Thomas Green, of Malden

Not the same as Thomas Green, of ‘the Planter’ or as “the other Thomas Green of Malden"

Thomas Green

• AKA Greene
• Gender: Male
• Birth: before February 03, 1599 Toppesfield, Essex, England
• Death: December 19, 1667 Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
• Place of Burial: Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
• Son of William Greene and Christian (unknown)
• Spouse of 1) Mary 2) Elizabeth 3) Frances Watson, widow of Isaac Wheeler & Richard Cook

Summary

THOMAS GREEN(E) MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS (c.1600-1667)

The latest peer review detailed treatment of this family with full citations can be found in this publication by NEHGS:

Smith, Dean Crawford, and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2008), Part 4 p 300+ Thomas1 Green, 1996.

Where is says:

Thomas1 Green bp 3 FEB 1599 Toppesfield, Essex, England son of William(A) Green grandson of Thomas(B) Green. He died 19 Dec 1667 • Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He married three times 1) Mary Smith 28 Jun 1627 • St Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England 2) Elizabeth Unknown 1630 • Colchester, Essex, England and 3) Francis Unknown 5 Sep 1659 • Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Francis was widow of Isaac Wheeler and Richard Cook. The author goes into great detail - this is a NEHGS peer reviewed book with full citations. Note the maiden names of both Francis and Elizabeth was unknown.

I edited the rest below only leaving the parts that are factually correct and deleted the rest:

THOMAS GREEN (or GREENE), Senior, our original immigrant ancestor, was born early in the 17th century. He sailed with his wife and five children to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, arriving probably by 1644. We think that he settled first at Lynn, where he stayed at the farm of the Lady Deborah MOODY. Later, he removed to Ipswich. Around 1650 he again moved, this time to Malden, where he lived out the remainder of his life.

Our most detailed portrait of him comes from Kempton Ancestry see above.

Disputed Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Greene-1868

A previous version of this profile reported John Greene was the father of early Massachusetts Bay immigrant, Thomas Green, of Malden Thomas Green was baptized at Toppesfield, Essex, England, the son of William Greene. The immigrant ultimately settled at Malden, where he died in 1667.

Disputed Associations

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Green-133

More than one Thomas Green(e) was born or baptized at England in the same time period as the early Massachusetts Bay immigrant. As well, multiple Thomas Greens were early of Massachusetts Bay. These various men, and their wives, are frequently confused in different pedigrees on the internet; errors about the family genealogy are found in print.

This is the profile of Thomas Green, baptized Toppesfield, Essex, England, [3 or 18, or 4], say 3 February 1599/1600, son of William Greene. He died at Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay, 19 December 1667, leaving a will dated 12 November 1667, as profiled by Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn in 2000,[1] followed by Robert Charles Anderson (2003), who wrote, [2] "Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn identified the English origin of the eldest Thomas Greene of Malden, showing that he was baptized on 3 February 1599/1600, and his son of the same name was born about 1630." See also Research Notes.

Not the son of John, Thomas or Arthur. This Thomas Green(e) was the son of William Greene of Toppesfield, Essex, England. Thomas was not the son of John Green and Ann Almey, nor was he the son of Thomas Greene of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, or of Arthur Green, also said of Hertfordshire.

Not born/baptized Hertfordshire or Leicestershire. This Thomas Green(e) was baptized at Toppesfield, Essex, England. He was not born/baptized at St. Albans, Hertfordshire or Stevenage, Hertfordshire, nor was he from Leicestershire as Samuel Stillman Greene in 1858 thought might be the case.[3]

Wife Elizabeth. Thomas' second wife was Elizabeth _____. He is not shown as the man married to Elizabeth Newman or Elizabeth Swindells, and nothing is known that would support an association with Elizabeth Lynde, or Elizabeth Lynde Swindels. See Research Notes.

