John GREEN Shadrack GREEN Hannah GREEN Temperance GREEN Isaac GREEN Jemina GREEN Deliliah GREEN Meshack GREEN Abednego GREEN Rebecca UNKNOWN Robert GREEN Mary GREEN Mary SAMPSON Mini tree diagram
Isaac GREEN

Isaac GREEN1,2,5,4,6

also known as William GREEN7

1st Sep 17217 - 24th Jun 18002,6

Life History

about 1700

Born in possibly Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.7

(less likely)

1st Sep 1721

Born in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.1,2,3,4

(most likely)

1741

Married Rebecca UNKNOWN in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.2

12th Sep 1742

Birth of son Shadrack GREEN in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.8,9

about 1743

Birth of daughter Hannah GREEN in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.10

1745

Birth of daughter Temperance GREEN in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.10

about 1747

Birth of son Isaac GREEN in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

1750

Birth of daughter Jemina GREEN in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.1

1750

Death of daughter Jemina GREEN in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.11

1755

Birth of daughter Deliliah GREEN in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.1

1755

Death of daughter Deliliah GREEN in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.12

25th Dec 1755

Birth of son Meshack GREEN in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.13

1757

Birth of son Abednego GREEN in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.10

1776

Resident in Frederick County, Frederick Co. Hundred Township, MD.5

before Mar 1797

Death of Rebecca UNKNOWN in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.10,6

24th Jun 1800

Died in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.2,6

after 24th Jun 1800

Buried in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

Notes

  • Family Data Collection - Individual Records
    Isaac Green
    Spouse Green Rebecca
    Parents Sampson John Mary
    Birth 1 Sep 1721 Baltimore, MD
    Marriage Date 1741
    Death Date 24 Jun 1800

    Information for the father of Meshack Green is confused in the sources.  The date of 1721 was for an Isaac Green in Baltimore, but this is too late to be the father of Meshack born in 1720.  That date in 1721 was originally the date for William, based on a genealogy from a cousin, Glenda Pool.  She had mainly gathered information from disparate sources.

    When I analyzed the details and options, and compared with other sources, the conflicts were difficult to resolve.  The working reference was the date of birth Glenda had for Meshack, which seemed reasonable at Abt 1720.  Glenda had the 1721 date for Meshack's father, but had his name as William.  There were also generational gaps in this and other sources.

    I have not yet found a William that will match.  The Isaac in several genealogies, with the 1721 birth date, matches in some ways, but this has to be a different Isaac, due to the birth dates of not only Meshack but other children that seem to be from this same family.

    There are several Green families with children names Shadrack (Shadrick, etc.), Meshack and Abednego.  It appears that our Meshack's father was Isaac, and he might still be from the Greens of Baltimore, but the details are still unclear.  His father may have been in the group that had already moved to the Carolinas.

    The children I include here may represent two different families.  There were several Greens with similar names in the eastern states in the 1700s.  Many Shadrack Greens with various spellings, several Isaacs and Thomases, and a few Meshacks.  I have only run across this one Abednego, said by sources to be the son of either a William, a Thomas or an Isaac Green(e).  The reconstruction of these families is all over the map in the various resources.

    I have found uncertainty, no detail and no commentary on the father of Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego and their supposed brother Thomas.  One somewhat credible genealogy in One World Tree (Ancestry.com) names their father Isaac.  In this genealogy, there is no name of William in these generations.  I note that Glenda Pool says the name might by Thomas.  A Thomas of the proper age and relationship is also not found in the more extensive genealogies.

    The early OWT genealogies have some problems but report a long line back to England in this Green lineage.  The OWT set provides names of some other siblings besides the four reported by Glenda Pool in the initial information I received on this generation of Greens.  I am working with others on verification research to clarify this line and these 1700s generations.

    The dates of birth and death given by Glenda Pool for Meshack W Green, son of William Green, are very close to those provided for Isaac Green, father of Meshack, and his brothers Shadrack, Abednego and Thomas in OWT.  Since she has the will of Meshack, his death date in 1799 seems correct.  But the birth date may be that of Meshack reported in OWT as the son of Isaac.

    After wrestling with these problems a long time, I detached Meshack W Green form this line, and have not confirmed any relationship to this line that leads to an extensive establishment of Greens in Cleveland County, North Carolina, and the surrounding area.  These Greens are strongly associated with and intermarried with the McSwains and other related families there over a long period of time up to the present day.  (These are related to my wife's Arkansas and Texas McSwains.)

    Isaac Green is documented in Frederick County, Maryland, a bit northwest of Washington, DC, in the 1776 census.

