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Category Archives: Greene
Thomas Greene of Wapping, mariner
Continuing my search for the children and grandchildren of my 8 x great grandfather, Captain William Greene (1626 – 1686), I’ve come across another person who might be his son. Initially, I was interested in Thomas Greene simply because, like … Continue reading
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Edward Greene of Ratcliffe, mariner
In the last few posts, I’ve been trying to identify the children and grandchildren of my 8 x great grandfather, Captain William Greene of Ratcliffe, Stepney, who died in 1686. The previous two posts have explored the lives of two … Continue reading
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William and Cecily Greene of Whitechapel
My last post took another look at William Greene of Wapping Wall, mariner, weighing up the evidence that he might have been the son of my maternal 8 x great grandfather, Captain William Greene of Ratcliffe (1626 – 1686). My starting-point was … Continue reading
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Another look at William Greene of Wapping Wall
In my last post, I wrote about William and Mary Greene, the grandchildren mentioned in the will of my 8 x great grandfather Captain William Greene (1626 – 1686). Searching through the parish registers for the Stepney area where Captain … Continue reading
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The grandchildren of Captain William Greene
I’ve been trying to find out more about the origins of my 8 x great grandfather, Captain William Greene of Ratcliffe, Stepney (1626 – 1686), but without much success. Another way of tackling the many questions surrounding Captain Greene’s family … Continue reading
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William Greene the elder – of Limehouse?
In the last two posts I’ve been revisiting the will of William Greene the elder, a Stepney mariner who died in 1634 – and who I believe (but cannot yet prove) was my ancestor. Searching the parish registers, I’ve come … Continue reading
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Jonas James, mariner and friend of William Greene the elder
In the last post I mentioned my plan to revisit the will of William Greene, a mariner from Ratcliffe, Stepney, who died in 1634 – and who I still hope might be related to my 8 x great grandfather Captain … Continue reading
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Revisiting the 1634 will of William Greene the elder
The will of William Greene the elder, who died in 1634, was my original introduction to the seafaring Greenes of Stepney, whose story I have traced in a number of posts. (New readers start here, then go here and here, and then … Continue reading
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Two friends of John Elliott (1626 – 1674)
John Elliott, Stepney house carpenter and first husband of my 8 x great grandmother Elizabeth Greene, formerly Elliott, née Leete, concludes his will of 1672 with the following: And I doe desire my very Loveing friends Josias Westwood of wapping … Continue reading
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The Elliott family and the Northamptonshire connection
I’ve been exploring the background of John Elliott (1626 – 1674), the first husband of my 8 x great grandmother Elizabeth Greene née Leete, in the hope that it might shed some light on Elizabeth’s own origins, as well as … Continue reading
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