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Joseph Green

Male Abt 1655 - 1710  (~ 55 years)


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  • Name Joseph Green 
    Born Abt 1655  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Jul 1710  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I869  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father John Green,   b. Abt 1610, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. From 1692 to 12 May 1697, Bedford, Westchester, New York, United Sates Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Mother Mary or Mercy Jarvis,   b. Bef 1631,   d. 14 Nov 1657, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 26 years) 
    Married Bef 1650  of New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F618  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth,   b. Bef 1661, of Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1721, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 60 years) 
    Married Abt 1680  of Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F626  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Per "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed. page 235: "A John Green had a son John b. at New Haven, 26 Dec 1651, but otherwise does not appear in New Haven records. He may be the same whose wife Mary d. at Stamford, 14 Nov. 1657; and who m. there (2) Sep 1658, Martha Finch, presumably widow of John. He was Deputy for Stamford, Oct. 1668, May and Oct 1669, May 1670, May and Oct 1671, May and Oct 1673, and Oct 1674. We suppose him father of Joseph, Benjamin, and perhaps John, of Stamford in the next generaton. Of these, Benjamin had a dau. Sarah bapt. at Fairfield, 10 May 1696."

      2. The book "Families of Ancient New Haven," by Donald L. Jacobus (New Haven, 1981), 7 vols., p. 688: "John Green of NH rem. to Fairfield; had a s. John b. 26 Dec 1651 NHV."

      3. The book "Ye historie of ye town of Greenwich, county of Fairfield and state of Connecticut...," by Samuel P. Mead, 1911, pp. 551-54, available online at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/105221?availability=Family%20History%20Library accessed 4 Dec 2016:
      "Green Family
      John, born in 1651; removed to Stamford, Connecticut, before 1654, where his wife, Mary, died Sept. 14, 1657. He married, 2d, in 1658, Martha Finch, was representative to the General Assembly in 1669, and from the records appears to have had: John, Joseph, Benjamin, and perhaps others.
      1. John, of Stamford, b. in 1651, d. in 1728, m. Abigail -----, and had:
      1. Samuel, b. May 1,1694.
      2. David, b. Feb., 1700, m. at North Castle, N. Y., Sept., 1737, Kerrenhappuck June, and had...
      3. Jonathan, b. May, 1702.
      2. Joseph, of Stamford, b. , d. July 15, 1710, m. Elizabeth -----, d. in 1721, and had:
      1. Mary, b. May 30, 1681, m. April 10, 1707, John Perry.
      2. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 5, 1683, m. Feb. 4, 1714, John Drew.
      3. Waitstill, b. Nov. 26, 1685, m. April 10, 1707, David Waterbury, b. Jan. 24, 1684.
      4. Joseph, b. Jan. 20, 1687, m. June 10, 1712, Sarah Brown, and had:
      5. John, b. Sept. 22, 1691, m. Nov. 7, 1717, Sarah Crissy, b. April, 1694.
      6. Mercy, b. April, 1694, m. Oct. 1, 1723, Benjamin Bunnell.
      7. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 11, 1697, m. Feb. 16, 1722, Elizabeth Frost of Fairfield, and had ...
      3. Benjamin, of Stamford, b. , d. March 6, 1726, m. 1st, April 10, 1683, Susan Roberts, d. Nov. 8, 1694, m.
      2d, March 26, 1696, Hester Clements, d. April 8, , m. 3d, Feb. 13, 1713, Mary Holmes, and had by 1st wife:
      1. Sarah, b. April 19, 1684, m. Joseph Lockwood.
      2. Phebe, b. July 8, 1686, m. John Smith, d. Nov. 3, 1711.
      3. Lucretia, b. July 20, 1690, d. before 1727.
      4. Benjamin, b. Nov. 5, 1693, m. July 2, 1730, Rebecca Weed, and had:
      1. Benjamin, b. March 7, 1731, d. young.
      2. Abraham, b. Sept. 15, 1734.
      3. Amos, b. Feb. 18, 1740, m. Sept. 17, 1770, Rebecca, dau. of Nathan Brown, and had ...
      4. Elliot, b. March 18, 1743, d. Nov. 8, 1778, m. April 22, 1766, Mercy Seely, and had ...
      By 2d wife:
