Greene, Levi^[1]

1759 - 1851  (92 years)

• Name	Greene, Levi
  Born	6 Jun 1759	Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island,   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Land	29 Nov 1787	Rensselaerville, Albany, New York
  	Levi leased lot number 166 in Rensselaerville, Albany, New York with his brother Rowland. His brothers-in-law Samuel Martin and Samuel Baker leased the adjacent lot (147) to the south. The original lease is in the New York State Library. An image is provided below.
  	Note that the 1787 plat map of Rensselaerville sold by the Rensselaerville Historical Society and published in People Made It Happen Here indicates that Levi Green leased lot 167, but the actual lease is for lot 166. [4]
  Residence	1790	Rensselaerville, Albany, New York   [5]
  Land	16 Dec 1797	Middleburgh, Schoharie, New York   [6]
  	Levi Green of Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York bought from Wardwell Green of Middleburgh 100 acres of land in the "Old hunters land patent lying in Middleburgh" for 200 pounds. Deed recorded 8 Jul 1808. (Link to image of deed on familysearch.org)
  Residence	1800	Middleburgh, Schoharie, New York   [7]
  	1800 US Census - Also on the same page of the census were Levi's brother Rowland Green and his brother-in-law Jonathan Joice. Levi's Household Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
  Residence	1810	Middleburgh, Schoharie, New York   [8]
  	1810 US Census - Also on the same page was Levi's brother-in-law Jonathan Joice. Levi's Household Free White Males Under 10: 1 Free White Males 10 to 15: 1 Free White Males 45 and Over: 1 Free White Females Under 10: 2 Free White Females 10 to 15: 1 Free White Females 16 to 25: 2 Free White Females 26 to 44: 1
  Land	8 Mar 1811	Middleburgh, Schoharie, New York   [9]
  	Levi Greene and Asenath his wife of Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York sold 90 acres of land to Simpson Wilbur of the Town of Berne, Albany County, New York for $800. Deed recorded 27 May 1811. The deed shows that the land was along Stoney Creek in the Huntersland Patent and bordered the farm belonging to Levi's brother-in-law Jonathan Joice. (Link to image of deed on familysearch.org)
  Relocation	1811 - 1851	Various   [10]
  	According to the History of Levi Greene Levi and his wife "lived successively in Cheshire, Mass, Rensselaerville, Albany County, New York, and Middleburg, Schoharie County, New York. In 1811 they moved to Venice and later to Scipio in Cayuga County. About 1816 they moved to Livonia, in Livingston County, New York. Their last years were spent in West Bloomfield, Oakland County, Michigan."
  Died	24 Jun 1851	West Bloomfield, Oakland, Michigan, USA   [11]
  Buried	North Farmington Burial Ground, West Bloomfield, Oakland, Michigan, USA
  Notes	Levi Green is listed in Appendix IX the Names of Revolutionary Soldiers of the "History of Lanesborough, Massachusetts" (p 108). Mary Shaw Green relates his history as a reovlutionary soldier. ----- Listed in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.2, p. Serial: 11999; Volume: 8 The following from: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1998. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. Vol. I-XVII. Boston, MA, USA: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896. Volume 6, page 824 Green, Levi, Lanesborough. Private, Capt. Ebenezer Newell's co., Col. Symonds's regt.; service, 21 days; company marched from Lanesborough to Manchester July 9, 1777, on an alarm; also, Drummer, Capt. Daniel Brown's co., service, 6 days; company marched from Lanesborough to Meloomscuyck Aug. 14, 1777, on an alarm; certificate on reverse of roll states that Daniel Brown and company were in service 27 days and were then dismissed by Col. Benjamin Simonds; also, Capt. Daniel Brown's co., Col. Simonds's regt.; service, 6 days; company marched on the alarm at Berkshire of Oct. 13, 1780; also, return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Daniel Brown's (Lanesborough) co. [year not given]; residence, Lanesborough; engaged for town of Lanesborough; term, during war. (Research):Levi Greene's age in the 1850 US Census for West Bloomfield, Oakland, Michigan was given as 94. Need to check 1759 birthdate.
  Person ID	I388	Martin-Bloom
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Greene, Timothy,   b. 14 Jun 1725, West Greenwich, Rhode Island ,   d. Aft 1790  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	(Rowland, Rouland) Burlingame, Silence,   b. 17 Jul 1729, Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts ,   d. 1813  (Age 83 years)
  Married	22 Sep 1751	West Greenwich, Rhode Island   [12]
  	Mary Shaw Greene wrote that Silence was a widow from Scituate, Massachusetts without evidence. Arnold's entry for the marriage reads [Greene] "Timothy, of W. Greenwich, and Silence Burlingame, widow, of Scituate; m. at Coventry by Elder James Colvin, Sept, 22 1751". The fact that Scituate is not specifically said to be in Massachusetts, suggests that Silence was from Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, as other states are commonly named in these records. [12, 13]
  Notes	A record of the births in the Greene family is given in the following, which is a transcription of a copy of a note written by Sarah Mallory Baker, who had copied the original record. In her note Sarah Baker states explicitly that Huldah was the daughter of Elder Timothy Greene. Sarah personally knew Huldah. Mrs. Percy Barker copied Sarah's note and sent it to Maud Martin Latham via Eva Sowden in 1956. My comments in [ ]. Sarah's note said: "Elder Timothy Green & Silence Rowland marriage September y 21 day 1751 old stile, also their death old stile Timothy Green born June y 14 day 1725 week 2 day between 12 & 1 in the afternoon Silence Green born July ye 17 Day 1729 week y 5 Day old stile [i.e. Silence Rowland Burlingame] [Burlingame written in the margin and tied to Roulen, who was apparently her son by her first marriage.] Roulen her first born March y 1 Day 1749 week 4 day between 9 & 10 at night - 3 Peleg Green born ye April 15 Day 1752 week ye 4 day between 6 & 7 in the afternoon Enfield born May ye 15 Day 1754 weeks & Days half after 3 Monde morning Huldah born ye December 20 Day 1757 3 week 2 days 9 at night Levi born ye 6 d 1759 week 3 days between 2 & 3 in the afternoon - 3 Mary born May ye 5 Day 1760 week y 2 day 3 in the morning [she was called Molly written in the left margin] Silence born April 14th day 1762 ye 4 Day ye 9 at night Rowland born April 2 Day 1766 week 7 day half After 10 in the morning Elderlatte [Elizabeth] the first-born May ye 9 Day 1768 week 1 Day Dyed September 5 1769 Elisabath the second born March ye 25 1771 - weeks the 4 Day 4 in the morning. This is a true copy from an old record as exact as I could possibly make it - I have endeavored to preserve the quaint old manner of the orthography of a hundred and twenty years ago. For Thomas Horner and the posterity of my Dear Mother-in-law Mrs Huldah Baker. who was daughter of Elder Timothy Green and Grandmother to the children of Mrs Olive Horner of Burford, W.C. Aunt Sarah Baker Batavia, April 14, 1853" [The "-3" at the end of some lines may have been flourishes and may have no meaning.]
  Family ID	F151	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Robinson, Asenath,   b. 26 Jun 1766, Windham, Connecticut ,   d. 12 May 1847, West Bloomfield, Oakland, Michigan, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	9 Jun 1785	Scotland, Windham, Connecticut, USA   [14]
  	married by Rev. James Cogswell, Scotland First Congregational Church
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2016
  Family ID	F154	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		1790 US Census, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York Samuel Martin is listed in the right hand column near the bottom of the page. Samuel Baker and Levi (Levy) Greene are in the left column.
  		1787 Lease of land in Rensselaerville, Albany, New York to Samuel Martin, Samuel Baker and Josiah Skinner. Lease for lot 147 (164 acres) in the Rensselaerwyck Manor West to Josiah Skinner, Samuel Martin and Samuel's brother-in-law Samuel Baker. Rowland Green and Levi Green, who were brothers-in-law to both Samuels, leased lot 166, which was the adjacent lot to the north.
  		Historical Marker at the Baptist Church of Preston Hollow Four members of the Green family and their spouses were almost certainly founding members of this church in 1787 (Silence Green and Samuel Martin, Huldah Green and Samuel Baker, Levi Green and Asenath Robinson, and Rowland Green and Elizabeth Champlain). Elder Timothy Green, their father, was the first pastor of the church (abt 1790).
  		1787 Lease of land in Basick (Rensselaerville), Albany, New York to Rowland Greene and Levi Greene Lease of Lot 166 (155 acres) in the West Manor of Rensselaerwyck to Rowland Greene and his brother Levi. Their brothers-in-law Samuel Martin and Samuel Baker along with Josiah Skinner (unrelated) leased lot 147, which was adjacent to the south.

