Captain James Green, Sr.

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James Green (1728 - 1809)

Captain James Green

Born 17 Sep 1728 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Son of William Green and Desire (Bacon) Greene

Brother of Mary (Green) Barker, Warren Green, Desire (Green) Hinckley, William Green, Sarah (Greene) Barker and John Green

Husband of Ruth (Marshall) Green — married 13 Feb 1754 [location unknown]

Father of Benjamin Green

Died 11 Mar 1809 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

Profile last modified 11 Mar 2018 | Created 10 Jan 2017

Biography

Sources

Greene, Richard Henry. Greene (Green) Family of Plymouth Colony (T.A. Wright, New York, 1909) Page 7-11 Death - Source Information: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Marriage to Ruth Marshall - Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbur Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Birth - Ancestry.com. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992.

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Birth: Sep. 17, 1728 Massachusetts, USA Death: Mar. 11, 1809 Connecticut, USA

age 80

James Green was the son of William Greene Jr. and Desire Bacon of Barnstable, MA. James was born in Massachusetts on 17 Sep 1728. His older brothers had moved to the Middle Haddam – Middletown area of Connecticut in 1742 and James followed at some point. He married in East Haddam on February 18, 1754 to Ruth Marshall. Otis, in his Barnstable Families, says he "was a blacksmith, and a Captain in the French War".

James was commissioned, March, 1774, by the Provincial Assembly, Captain of the First Troop of the Twelfth (Conn.) Regiment; and held his rank through the Revolutionary War, serving in the Second (Conn.) Regiment, Light Horse, at the battle of White Plains; and with Major Elijah Hyde's same Regiment at the capture of General Burgoyne and the battles around Saratoga.

It is also of interest that Nathan Hale, while teaching school at East Haddam, in the winter of 1773-4, lived with his family.

He was a selectman, and often moderator of town meetings, for many years; was chairman of the board to make the town's quota for troops; and held other offices. When the government was established, he was chosen as the first postmaster. His widow died November 27, 1816. They had nine children, all born in East Haddam and baptized at the First Orthodox Church. Find A Grave contributor Alan and Jane

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Spouse:

 Ruth Marshall Green (1737 - 1816)

Children:

 Hannah Green Pierson (1755 - 1833)*

 Ruth Green (1756 - 1791)*

 James Green (1758 - 1784)*

 William Green (1760 - ____)*

 Benjamin Green (1762 - 1828)*

 Richard Green (1765 - 1848)*

 Nancy Green Spencer (1768 - 1855)*

 Timothy Green (1771 - 1775)*

 Timothy Green (1776 - 1853)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: River View Cemetery East Haddam Middlesex County Connecticut, USA

Created by: John Beckstein Record added: Aug 12, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 56970651