Samuel Green

Biography

Samuel Green (c.1614 – January 1, 1702) was an American printer and progenitor of the Green family of printers, which included Bartholomew Green, Bartholomew Green, Jr. and Joseph Dennie. Born in England, he came to Cambridge, Massachusetts with John Winthrop in 1630. He was one of the first American printers; while he arrived in America eight years before Stephen Daye, there is no record of him being a printer until ten years after Daye's business began.[1] Green was also Cambridge's town clerk, and captain of the town militia.[2] Green had nineteen children by two wives, and his descendants were printers in Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Nova Scotia, among other places.

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Samuel Green

• Birth:  1615, England
• Death:  1702 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Burial: Unknown
• SAMUEL, eldest known child of Bartholomew & Elizabeth Green,
• was born say 1615.
• He married (1) by 1640 Jane Banbury,
  • daughter of Guy and Justice Banbury.
• He married (2) Cambridge 22 February 1662 Sarah Clark,'
  • daughter of Jonas Clark.
• Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.  
• Family links: 
  • Parents:
    • Barthalomew Green (1590 - 1635)
    •  Elizabeth Green (____ - 1677)  (Fearne)
  • Spouse: Jane Banbridge Green (1620–1657) (m. 1640)
  • Children: Elizabeth Green Plumb (1640–1721)
  • Siblings
    • Nathaniel Green (1620 – unknown)
    • Sarah Green Longhorne (1626 – unknown)
    • Phebe Green Healy (1629 – unknown)

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1. : http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Green-700 WikiTree
2. : http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/people/green-samuel.html

Samuel Green

• Birth: 1615
• Parents: Bartholomew Green, Elizabeth Green
• Wife: Jane Green, Sarah Green
• Children: Elizabeth Green, Sarah Green, Lydia Green, Lydia Green, Joseph Green, Deborah Green, Jonas Green, Lydia Green, Elizabeth Green, Bartholomew Green, Mary Green, Dorcas Green

Green, Samuel, (1615-1702),

• early American printer.
  • He established himself at Cambridge, Mass., in 1649, using a press owned by Henry Dunster, the first president of Harvard.
  • Green succeeded Stephen Daye, who established the first printing plant in the colonies.
  • The press that was sent to the colony in 1654 by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England was given to Green.
  • He used it to produce his most famous imprints, John Eliot's Indian tracts and the Indian Bible.
    • His imprints number nearly 300, among them editions of the Bay Psalm Book and The Book of the General Lawes and Libertyes.
  • Green continued in business until 1692, and
    • was succeeded by his son Bartholomew Green (1666?1732), printer and publisher of the Boston News-Letter (1704-07 and 1711-32).

