Martha Green

Biography

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Martha (Filmer) Green was a Virginia colonist.

Martha was born in 1640,[1] in East Sutton, Kent, England, to parents, Elizabeth and Major Henry Filmer.[2][3]

In 1653, she immigrated from England to Virginia with her parents.[4][5] In 1660, she married Thomas "Seagull" Green.[6][7][8] Their first-born child, John, was born shortly thereafter, followed by eight more children: Thomas, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Mary, Abram, Filmer, William, Hannah.[9][10

Thomas “The Seagull” Green II

3. Thomas “The Seagull” Green II , son of Thomas & Martha (unknown) Green I, b. 1635[iv], shipboard on voyage to VA; m[v], 1640[vi] to Martha Filmer , daughter of Major Henry & Elizabeth (unknown) Filmer , b. England.

Thomas & Martha (Filmer) Green II had nine (9) children:

• 3.1. John Green , m. Elizabeth Unknown . 2 children.
• 3.2. Thomas Green III , b. 1665[vii], VA[viii]; m. ca. 1712 to Elizabeth Marston .
• 3.3. Elizabeth Green , m. John Crawley . Issue.
• 3.4. Rebecca Green , m 1st Mr. Condon ; m 2nd Mr. Marston . 1 child 1st marriage; 4 children 2nd marriage.
• 3.5. Mary Green , m 1st James Wilkerson ; m 2nd Thomas Walker . 2 children 1st marriage; 2 children 2nd marriage.
• 3.6. Colonel Abram/Abraham[ix] Green , of Amelia Co., VA; married to Unknown . 5 children.
• 3.7. Filmer Green , m. Mary Walker . 6 children.
• 3.8. William Green , of Amelia Co.[x], d. ca. 1747[xi]; m. Amy Clay [xii].
• 3.9. Hannah Green , m. James Turner . 2 son who died young.

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Martha is descended from Charlemagne, King Olaf III of Sweden, King Harold II of Norway, King Louis VII of France, Emperor Otto II of Germany, 6 Magna Charta barons: Roger Bigod, Hugh Bigod, John de Lacie, Saher de Quincy, Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare.

References

1. [Sources: Colonial Families in the U.S. vol 4 p. 174; Lynn G. Tyler "Encyclopedia of VA Biog. 1915 vol 1 p. 234; Genealogies of VA Families vol II p. 815-819;The Clay Family p 219-200 addenda; Hening's Statutes Vol I (VA); Encyclopedia of VA Biography 1915 Vol I p. 234 by Lynn G Tyler; Genealogies of VA Families Vol II p. 815-819.] Linda Sibley Zimmerman
2. Thomas Green Family. "Windows Into Our Past A Genealogy of Lewis Green & Associated Families, Volume 6", compiled by Judy Parsons Smith © 2005 All information on this family, unless otherwise noted, is from The Ewing Genealogy with Cognate Branches A Survey of the Ewings and Their Kin in America, by Presley Kittredge Ewing and Mary Ellen ( Williams ) Ewing , pp. 132-133. < link >