Mary Green

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name
Mary Green
aka
[Mary Kneeland]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of John Kneeland of Boston, bearing children from 1692, and probably the mother of Rachel Kneeland, who married Samuel Foster. Her parentage is uncertain: she may have been a daughter of Samuel Green Jr. or of Samuel Green Sr., the printer at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
father
name
Samuel Green Jr.
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[book-kneeland-1897-seven-centuries]
research
research/low/Low_Line_Research.md
note
Kneeland 1897. Savage has Samuel Green Jr. marrying Elizabeth Sill in Nov 1685, too late for a daughter married by 1692, and a Vita Brevis article (2016) says he "is not credited with any children" in most accounts.
alternatives
name
Samuel Green Sr., the Cambridge printer, by Sarah Clark
claimed_by
Savage (a Mary born 6 Nov 1669)
confidence
possible
note
Fits the dates better, born 6 Nov 1669, the right age for John Kneeland (b. Nov 1668), who married by 1692. Unproven; if right, she was the printer's daughter, not his granddaughter.

Mary married John Kneeland of Boston and was bearing his children by 1692. She may have been the Mary born to Samuel Green, the printer at Cambridge, and his second wife Sarah Clark on 6 Nov 1669 (Savage 2:306), or, as the Kneeland genealogy has it, the printer's granddaughter, a daughter of Samuel Green Jr. (Kneeland 1897, p. 51). If she was the printer's daughter, then Bartholomew Green, printer of the Boston News-Letter, with whom her son Samuel Kneeland "served an apprenticeship" (Isaiah Thomas), was her brother.

King Philip's War. Samuel Green's press at Cambridge printed two of the war's narratives, Thomas Wheeler's narrative of Brookfield (1676) and Mary Rowlandson's captivity (1682) (Evans nos. 226, 331). He had taken the Nipmuc James Printer as his apprentice in 1659 (Thomas 1:96).

Her son Samuel Kneeland, the Boston printer, became clerk of the grantees of the Narragansett townships, the lands promised in 1675 to the soldiers of the Narragansett campaign and granted to them or their heirs from 1728: on 7 June 1733 they voted "that Samuel Kneeland be the Clark of the whole Narraganset Society or grantees" (Heywood, History of Westminster, p. 51), and in 1735 the General Court granted him 500 acres by Wachusett Pond, "Kneeland's Farm," for his services (p. 431). He attested the list of grantees of township No. 5: "A true copy, Attest Saml. Kneeland. Cle: to the grantees" (Soldiers in King Philip's War, p. 434). His cousin and namesake Samuel, son of Solomon Kneeland and Mary Pollard, born 26 Apr 1697, claimed a right in No. 5 for his grandfather, the soldier Capt. Samuel Pollard: "Saml. Kneeland, gr. son" (p. 431; Kneeland 1897, p. 67).

Mollie's typescript has Samuel Green publishing "in England the famous Cambridge Bible"; he printed at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his greatest work was the Indian Bible, with Marmaduke Johnson (Savage). Timothy Green, Samuel Kneeland's printing partner, whom Mollie calls his brother, was the second Timothy Green, son of Timothy of New London, and so perhaps Mary's nephew.

Open questions

  • Her parentage: Torrey and a Green genealogy.
  1. ---
  2. name: Mary Green
  3. aka: [Mary Kneeland]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of John Kneeland of Boston, bearing children from 1692, and probably the mother of Rachel
  8. Kneeland, who married Samuel Foster. Her parentage is uncertain: she may have been a daughter of
  9. Samuel Green Jr. or of Samuel Green Sr., the printer at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  10. father:
  11. name: Samuel Green Jr.
  12. basis: compiled
  13. confidence: possible
  14. sources: [book-kneeland-1897-seven-centuries]
  15. research: research/low/Low_Line_Research.md
  16. note: Kneeland 1897. Savage has Samuel Green Jr. marrying Elizabeth Sill in Nov 1685, too late for a daughter married by 1692, and a Vita Brevis article (2016) says he "is not credited with any children" in most accounts.
  17. alternatives:
  18. - name: Samuel Green Sr., the Cambridge printer, by Sarah Clark
  19. claimed_by: Savage (a Mary born 6 Nov 1669)
  20. confidence: possible
  21. note: Fits the dates better, born 6 Nov 1669, the right age for John Kneeland (b. Nov 1668), who married by 1692. Unproven; if right, she was the printer's daughter, not his granddaughter.
  22. ---
  24. Mary married John Kneeland of Boston and was bearing his children by 1692. She may have been the
  25. Mary born to Samuel Green, the printer at Cambridge, and his second wife Sarah Clark on 6 Nov 1669
  26. (Savage 2:306), or, as the Kneeland genealogy has it, the printer's granddaughter, a daughter of
  27. Samuel Green Jr. (Kneeland 1897, p. 51). If she was the printer's daughter, then Bartholomew Green,
  28. printer of the Boston *News-Letter*, with whom her son Samuel Kneeland "served an apprenticeship"
  29. (Isaiah Thomas), was her brother.
  31. **King Philip's War.** Samuel Green's press at Cambridge printed two of the war's narratives, Thomas Wheeler's
  32. narrative of Brookfield (1676) and Mary Rowlandson's captivity (1682)
  33. ([Evans](/files/sources/book-evans-1903-american-bibliography/) nos. 226, 331). He had taken the Nipmuc
  34. James Printer as his apprentice in 1659 ([Thomas](/files/sources/book-thomas-1874-history-of-printing/)
  35. 1:96).
  37. Her son Samuel Kneeland, the Boston printer, became clerk of the grantees of the Narragansett
  38. townships, the lands promised in 1675 to the soldiers of the Narragansett campaign and granted to them
  39. or their heirs from 1728: on 7 June 1733 they voted "that Samuel Kneeland be the Clark of the whole
  40. Narraganset Society or grantees" ([Heywood, *History of Westminster*](/files/sources/book-heywood-1893-history-westminster/),
  41. p. 51), and in 1735 the General Court granted him 500 acres by Wachusett Pond, "Kneeland's Farm," for
  42. his services (p. 431). He attested the list of grantees of township No. 5: "A true copy, Attest Saml.
  43. Kneeland. Cle: to the grantees" ([*Soldiers in King Philip's War*](/files/sources/book-bodge-1906-soldiers-king-philips-war/),
  44. p. 434). His cousin and namesake Samuel, son of Solomon Kneeland and Mary Pollard, born 26 Apr 1697,
  45. claimed a right in No. 5 for his grandfather, the soldier Capt. Samuel Pollard: "Saml. Kneeland, gr.
  46. son" (p. 431; [Kneeland 1897](/files/sources/book-kneeland-1897-seven-centuries/), p. 67).
  48. Mollie's typescript has Samuel Green publishing "in England the famous Cambridge Bible"; he printed at
  49. Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his greatest work was the Indian Bible, with Marmaduke Johnson (Savage).
  50. Timothy Green, Samuel Kneeland's printing partner, whom Mollie calls his brother, was the second
  51. Timothy Green, son of Timothy of New London, and so perhaps Mary's nephew.
  53. ## Open questions
  55. - Her parentage: Torrey and a Green genealogy.
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