Not associated with an immigrant ship. This immigrant is not the same person as the Thomas Green, age 15 (born about 1620), who enrolled at London on 2 April 1635 for passage aboard the Planter; or 3 April 1635 aboard the Hopewell. Thomas Green baptized 1599/1600 should also not be confused with the 24-year old man (born about 1611) aboard the Speedwell (1635), bound for Virginia.

See also the Thomas Green Free Space Page collecting records,sources and analysis performed while researching this family and other Thomas Greens. < link >

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Green-133

Thomas was married three times and was the father of eleven children. He married (1), at England, before 1625 (birth of child, 1625), Mary _____. She may have been the Marie Smith who married at St. Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, 28 June 1624, Thomas Greene,[18] possibly also the Mary Smith baptized St. Margaret's, Toppesfield 17 January 1606/7, daughter John Smith.[19] As Mary Greene, "w. Thomas" she was buried at St. Margaret's, Toppesfield, 8 September 1625,[20] the same day her daughter, also Mary, was baptized.

Thomas and Mary Green were the parents of one child,

1. Mary Green, baptized St. Margaret's, Toppesfield, 8 September 1625.[21] No further record, "Kempton" presumes that she died young. See Research Notes.

Thomas married (2), at England, say 1629 (birth of child, 1630), Elizabeth _____. She was born, probably England, about 1610 (birth of first presumed child, about 1630) and died at Malden, (6) 1658 [August 1658], "Elizabeth Greene wife of Th. Greene senr."[22]

Thomas and Elizabeth Green were the parents of ten children; the first five born England, all of whom migrated to New England--records of them are found there and each is named in Thomas' will.[23]

1. Thomas Green, born England, about 1630; named the "eldest son" in his father's will.
2. John Green, baptized St. Margaret's, Toppesfield, 6 December 1632;[24] "John Greene, Senr" testified at Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, 10 September 1695, then "age 63 years or thereabouts."[25]
3. Elizabeth Green, baptized St. Margaret's, Toppesfield, 30 November 1634.[26]
4. William Green, baptized St. Margaret's, Toppesfield, 15 December 1636;[27] died Malden, 30 December 1705, aged 70 years.[28] Executor of his father's will.
5. Henry Green, baptized St. Margaret's, Toppesfield, 13 January 1638/9;[29] died at Malden, 19 September 1717, age 78 years, 8 months.[30] Executor of his father's will.
6. Samuel Green, born at Massachusetts Bay, about April 1645 (died at Malden, 31 October 1724, aged 79 years, 7 months and 19 days).[31]
7. Mary Green, born at Massachusetts Bay, about 1647. It is possible that there was only one Mary (born 1625), but this is unproven; "Kempton" believes they were separate people. See Research Notes.
8. Hannah Green, born at Massachusetts Bay, say 1649. See Research Notes.
9. Martha Green, born at Massachusetts Bay, say 1651.
10. Dorcas Green, born Malden, 1 May 1653.[32]

Elizabeth Unknown died 3 on 22 Aug 1658 in Malden, Middlesex, MA. She was buried 4 on 22 Aug 1658 in Malden, Middlesex, MA. She married Thomas Green c1630

He married 3rd Frances widow of Isaac Wheeler and Richard Cook.

Thomas married (3), at Malden, by Capt. Marshall, 5 September 1659, Frances Cook,[33] the widow of both Isaac Wheeler and Richard Cook. She was born about 1612 (deposed Middlesex, Massachusetts, 5 October 1652, aged 44).[34] As Frances Watson, she married (1) at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, 9 April 1635, Isaac Wheeler.[35] Frances married (2), perhaps Charlestown, between 16 May 1648 (she was Frances Wheeler in a petition to the court) and before about August 1648 (birth of child, 1649), Richard Cook, who was listed as "of Charlestown" by Savage. After Thomas Greene's death, Francis married (4) Lieutenant Joseph Wheeler.

Notes

He certainly lived in Maiden as early as Oct. 28,1651, when his wife Elizabeth, and daughter bearing the same name, signed a petition to the General Court.

