William Green^{[1, 2]}

1683 - Aft 1755  (> 73 years)

• Name	William Green
  Birth	1683	Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Flourished	7 Mar 1712	Malden, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
  	he contracted with Malden Selectmen to build the first school house
  _UID	CB907CE6CD46C2498CCE5E3EE5FD844B82A3
  Death	Aft 1755
  Person ID	I1160	Dutcher-Cummings
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	William Green,   b. 1661, Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. 21 Mar 1689/90, Nashua, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hills,   b. 1661   d. 29 Jan 1697/98 (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	1682
  Family ID	F425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Sprague,   b. 6 Oct 1686   d. 19 Oct 1772, Royalston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	30 Mar 1709	Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
  Children	1. Mary Green,   b. 22 Feb 1710, Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts   2. Sarah Green,   b. 13 Sep 1711, Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts   3. Hepzibah Green,   b. 13 Jun 1714, Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts   4. William Green,   b. 6 Jul 1716, Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts   5. Israel Green,   b. 13 Apr 1720, Leicester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts   6. Charles Green,   b. 18 Aug 1724, Leicester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts   7. Nahum Green,   b. 10 Apr 1729, Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 29 Jul 1775, Royalston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts (Age 46 years)   8. Mercy Green,   b. 18 Aug 1731, Leicester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts
  Family ID	F423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (IV) William (3), son of William (2) Green, was born in Maiden, Massachusetts, in 1683. He married, in Reading, Massachusetts, March 30, 1769, Sarah Sprague, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Sprague. The widow Sarah died at Royalston, Massachusetts, October 19, 1772, aged eighty-six years and thirteen days. William Green was a carpenter by trade and he had the contract to build the first school house in Malden. "Artecles of agrement made and Concluded between ye Select men of Malden and William Green of ye sd town carpender Referring two ye bulding of a school-house for ye sd Town of Maldon ye dementions and conditions are as foloith: "Viz : That ye sd William Green doath Covenant and agree with ye sd Select men to Buld a hous to keep school in for ye town of Maldon ye dementions are as foloeth ; viz; Twenty foots in Lenght and sixteen foots in bredth six foots between joynts and Buld a Chimne in sd hous nere seven foots between ye gams and Lay a harth in sd Chimne and cover sd hous tite with Boords Rough and Sides — and Shingel ye Rough of sd hous and two Lay one flower and two make it with crooked beams Riseing two foots at ye Lest for ye Roufe 4 beems, and Ribed upon sd beems as may be suffistient and Brick ye wals to ye plaets and make two win- dores one on ye South and ye other on ye Est and make ye dower of plain Boords. Sd house being Studed about 3 foots asunder and two find all for sd house so fer as has bin mentioned and two set it wher ye towne shall agree and to under pin said house. And ye above sd select men dou promis and agree in behalf of ye Town of maldon to pay or case to be paid unto ye above sd William Green 19 pounds for ye above said woork and where with all to do ye same as foloeth ; 5 pounds and twelve shillings in Boords and ye Re- mainder in money as ye woork shall go forward. And sd woork to be don forthwith, by ye 20 of Aprill next ye woork is to be competed, as ye seson will alowe all which Artikels and agrements to be performed by booth partys in Wittness whare of thay have here unto set thare hands this 27 day of October 1712 and in ye elevent yere of her Aiajest's Reign Queen Anne. " p. 186. The building appears tohave been the first separate ediface erected in Malden for educationalpurposes, and must have presented a strange contrast to the spacious andwell ventilated school-houses of the present day. It was a one-story structure sixteen by twenty feet. In 1719-20 he removed to Leicester, Worcester county, Massachusetts, with other Maiden men, of whom his father's cousin, Captain Samuel Green, was a leader and he was one of fifty to whom was granted the eastern half of the town of Leicester. He was town treasurer of Leicester from 1736 to 1745 and he was living in 1755, when he deeded land adjoining land of Dr. Thomas Green in Leicester. Children, born in Maiden: Mary, February 22, 1710; Sarah, September 13, 1711; Hepzibah, June 13, 1714; William, July 6, 1716. Born in Leicester: Israel, April 13, 1720; Charles, August 18, 1724; Nahum, mentioned below ; Mercy, August 18, 1731.

  
  

• Sources

  [S65] Green Family in New England Families. (IV) William (3), son of William (2) Green, was born in Maiden, Massachusetts, in 1683. He married, in Reading, Massachusetts, March 30, 1769, Sarah Sprague, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Sprague. The widow Sarah died at Royalston, Massachusetts, October 19, 17/2, aged eighty-six years and thirteen days. William Green was a carpenter by trade and he had the contract to build the first school house in Maiden. It was a one- story structure sixteen by twenty feet. In 1719-20 he removed to Leicester, Worcester county, Massachusetts, with other Maiden men, of whom his father's cousin, Captain Samuel Green, was a leader and he was one of fifty to whom was granted the eastern half of the town of Leicester. He was town treasurer of Leicester from 1736 to 1745 and he was living in 1755, when he deeded land adjoining land of Dr. Thomas Green in Leicester. Children, born in Maiden: Mary, February 22, 1710; Sarah, September 13, 1711; Hepzibah, June 13, 1714; William, July 6, 1716. Born in Leicester: Israel, April 13, 1720; Charles, August 18, 1724; Nahum, mentioned below ; Mercy, August 18, 1731. Page: Vol IV pg 1703 [S76] Green Family in "New England Families". (IV) William (3), son of William (2) Green, was born in Maiden, Massachusetts, in 1683. He married, in Reading, Massachusetts, March 30, 1769, Sarah Sprague, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Sprague. The widow Sarah died at Royalston, Massachusetts, October 19, 17/2, aged eighty-six years and thirteen days. William Green was a carpenter by trade and he had the contract to build the first school house in Maiden. It was a one- story structure sixteen by twenty feet. In 1719-20 he removed to Leicester, Worcester county, Massachusetts, with other Maiden men, of whom his father's cousin, Captain Samuel Green, was a leader and he was one of fifty to whom was granted the eastern half of the town of Leicester. He was town treasurer of Leicester from 1736 to 1745 and he was living in 1755, when he deeded land adjoining land of Dr. Thomas Green in Leicester. Children, born in Maiden: Mary, February 22, 1710; Sarah, September 13, 1711; Hepzibah, June 13, 1714; William, July 6, 1716. Born in Leicester: Israel, April 13, 1720; Charles, August 18, 1724; Nahum, mentioned below ; Mercy, August 18, 1731. Page: Vol IV pg 1703