      5. Hester, b. Dec. 19, 1696, m. Nathan Smith.
      6. Deborah, b. April 25, 1701, m. Oct. 1, 1719, John Dann.
      7. Joanna, b. March 14, 1703, m. Daniel Wheaton.
      8. Ebenezer, b. March 18, 1705.
      9. Nathan, b. Dec. 3, 1706.
      10. Reuben, b. Jan. 25, 1709, bought land in the Town of Greenwich, Aug. 6, 1731, d. in 1771, m. Sept. 19, 1731, Mary, dau. of John and Mary (Brundage) Merritt, and had:
      1. Esther, b. in 1733, d. Dec. 1,1805, m. May 26, 1751, Jonathan Coe.
      2. Mary, b. about 1735, d. before 1771, m. Dr. Edward Huggeford.
      3. Reuben, b. about 1737, d. before 1771, m. , and had ...
      4. John, b. Feb. 14, 1740, d. July 28, 1816, m. in 1767, Mary, dau. of Abraham and Mary (Lyon) Miller, b. in 1746, d. Sept. 15, 1831, and had ...
      5. Phebe, b. about 1742, d. in 1784, unm.
      6. James, b. , d. Jan. 23, 1828, m. 1st, Martha , d. April 25, 1795, m. 2d, Susannah, dau. of Lewis and Martha Marvin, and widow of James Lyon, and had by 1st wife ...
      11. Charles, of Greenwich, b. April 25, 1710, d. in 1800, m. Rachel -----, and had:
      1. Charles, b. , removed to North Castle, N . Y., d. in 1814, m. Thankful , and had ...
      2. Benjamin, b.
      3. Phebe, b. , m. Winas Palmer.
      4. Millerson, b. , m. Joseph Reynolds.
      5. Daughter, b. , m. Caleb Ackerly.
      JOHN GREEN of Fairfield, Connecticut, who married Hannah --, was of an entirely different family. He died
      intestate in Fairfield about 1703, leaving him surviving, John and Hannah. John, the younger, removed to Goshen,
      N. Y."

      4. Website "KETCHCETERA & The Ketch Republik" http://ketchcetera.com/1796.john_green.html accessed 4 Dec 2014:
      A. Blogger's summary:
      "John Green was born 1610 in England. He married Mercy Jarvis abt. 1650. She was born abt. 1620, and died September 14, 1657 in Stamford, CT. He married (2) Martha Brett Finch, September 1658 in Stamford, CT. She was born abt. 1613 in England. Per "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed. page 235: "A John Green had a son John b. at New Haven, 26 Dec 1651, but otherwise does not appear in New Haven records. He appears to be the same whose wife Mary died at Stamford, 14 Nov. 1657; and who married there (2) Sep 1658, Martha Brett Finch, presumably widow of John Finch. He was Deputy for Stamford, October 1668, May and October 1669, May 1670, May and October 1671, May and October 1673, and October 1674."
      B. "History of Stamford, Connecticut"
      In the "History of Stamford, Connecticut" by Elijah Baldwin Huntington, this entry for the Green family is found:
      "Green, John, lost his wife, Mary, here in 1657. He was declared freeman of the Connecticut Colony in 1662, and represented the town in 1669. Joseph Green mortgaged lands here in 1651, to Thomas Morehouse; and William Green appears on the records as landholder in 1650. His land was next to Daniel Scofield."
      Green, Mary, wife of John, d. 14, 9, 1657.
      Green, John and Martha Finch, m. - 7, 1658
      For "pounders," that is, for those authorized to impound lawless cattle, there were: Thomas Slason and Samuel Finch for Northfield; Daniel Lockwood, for the Southfield; John Green and John Bishop, for Eastfield; and Clement Buxton for Rockyneck.
      "the town doth give unto John Green two house lots for his sons, next to Abraham Ambler's front, which homelots were given as they were soldiers."
      "In March 1672, Francis Bell, Francis Brown, and John Green were appointed a committee to treat with the 'Engins,' and understand what they have to say to the town, and to make return of what they have to say to the town, that the said Indians may receive an answer from the town."
      What report this committee made is not to be found on record. That it did not allay the fears which had been excited, the following records of a later date will show. The first of these is found in a letter, dated Stamford, Dec. 29, 1673, and directed to the General Court at Boston. It was intended as an earnest plea for help:
      "Wherefore, in expectation of the armies coming against this open declared enemy we have been hitherto silent, but by the long retard and no intelligence upon any prosecution upon that account we are afraid (it) is laid aside, whereby we shall be much endangered if not ruined, if your honors do not by some speedy means relieve us, for we are frontiers and most likely assaulted in the first place."
      The above plea for help seems to have been made jointly by Stamford, Greenwich and Rye. Again, on the tenth of October, 1675, governor Andros sends word to the governor at Hartford that five or six thousand Indians are in league and ready to fall upon Greenwich, Hartford and other places still further east at the next full moon.
