Greenwood Family Tree

1    Miles Greenwood Baker of the Parish of St Peter of Mancroft, City of Norwich was living a few years after 1603 at Sudbury but returned to Norwich 1616
= [married] Anne, dau [daughter] of …. Seath of Barnham Burne co Norfolk.  Married 21st Oct. 1599 at St Peters of M, Norwich.  Living in 1616

2    Miles, baptisd [baptised] at St P of M, Norwich, 1 Sept 1600.  This is the same Miles who in the Pedigrees found among the Miscell Reliques of Sir Isaac Heard, is said to have come very young from Yorkshire and whose Arms are there given as above, taken from his seal.  Apprenticed for 8 years 20th June 1618 with Josiah Robbs, worsted weaver of Norwich, admitted Citizen May 3 1627.  According to tradition he was a weaver and zealous adherent of the Parliamentary party.  Buried in the Church of St Michael at Pleas 3rd Sept. 1638.
= Abigail…. administered to husbands Estate granted at London 23 Dec 1658.

3   Miles, baptd [baptised] at St Stephens, 9 Sept 1627 as Milly, son of Millys. (B[…] widow of Alderman John Greenwood (died 1649) in her will of 1674 calls him “her husband’s kinsman”).  By tradition he was a Chaplain and Lieut. Under Cromwell.  In his will he calls himself “the elder, worsted weaver”.  He was bur’d at St Peters at Hungate, Norwich as Michael Greenwood 23 April 1681.  He had a son Miles or Michael bapt at St Michael-at-Pleas, also John, Abigail, Ann, Benjn & Saml.

3   Mary Greenwood, bapt [baptised] at St Michael-at-Pleas 4 Dec 1629,
m ….Peapes, and had John, Isaac, Mary and Ann.

3   Nathaniel, bapt at St M at P 21 Aug. 1631 and was in Boston N.E, as a shipwright, 1654 and had his yard at the North end, where he purchased property.
Marr. At Weymouth N.E. 24 Jan 1655/6.  Water Bayliff 1670-72. N Selectman 1680-84.  Died July 31 1684 buried at Copps Hill Boston.  On the wall are cut the same Arms as borne by his Father.  His will mentioned his brother Samuel and his cousin Benjamin Greenwood (ie Nephew) an Apprentice.
= Mary dau of Saml and Ann Allen of Braintree N.E.  She mar’d [married] 2nd, June 12 1690 Theophilus Farye Esq of Boston as his 2nd wife and died his widow 7 Dec 1709.

4    Myles b. 23 May 1660 in Boston died young.

4   Samuel b [born] 24 Sept 1662.  Shipwright & merchant of Boston and a prominent citizen.  Died 16 July 1721. bur’d [buried] at Copps Hill.  Selectman 1715-18
= (1) Elizabeth Bronsdon. About 1670. dau of Robert B (Brinsdon or Brinsdell) merc’t [merchant] of Boston died 9 Dec 1721 at 51.

5   Elizabeth, born 18 Oct died Nov 2, 1687.

5   Samuel, b 15 Aug 1690.  Ship builder & merch’t of Boston.  Capt [Captain] in Militia and Lieut [Lieutenant] in Anc’t & Hon Artillery.  Died 22 Feb 1741/2.  He was Overseer of the Poor 1728-37
= Mary, prob a dau of Benj. Fitch, Boston, mar 8 Aug. 1717.  died 21 July 1724 at 27.

6   Mary b 31 Oct 1718.  D an inf’t [infant].

6   Samuel b 18 May 1720.  Harvard Coll. 1739 priv Sec’y [private secretary] to Gov [Governor]  Belcher of Mass [Massachusetts]. Living in 1747.  Nothing further known.
= Martha Brown

6   Benjamin
b. 16 May 1722

5   [Samuel continued]
= (2) Mary, dau of Jno Charnock merch’t [merchant] of Boston b 9 Mar 1710.
mar 1st 1 Dec 1726.
Mary m (2) in 1757 Capt [Captain] Jos. Prince & m (3) 3 Feb 1762 Capt Humphrey Devereux of Marblehead, who died 21 Jan 1777 at 70.  She died 27 July 1794.
Portrait by Copley.

6   John b 7 Dec 1727 was an artist in Boston N.E. & London settled in London as Auctioneer.
= 17 Dec 1769 Frances dau of Wm & Frances Stevens of Northhampton. B 18 Jan 1744. d at Turnham Green 31 Mar 1808.
Died at Margate 15 Sept 1792.
Portrait by Abbott.

7   Charnock Gladwin
b 27 Oct 1770, died at Granada W.I. 18 July 1796 Lieut of 68th Regt

7   John
b 5 Oct 1772   auctioneer & editor of London.
m his cous’n [cousin] 22 Apr 1802 d Feb 1816 at Turnham Green
= Mary Anne b 15 Aug 1775 dau of Eben’r Symmes & Mary Anne Stevens.  M at St Georges Hanover Sq.  D at Turnham Green 20 Sept 1814 in confinement of 8th child.

