Person:John Greenland (5)

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John Greenland
b.Abt 1602
d.Bef 27 Mar 1691
  • HJohn GreenlandAbt 1602 - Bef 1691
  • WLydia _____Bef 1624 - Bef 1685
m. Bef 1644
  1. Deacon John Greenland1644 - 1728
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] John Greenland
Gender Male
Birth[2] Abt 1602
Emigration[1] 1638
Residence[1] 1638 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1644 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (John).
to Lydia _____
Residence[2] 1664 Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Will[2][3] 1 May 1685
Death[2] Bef 27 Mar 1691 Before date of probate.
Probate[2][3] 27 Mar 1691 Will proved.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 John Greenland, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
    140.

    "Greenland, John: [Origin] Unknown; [Emigration] 1638; [Resided] Charlestown [Lechford 320; ChTR 55; MBCR 1:309; SPR 1:1; MPR Case #9871; Wyman 443-44]."

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 1. John Greenland, in Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts: in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818. (Boston, Mass.: David Clapp and Son, 1879)
    443.

    "Greenland John 1. Inhabitant, 1641; carpenter; constable 1656; æ. 60, 1662; of Mystic side prior to Nov. 1, 1664 (per Selectmen's records, p. 65); … Will, May 1, 1685, pro. March 27, 1691 (rec. at Deeds xi.:25, and at Probate vii.: 128) devised to son John; son Daniel and his dau.; dau. Abigail Ireland ; and gr.-dau. Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel. Inventory, real, £100, viz.; House and 10 acres; 5 acres island; 3 acres; 1 acre joining John Sargent's marsh; house given by will to John."

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 John Greenland, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:308.

    "John (Greenland), Charlestown 1644, by w. Lydia had John, b. 16 Oct. that yr. who, or his f. was of Malden, freem. 1678.

    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage 2:589] [Vol. 2] Page 308, l. 10, aft. 1678. add, His will, of 1 May 1685, pro. 27 Mar. 1691, names s. John, and Daniel, ds. Eliz. and Ireland, prob. w. of John."