomas Lynde. Her husband is described as Thomas Green, born/baptized St. Albans, Hertfordshire, 3 August 1600, son of John Green and Ann Almey Scargell. The Green-Lynde marriage is said at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, 26 June 1627 (same date as the Green-Swindells Cheshire license). No historical records were found at Prestbury or St. Albans to support these various claims. (One Thomas Greene was baptized Stevenage, Hertfordshire, 3 August 1600, son of Thomas.)[27] [See G2G.]

Frances (Watson) Wheeler

Frances Watson was born about 1612 (deposed Middlesex, Massachusetts, 5 October 1652, aged 44).[28] As Frances Watson, she married (1) at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, 9 April 1635, Isaac Wheeler.[29] He died presumably before 16 : 4 : 1648 [16 May 1648], when Frances Wheeler signed a petition on behalf of the "Inhabitants of Mestick side & other In Charles towne" (landowners in the southern section of acreage), requesting the town devise a way to settle disputes regarding the placement of highways.[30]

Frances married (2), perhaps Charlestown, between 16 May 1648 (she was Frances Wheeler in a petition to the court) and before about August 1648 (birth of child, 1649), Richard Cook, who was listed as "of Charlestown" by Savage; he died in Malden. 14 August 1658.[31]

Frances Cooke, "widow of Richard," married (3), at Malden, 5 September 1659, Thomas Green, Sen.[32] They were married by Capt. Marshall.

After Thomas Greene's death, Francis married (4) Lieutenant Joseph Wheeler.

Research Notes

Daughter Mary. It is not clear how Smith and Sanborn came to claim that the Mary mentioned in her father' will was not the same Mary baptized Toppesfield, 1625. (Smith and Sanborn suggest the daughter mentioned in Thomas' will was "born say 1647.") This is a possible conflict, especially as the authors write, "It is possible that Elizabeth and Mary, whom we presume were the two daughters who already had their portions, as mentioned in Thomas' will, were married into Malden families soon after the Greens arrival." (page 301)

