Category Archives: Greene

The Gibson family after the death of John Gibson

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

In the last post I produced a timeline for my maternal 6 x great grandfather, John Gibson (1699 – 1763), updated to include what I’ve discovered recently about his work as a coal factor and his imprisonment for fraud. John … Continue reading →

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John Gibson (1699 – 1763): an updated timeline

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

Some months ago, I reported my discovery that my maternal 6 x great grandfather John Gibson was a London lighterman and coal factor who was convicted of fraud against the Crown and imprisoned in the Fleet. This new information enables … Continue reading →

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John Ashenden, scrivener

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

My recent posts have explored some of the individuals and families mentioned in the 1652 will of Elizabeth Greene, widow of Stepney. In this post, I want to report what I’ve managed to find out about another family that features … Continue reading →

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More on the Gravener family

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

In my last post I wrote about the Graveners of London, a number of whom were beneficiaries of the 1652 will of Stepney widow Elizabeth Greene, and about their links with the Medlicott, Monger and Dixon families, also mentioned in … Continue reading →

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Medlicott, Gravener, Monger and Dixon

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

In the last two posts, I’ve begun to explore the large cast of characters to be found in the 1652 will of Elizabeth Greene, widow of Stepney, who I believe might have been related to my 8 x great grandfather, … Continue reading →

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The Fogg family of Kent

Posted on October 7, 2012 by

In her will of 1652, Elizabeth Greene, widow of Stepney, writes as follows: I give and bequeath unto my two Kinsmen Master Whittingham fogge and Ezekias fogg his brother both Living in East Kent fortie shillings apiece with benefit of … Continue reading →

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The family of Whittingham Wood of Canterbury, gentleman (1614 – 1656)

Posted on October 4, 2012 by

In the previous post, I announced my intention to revisit the 1652 will of Elizabeth Greene of Stepney, exploring some of the many individuals and families that she mentions in that document. In this post, I want to begin by … Continue reading →

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Revisiting the will of Elizabeth Greene (d.1655), widow of Stepney

Posted on October 4, 2012 by

In my efforts to find out more about the family of my 8 x great grandfather Captain William Greene of Ratcliffe (d. 1686), I’ve often referred to the will of Elizabeth Greene, who died in 1655.  Elizabeth was the widow … Continue reading →

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Was my 9 x great grandfather a barber-surgeon?

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

My recent posts have explored the seventeenth-century seafaring Greene family, from the hamlet of Ratcliffe in the parish of Stepney, east London. I’ve been trying to discover whether my 8 x great grandfather, Captain William Greene, a Ratcliffe mariner who died … Continue reading →

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The grandchildren of William Greene the elder

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

In my last two posts, I’ve written about William Greene and Bartholomew Greene, two of the three sons of William Greene ‘the elder’, who died in 1634. Both men were mariners like their father and both, like him, lived in … Continue reading →

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