Ann Greene

Anne was born circa 1610 at England. Ann Cox, passenger from England to Maryland aboard the Ark and Dove in 1634. After her arrival, as Mrs. Ann Cox, she received a special grant of 500 acres of land from Lord Baltimore.

She married Thomas Greene, Esq. as his first wife.[1] Newman states “Thomas Greene and mistress Ann Cox were married soon after landing, on the banks of the St. George River.” The courtship was on the the trip to Maryland. Their marriage was considered to have been the first Christian marriage performed in Maryland.[2]. She died about 1638 in St Mary's, St Mary's Co., Province of Maryland

Children of Anne and Thomas Greene

• Thomas Greene1. Died without issue.
• Leonard Greene+1 d. 1688. Husband of Ann Clarke.

Disputed Origins

http://www.thepeerage.com/p41802.htm#i418020 has her as daughter of Sir Thomas Gerard, 2nd Baronet Gerard of Bryn and Frances Gerard

the curator note from 2011 had: “Anne Gerard (1610-1637), daughter of Sir Thomas Gerard, 2nd Baronet Gerard of Bryn and Frances Molyneux, married (?) Cox. She emigrated to Maryland with her brother Richard.”

However, The 1664 Visitation of Lancashire Does not have a daughter “Anne.” It lists 7 sons of Thomas and Frances Gerard of Brynne (William, Thomas d/y, Richard, Gilbert d/y, Peter, Thomas, John) and 3 daughters (Frances and Cecile, d/y and Frances, a nun). Archive.Org. Disconnected April 2020.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cox-26918 additionally notes

• Ann Cox is listed as a gentlewoman (no other description) on the list of Ark & Dove passengers from The Society of The Ark and The Dove. Also listed are Richard Gerard, Esq. and Thomas Greene. The info attached to Thomas Green's name states that he "married 1st Ann d/o ... Cox."[4]
• She is referred to as (widow) Ann Cox in “Ark and Dove Record, Passengers, Crew and Indentured Servants,” compiled by Mrs. G. W. Hodges and reprinted in the Register of Maryland's Heraldic Families which reports that she, as Mrs. Cox nee Gerrard and her brother Sir Richard, immigrated in the group with the Ark and the Dove to found Maryland.[5]
• Newman's passenger list only refers to her as "Ann Cox, Gentlewoman, Emigrant"[6] and in his biography of Thomas Greene in The Flowering of the Maryland Palatinate, she is called Mistress Cox with no mention of Gerard/Gerrard.[7]
• In The Baronetage of England, Richard, son of Thomas is named as one of Thomas' six sons and only one daughter, Frances is mentioned. No Ann named.[8]
• HPO has Sir Thomas Gerard having 7 sons and 3 daughters, none of them named.[9]

Citations

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p41802.htm#i418020 cites
• [S4555] Meg McGath, "re: Gerard Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 30 March 2010. Hereinafter cited as "re: Gerard Family." “ She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Gerard, 2nd Bt. and Frances Molyneux” without supporting data.
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Greene_(governor)#Marriage_a...