Sources

  1. ↑ Dean Crawford Smith, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, ed., The ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908 in 4 parts (Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2000), (4) 293-304, at 300; digital images, InternetArchive (borrow).
  2. ↑ H. B. Barnes and Philip Morant, The register of baptisms, marriages and burials at St. Margaret's, Toppesfield Parish, Essex Co., England : 1559-1650 ... (Topsfield, Mass. : Merrill Press, 1905), 19; digital images, InternetArchive.
  3. ↑ Thomas Green 1599 baptism, "Baptisms, 1559-1692; burials, 1560-1689; marriages, 1598-1690" in "Parish registers for Toppesfield"; digital image, FamilySearch, FHL film 857,071, Item 5, DGS 4,298,449, image 539 of 615 (recto).
  4. ↑ Citing "Middlesex Court Files, folio 32," Dean Crawford Smith, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, ed., The ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908 in 4 parts (Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2000), (4) 293-304, at 300; digital images, InternetArchive (borrow).
  5. ↑ Citing "Malden VR 346," Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, ed, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908, in 4 parts, (Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2000), (4) 293-304, at 300; digital images, InternetArchive (borrow).
  6. ↑ Citing "Middlesex Probate 5:270-275, also original papers in #9840," Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, ed, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908, in 4 parts, (Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2000), (4) 293-304, at 301-302; digital images, InternetArchive (borrow).
  7. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H (2003), 150; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
  8. ↑ Mary Greene (child) 1625 baptism, H. B. Barnes and Philip Morant, The register of baptisms, marriages and burials at St. Margaret's, Toppesfield Parish, Essex Co., England : 1559-1650 ... (Topsfield, Mass. : Merrill Press, 1905), 31; digital images, InternetArchive.
  9. ↑ Mary Greene (wife) 1625 burial, H. B. Barnes and Philip Morant, The register of baptisms, marriages and burials at St. Margaret's, Toppesfield Parish, Essex Co., England : 1559-1650 ... (Topsfield, Mass. : Merrill Press, 1905), 60; InternetArchive.
  10. ↑ Greene-Smith 1624 marriage, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "; database (only), FamilySearch, St Nicholas. Coldchester, Essex, England in IGI Batch M137953.
  11. ↑ Mary Smith 1606 baptism, H. B. Barnes and Philip Morant, The register of baptisms, marriages and burials at St. Margaret's, Toppesfield Parish, Essex Co., England : 1559-1650 ... (Topsfield, Mass. : Merrill Press, 1905), 21; digital images, InternetArchive.
  12. ↑ John Greene 1632 baptism, Elizabeth Greene 1634 baptism, William Greene 1636 baptism and Henery Greene 1638 baptism, H. B. Barnes and Philip Morant, The register of baptisms, marriages and burials at St. Margaret's, Toppesfield Parish, Essex Co., England : 1559-1650 ... (Topsfield, Mass. : Merrill Press, 1905), 35-37, 39; digital image, InternetArchive.
  13. ↑ Citing "Middlesex Probate 5:270-275, also original papers in #9840," Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, ed, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908, in 4 parts, (Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2000), (4) 293-304, at 301-302; digital images, InternetArchive (borrow).
  14. ↑ Citing "Middlesex Court Files, folio 179," Dean Crawford Smith, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, ed., The ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908 in 4 parts (Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2000), (4) 293-310, at 301; digital images, InternetArchive (borrow).
  15. ↑ Citing "Malden VR 346," Dean Crawford Smith, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, ed., The ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908 in 4 parts (Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2000), (4) 293-310, at 304; digital images, InternetArchive (borrow).
  16. ↑ Citing "Malden VR 346," Dean Crawford Smith, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, ed., The ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908 in 4 parts (Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2000), (4) 293-310, at 305; digital images, InternetArchive (borrow).
  17. ↑ Citing "Gravestone, Bell Rock Cemetery ..." and "Malden VR 346," Dean Crawford Smith, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, ed., The ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908 in 4 parts (Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2000), (4) 293-310, at 305; digital images, InternetArchive (borrow).
  18. ↑ "Births, Marriages and Deaths in Malden, Massachusetts" Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol. 10 p. 163.
  19. ↑ Judy Parsons Smith, Windows Into Our Past, Volume 6 ... (1 January 2004), 76; digital images, Issuu.com (download), citing "Information from Appalachian Ancestors, 2002 [by E-mail from darlene (email address removed/privacy)].
  20. ↑ The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown ..., 2 vols. (D. Clapp, Boston, 1879), 1:437 (James Green, 12); digital images, IntenetArchive.
  21. ↑ William H. Whitmore, "The Wing Family," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 38 (1874):376-378, at 377; digital images, InternetArchive.
  22. ↑ Frederick A. Virkus, The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, multiple vols. (Chicago, A.N. Marquis & company, 1925), 1:978; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  23. ↑ Greene-Swindells 1627 marriage, James Croston, ed., Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, 109 vols. ([S.l.] : The Society, 1879-1965), 5 (Prestbury 1560-1636):260; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  24. ↑ Greene-Swindels 1627 marriage, "Parish registers for Prestbury, Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1560-1636, 1637-1685 ..." in "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000"; images, FamilySearch, courtesy of Cheshire Record Office; FHL film 2093600 DGS 4018873, image 131 of 481.
  25. ↑ Green-Swindells 1627 marriage license, William Ferguson Irvine, ed., Marriage Licences in the Diocese of Chester 1624-1632, 8 vols. ([Edinburgh & London] : Printed for the Society, 1907-1924), in The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents related to Lancashire and Cheshire 3 (vol. 57):98; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  26. ↑ Greene-Swindles 1627 marriage license, "Marriage licences, 1624-1631, 1639-1644, 1661-1673" in "England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900"; database and images, FamilySearch (database, indexed as Johnem Greene and Elizabetham Swindles, 26 Jun 1627) and FamilySearch (digital image, Latin), courtesy of Cheshire Record Office, Chester, FHL film 1,885,391, DGS 4,018,557, image 118 of 285 (sixth entry, verso).
  27. ↑ Thomas Greene 1600 (Stevenage) baptism, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"; database only, FamilySearch.
  28. ↑ Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts ... (1900), 116 (Richard Cook)l digital images, {https://archive.org/details/pioneersofmassac00pope/page/116 InternetArchive].
  29. ↑ Parish registers for Cranfield, 1600-1972 FHL film 952401 Item 1, FamilySearch.
  30. ↑ Deloraine Pendre Corey, "The History of Malden, Massachusetts, 1633-1785" (Malden, 1899), 95-96; digital images, Hathi Trust.
  31. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001; FamilySearch.
  32. ↑ Green-Cooke 1659 marriage, Deloraine P. Corey, Births, marriages and deaths in the town of Malden, Massachusetts, 1649-1850 (Cambridge : Printed at the University Press for the city of Malden, 1903), 237 (Green); digital images, Hathi Trust.




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