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Captain Samuel Green

• (b. Abt. 1615, d. January 01, 1701/02)
• (Son of Batholomew Green and Elizabeth Green)
• was born Abt. 1615 in Newcastle on Tyne England, and
• died January 01, 1701/02 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusettes.
• He married Jane Banbury/Bainbridge on Abt. 1639
  • in Cambridge Massachusetts,
  • daughter of Guy Bainbridge and Justice Bainbridge.
• SAMUEL GREEN,
  • progenitor of a dynasty of printers,
  • was a promising young man of eighteen when he arrived with his parents in America.
  • The early death of his father threw him upon his own resources.
  • In later years, SAMUEL was fond of telling his children of the early hardships his family endured:upon their first coming ashore, he and several others were for some time glad to lodge in empty casks to shelter them from the weather'.
  • On 4 March 1635, SAMUEL was made a freeman and
  • on 30 March 1644, he was appointed Doorkeeper to the House of Deputies.
• Cambridge, the home of SAMUEL GREEN, was also the location of the first printing press in English America.
  • It had been brought to the colony in the spring of 1638 by the widow of Rev. Josse Glover, a wealthy dissenting clergyman, of Sutton, England, who died en route.
  • The press came under the control of Harvard College by the marriage on 22 June 1641, of the widow Glover to the college president, Henry Dunster.
  • Managed by Stephen Daye, a locksmith, the press was operated by his son, Matthew, who had received some printing training in England. Matthew Daye died 10 May 1649.
    • Because Stephen Daye was occupied with land speculations for the Winthrop family, the press was turned over to SAMUEL GREEN in his capacity as clerk to the college.
      • He was without any printing experience according to his autobiographical letter to Governor Winthrop dated July 1675: ‘I was not before used unto it’--.
      • Despite this apparent handicap, SAMUEL operated the only printing office in the English colonies until 1665.
• SAMUEL'S avocation was the colonial militia, and
  • throughout his life he was known as SERGEANT GREEN.
  • At the age of seventy-five, when he was so old that he had to be carried to the reviewing field, he was commissioned a CAPTAIN.
  • He also became a large land holder, beginning with his first acquisition in 1658 when the General Assembly granted him 300 acres at Haverhill for his services to the Colony.
• SAMUEL GREEN had an old-fashioned family--two wives and at least fifteen children.
  • His first marriage to JANE,
    • daughter of GUY BANEBRIDGE,
    • produced seven children for which there are records:
      • ELIZABETH, 16 April 1640; Sarah, 7 Oct. 1642; Lydia, 23 March 1645, Lydia, 13 April 1646; Samuel, 6 March 1648; Joseph, 7 March 1649; Deborah, 19 March 1655;
  • After the death of his first wife, 16 Nov. 1657, SAMUEL married eighteen year old Sarah Clark,
    • daughter of Eider Jonas Clark, on 22 Feb. 1662.
    • The six recorded children are;
      • Jonas, 31 Jan. 1664; Lydia, 12 Nov. 1665; Elizabeth, 3 Nov. 1666; Bartholomew, 26 Oct. 1667; Mary, 6 Nov. 1669; Dorcas, 6 Sept. 1671;
    • * The only plausible explanation for the omission of a second Jonas and Timothy is that they were living in New London, Conn., when Savage was compiling his genealogical data.
• SAMUEL GREEN died at the age of eighty-seven 1 Jan. 1702.
  • A will, dated 2 Aug. 1707, is the last known record of his widow.
    • In it Sarah Green lists her surviving children: Jonas, Mariner; Bartholomew, printer; Joseph, tailor; and Timothy a printer.
• Since SAMUEL GREEN, SR., issued the Platform of Church Discipline from the Cambridge Press in 1649, the family tradition of printing had been followed through six generations, and one hundred and ninety years."
  • The first printing press in English America was brought to the colonies in the spring of 1638 by the widow of Rev. Josse Glover. She married Harvard college president Henry Dunster.
  • In 1649 the press was turned over to Samuel Green in his position as clerk to the college. He was without any printing experience. Despite this handicap, Samuel operated the only printing office in the English Colonies until 1655.
• Since Samuel issued the Platform Of Church Discipline from the Cambridge Press in 1649, the family tradition of printing has been followed through six generations,
• SAMUEL'S avocation was the colonial militia, and throughout his life he was known as SERGEANT GREEN.
  • At the age of seventy-five, when he was so old that he had to be carried to the reviewing field, he was commissioned a CAPTAIN.
  • He also became a large land holder, beginning with his first acquisition in 1658 when the General Assembly granted him 300 acres at Haverhill for his services to the Colony.
• SAMUEL GREEN had an old-fashioned family--two wives and at least fifteen children.
  • His first marriage to JANE, daughter of GUY BANEBRIDGE,
    • produced seven children for which there are records: ELIZABETH, 16 April 1640; Sarah, 7 Oct. 1642; Lydia, 23 March 1645, Lydia, 13 April 1646; Samuel, 6 March 1648; Joseph, 7 March 1649; Deborah, 19 March 1655;
  • After the death of his first wife, 16 Nov. 1657, SAMUEL married eighteen year old Sarah Clark,
    • daughter of Eider Jonas Clark, on 22 Feb. 1662.
    • The six recorded children are; Jonas, 31 Jan. 1664; Lydia, 12 Nov. 1665; Elizabeth, 3 Nov. 1666; Bartholomew, 26 Oct. 1667; Mary, 6 Nov. 1669; Dorcas, 6 Sept. 1671;
  • The only plausible explanation for the omission of a second Jonas and Timothy is that they were living in New London, Conn., when Savage was compiling his genealogical data.
• SAMUEL GREEN died at the age of eighty-seven 1 Jan. 1702. A will, dated 2 Aug. 1707, is the last known record of his widow.
  • In it Sarah Green lists her surviving children: Jonas, Mariner, Bartholomew, printer, Joseph, tailor, and Timothy a printer.
• Since SAMUEL GREEN, SR., issued the Platform of Church Discipline from the Cambridge Press in 1649, the family tradition of printing had been followed through six generations, and one hundred and ninety years."
  • The first printing press in English America was brought to the colonies in the spring of 1638 by the widow of Rev. Josse Glover. She married Harvard college president Henry Dunster.
    • In 1649 the press was turned over to Samuel Green in his position as clerk to the college. He was without any printing experience. Despite this handicap, Samuel operated the only printing office in the English Colonies until 1655.