He had a farm of 63 acres in the north part of Malden, in that part which is now the town of Melrose. A part of his farm remains to this day in the possession of his descendents. It was situated just east of the Stoneham raiload station. The inventory of the "old mansion house" showed he and Elizabeth slept in the parlour. There was a little chamber with 2 beds; Samuel's chamber, 2 beds; a hall, where food was cooked; a leantoe; and a cellar. They ate off trenchers and drank beer (no cider barrel mentioned). He kept 1 mare, 1 horse, 4 oxen, 5 cows, 1 bull, 6 sheep, and, "the half of 11 swine."

He was selectman of Malden in 1658, and was several times on the grand jury of the County of Middlesex. As there were two other Thomas GREENS in the town. he is known on the records as Thomas GREEN, Senior; his son being junior and the other Thomas left without any suffix. He married first Elizabeth (LYNDE?), who was doubtless the mother of all his children, and who died on 22 Aug 1658, and second, Frances COOK Sept. 5, 1659. She was then the widow of Richard COOK, who d. October 14, 1658; and had previously been the widow of Isaac WHEELER. She was b. in 1608, and had children by both her former husbands.

He died Dec.19, 1667. His Will, dated Nov.12, 1667; proved Jan. 15, 1667-8; recorded Middlesex Prob., 5:297, mentions no wife, but makes bequests to his "eldest son" Thomas, sons John, William, Henry', Samuel, and daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Hannah, Martha, and Dorcas. Sons William and Henry were appointed executors. John WAITE, John LYNDE, witnesses. Inventory, Jan. 10, 1667-8; amount £285.18.2. Some of hiss children were doubtless born in England; how many is unknown.

"From all that has been gathered thus far, it seems most probable that our progenitor, with his wife Elizabeth, and at least three of his children, came over among the early settlers of the Massachusetts Colony: that he remained temporarily in some one of the new settlements, perhaps Ipswich, till about 1649 or 1650, when he removed to the northern part of Malden, (now Melrose,) the southern part having been already occupied by settlers from Charlestown; that there he came into possession of his farm, consisting of "meadow, broken, upland, and waste land, being by estimation 63 acres, with the meadow at Ensign LYNDS' ," (Thomas GREEN's Inventory';) and that with him, or near him, were living all his children, except Hannah, who manied Joseph RICHARDSON, and removed to Woburn. His farm was situated just east of the present site of the Stoneham raiload station. Here was the "old mansion house," with its "parlor" flirnished with "a bedstead, a featherbed, one bouster. one pillow. 3 curtains, a Vaillance. one chest, 2 pair of sheets & two blankets, 5 napkins and one little table cloath, 6 chairs, one great chest, one box, 2 old copper kettle, two skilletts, one iron pott, pott hook & kettle, 4 great trays and 4 little trays, one Doz. Trenchers, one salt box, one grate, two payles, and half bushell, one old pillion and saddle, Tramell, tongs, cleaver & Spitt;" also a ·"Leantoe," containing "a fox trap and a Bracke;" and, finally, a "cellar," containing "one meal trough, one Bear barrell, a grindstone, winch, Hough & Smoothing irons, a Scythe-snath & knip," as well as sundry other articles. The same inventory which gives us this information tells us that he had "four oxen, five cows, one bull and a year & vantage, one mare, one horse, six sheep, the half of eleven swine," some fifty "bushells " of grain, and that "the house, out-housing, orchard, and all the land belonging there unto" was valued al £179.12, the whole estate being estimated worth £285.1 8.2. It is evident, from deeds on record at East Cambridge, that his sons and grandsons purchascd lands in the immediate vicinity of the "old mansion house;" so that, though many of them are recorded as belonging to Stoneham (called "Charlestown End" before 1725) and Reading, they were yet not far from the old homestead. About 1716, or perhaps a little earlier, the family began to separate.

