Greene, Elder Timothy

1725 - Aft 1790  (65 years)

• Name	Greene, Timothy
  Title	Elder
  Birth	14 Jun 1725	West Greenwich, Rhode Island   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Religion	1763	Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island,   [2, 3]
  	Elder Timothy Greene was Pastor of the Maple Root Six Principle Baptist Church in Coventry, Rhode Island. Timothy Greene was the first pastor of the First Church of Renssaelaerville (now Preston Hollow Baptist Church) circa 1790-93. He is presumed to be our Timothy, as his children Silence, Huldah, Levi and Rowland were living very near Preston Hollow and were almost certainly founding members of the church. The church was founded in 1787, the year that the Greene siblings signed leases on land very near present day Preston Hollow.
  Residence	Bef 1769	Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island,
  Relocation	Abt 1770	New Britain, Albany, New York   [2, 4]
  	New Britain is now a hamlet in New Lebanon, Columbia, New York but in the 1770s the name may have referred to the western part of the present town of New Lebanon. This needs clarification.
  Land	13 Dec 1773	Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts   [4]
  	Sold by Ebenezer Richardson for 75 pounds to "Timothy Green of a New Place called New Britain, in the County of Albany and Province of New York Yeoman" a lot in the "Town of Lanesborough, in the County of Berkshire and Province of the Massachusetts Bay, containing 100 acres be ye Same more or less, it being Lott No. 48. in the second division of land in sd. Lanesborough, Drawn by the Original Right No. 13. and is Bounded Northerly on Lott No 68, Eastwardly on Lott No 41. Southardly on Lott No. 43, and Westwardly on Lott No. 36". Signed "this 13th. Day of December, and in the fourteenth Year of his Majestys Reign A: Dom 1773"
  Residence	1775	Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts   [1]
  Land	12 Apr 1783	Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts   [5]
  	Sold by "Timothy Green Yeoman of Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in New England" for 210 pounds to Moses Perkins a " tract of Land in Said Lanesborough Containing one hundred Acres the same being more or less Bounded North on Land of Joseph Bennet East on Land of Cleark Green south on land of Stately Westcoat and James Angel West on Land of Jabez Barnum " . . . . "I the said Timothy Green have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twelvth day of April Anno Domini 1783 Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us James Barker Ezra Barker Peleg Green Robt Green Signed Timothy Green Signed Silence (mark X) Green "Lanesborough April the 14 1783 be it known that I Silence Green Wife to the within Grantor Timothy Green do hereby these Presents freely acquit . . . all my right of Dower or Power of thirds to the within Writen premises
  Residence	Aft 1790	Rensselaerville, Albany, New York
  	It is presumed that Timothy lived in Rensselaerville as he was apparently the first pastor of the The First Church of Rensselaerville (see notes).
  Death	Aft 1790
  Person ID	I381	Martin-Bloom
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2016

  
  

  Family	Rowland (Rouland) Burlingame, Silence,   b. 17 Jul 1729, Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 1813 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	22 Sep 1751	West Greenwich, Rhode Island   [1]
  	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. [1, 6]
  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.]
  Children	1. Greene, Peleg,   b. 15 Apr 1752, Rhode Island d. Yes, date unknown   2. Greene, Enfield (Infield),   b. 15 May 1754, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Greene, Huldah,   b. 20 Dec 1757, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, bur. Probably 1817, Probably Old Batavia Cemetery (Age ~ 59 years)   4. Greene, Levi,   b. 6 Jun 1759, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, d. 24 Jun 1851, West Bloomfield, Oakland, Michigan, USA (Age 92 years) + 5. Greene, Mary,   b. 5 May 1760, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Greene, Silence,   b. 14 Apr 1762, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, d. 29 May 1811, Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 49 years)   7. Greene, Rowland,   b. 12 Apr 1766, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, d. Yes, date unknown   8. Greene, Elizabeth (1st),   b. 9 May 1768, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, d. 5 Sep 1769, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, (Age 1 year)   9. Greene, Elizabeth (2nd),   b. 25 Mar 1771   d. 4 Jul 1821, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, USA (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2021

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 14 Jun 1725 - West Greenwich, Rhode Island Marriage - 22 Sep 1751 - West Greenwich, Rhode Island Religion - Elder Timothy Greene was Pastor of the Maple Root Six Principle Baptist Church in Coventry, Rhode Island. Timothy Greene was the first pastor of the First Church of Renssaelaerville (now Preston Hollow Baptist Church) circa 1790-93. He is presumed to be our Timothy, as his children Silence, Huldah, Levi and Rowland were living very near Preston Hollow and were almost certainly founding members of the church. The church was founded in 1787, the year that the Greene siblings signed leases on land very near present day Preston Hollow. - 1763 - Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, Residence - Bef 1769 - Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, Relocation - New Britain is now a hamlet in New Lebanon, Columbia, New York but in the 1770s the name may have referred to the western part of the present town of New Lebanon. This needs clarification. - Abt 1770 - New Britain, Albany, New York Land - Sold by Ebenezer Richardson for 75 pounds to "Timothy Green of a New Place called New Britain, in the County of Albany and Province of New York Yeoman" a lot in the "Town of Lanesborough, in the County of Berkshire and Province of the Massachusetts Bay, containing 100 acres be ye Same more or less, it being Lott No. 48. in the second division of land in sd. Lanesborough, Drawn by the Original Right No. 13. and is Bounded Northerly on Lott No 68, Eastwardly on Lott No 41. Southardly on Lott No. 43, and Westwardly on Lott No. 36". Signed "this 13th. Day of December, and in the fourteenth Year of his Majestys Reign A: Dom 1773" - 13 Dec 1773 - Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts Residence - 1775 - Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts Land - Sold by "Timothy Green Yeoman of Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in New England" for 210 pounds to Moses Perkins a " tract of Land in Said Lanesborough Containing one hundred Acres the same being more or less Bounded North on Land of Joseph Bennet East on Land of Cleark Green south on land of Stately Westcoat and James Angel West on Land of Jabez Barnum " . . . . "I the said Timothy Green have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twelvth day of April Anno Domini 1783 Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us James Barker Ezra Barker Peleg Green Robt Green Signed Timothy Green Signed Silence (mark X) Green "Lanesborough April the 14 1783 be it known that I Silence Green Wife to the within Grantor Timothy Green do hereby these Presents freely acquit . . . all my right of Dower or Power of thirds to the within Writen premises - 12 Apr 1783 - Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts Residence - It is presumed that Timothy lived in Rensselaerville as he was apparently the first pastor of the The First Church of Rensselaerville (see notes). - Aft 1790 - Rensselaerville, Albany, New York  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents		History of Preston Hollow Baptist Church This clipping was found at the Rensselaerville Historical Society. It names Timothy Greene as the first pastor. The first meeting house was near the homesteads of the Greene siblings. Unfortunately, the original source of the document is missing.
  		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).

  
  

• Sources

  [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 X. Maple Root Church of Coventry, p. i, 974.5 qA75 18. [S169] People Made It Happen Here, (The Renssaelerville Historical Society, Rensselaerville, NY, 1977), p. 101, 120. [S164] Deed, Northern Berkshire District Registry of Deeds, Book B, p 181. [S164] Deed, Northern Berkshire District Registry of Deeds, Book C, p. 197. [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.