      On the nineteenth of the same month he sends word that it is rumored that the Stamford Indians are in arms; and he commends the colonists in the state for putting themselves "in a fitting posture for all events." What this means we may learn from our records, which show that in March 1675 '6, Mr. Bell, sen., John Green, Peter Ferris, John Bates and Daniel Weed were chosen to attend to the work of fortification, according to the order of the council; and another vote requires that the stockading of the town shall be fully finished.
      C. The Washington ancestry, and records of the McClain, Johnson, and forty other colonial American families (excerpt, pp 539-541)
      John(1), Joseph(2), and Waitstill(3) Green of Connecticut
      WAITSTILL GREEN was a granddaughter of John Green (born in England) and his wife, Mary Jarvis (born in England), daughter of Steven Jarvis, Senior, and wife, Mary, who came from England and eventually settled at Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Steven Jarvis, Senior, was a juryman at Huntington in 1662, and owned number two of the ten early farms of that town. His daughter, Mary Jarvis, predeceased him; so in his will naming his wife, Mary, dated March 10, 1691-2, when he and his wife were very aged, proved at Brookhaven in Suffolk County, April 16, 1694, - ["Early Long Island Wills of Suffolk, County," 97-99] - he bequeathed to his deceased daughter Mary's eldest son, viz.: "Item, I give & bequeath to my grandson John Green a yearling heifer." Mary Jarvis and John(1) Green married about the year 1650, but whether at New Haven or on Long Island is not clear. The marriage records of New Haven commence in 1649, and do not give the marriage. She died at Stamford on November 14, 1657, leaving sons John, Joseph, and Benjamin. ["Stamford Registration," 39.] {Kerry's note: "The Stamford Registration" does not link the three sons to any particular wife and so the author has taken some freedom in this comment.} That John(1) and Mary (Jarvis) Green were at New Haven in 1651 is certain, for their first known child, John, was born there: "John Greene the sonn of John Greene was borne the 26th of December 1651." ["Vital Records of New Haven," 10.] John(1) Green married, secondly, in September, 1658, Martha Finch (ibid., 39). In 1669 he was chosen a selectman of Stamford, serving for three years. "The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut" (I, 391) reveal his name in a list of the freeman of that colony on October 8, 1668. He was a deputy to the General Assembly of that colony October 8, 1668. [Ibid., II, 95.] On October 9, 1672, John(1) Green was, by the General Assembly of the colony, "appointed to view the township of Rye, and to consider what highwayes may be requisit and necessary for the use of the towne and Colony, and lay them out and see them recorded in the town book." [Ibid., II, 170.] As one of the eight freemen of the colony of Connecticut residing at Stamford in May, 1669, John Green made out a list of these freemen for the General Court and signed it "John Green, Constable of Stamford." [Ibid., II, 526.] By the same colony he was appointed May 19, 1682, "to lay out to Henry Smith or his assigns his grant of land granted to him by the Court." [Ibid., III, 101.].
      During three years prior to King Philip's Indian War, Indians attacked various persons and settlements. Although alarmed, the Stamford people escaped being attacked by attempting to propitiate the Indians. The town meeting records for March, 1672, show that three commissioners or committeemen, Francis Bell, Francis Brown, and John Green, were appointed a committee to treat with "the Engin," and "to understand what they have to say to the town and to make return of what they have to say to the town, that the said Indians may receive an answer from the town." ["History of Stamford," 112.] The report of these committeemen, whether oral or written, was not recorded in the town records. That the conference helped to preserve peace and to prevent any depredations by the Stamford Indians is probable, because the town did not proceed to fortify itself. Eighteen months later, however, the Stamford people became apprehensive, though it was not until October 19, 1675, that they learned that the Stamford Indians were "in arms," after hearing nine days earlier that thousands of Indians to the northwest and north were preparing to fall upon the settlements in western and northern Connecticut. In the following March, 1675-6, the town of Stamford in meeting assembled chose Mr. Bell, Senior, John Green, Peter Ferris, John Bates, and Daniel Weed a committee to attend to the work of fortifying the town of Stamford, according to the order of the Colonial Council, and, voted also, that the stockade be speedily completed. John Green was then one of the town fathers, an ex-deputy to the General Court of the colony of Connecticut. So he did not enlist as a soldier in King Philip's Indian War, but served at home in that war in a higher capacity, which qualifies him, none the less, as a Colonial Wars ancestor. His two sons did enlist as soldiers.