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101185-1 CAPTAIN SAMUEL GREEN 879

• Born , 16 , England,
• Son of BARTHOLOMEW GREEN and ELIZABETH 1,391 & 1,392
• Married JANE BAINBRIDGE , 16 , Cambridge, Massachusetts. 850
  • Daughter of GUY BAINBRIDGE and JUSTICE 1,903 & 1,904
    • 91185-1 ELIZABETH GREEN, b. April 16, 1640/1, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 368
      • Married JOHN PLUMBE , 1662, New London, Connecticut. 367
      • See his record for children, etc. Died , 1 ,

SAVirginiaGE, VOL 2 DICT FIRST SETTLERS OF NE

• A Genealogical history of early New England settlers; These books are still regarded as the authority on early New England genealogy; Written by James Savage; Vol. II
• SAMUEL, Cambridge,
  • eldest s. of first Bartholomew, in Eng. came prob. with his f. 1632, tho. a foolish tradit. is in print of his coming with GOV. Dudley, and after reach. N. E. tak. "empty casks to shelter them from the weather;" was freem. 4 Mar. 1635, and made not bred, a printer (as is well seen in Thomas's Hist.), d. 1 Jan. 2, aged 87, or, we may believe, something less.
  • By his first w. Jane, of Guy Bainbridge, wh. d. 16 Nov. 1657,
    • he had Eliz. b. 16 Apr. 0; ' Sarah, 7 Oct. 1642; Lydia, 23 Mar. 1645, d. soon; Lydia, again, 13 Apr. 1646; Samuel, 6 Mar. 1648; Joseph, 7 Nov. 1649; and Deborah, 19 Mar. 1655;
  • and by sec. w. Sarah, d. of Elder Jonas Clark, m. 23 Feb. 1662,
    • had Jonas, bapt. 31 Jan. 1664; Lydia, again, 12 Nov. 1665; Eliz. b. 3 Nov. 1665 (as by the rec.) d. very soon; Bartholomew, 26 Oct. bapt. 3 Nov. 1667; Mary, b. 6 Nov. 1669; and Dorcas, 6 Sept. 1671.
  • He was town clk. some yrs. capt. of the town milit. thirty yrs. and engag. at the press fifty yrs the greatest work, in conjunct. with Marmaduke Johnson (sent from London by the Soc. for Prop. Gospel), the Ind. Bible. He is spoken of by John Dunton, in " Life and Errors," with gr. kindness.
• More About Samuel Green:
  • Military service: Captain of the Militia of Westerly, Washington (now Kings) County, Rhode Island.
  • Occupation: 1649, Clerk and Printer at Harvard College.
• More About Samuel Green and Jane Banbury/Bainbridge:
  • Marriage: Abt. 1639, Cambridge Massachusetts.
• Children of Samuel Green and Jane Banbury/Bainbridge are:
  • i. +Elizabeth Green, b. February 16, 1639/40, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, d. 1696, Connecticut.

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Sources

• "The Green Family: Early Connecticut Newspaper Publishers." Connecticut State Library. < link > Accessed 30 October 2021.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Green_(printer)

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