Hi. I'm one of the crazy people researching the Meshack GREEN mess. Actually, I'm a tangental victim who is primarily interested in the Shadrack GREEN mess, but I figure sooner or later there has to be a connection between the Shadracks, the Meshacks and the Abednegos [names of Biblical Brothers] ! It's just too weird for them all to be living so close together otherwise. I have a number of different peoples' information but there is no clear consensus on how it all inter-relates. I am particularly interested in the children of your John GREEN including a Jeremiah -- there is definately an association between Meshack GREENs and Jeremiah GREENs, including one document which has a Jeremiah GREEN as a father of a Meshack GREEN. Given what we know about naming traditions it may well be that the Jeremiah father of Meshack was also a son of another Meshack. The situation remains messy. I question your assignment of a father supposedly b. 1720 to a son b.1784 -- I have seen such lines prove out where a man may have a second or third wife that much younger than himself, but this is a very infrequent occurance. Occam's Razor votes against. I do have the line you refer to from one source, "This is the work of Keith Henderson of Alabama...if you have any questions please contact Susan S. Reaney @aol.com for information on getting in contact with Keith.... 1 Meshack Green Abt. 1720 - 1799 d: 1799 in Pendleton District, South Carolina . 2 Mary Ann Green 1767 - Aft. 1850 d: Aft. 1850 in Gwinnett Co., Georgia ..... +Isaac Horton 1763 - 1854 Father: Mother: d: 1854 in Milledgeville, Gwinett Co., Georgia (ellipsis) . 2 John Green 1784 - ..... +Charlotte ??? 1782 - Aft. 1860 Father: Mother: d: Aft. 1860 in Gordan Co., Georgia ..... 3 Daniel Green Abt. 1799 - ..... 3 John Green 1800 - Aft. 1843 d: Aft. 1843 in Cass [now Bartow] Co., Georgia ......... +Rebecca ??? 1800 - Aft. 1870 Father: Mother: d: Aft. 1870 in Gordan Co., Georgia ..... 3 Jeremiah Green 1802 - 1884 d: January 18, 1884 in Gordon Co., Georgia ......... +Elizabeth (Eliza) ??? Abt. 1800 - 1883 Father: Mother: d: November 30, 1883 in Gordon Co., Georgia .. 2 Francy Green 1790 - " This lineage gives a bracket of approximately twenty-three years for children for Meshack, which is acceptable for the reproductive period of one wife given that she began at an age between sixteen and twenty. She would then have been born around 1747 to 1751 -- of course if this Meshack had more than one wife during his reproductive period all bets are off. I wonder where the 1720 date for his birth came from, anyway. Where did you get it? Emily >From: W91846@aol.com >To: GREEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GREEN-L] MESHACK GREEN > >Ok! A number of you have been on the list talking about MESHACK GREEN. I just >found out that this is my line. Can anyone give me anything on this line. >MESHACK GREEN B. 1720 D. 1790 married to MARY ANN >Child of Meshack & Mary Ann: >JOHN GREEN SR. B. 1784 married CHARLOTTE (Gordon County GA) >Children of John & Charlotte: >JOHN GREEN JR. >DANIEL GREEN >JERMIAH GREEN > >JOHN GREEN JR. B. 1800 D. 1843 married REBECCA (Gordon-Bartow-Cass County GA) > >Thanks >Woody King