      A tract of seven thousand seven hundred acres of land in the northwestern part of Stamford (now in Westchester County, New York), owned by six Indian chiefs for their tribes headed by the sachem Katoonah, was called "the Hop Grounds" by the English. The latter acquired the tract in 1680, the grantees being John(1) Green of Stamford and nineteen others. they purchased it from the seven Indian chiefs by a bill of sale, for "twelve Indian cotes, six blankets, 300 gilders wampan, two yard red brod cloth, six yard red cotton, and expenses of £8,01," acknowledged by the Indians on December 23, 1680. This tract was renamed Bedford; it still is the town of Bedford, now in Westchester County, New York. John(1) Green was thus an actual founder of the town, and an original grantee and proprietor by deed from the Indians. Moreover, he removed to the Hop Grounds; March 17, 1680-81, in the division of the land, he received lot number one; and in the same month drew the twentieth choice of "field lots," the second choice of meadows, and the twenty-second choice of "plains." On May 2, 1683, John Green, as one of the original proprietors and founders of Bedford, was one of the grantees from the Indians of another tract adjoining the first purchase, and his name is signed as a witness to the signatures or marks of the five Indian sachems to the original deed of sale. John Green's name heads the list of the thirty-one resident-proprietors of Bedford in 1692. [Bolton, "The History of the County of Westchester," I, 13-17.]
      No record exists of the date of the death of John(1) Green. As his name is not among the proprietors of Bedford given in the patent of that town dated May 12, 1697, he doubtless died between that date and 1692. He is last found of record at Bedford. No will or settlement of his estate exists in the office of the surrogate of the city of New York, which office had jurisdiction in probate matters over the county of Westchester prior to the War of the American Revolution. His sons were: John, who married Abigail and had issue at Stamford, beginning with Samuel, born May 1, 1693; Joseph; and Benjamin, who married (1) April 10, 1683, Susan Roberts ["Stamford Registration," 39.]
      JOSEPH(2) GREEN, (John1), born at Stamford about 1653, married there Elizabeth ( - ) and had issue born there: Mary, May 30, 1681; Elizabeth, August 5, 1683; Waitstill, November 26, 1685; Joseph, January 23, 1687; John, September 22, 1691; Mercy, April, 1696; and Nathaniel, September 11, 1697. Joseph(2) Green's death is also given, with these births, on page 39 of "Stamford Registration," as occuring on July 15, 1710. His widow's death is given as in 1721 on page 552 of "Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich," but the original record has not come to our notice. Although the birth of Josepn(2) Green is not recorded, the proof of his parentage is found on pages 112 and 113 of "Book A Stamford Land Records" in a deed dated "25th: 9 Mo: 1684" (November 25, 1684) - in which occur the words:
      These testifi yt I John Green of Bedford doe hereby full frely & absolutely give grant alienate & confirm unto my son Joseph Green these lands & meadows as followith, being situate in Stamford th perticuler persells as followeth: Impt: Ten acres of upland in the wast field . . . also in Shiphand all my right of land on ye east side of ye cartway bound by land of Steven Bishop north . . . also in ye east field two acres of medow bounded . . . Benjamin Green east; allso one half of my right of land in ye new field granted to be laid out, & one half of that new field right I bought of Goodman Jons . . . in witness of turth I have caused this deed of gift to be made & hereto set my hand, Stamford this 1st: of february: 1682.
      JOHN GREEN.
      Witness: ABRAHAM AMBLER, DANILL NEWMAN.
      On February 22, 1682, the same John Green, then of Bedford, executed a deed of gift of land in Stamford to his other son, Benjamin. ["Stamford Land Records A," 112.] In King Philip's Indian War two of John Green's three sons, John, Joseph, and Benjamin, served as soldiers, but the record thereof does not specify which two. However, the two who served were rewarded for their service with house lots, and the sons found with such lots were Joseph(2) and Benjamin(2), it may be that they were the two brothers who enlisted as per this entry in the Stamford Town Meeting Records of September 22, 1676, vis.: - "The town agrees that all these soldiers that went out upon service, out of Stamford, against the common enemy, shall have land of the town; namely, all that did service." At the end of the list of eighteen names of soldiers is the entry - "The town doth give unto John Green two house lots for his sons, next to Abraham Ambler's front, which homelots wer given as they were soldiers."
      WAITSTILL GREEN, daughter of Joseph(2) and Elizabeth Green, born at Stamford, November 26, 1685 ["Stamford Registration," p. 116], married there April 10, 1707, David(4) Waterbury. ["Stamford Town Meeting Record," I, 137.] She died July 5, 1730, as the wife of Stephen Bishop, whom she married June 4, 1713. ["Stamford Registrations," p. 13.]"