8   John Danforth b Jan 4 1800.  Surgeon at Mitcham co Surry from 1826 to 1837, at Kennington 1838-40, at Chareton near Paris 1840-42 emigrated to N Zealand Nov 1842, settled in Motueka J.P. 1843 at 1st Council with Gov Eyre.  Inspect of Schools 1860-3.  Editor.  Principal of N. College ‘63-66.  Serg’t [Sergeant] at Arms to H. Rep 1861-77 Died June 15 1890.
= Sarah, dau of John & Mary Field, was chandler of Lambeth and Grove Lodge Tooting co Surry.
b. Nov 18 1809
m. May 18 1831
d. Dec 13 1889

9   John b. Mitcham 18 Feb 1832
= Isabelle Eliza Forsyth, dau of Ch Manners Gascoigne, Major of 5th Cavalry  HEICS & Bengal

10   Agnes Mary Ellen b 25 Feb 1859.
m Douglas Cowper Tennent 7 Oct 1878.
Had dau. Cecil Cowper Tennent b 3 July 1879

10   Isabelle F. W. S. b 22 Oct 1872

10   Cecil Danforth b 15 July 1880

10   Charles John b 4 Jan 1882

10   Harry Field b 22 Aug 1864

9   Frederick Daw b at Mitcham Jan 22 1833
= 6 Sept 1864 Clara Maria dau of Hugh Martin Esq of Stoke, Nelson N.Z.

10   Ellen Theodora b 22 Dec 1865

10   Mary Elizabeth b 10 Mar 1873

10   John Hugh Graham b 6 Sept 1867
d Oct 18 1895 at Urenui

10   Fred’k Clement b 15 Dec 1860
= Katherine Alice Pike Mar 22 1897, Appleby Nelson

11   […] Hugh […] 1895

10   Martin b 17 Dec 1870

10   Alfred Roger b 25 Mar 1877

9   Graham Lord b at Mitcham 14 March 1834 m Aug 6 1879
= Isobel Martin sister of Clarace

10   Leonard Hugh Graham
b Aug 30th 1880

10   Philip Graham
b Nov 5 1885

10   Nora Mary b Mar 3 1882

9   Mary Field
b 10 July 1835

9   Ellen Sarah 19 Feb. 1837

9   Jane b. 18 Apr 1838
m 31 May 1871 Leonard Stowe Esq, Clerk of Legisl’e Council […]

10   Wm Reginald [Stowe] b 9 Mar 1872

10   Mary Sylvia b 28 July 1878

10   Emily Muriel b 10 April 1875

10   Leonard Acland b 11 Aug 1876 d 7 Nov

10   Henry I. D. Stowe b Sept 2 1879

9   Agnes Basing b 27 Feb 1841 at Charenton nr [near] Paris
d 21 July 1854

9   Charles G b 31 Aug 1839 at Kennington
d 3 Jan 1862 at Motueka

9   Ann b 4 Sept 1845 at Motueka NZ

9   Frances b 17 May 1847 at Motueka NZ.
m. Wm Pharazyn Esq, Barrister, Wellington 17 Feb 1870 at Nelson
[…] 1 Oct 1872

10   Marion Eleanor [Pharazyn] b 29 Nov 1870

10   Godfrey Norris b 10 July 1872

9   Charlotte b 29 July 1849 at Motueka NZ.
mar. Wm Geo Kemp Esq M.D. Surgeon of Wellington NZ 17 Feb. 1870 at Nelson

10   Alfred Geoffrey [Kemp] b. 12 Jan 1871

10   Leonora Frances b. 27 Aug 1872

10   John Harold b. 5 May 1874

10   Dorothy Charlotte b. 12 Aug 1876

10   Violet Annie b. 28 June 1877

10   Fred’k Will’m b. 10 Aug 1879

10   Elise Mary b 19 June 1881

10   Kathleen M b 7 July 1883

10   Cha’s [Charles] Gordon b 3 Jan 1886

9   Catherine b. 25 1851 at Motueka NZ
m 4 July 1872 Gordon Harding Saxby of Te Kopanga, Napier NZ

10    Bernard Gordon [Saxby] b 21 May 1873
d 18 April 1874

10    Lionel Gordon b 10 Sept 1874

10   Allan Gordon b 15 May 1876

10   Ronald Gordon b 1878

10   Wilfred Gordon  b

10   Conrad Gordon b

9   Alfred b 11 Dec 1842

8   Fred’k Symmes
b. 5 Oct 1804 went to Boston Mass after his Father’s death.
D there in 1822.

8   Frances Harriet
b. Sept 1 1806
d. 13 Jan 1807

& 4 others who died in childhood.

7   Frances b 5 Mar 1774
d at Clapham 9 Mar 1791

7   James Greenwood b 20 May 1775
went to Boston Mass 1802
d 30 Jan 1816
= Eliza Carr b. 1775
m. 30 Oct 1806. died 6 Jan 1817 at Boston

8   Frances Elizabeth b 8 Jan 1808.
mar …. Stoddard   lived at Galesbury Ill [Illinois] 1873
d Mar 1883

9   Louisa Caroline [Stoddard] b 2 Dec 1810
m 31 May 1843 Geo Wm Bond, wool broker, Boston.
Living at Jamaica Plains, 1873
Their only dau.