    Maryland, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890
    Isaac Green
    Frederick County, Frederick Co. Hundred Township, MD
    1776
    Database: MD Early Census Index

    One discrepancy is that the OWT that reports so much detail and gives Isaac as the father lacks Thomas as a son.  Glenda Pool reported a child named Thomas as a son of her William, father of Shadrack, Meshack and Abednigo.  But there was no information like dates or places.  This may be the misplaced son of Shadrack (b 1800) born in 1848, as reported by OWT sources.

    One genealogy reports only the son Shadrick, but has some information on Isaac and his parents

    I found more specific details on an Isaac Green who appears to match our Isaac, in a genealogy of the Wilhelm Family, but no source information is provided in this genealogy.

    Isaac Green
    born 1 September 1721 Baltimore, Maryland
    died 24 June 1800 also in Baltimore

    His wife is unnamed here, and one son is reported as Shadrick Green, born 1747 and died in 1820.  Isaac is reported as the son of John Green and Mary Sampson.  John is reported as also born in Baltimore in 1698 and dying there  3 December 1720.  But this John Green is reported as the child of Robert Green and Susannah Vernon.

    Isaac's son Shadrack is reported in some genealogies as born in 1747, as noted above, and his son Isaac as born in 1742.  But in his will, Isaac refers to Shadrack as his eldest son.  Other reports place the birth date of Shadrack in 1830.  But in this case, his father Isaac's marriage to Rebecca was in 1741, which presents another problem.  I have found nor information about an earlier wife for Isaac,and if he was born in 1721, we might expect him to marry about 1840 or so, after the 1830 date.

    Even record compilations are confused, and we have not been able to resolve this conundrum.  It does seem more likely Rebecca was the mother of Shadrack and he was born some time after 1740, but the will indicates he definitely was the first born, so it is not likely that Isaac was born in 1742 as commonly reported.  The age of the daughter Hannah also puts her birth at about 1742.  So there are many discrepancies.

    There are several lines of Greens with very similar names and dates.  I have found that individuals from these various lines are mixed in some genealogies.  I have had trouble sorting out the lines and am uncertain about some of the individuals in the Greens here in this era of history.
    --  M Wilhelm, Wilhelm Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1756007493&tid=1130695&ssrc=

    Another record specifies the parish church where Isaac's birth was registered.

    Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911
    Isaac Green
    Birth 1 Sep 1721 Saint Paul Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
    Father John Green
    Mother Mary

    The following is a transcription of the will of John Green.  I have not see a copy of the original to verify.

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    Last Will and Testament of Isaac Green of Baltimore County
    dated 4 March 1797, proven 2 Aug 1800

    I Isaac Green of Baltimore Co and State of MD being of sound mind,
    I bequeath to my eldest son Shadrach Green the sum of 5 shillings and no more of my estate having given him all I intended.

    I bequeath to my son Isaac Green my fulling mill with all ways and water courses. I bequeath to my three sons Meshach, Abednego and Isaac my dwelling plantation containing about 95 acres in Baltimore Co to be equally divided between them except the fulling mill as here before devised.

    To Elijah Merryman all that part of my land before mentioned where the road now is leading from the said Merrymans Mill until it intersects the main road which passes by Mr. Burks and Mr. Nicholosons.

    To son Isaac my negro woman Sophia, also 2 bay colts, my dining table, chest of drawers, one bed and furniture thereunto belonging and one red cow with the increase thereof.

    To my four daughters Hannah Legit, Temperance Stevens and Belily Tebitt all the residue part of my estate to be equally divided.

    I appoint my son Isaac Green and Walter Tebett joint executors. Signed 4 March 1797

    Isaac Green

    in the presence of
    James Hooker
    Charles Bosley
    Nicholas Merryman
    OF Benj.

    On the 2nd day of August 1800 came Isaac Green and Walter Tebett and testified.
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    The Following Deed is related to persons mentioned in the above will.

    This Indenture dated 4th October 1810 between John Ridgely of BCo and Shadrach Green of the said county . . for £1119 and 6 shillings paid by Shadrach Green, John Ridgely grants to Shadrach Green all that tract of land in Baltimore Co called Taylors Purchase containing 1,000 acres of land devised to John Ridgely by his father John Ridgely except that part of tract heretofore sold to ELIJAH MERRYMAN NOW DECEASED and except that part of tract sold by Ridgely to Abraham Green containing 265 acres which parts excepted are not intended to pass.

    Signed Jno Ridgely in the presence of Owen Dorsey
    Received of Shadrach Green £1119 and 6 shillings

    --  Baltimore County Wills: (WK72,242 Bk6, f277); via Eleanora Green, USGenWeb Project, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdbaltim/wills/will243.htm
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