      5. Website http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield/pages/stamford/green_huntington.htm accessed 4 Dec 2016:
      "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS OF STAMFORD FAMILIES. Compiled by Reverend Elijah B. Huntington. Stamford, April 6, 1797.
      Note: I have added surnames to each entry to aid in electronic searches.The format has been altered for ease of reading. Reverend Huntington madesome errors in the original work and there may be additional errors in the transcription to disk. Some corrections have been made where known.Additionally, some wives' surnames have been added. If you know of any errors, please email Barbara Kaye .
      Green.
      MARY Green, wife of John Green, died 14. 9, 1657. (Mercy Jarvis)
      JOHN Green and Martha Finch (Martha Brett, widow of John Finch) were married on --, 7, 1658.
      JOSEPH Green had:
      Mary Green, born May 30, 1681
      Elizabeth Green, born Aug. 5, 1683
      Waitstill Green, born Nov. 26, 1685
      Joseph Green, born Jan, 23, 1687
      John Green, born Sept. 22, 1691
      Mercy Green, born Apr.--, 1694
      Nathaniel Green, born Sept. 11, 1697
      Joseph Green, died July 15, 1710.
      BENJAMIN Green and Susan Roberts were married on Apr. 10, 1683
      a daughter, born Apr. 19, 1684
      ditto, born July 8, 1686
      Lucretia Green, born July 20, 1690
      Benjamin Green, born Nov. 5, 1693
      Susan Green, wife, died Nov. 5, 1694.
      BENJAMIN Green and Hester Clements were married on Mar. 26, 1696
      Hester Green, born Dec. 19, 1696
      Debro Green, born Apr. 25, 1701
      Joanna Green, born Mar. 14, 1702-3
      Ebenezer Green, born Mar. 18, 1704-5
      Nathan Green, born Dec.3, 1706
      Reuben Green, born Jan. 25, 1708-9
      Charles Green, born Apr. 25, 1710
      Hester Green, wife, died Apr. 8, (???).
      JOHN Green and Abigail ??? (Abigail Wardwell)
      Samuel Green, born May 1, 1694
      David Green, born Feb. last week, 1700
      Jonathan Green, born May, 1702.
      JOHN Green and Sarah Crissey were married on Nov. 7, 1717.
      BENJAMIN Green and Mary Holmes were married on Feb. 13, 1712-13
      Benjamin Green, died Mar. 6, 1726.
      JOSEPH Green and Elizabeth (???)
      Mercy Green, 20 years old, Apr. 1714
      Nathaniel Green, 17 years old, Sept. 11, 1714.
      [The list continues with later generations.]"

      6. The book "The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut 1641-1700…," by Jeanne Majdalany, p. 163:
      "GREEN, John - bc1610, d1693, m1 Mercy (or Mary) Jarvis (d1657), m2 1658 Martha (Brett?) Finch (wd/o John).
      John Green's background is uncertain because there were several John Greens who came to America in the early 1630s. He was in New Haven before 1650 and in Stamford by 1654 where he lived on the north side of East Street. He was a shepherd in 1669 and was a constable and a deputy several times. He moved to Bedford, NY in 1680 and died there. His sons Joseph and Benjamin returned to Stamford about 1685. They lived at the east end of town north of the road.
      Note: The two Sarahs (dau. of John and dau. of Benjamin) may be wrong re. their husbands. Descendants:
      A. John - b1651, d young.
      B. Joseph - b1656, d1710, mc1680 Elizabeth (d1721).
      1. Mary - b1681, d1714 m1707 John Perry.
      2. Elizabeth - b1683, d1716, m1 Ebenezer Darling, m2 Dr John Drew.
      3. Waitstill - b1685, d1730, m1 1707 David Waterbury, m2 1713 Stephen Bishop.
      4. Joseph - b1687, m1712 Sarah Brown.
      5. John - b1691, d1728, m1717 Sarah Crissy (b1693, d/o John).
      6. Mercy - b1694, m1723 Benjamin Bunnell.
      7. Nathaniel - b1697, m1722 Elizabeth Frost.
      C. John - b1660, d1728, m1683 Abigail
      1. Abigail - b1685, m1709 Stephen Clason.
      2. Sarah - b1688, d1713, m1710 Stephen Holmes.
      3. Deborah - b1690, m1712 Cornelius Delevan.
      4. Martha - b1692, m1716 Nehemiah Churcher (or Churchill).
      [The rest is cut off due to a poor copying job]"

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), pp 162/163: Also references Paul W. Prindle records.