Individual Details
Percival Green
(1603 - 25 Dec 1639)
wiki trees
Percival Green (abt. 1603 - 1639)
aka Greene
Born about 1603
in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown][sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of Ellen (Unknown) Fox — married before 1635 in England
DESCENDANTS
Father of John Green and Elizabeth (Green) Hall
Died 25 Dec 1639 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Percival Green migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).
Biography
His name has been spelled in many ways: The ship to America lists his name as: Percivall Greene (and his wife as Ellin). The Freeman’s oath lists him as: Passevell Greene. The town records list him as: Perceiveall The church records list him as: Persevill. [1]
Percival Green who at age thirty two years, came to New England with his wife Ellen/Elinor, also age 32, and two servants aboard the Susan and Ellen arriving in April, 1635. [2] [3] [4] [5]
1636: February: Percival Green and Mrs. Ellen Green, admitted to membership at the First Congregational Church, Cambridge, by Rev. Thomas Shepard. [6]
On December 25, 1639 Percival Green died at Cambridge, Massachusetts. [3] [4] [7]
His widow Ellen married Thomas Fox on May 24, 1650 as his second wife. [3] [4] [5]
Ellen died at Cambridge in May, 1682 in consequence of a fall, aged 82. [3] [4] [7]
Children
John born in Cambridge, Massachusetts June, 1636 [3]; died March 3, 1690/1; married Ruth Mitchelson/Michelson on October 20, 1656. [4] [7]
Elizabeth born in Cambridge, April, 1639 [7] [3] ; died at Medford on February 14, 1714; married John Hall April 4, 1656 at Concord. [4] [8]
Research notes
Concord Marriages
HALLE, John, and Elizabeth Grene, Apr. 4, 1656. (p. 8) [8]
Cambridge Births
Greene, Elisabeth, d. Perceiveall and Ellen, Apr. ––, 1639. (p. 306)
Greene, John, s. Perceiveall and Ellen, June ––, 1636. (p. 307)
Cambridge Marriages
Greene, Jno (s. Persevill and Ellin. CR1) and Ruth Michelson (d. Edward and Ruth. CR1), Oct. 20, 1656. (p. 171)
Cambridge Deaths
GREENE, Perceiveall, Dec. 25, 1639. (p. 580)
Green, John Marshall, General, Mar. 3, 1690-1., a. 56 y. (p. 579)
FOX, Ellen, w. Thomas, May 27, 1682, a. 82 y. GR1(p. 560) [7]
Sources
1 - An account of Percival and Ellen Green and some of their descendants. Author: Samuel A. Green. Available FREE at archive.org
2 - Hotten: James C. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, London, England, 1874, p. 62 https://archive.org/details/originallistsofp00hottuoft
3 - An Historic Guide to Cambridge, Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution: Hannah Winthrop Chapter, Cambridge, DAR, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1907
4 - Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella. History of Cambridge Massachusetts: Supplement and Index, Heritage Books, Dec 1, 1986
5 - Anderson, Robert C. Percival Greene in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2003, p. 148-50 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)
6 - The Manual of the First Church in Cambridge (Congregational) ; Corner of Garden and Mason Streets, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Shepard Congregational Society, Press of Samuel Usher, Boston, Massachusetts, 1900
7 - Baldwin, Thomas, compiler. Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914
8 - Tolman, George. Concord Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850, Printed by the Town
See also:
Greene, Frank L. Descendants of Joseph Greene, of Westerly, R.I. (Munsell's Sons, N.Y., 1894) Page 436
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: Ship Suzan And Ellen: London, England to New England:Departing 11 March 1635 http://www.immigrantships.net/v4/1600v4/suzanandellen16350311.html
Baldwin, Thomas W.. Patten Genealogy, William Patten of Cambridge, 1635 and His Descendants (Boston, 1908)Page 9: "In the new Lotts next Manotomic two Acres of planteing ground Persivall Greene East, Willam Manning west Richard Champnies Sourth, Gregory Stone North."
Pulsifer, David. Early Records of Boston, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1850) Vol. 4, Page 56: "Perceiveall Greene Dyed 25 (10) 1639."
Drake, Samuel. Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England (NEHGR, Boston, 1860) Page 26: "Percivall Greene Husbandm: 32"
Hotten, John Camden, The Original Lists Of Persons Of Quality (John Camden Hotten, 1874) Page 62
Death Pedigree File at Familysearch.org
=======================
Percival Green (abt. 1603 - 1639)
aka Greene
Born about 1603
in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown][sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of Ellen (Unknown) Fox — married before 1635 in England
DESCENDANTS
Father of John Green and Elizabeth (Green) Hall
Died 25 Dec 1639 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Percival Green migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).
