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Thomas Greene
Birth: 1609 Bobbing, Swale Borough, Kent, England
Death: 20 Jan 1652 (aged 42Å43) Greens Rest Manor, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA
Burial: Burial Details Unknown
Memorial #: 122272778
Bio: A FOUNDING FATHER OF MARYLAND
⢠Lord of Greene & Bobbing Manors
⢠Gentleman Adventurer on the Ark
⢠Member of His Lordship's Council
⢠2nd Provincial Governor of Maryland
⢠Commissioner of the Treasury
⢠Magistrate
MARYLAND LEGISLATIVE CAREER
⢠Freeman at the Assembly of 1637/38
⢠Special Writ to the Assembly of 1640-'41
⢠Special Writ to the Assembly of 1641/42
⢠Burgess at the Assemblies of 1642 A & B
⢠Upper House in the Assembly of 1646/47
⢠Presided over the Assembly of 1647/48
⢠Special Writ to the Assembly of 1649
⢠Special Writ to the Assembly of 1650/51
The following is from Harry Wright Newman's The Maryland Semmes and Kindred Families, page 134-7:
GOV. THOMAS GREENE
1609 â 1651/2
THOMAS GREENE, one of the "twenty gentlemen of very good fashion" who sailed on the Ark and the second Provincial Governor of Maryland, was one of the most interesting characters of early Maryland and one whose history has been quite neglected. He had invested in the adventure to a minor extent, so consequently its success was of more than casual interest. He was always styled by Governor Leonard Calvert "my well beloved friend," but the tradition that he was a kinsman of Leonard Calvert has not been proved and the oft repeated statement that he married Helen, a daughter of George, Lord Baltimore, is merely a myth of genealogy. His brother, Robert Greene, Esq., emigrated to Maryland, but being the son and heir to the parental estates in England he returned to the mother country, but before departing he assigned his land rights to his brother Thomas.
Governor Thomas Greene was a member of the Catholic faith, like most of the gentlemen on the Ark, a Royalist in politics, a supporter of the Stuart dynasty, and for his loyalty to the crown he was castigated figuratively before his death by the radical elements which were then gaining strength in the Provinceâprincipally the Puritans who had been outlawed in Virginia and virtually driven out and to whom Lord Baltimore offered a haven in his province.
His marriage to Mistress Ann Cox, a spinster, * who was among the few gentlewomen on the initial voyage of the Ark and the Dove, was undoubtedly the first Christian marriage to have been celebrated on Maryland soil. She died within a few years, but was living as late as April, 1638. He married secondly, Mistress Winifred Seybourne [Seaborne] who arrived in Maryland some time during 1638.
The mother of his children has been the subject of much discussion, but of the two younger sons there is no question of their being the issue of Winifred his last wife. When he applied for land rights on September 15, 1647, among the claims was "100 acres more being the right of his wife Mrs. Winifred Seyborne for Transporting herself into the Province 1638." It is therefore proved that she emigrated and financed her passage in 1638. At the same time he proved rights for 50 acres each for his children "100 more for Transporting 2 children in the year 1644 vizt Thomas and Leonard Green." From the strict construction of the wording, there is no implication that Mistress Seyborne brought them over or was their mother. Mistress Seyborne came in 1638 and the boys came six years later. This point is important. They were less than 18 years of age in 1650 and they came out of England in 1644. There is no record of Thomas Greene returning to England, so the only inference that can be placed on the matter is that two children were born in Maryland and had at one time been sent to England, presumably for a year or two for schooling.
Children of Thomas Greene, Esq.
1. Thomas Greene.
2. Leonard Greene married Anne â.
3. Robert Greene married Mary Boarman.
4. ?rancis Greene married Elizabeth â.
Before sailing from England, or shortly thereafter, Thomas Greene was granted a large manor of 10,000 acres, for Father Copley writing to Cecilius, Lord Baltimore on April 3, 1638, cautioned him against the excessive taxation imposed on the manor lords "An accordingly Mr. Green one of the Gentlemen that came in the Arke, reflecting that besydes the losse of his halfe share of trucks [harvest] he was now to pay tenne barrels of Corne for his 10,000 acres and that only he had three men to raise that and maintaine himself and his wyfe confidently told me that he must necessarily deserte the Colonye." As no further record has been found for this manor, he probably permitted it to escheat to the Lord Proprietary being in those difficult times more of a burden than an asset.
