... At a young age he [Francis Green] married Elizabeth, the daughter of Benjamin Wheeler. * ...
* The marriage according to family records is given as "anno 1711" which would make him about 17 years of age. The year of Elizabeth's birth is given as 1693, making her one year older than her husband. The marriage, her parentage, and birth of their children are all from copies of family papers which have been examine personally [by Mr. Harry Wright Newman]. They are now [or at least, they were as of 1956] in the possession of Mrs. Harry M. Ullmann, of Bethlehem, Penna., a direct descendant. From the script, watermark, and style of stationery, the papers are judged to be well over 150 years of age [from a 1956 perspective], and look as if the births were copied from an old family prayer-book. I believe it was the custom of the Catholic families to place the births of their children in a prayer-book rather than the family Bible. ...