  
  

  Headstones

  Green, Levi gravestone Inscription: Levi Green died June 24, 1851 aged 91 years Plot: Block 1, Lot 12

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] History of Levi Greene, Mary Shaw Green, (Adrian College Press, Adrian, Michigan, 1944), 929.2 G798 73-7693., p. 4. [S38] History of Levi Greene, Mary Shaw Green, (Adrian College Press, Adrian, Michigan, 1944), 929.2 G798 73-7693., p. 6. [S135] Vital Record of Rhode Island, Arnold, James N., (Narraganset Historical Publishing Co.), 974.5 qA75 18., Vol. 1. Coventry Births, p. 74. [S169] People Made It Happen Here, (The Renssaelerville Historical Society, Rensselaerville, NY, 1977), p. 15. [S126] 1790 US Census, (National Archives and Records Administration), Rensselaerville, Albany, New York; Roll: M637_6; Page: 187; Image: 108; Family History Library Film: 0568146. [S164] Deed, Schoharie County, New York , Book C, p. 36 . [S86] 1800 US Census, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), Middleburgh, Schoharie, New York; Series: M32; Roll: 26; Page: 133; Image: 136; Family History Library Film: 193714. [S182] 1810 US Census, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), Middleburg, Schoharie, New York; Roll: 36; Page: 31; Family History Number: 0181390; Image: 00048. [S164] Deed, Schoharie County, New York Book C, pp. 223-4 . [S38] History of Levi Greene, Mary Shaw Green, (Adrian College Press, Adrian, Michigan, 1944), 929.2 G798 73-7693., p. 7. [S38] History of Levi Greene, Mary Shaw Green, (Adrian College Press, Adrian, Michigan, 1944), 929.2 G798 73-7693., p. 8. [S38] History of Levi Greene, Mary Shaw Green, (Adrian College Press, Adrian, Michigan, 1944), 929.2 G798 73-7693., p. 3. [S135] Vital Record of Rhode Island, Arnold, James N., (Narraganset Historical Publishing Co.), 974.5 qA75 18., Vol 1., Kent County, Coventry Marriages, p. 22. [S100] Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, Vol. 100, Scotland, p. 51.