Greene, Silence b. 14 Apr 1762 Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, d. 29 May 1811 Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada: Histories of the Martin & Bloom Families

Histories of the Martin, Wilson, Bloom, & Ahola Families

1762 - 1811 (49 years)

Name	Greene, Silence
Birth	14 Apr 1762	Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, [1, 2]
Gender	Female
Relocation	Abt 1770	New Britain, Albany, New York [3]
	When Silence was 8, her family moved west, apparently to New Britain, Albany, New York (now within New Lebanon, Columbia, New York).
Relocation	Abt 1773	Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts [4, 5]
	When Silence was 11, her father bought 100 acres of land in Lanesborough. He sold the land in 1783.
Residence	1787	Samuel Martin's Land, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York, USA
	Samuel and Silence, their brother-in-law Samuel Baker and Josiah Skinner (unrelated) leased lot 147 (164 acres) in the Town of Rensselaerville from Stephen van Rensselaer III, the Patroon of Rensselaerwyck. The pin on the map (below) is the estimated position of the southern boundary of lot 147. Silence's brothers Rowland and Levi Greene, leased lot 166, the adjacent lot to the north.
Death	29 May 1811	Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Burial	Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Person ID	I28	Martin-Bloom
Last Modified	21 Oct 2016

Father	Greene, Elder 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)
Marriage	22 Sep 1751	West Greenwich, Rhode Island [6]
	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. [6, 7]
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 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 Chart

Family Martin, Samuel, b. Abt 1759 d. 28 Aug 1832 (Age ~ 73 years)

Marriage Abt 1780 Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Samuel and Silence very likely were married in Lanesborough or a nearby town, although no record has been located yet. Silence's family moved to Lanesborough in 1773 when she was 11, her sister Huldah was married in Lanesborough in 1782, and Silence's son Silas was born in Massachusetts in 1783.

Children

+	1. Martin, Earl, b. 15 Jun 1780 d. 1 Aug 1837, Brantford, Canada West, Canada (Age 57 years)
+	2. Martin, Silas, b. 1783, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Feb 1858, Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, USA (Age 75 years)
	3. Martin, Eunice, b. 1785, USA d. Aug 1875, Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years)
+	4. Martin, Calvin, b. 1787, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York d. 5 Mar 1875, Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years)
+	5. Martin, Elial, b. 1787 or 1789, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York d. 5 Apr 1873, Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)
	6. Martin, Lydia, b. 1790, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York d. Ontario, Canada
+	7. Martin, Martha Matilda, b. 21 Sep 1792, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York d. 24 Nov 1874, Ensley, Newaygo, Michigan, USA (Age 82 years)
	8. Martin, Francis, b. 1796, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York d. 13 Mar 1869, Blenheim, Oxford , Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
	9. Martin, George, b. 1798, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York d. 14 Jul 1870, Blenheim, Oxford , Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)
	10. Martin, Solomon, b. 1798, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York d. 15 Feb 1809, Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 11 years)
	11. Martin, Reuben, b. Abt 1802, Oxford, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Apr 1881, West Oxford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 79 years)

Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Oct 2016

Event Map

	Birth - 14 Apr 1762 - Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island,
	Relocation - When Silence was 8, her family moved west, apparently to New Britain, Albany, New York (now within New Lebanon, Columbia, New York). - Abt 1770 - New Britain, Albany, New York
	Relocation - When Silence was 11, her father bought 100 acres of land in Lanesborough. He sold the land in 1783. - Abt 1773 - Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts
	Marriage - Abt 1780 - Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts
	Residence - Samuel and Silence, their brother-in-law Samuel Baker and Josiah Skinner (unrelated) leased lot 147 (164 acres) in the Town of Rensselaerville from Stephen van Rensselaer III, the Patroon of Rensselaerwyck. The pin on the map (below) is the estimated position of the southern boundary of lot 147. Silence's brothers Rowland and Levi Greene, leased lot 166, the adjacent lot to the north. - 1787 - Samuel Martin's Land, Rensselaerville, Albany, New York, USA
	Death - 29 May 1811 - Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
	Burial - - Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

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Documents

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).

Headstones		Martin, Samuel and Silence Greene The memorial was a stone box. The inscriptions were on the top (which was cracked) and were badly eroded and sometimes illegible. In addition to Samuel and Silence, the monument also memorialized their son Solomon, who died as a boy, and also their son Elial and his wife Mary and several of their sons. Inscriptions: [illegible] the remains of / SAMUEL MARTIN / who died Aug 28[?], 1832 aged 73 yrs / SILENCE / his wife died May 29, 1811 48[?] yrs / sons of Elial and Mary Martin / SUMMERS/ died Mar[?] 3 1812[?] / ANDREW / died Oct[?] 17 1812 / ISAAC / died Dec 1 1816 AE 11 yrs / JACOB / died April 16 1851 AE 22 yrs / SOLOMON / died Feb 15 1809 AE 11 yrs / ELIAL MARTIN died Apr[?]1873 / Aged 81[?] yrs \| MARY / wife of ELIAL MARTIN / died M[?] 1812 / aged 29 yrs Plot: Pioneer Section
Headstones		Martin, Samuel and Silence Greene Inscription on memorial.

Notes
According to the History of Levi Greene (p. 5) Silence married _____ Martin.

Sources

[S38] Mary Shaw Green, History of Levi Greene, (Adrian College Press, Adrian, Michigan, 1944), p. 5, 929.2 G798 73-7693.
[S135] Arnold, James N., Vital Record of Rhode Island, (Narraganset Historical Publishing Co.), Vol. 1. Coventry Births, p. 74., 974.5 qA75 18.
[S135] Arnold, James N., Vital Record of Rhode Island, (Narraganset Historical Publishing Co.), Vol X. Maple Root Church of Coventry, p. i., 974.5 qA75 18.
[S164] Deed, Northern Berkshire District Registry of Deeds, Book B, p 181.
[S164] Deed, Northern Berkshire District Registry of Deeds, Book C, p. 197.
[S38] Mary Shaw Green, History of Levi Greene, (Adrian College Press, Adrian, Michigan, 1944), p. 3, 929.2 G798 73-7693.
[S135] Arnold, James N., Vital Record of Rhode Island, (Narraganset Historical Publishing Co.), Vol 1., Kent County, Coventry Marriages, p. 22., 974.5 qA75 18.