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- (III) Captain Samuel Green, the only son of Thomas (2) and Rebecca Hills Green who came to full age. was born October 5, 1670. He was one of the principal men in Leicester or Strawberry Hill, where he settled in 1717. The town was granted February 10, 1713-14. and Capt. Samuel Green was on the committee with Col. William Dudley of Roxbury and others to settle it. He owned three lots of forty acres each, and two of thirty each, in the town of Leicester, and was highly respected and .very influential. The vicinity of his old homestead, now a village, is called after him, Greenville. He built a house, grist mill and saw mill. At the first town meeting of which there is any record, he was elected moderator, first selectman and grand juror, and he held like offices in the town of Leicester the remainder of his life. Governor Washburn. in his history, calls him a prominent man, and he is honored as one of the pioneers. He also owned land in Hardwick, Massachusetts. He was always called Captain, a rank he won at Malden, and he was the first captain of the Leicester company of militia. Cnpt. Samuel Green married Elizabeth, daughter of Lieut. Phineas Upham. of Worcester, a son of Deacon John Upham, who had arrived from England, September 2. 1635, settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts, moved to Malden about 1650, and was one of the original proprietors of Quinsigamond. His son Phinehas Upham settled in Worcester in April, 1675. After the Indians had destroyed the first white settlements at Mendon, Brookfield and Worcester, Lieut. Upham fought bravely in the battle of Narraganset Fort, December 19. 1675. where he was mortally wounded. Capt. Samuel Green died January 2, 1735-6. His will was made at Malden just before he came to Leicester to settle. April 18, 1717, and it was proved February 5, 1735-6. His wife died at Leicester, probably in 1761. Their children were:
1 Elizabeth, born April 4, 1693, married to Thomas Richardson of Malden.
2 Rebecca, born April 4. 1695, married to Samuel Baldwin. (According to Malden records the first two were twins, born April 4, 1695).
3. Ruth, married to Joshua Nichols.
4. Thomas, born 1699, married to Martha Lynde in Malden. January 13. 1725-6.
5. Lydia. married to her cousin, Abiathar Vinton of Maiden, April 30, 1723. He resided in Braintree a year or two after his marriage, then settled in Leicester, where he lived until his death in 1740. His widow Lydia married secondly, January 15, 1746. Samuel Stower, of Leicester, a native of Malden.
6. Bathsheba. married to Elisha Nevins.
7. Abigail, married to Henry King.
8. Any (Anna?), married to Ebenezer Lamb.
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(III) Captain Samuel Green, the only son of Thomas (2) and Rebecca Hills Green who came to full age. was born October 5, 1670. He was one of the principal men in Leicester or Strawberry Hill, where he settled in 1717. The town was granted February 10, 1713-14. and Capt. Samuel Green was on the committee with Col. William Dudley of Roxbury and others to settle it. He owned three lots of forty acres each, and two of thirty each, in the town of Leicester, and was highly respected and .very influential. The vicinity of his old homestead, now a village, is called after him, Greenville. He built a house, grist mill and saw mill. At the first town meeting of which there is any record, he was elected moderator, first selectman and grand juror, and he held like offices in the town of Leicester the remainder of his life. Governor Washburn. in his history, calls him a prominent man, and he is honored as one of the pioneers. He also owned land in Hardwick, Massachusetts. He was always called Captain, a rank he won at Malden, and he was the first captain of the Leicester company of militia. Cnpt. Samuel Green married Elizabeth, daughter of Lieut. Phineas Upham. of Worcester, a son of Deacon John Upham, who had arrived from England, September 2. 1635, settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts, moved to Malden about 1650, and was one of the original proprietors of Quinsigamond. His son Phinehas Upham settled in Worcester in April, 1675. After the Indians had destroyed the first white settlements at Mendon, Brookfield and Worcester, Lieut. Upham fought bravely in the battle of Narraganset Fort, December 19. 1675. where he was mortally wounded. Capt. Samuel Green died January 2, 1735-6. His will was made at Malden just before he came to Leicester to settle. April 18, 1717, and it was proved February 5, 1735-6. His wife died at Leicester, probably in 1761. Their children were:
1 Elizabeth, born April 4, 1693, married to Thomas Richardson of Malden.
2 Rebecca, born April 4. 1695, married to Samuel Baldwin. (According to Malden records the first two were twins, born April 4, 1695).
3. Ruth, married to Joshua Nichols.
4. Thomas, born 1699, married to Martha Lynde in Malden. January 13. 1725-6.
5. Lydia. married to her cousin, Abiathar Vinton of Maiden, April 30, 1723. He resided in Braintree a year or two after his marriage, then settled in Leicester, where he lived until his death in 1740. His widow Lydia married secondly, January 15, 1746. Samuel Stower, of Leicester, a native of Malden.
6. Bathsheba. married to Elisha Nevins.
7. Abigail, married to Henry King.
8. Any (Anna?), married to Ebenezer Lamb.
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1670 - 1735 (64 years)
