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... [Thomas Greene] married secondly Mistress Winifred Seybourne [Seaborne] who arrived in Maryland some time during 1638.
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[*Mistress in the 17th century was the title given to an unmarried women of gentle birth who had acquired an estate and independent status. The statement that she was the widowed sister of Thomas Gerard is wholly unfounded.]
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The mother of his children has been the subject of much discussion, but of the two younger sons there is no question of their being the issue of Winifred his last wife. When he applied for land rights on September 15, 1647, among the claims was "100 acres more being the right of his wife Mrs. Winifred Seyborn for Transporting herself into the Province 1638." It is therefore proved that she emigrated and financed her passage in 1638. At the same time he proved rights for 50 acres each for his children "100 more for Transporting 2 children in the year 1644 vizt Thomas and Leonard Green." From the strict construction of the wording, there is no implication that Mistress Seyborne brought them over or was their mother. Mistress Seyborne came in 1638 and the boys came six years later. This point is important. They were less than 18 years of age in 1650 and they came out of England in 1644. There is no record of Thomas Greene returning to England, so the only inference that can be placed on the matter is that two older children were born in Maryland and had at one time been sent to England, presumably for a year of [sic] two of schooling. ...
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... On November 18, 1650, Thomas negotiated a document whereby he assigned his entire estate in trust under certain conditions to his friends, Henry Adams and James Langworth, for the benefit of his wife, Winifred, and sons - Thomas, Leonard, Robert, and Francis. He desired his wife to have full possession of the estate during life except for a certain amount of tobacco which vas bequeathed to his friend Thomas Copley. His widow was to grant his sons the designated shares in succession as they came of age, "... be Sufficiently maintained and Provided for ... both for Subsistance and Education aswerable to their quality until each of them respectively come to eighteen years of age."* In the event of his widow's decease and the death of his sons without issue, then three-fourths of his estate were to be distributed to charity and the residue to Henry Adams and James Langworth.
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[* The fact that his two older sons were less than 18 years of age in 1650 disproves the statement often made that the two sons were conceived of a marriage contracted in England before his sailing in 1633.]
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He died before January 20, 1651/2, the day on which Henry Adams appeared in court as the trustee of the estate. His widow married secondly Robert Clarke, Gent., one-time Surveyor-General of the Province, and became the mother of at least two of the Clarke children - Robert and Thomas. On November 16, 1654, Robert Clarke on behalf of his wife Winifred Clarke "late wife of Thomas Greene deceased and her children by the said Greene" demanded 400 acres of land for the transportation of four servants by Thomas Greene on June 10, 165-.
In 1658 William Hewes instituted action against Robert Clarke for repairs on "Green's Rest" before Clarke married the widow of Thomas Greene. At that time Madam Greene-Clarke was deceased. Hewes claimed that Captain William Stone engaged him for the work and that the overseers of the estate of Thomas Greene should be responsible for the expenditures. ...
