Dear Ann, Hello and Thank you for your post. I have information up to William Green . I have siblings etc. But here is just my direct line. Starting with my Mother. Lillian May Green b. July 8, 1933 Vernon, NJ m. John P. Marach b. Sept 12, 1921 Danzig,( Gdansk) Poland.d. Aug 22, 1996 East Orange NJ ( Lived in Sparta , NJ) Children: Dawn Marach Clarence Edward Green b.Feb 8, 1896 Warwick NY d. June 27, 1957 Pequannock NJ m. Elizabeth J. Lott b.April 8, 1901 d. April 12, 1978 Newton NJ Children: Dorothy J. Arthine Elizabeth Miles Clarence Lillian May Leona May Edward H. Edward Green b. Dec 27, 1874 Warwick NY d. June 6, 1915 Warwick NY. m. Maggie Hovencamp b. May 25, 1876 d. July 26, 1923 Warwick NY Clarence Edward Ernest W. Alfred A. Randolph W. Allen K. Evelyn E. John H. Green b. July 8, 1845 Warwick NY d.Oct 6, 1923 Warwick NY m. Josephine Tomer b. Aug 3, 1848 d, Han 10, 1890 Warwick NY ( this was his first wife) Children: Christopher Harvey Everett. Pricilla A. Robert M. John P. Charles W. Edward H. Josephine 2nd. wife.May Robertson b. May 1, 1861 NY NY. d. Dec 24, 1903 3rd. Emma McIntyre (maiden name Monahan) b. Jan 25, 1860 d. March 24, 1922 Robert C. Green b. June 28, 1822 ? d. July 6, 1899 Warwick NY m. Elizabeth Adeline Leeper b. April 6, 1824 d. July 6, 1902 Warwick NY children: Melvin John H. William H. Moses S. David L. Julia A. Ellen A. Sarah Mary J. Moses Green b. Dec 12, 1791 d. Oct 4, 1866 m.Oct 20, 1814 Mary Sprague b. Dec 21, 1795 d.March 7, 1875 Vernon NJ Children: John S. William S. Phebe Robert C. Elizabeth Sarah Margaret Margaret( died young) Julia Susan ZachariahP.( died one day old) William Green ? Served in the Orange county NY Militia No proven info on him. Just the info in the Newspaper with the name.I have proven all of the ones listed above with death cert. , birth cert, gravestones, etc. up to William he is my mystery now. I have all of the childrens info to if needed. Thanks again to all for your help. Dawn Lepre -----Original Message----- From: Steven & Ann Mensch <Mensch-Family@worldnet.att.net> To: John & Dawn <jplepre@goes.com> Date: Sunday, January 03, 1999 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [GREEN-L] My NY and NJ Greens >Hi Dawn, >The first names of William and Samuel are so very common in many surname >GREEN(E) families that I would suggest you try to find documentary evidence >(census, vital records, gravestones, wills, deeds, etc.) back through your >ancestory to your William's specific location of residence through other sources >before attempting to identify which William Green of American Revolutionary >service is yours. >I recently joined the D.A.R. to have my own Revolutionary Green ancestor >included on their rolls - Uzziah GREEN was a new patriot to the D.A.R. since >none of his descendants had previously joined using him as their ancestor. >Though his American Revolution Pension File is a great piece of evidence of his >service and movements, these were all able to be documented through other >sources as well (town records, wills, deeds, etc.). In other words, it was an >additional piece of supporting evidence. >When trying to research family history, we build "arguments" by finding bits and >pieces of evidence which help to determine the "probability" that the >relationship of parentage exists, and the dates of birth, death, marriage, etc. >are correct. Among the most essential for establishing which service records >belong to your ancestor are those which shows the people were in the right >place-at the right time. Therefore, I would try to find evidence of your >William's birth in a particular town; marriage records, records showing >children's names and birth, records of who in the town served (& in which regt., >etc.)...then you may be better able to identify which William Green is yours. >I'm a bit tired from the holidays, and being snowed in, so please forgive my >writing ability today. I have gathered quite a bit of GREEN(E) data myself, so >if you have any additional information about your GREEN family locations, etc. >let me know. I may be able to help a bit. >--Ann >-Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Genealogist >-Researching at The Allen County Public Library > http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/Resume.htm >ACPL Resources >http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/genealogy.html >+Local Catholic Church History and Genealogy Research Guide and Directory >http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/CatholicRecords-index.htm >Indiana Local History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/IN_History.htm >Massachusetts Local History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/MA_History.htm >New Hampshire Local History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/NH_History.htm >Minnesota Local History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/MN_History.htm >Vermont Local History http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/VT_History.htm > > >John & Dawn wrote: > >> Hello all, Thank you for all of the posts on William Green and Samuel >> Green. I am still sifting through it all. Though I am not sure now that I >> even have the right William Green. The way this started was: I found a >> newspaper article on microfilm from a local paper on one of my uncles. This >> article was from 1900's. In it he stated how proud he was of his >> grandfather William Green who served in the Revolutionary War. There is a >> piece in it taken from a letter my ancestor received from the secretary of >> war, Washington it said : >> >> Washington.DC July 3 1905, It is shown by the records of this office that >> one William Green served as a private in Colonel John Hathorn's Regiment, >> New York Militia, Revolutionary war. His name appears on a receipt roll >> under the following heading:"We the subscribers do acknowledge to have >> received from Col. John Hathorn, of Warwick, in Orange county, the several >> certificates as numbered with their sums annexed to our names." This roll >> shows that on September 16, 1784, William Green received certificate No. >> 981-440 for (shows the amount). His name also appears cancelled on a list >> of certificates returned by John Hathorn for pay of hes regiment of militia >> for November, 1779, belonging to Orange county. Nothing further concerning >> him has been found on record. The records show the Henry Wisner was >> lieutenant colonel and later colonel of the regiment mentioned." signed >> F.C. Hainsworth Military secretary. >> >> It says also that he (my uncle) remembers his uncle very well. That he died >> when he was ninety seven years of age. 'And a story that he told him. >> >> So I called a cousin of mine in Arizona. He is not new to genealogy. I am >> very new to all of this. He called and sent papers that he found William >> Green and he has sent for records. But he listed this William as being in >> NJ Militia. But was checking into. After all of this I am more confused >> than ever. I tend to believe now though that my cousin is researching the >> wrong William Green.I have a William Green listed on a paper from the Dar >> showing William on a list from the Orange County militia Fourth Regiment >> Under Col. John hathorn and Lieut. Col. Henry Wisner. I know this is my 5th >> great grandfather but don't know where to go from here. I am sorry this is >> so long but wanted to explain and hope that you have some tips on where I >> should go from here since I know you all have a lot more experience in this >> than I. Any help is greatly appreciated. >> Thank you cousins, >> Dawn Lepre > >