After the manor of Richard Thompson on Popely Island in the Bay was forfeited by treason against the Lord Proprietary, Lord Baltimore granted the manor to Thomas Greene, though the letters patent were apparently among those papers burned by Ingle on his raid into Maryland during 1645. The manor consisted of 500 acres on the tip of Kent Isle not far from Fort Kent Manor of Giles Brent and the entire Isle of Popely of 1,000 acres on which Thompson was seated and which was the scene of the entire massacre of his wife and children by Indians during his absence. If Thomas Greene maintained a steward on his manor, no record has come down, but leases were made for records exist of Gersom Cromwell being a tenant on the portion on Kent. Greene gave the name of Bobing to his island manor and held it until February 8, 1650/1, when he sold for 10,000 lbs. tobacco to Thomas Hawkins, of London, Mariner, "all rights and interests in my whole Mannor."
He received other land grants, one of which was a warrant for 2,500 acres, but he died before the patent was issued. Consequently, in 1665 it was surveyed and granted to his three sons who gave it the name of "Green's Inheritance." His seat, however, was on "Green's Rest" within the environs of St. Mary's City and bordering St. Mary's River.
He took a serious interest in all the affairs of the Province and became one of the leading factors in the early political developments. He attended the early General Assemblies to whom all freeholders were summoned. When the legislature became representative and the Upper House or Privy Council developed, he was one of the first to be appointed by the Lord Proprietary to that body which was virtually a counterpart to the British House of Lords. He was also appointed one of the Justices of the Provincial Court at its inception. He retained his seat in the Council until 1647 when he succeeded to the governorship by the death of Leonard Calvert, the first Provincial Governor. His term of office lasted until April 26, 1649, when Lord Baltimore commissioned Captain William Stone, of Virginia, and for a short period thereafter acted as governor when Stone was on a business trip to Virginia.
On November 18, 1650, he negotiated a document whereby he assigned his entire estate in trust under certain conditions to his friends, Henry Adams and James Langworth, for the benefit of his wife, Winifred, and sonsâThomas, Leonard, Robert, and Francis. He desired his wife to have full possession of the estate during life except for a certain amount of tobacco which was bequeathed to his friend Thomas Copley. His widow was to grant his sons the designated shares in succession as they come of age, " . . . be Sufficiently maintained and Provided for . . . both for Subsistence and Education answerable to their quality until each of them respectively come to eighteen years of age." ** In the event of his widow's decease and the death of his sons without issue, then three-fourths of his estate were to be distributed to charity and the residue to Henry Adams and James Langworth.
He died before January 20, 1651/2, the day on which Henry Adams appeared in court as the trustee of the estate. His widow married secondly Robert Clarke, Gent., one-time Surveyor-General of the Province, and became the mother of at least two childrenâRobert and Thomas. On November 16, 1654, Robert Clarke on behalf of his wife Winifred Clarke "late wife of Thomas Greene deceased and her children by the said Greene" demanded 400 acres of land for the transportation of four servants by Thomas Greene on June 10, 165-.
In 1658 William Hewes instituted actions against Robert Clarke for repairs on "Green's Rest" before Clarke married the widow of Thomas Greene. At the time Madame Greene-Clark was deceased. Hewes claimed that Captain William Stone engaged him for the work and that the overseers of the estate of Thomas Greene should be responsible for expenditures.
* Mistress in the 17th century was the title given to an unmarried woman of gentle birth who had acquired an estate and independent status. The statement that she was the widowed sister of Thomas Gerard is wholly unfounded.
** The fact that his two older sons were less than 18 years of age in 1650 disproves the statement often made that the two sons were conceived of a marriage contracted in England before his sailing in 1633.
Family Members
Spouse
Ann Cox Greene 1612-1638
Children
Leonard Green 1636-1688
Robert Green 1646-1718
Francis Green 1648-1707
Created by: James Goldsborough Bigwood (48231400)
Added: 27 Dec 2013
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122272778/thomas-greene
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122272778/thomas-greene: accessed 26 December 2023), memorial page for Thomas Greene (1609Å20 Jan 1652), Find a Grave Memorial ID 122272778; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by James Goldsborough Bigwood (contributor 48231400).
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