Thomas GREEN, one of the 5 selectmen, signed a petition to allow Thomas SKINNER to be licensed to sell "Strong waters and Wine" (dated 30 October 1653). Thomas GREEN was not among those in the great allotment of land of 1638.

In November of 1658, Selectmen Thomas GREEN, Senior, William BRACKENBURY, John WAYTE, and Ensigne J. SPRAGUE, contracted with one Job LANE to build the first meeting house in Malden.

Sources

• Greene, Samuel S. , A genealogical sketch of the descendants of Thomas Green of Malden, Mass., (Boston: Henry W. Dutton & Son, Printers, 1858) Page 8
• Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012) Primary Immigrant: Green, Thomas, Year: 1648 Ipswich, Massachusetts, Directory of the first settlers of New England. Drake's additions and corrections (no. 1666) are found in the G.P.C. reprint and in no. 9151, Tepper, Passengers to America, pp. 468-470.
• Farmer, John. A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England (Lancaster, Mass., Carter, Andrews & co., 1829)
• Graduates of Harvard College to 1662
• Members of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company to 1662
• Freemen Admitted to the Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1662; With Many Other of the Early Inhabitants of New-England and Long-Island, Page 129.
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• Reynolds, Cuyler Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs (Lewis historical publishing company in New York, 1911) Vol. IV, pp. 1795-1798
• The Millennium File (Heritage Consulting. Salt Lake City, UT, USA) Thomas Green, Birth 1607, Leicestershire, England; Death 19 Dec 1667 Malden, Middsx., Massachusetts Colony; Father John Green; Spouse Elizabeth; Children Henry Lt. Green...
• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via daughter Hannah Richardson (born Green) by SmartCopy: Oct 21 2015, 15:11:02 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Green-133 cites
• Smith, Dean Crawford. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908 (NEHGS, Boston, 2000) Part 4, Page 300
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWKM-TQK : 30 December 2014), Thomas Greene in entry for Henery Greene, 13 Jan 1639; citing TOPPESFIELD,ESSEX,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 0962531 IT 7. Indexing Project (Batch) Number: P00809-1. System Origin: England-ODM. GS Film number: 0962531 IT 7
• Greene, Samuel S. A Genealogical Sketch of the Descendants of Thomas Green of Malden, Mass. (Henry W. Dutton & Son, Boston, 1858) Page 8
  • He lived at Lady Moody's farm at Lynn about 1646. He came on either the Planter or the Paul in 1635. He was a selectman in Malden. His will was proved 15 Jan 1667 Malden, Middlesex County, MA. Thomas Green might have come to New England about 1635/6. He lived in Ipswich till 1649 or 1650 and then moved to Malden. He was living in Malden as early as 28 October 1651 when his wife Elizabeth and daughter, bearing thesame, name, signed a petition to the General Court. He had a farm of 63 acres in the north part of Malden, in that part which is now the town of Melrose. He was selectman of Malden in 1658 and was several times on the grand jury of the County of Middlesex."
• Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012) Primary Immigrant: Green, Thomas, Year: 1648 Ipswich, Massachusetts, Directory of the first settlers of New England. Drake's additions and corrections (no. 1666) are found in the G.P.C. reprint and in no. 9151, Tepper, Passengers to America, pp. 468-470.
• Farmer, John. A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England (Lancaster, Mass., Carter, Andrews & co., 1829)
• Graduates of Harvard College to 1662
• Members of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company to 1662* Freemen Admitted to the Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1662; WithMany Other of the Early Inhabitants of New-England and Long-Island, Page 129.
• Pope, Charles H. The Pioneers of Massachusetts (Charles H. Pope, Boston, MA, 221 Columbus Ave., 1900) Page 199
• Reynolds, Cuyler Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs (Lewis historical publishing company in New York, 1911) Vol. IV, pp. 1795-1798
• Hanaford, Mary Elisabeth Neal. Family Records of Branches of the Hanaford, Thompson, Huckins, ... and Allied Families (Rockford, Ill., 1915) Page 266
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