Biography
His name has been spelled in many ways: The ship to America lists his name as: Percivall Greene (and his wife as Ellin). The Freeman’s oath lists him as: Passevell Greene. The town records list him as: Perceiveall The church records list him as: Persevill. [1]
Percival Green who at age thirty two years, came to New England with his wife Ellen/Elinor, also age 32, and two servants aboard the Susan and Ellen arriving in April, 1635. [2] [3] [4] [5]
1636: February: Percival Green and Mrs. Ellen Green, admitted to membership at the First Congregational Church, Cambridge, by Rev. Thomas Shepard. [6]
On December 25, 1639 Percival Green died at Cambridge, Massachusetts. [3] [4] [7]
His widow Ellen married Thomas Fox on May 24, 1650 as his second wife. [3] [4] [5]
Ellen died at Cambridge in May, 1682 in consequence of a fall, aged 82. [3] [4] [7]
Children
John born in Cambridge, Massachusetts June, 1636 [3]; died March 3, 1690/1; married Ruth Mitchelson/Michelson on October 20, 1656. [4] [7]
Elizabeth born in Cambridge, April, 1639 [7] [3] ; died at Medford on February 14, 1714; married John Hall April 4, 1656 at Concord. [4] [8]
Research notes
Concord Marriages
HALLE, John, and Elizabeth Grene, Apr. 4, 1656. (p. 8) [8]
Cambridge Births
Greene, Elisabeth, d. Perceiveall and Ellen, Apr. ––, 1639. (p. 306)
Greene, John, s. Perceiveall and Ellen, June ––, 1636. (p. 307)
Cambridge Marriages
Greene, Jno (s. Persevill and Ellin. CR1) and Ruth Michelson (d. Edward and Ruth. CR1), Oct. 20, 1656. (p. 171)
Cambridge Deaths
GREENE, Perceiveall, Dec. 25, 1639. (p. 580)
Green, John Marshall, General, Mar. 3, 1690-1., a. 56 y. (p. 579)
FOX, Ellen, w. Thomas, May 27, 1682, a. 82 y. GR1(p. 560) [7]
Sources
1 - An account of Percival and Ellen Green and some of their descendants. Author: Samuel A. Green. Available FREE at archive.org
2 - Hotten: James C. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, London, England, 1874, p. 62 https://archive.org/details/originallistsofp00hottuoft
3 - An Historic Guide to Cambridge, Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution: Hannah Winthrop Chapter, Cambridge, DAR, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1907
4 - Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella. History of Cambridge Massachusetts: Supplement and Index, Heritage Books, Dec 1, 1986
5 - Anderson, Robert C. Percival Greene in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2003, p. 148-50 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)
6 - The Manual of the First Church in Cambridge (Congregational) ; Corner of Garden and Mason Streets, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Shepard Congregational Society, Press of Samuel Usher, Boston, Massachusetts, 1900
7 - Baldwin, Thomas, compiler. Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914
8 - Tolman, George. Concord Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850, Printed by the Town
See also:
Greene, Frank L. Descendants of Joseph Greene, of Westerly, R.I. (Munsell's Sons, N.Y., 1894) Page 436
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: Ship Suzan And Ellen: London, England to New England:Departing 11 March 1635 http://www.immigrantships.net/v4/1600v4/suzanandellen16350311.html
Baldwin, Thomas W.. Patten Genealogy, William Patten of Cambridge, 1635 and His Descendants (Boston, 1908)Page 9: "In the new Lotts next Manotomic two Acres of planteing ground Persivall Greene East, Willam Manning west Richard Champnies Sourth, Gregory Stone North."
Pulsifer, David. Early Records of Boston, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1850) Vol. 4, Page 56: "Perceiveall Greene Dyed 25 (10) 1639."
Drake, Samuel. Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England (NEHGR, Boston, 1860) Page 26: "Percivall Greene Husbandm: 32"
Hotten, John Camden, The Original Lists Of Persons Of Quality (John Camden Hotten, 1874) Page 62
Death Pedigree File at Familysearch.org
=======================
Events
| Birth | 1603 | England | |||
| Marriage | Bef 18 Apr 1635 | England - Ellen Unknown | |||
| Death | 25 Dec 1639 | Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British North America | |||
| Burial |  |
Families
| Spouse | Ellen Unknown (1602 - 1682) |
| Child | John Green (1636 - 1691) |
| Child | Elizabeth Green ( - ) |
Notes
Burial
Percival GreeneBIRTH 1603England
DEATH 25 Dec 1639 (aged 35–36)Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
MEMORIAL ID 37409526 · View Source
SHARESAVE TOSUGGEST EDITSTOGGLE DROPDOWN
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 0
FLOWERS 8
Born about 1603 (aged 32 on 18 Apr 1635). Husbandman who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "Susan & Ellen" & settled in Cambridge MA. (On 18 Apr 1635, "Percivall Greene," husbandman, aged 32, "uxor Ellin Greene," aged 32, & servants Jo[hn] Trane," aged 25, & "Margaret Dix," aged 18, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Susan & Ellen," Died in Cambridge, 25 Dec 1639.
Married by 1635, Ellen ____, who was born about 1603 (aged 32 on 18 Apr 1635. She married (2) by 24 May 1650, Thomas Fox. She died at Cambridge on 27 May 1683, "a, 82y.," widow of Thomas Fox.
Many writers have supposed that Percival Greene & BARTHALOMEW GREEN 1633, Cambridge were brothers, but there is no evidence for this other than identity of surnames.
Family Members
Spouse
Ellen Fox
1600–1682
Children
John Green
1636–1691
Elizabeth Greene Hall
1638–1713
Created by: Linda Mac
Added: 23 May 2009
Find a Grave Memorial 37409526
Hide citationFind a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37409526/percival-greene : accessed 14 March 2022), memorial page for Percival Greene (1603–25 Dec 1639), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37409526, ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) Burial Details Unknown.
====================