Historical records matching Captain Robert Duff Green
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About Captain Robert Duff Green
https://books.google.com/books?id=b9oBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=...
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L66W-HD7
http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242314
Member of Virginia House of Burgesses
links
- Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia (Google eBook). R.T. Green, 1900 - Culpeper County (Va.) - 160 pages. Page 61
The following information is from:
http://www.shirleyassociation.com/NewShirleySite/NonMembers/Surname...
Robert Green married Eleanor Dunn, a Scotch lady. He lived for a time in King George Co. VA., then Orange Co. (now Culpeper Co) VA.
Robert Green was the son of William Green and his wife, Eleanor Duff. It has been said that William Green was an officer in the body guard of William III Prince of Orange. A roster of that troop shows his name under title "Yeoman".
Robert Green 1695-1747/48 emigrated to Virginia in 1712. He is descended from Green's Norton in Northampton Co. England. He came to Virginia when he was 17 years old with his uncle, Sir Wm. Duff of Scotland. They settled on the James River. In 1732 Robert received a patent for 120,000 acres along with his uncle and Joist Hite and Robert Mc Kay. (This may later be Kay as Duff was Mc Duff and the Mc seems to have been dropped). His uncle returned to Scotland, leaving Robert Green in charge of their joint venture. The uncle died without children and Robert inherited his uncles interest in Virginia. His possessions were among the largest of early Virginia grants. They were primarily in Prince William, Augusta, Orange, Westmoreland and King George Counties of Virginia. His children lived in Culpeper Co and later of Owen and Scott Co. etc., Kentucky
Robert and Eleanor Green were the parents of 7 sons who were over 6 feet tall having red hair and beards. This family was known as the "Red Greens" to distinguish them from other families of the same name with different characteristics.
children:
1. William Green m. Miss. Coleman He lived and died in Culpeper Co. VA
2. Robert Green m. Patty Ball of Northumberland Co. VA. He died in Culpeper Co. VA
3. Duff Green m. 1st Miss. Barbour or Miss Thomas, 2nd Ann Willis
4. John Green m. Susannh Blackwell (many of his children went to Owen and Scott Co. KY).
5. Nicholas Green m. Elizabeth Price, daughter of Arjalon Price and his wife, Joyce Barbour of St. Marks Parish, Orange Co. VA. ( Joyce Barbour was the daughter of Capt William Barbour of Farnham Parish and JP of Richmond Co. VA in 1692, and his wife, Joyce Bayley, daughter of Samuel Bayley of Farnham Parish in Richmond Co. VA).
6. James Green m. Elizabeth Jones (several of their children went to KY.)
7. Moses Green m. Miss Blackwell, (sister of Susannah Blackwell).
-------------------------------------The will of Robert Duff Green's uncle William Duff supports the names and relationships mentioned in the above article. The will is discussed here:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/VACULPEP/1998-12/0914...
No documentation found for dates of birth and death. The branch (merge) of the line of Ann and George Reeves appears at least partially incorrect: the line has no documentation and has an improbable and undocumented history appended to it.
Sources:
1. Lancaster County VA records, Will Book #10 1709-1727, as researched by James D. Doggett, Doggettfam.org (http://doggettfam.org/100benjamin.htm).
George received a land grant from Lord Fairfax in Northlumberland County, Virginia in 1732. He was a tobacco farmer.
GEDCOM Note
Children
1. William Green, b. Bef 1720, Spotsylvania County, Virginia d. 15 Oct 1770, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia
2. Duff Green, b. Abt 1721, Spotsylvania County, Virginia d. 1776, Culpeper County, Virginia
3. Robert Green, b. 1726, Spotsylvania County, Virginia d. 1797, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia
4. Nicholas Green, b. Abt 1728, Spotsylvania County, Virginia d. Between 1777 and 1784, Bromfield Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia
5. John Green, b. 1730, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia d. 16 Dec 1793, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia
6. James Green, b. 1734, Spotsylvania County, Virginia d. 23 Aug 1809, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia
7. Moses Green, b. 1736, Spotsylvania County, Virginia d. 17 May 1770, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia
Virginia House of Burgesses 1761. One of five Gentlemen Justices who presided at the Orange County Court. Named to First Vestry at St. Mark's Parish in 1731. Son of William Green and Eleanor Duff of England, he immigrated as a fifteen year old boy to Virginia in 1710 with his Quaker uncle, William Duff, of Ireland. He bought large tracts of land in Culpeper County and built a large home in the Brandy Station area of Culpeper County, named Liberty Hall. He married Eleanor Dunn of Scotland and had seven sons. They all had red hair and were known as the Red Greens of Culpeper. Many of his sons and grandsons served with the Virginia troops in the French and Indian War. His son, John Green was a Colonel in the Revolution and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Robert was buried with Eleanor in the family plot at Liberty Hall. His land holdings exceeded 40,000 acres when he died.
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 12 2023, 20:21:21 UTC
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Captain Robert Duff Green's Timeline
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1695
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England, Antrim, Ireland
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1700
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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September 1, 1721
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Mendon, Worcester Co., MA
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1721
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Spotsylvania County, Virginia
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April 10, 1722
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Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
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July 14, 1723
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Virginia, Colonial British America
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October 1724
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Prince George County, Virginia, Colonial America
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1727
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Essex, Virginia, United States
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1730
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Essex County, Virginia, Colonial America
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