Mary, wife of John Green (Greene) of Malden, son of James Green, the Immigrant

John Green, was the the eldest son of James and Elizabeth Green. He was probably born in Malden about the year 1650 and inherited the real estate of his father, to which he added the " Bell pasture," by purchase of Rev. Benjamin Blakeman, late minister of Malden. He died in 1707, leaving a widow, Mary, three daughters, and one son:

1. Mary, who married a Sargent
2. Elizabeth, who married a Sprague
3. Hannah
4. Samuel, to whom he gave all his real estate, his " dwelling-house and barn, and all his outhousing, and all his lands, both in Malden and Charlestown, both salt meadow and fresh, with all his wood-lots."

Sources

1. The Bi-centennial book of Malden Google eBook. Malden, Mass. Printed by G.C. and Co., 1850 - 251 pages. Page 234.

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Biography

Born some time before 1647. Her life at this time remains a mystery as all information about her comes from her husband's will and the births of their children. She passed away in 1721.

Sources

• Thomas Wyman, The genealogies and estates of Charlestown : in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818 437-8 https://archive.org/details/genealogiesestat01wyma/page/437/mode/1up
• John Greene of Malden son of James Greene of Maiden; adm. church 17 (2) 1642; called "John Green of the Hill;" m. Mary (maiden name unknown) ; d. 1709. Will, Oct. 13, 1708, probated. April 11, 1709
• Corey, Deloraine P., Compiler. Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Malden, Massachusetts, 1649-1850. (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Printed at the University Press for the City of Malden, 1903)
• Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)