10    Maria Louisa [Bond] b 1844
m 2 Oct 1867 Geo Wm Wheelwright Jnr

8   James b 19 July 1812
Living 1873 at Norwich Conn.
m 20 Mar 1840 Sarah A Hudson. d 3 Oct 1846 at 32
leaving

9   Helen Frances b 9 May 1844. He married 2nd
Lucretia M Palmer d 8 March 1872 at 57 leaving

9    Arthur. B. 23 Jan. 1852

9   May. B. 30 July. 1853

9   Ernst. B. 8 Nov. 1857

8   Wm David b 24 June 1814
d. in California

7   Samuel Adam b 20 Feb 1780
Captn in Indian Service, Sen Assistant Reader of Baroda Sat C[…] 21 Nov 1810

6    Mary b 1 April 1831
d. single 30 Sept 1812 at Marblehead Mass.

6   Elizabeth b. 21 Dec. 1732
said to have m a Peter Greenwood & had 2 children  […] younger Mary

6    William b 29 July 1738

6   Hannah b Oct 1740
m 21 March 1763 Capt Eben. Symmes.  He m. (2) 1774 Mary Anne, dau of Wm & Frances Stevens and had dau M.C. b 15 Aug 1773.  He died 1776.  His widow in 1779 m his elder brother Col Andrew Symmes of Boston, Gd Father  by 1 wife of Andrew Symmes Snelling of N. York, living 1873 at 76.

5   Elizabeth b 20 Apr 1698.
m 1st Nov 8 1721 Sam’l White of Boston who died 12 Feb 1732 leav’g child’n.
2nd May 7 1721 Barry Edwards d. 1751.
She died 29 April (date lost) before her husband.

5    Nathaniel b 10 Oct 1699.  Died young.

5    Anna b April 1700.  Died young.

5    Isaac b 11 May 1702
1st Hollesian R of Maths & Nav Phil at Harvard Coll 1727-38.  Chaplain in Nov 1743 on “Rose” Frigate.  Capt Frankland to May 1745.
d. 19 Nov 1745 at Charleston S.C.
= Sarah dau of the Hon. Dr John Clarke and niece of Reg’d Cotton Mather.  B 31 July 1729.  d at Falmouth now Portland Mass 23 May 1776.

6   Isaac b at Cambridge, Mass 9 May 1730. Mathem. [Mathematical] instr. Maker of Boston.  Sam’l Maverick, shot at the Boston Massacre 1770, was his apprentice.
Died at Dedham Mass 18 Oct 1803.
= 1756 Mary Jane b 15 May 1726.  Died Dedham 11 Oct 1820.  Her sister, Madam Martha Walker d. in Quebec 1820 at 90.  Widow of Thomas Walker Esq of Montreal and mother of Judge Jas Walker of M? & of Robt who d 1842 St Gov of Shearness.

7   Isaac b 13 Oct 1758.
Served in navy of Rev’n.
M 1788 May Deborah Langley. She died 16 Feb 1828.
Lived in Providence R.I. removed to New York 1810. Math inst. maker
He died 21 Oct 1829.

8   John b 6 Nov 1798 in Providence R.I.
Lawyer at Brooklyn S.A.  Judge of C of C.P.
m 1st Cath Dobbins & 2nd in 1836 Fanny Summer.
Lived 1873 with sons of first wife.

9   John R

9   James

By 2nd

9   Edward S

9   Chas S.W.

9   William S.

7   John b. 17 May 1760
In lands and sea service of American Revol’n.  Settled in New York, was Surgeon and Dentist of Gen’l Geo Washington.
m 17 May 1788 Elizabeth Weaver
16 Nov 1819.
She d. 13 Jan 1831 had a son

8   Isaac John
b 17 July 1795 in N.Y.  Had degrees of M.D. and D.D.S.
m 1st 1822 Sarah V. Bongard and had 3 drs.
M 2nd 1832 Mary McKay.  Now living 1873.
He died in N.Y. where he had lived 14 May 1865.
Two sons

9   Isaac John b 15 Nov

9   Langdon b 9 Aug 1840.
both lived in N.Y. 1873

7   Thales b 24 Dec 1762
Served in Am Rev
D 1783 at St Domingo W.I.

7   Clarke b 8 Mar 1764
Settled in N.Y. as a math. Inst. Maker & d single 15 Feb 1810

7   William Pitt Greenwood b 10 May 1766
Dr of Dental Surgery Boston.
M 23 July 1796 Mary dau of Capt Jono Langdon. He d 10 May 1851.
She d 5 June 1865 had 2 sons

8   Francis Wm Pitt b 5 Feb 1797
a prominent minister of Boston.
M 1824 Maria Goodwin, now living (1873)
He died 2 Aug 1843 & had one son,

9   Augustus Goodwin b 12 Sept 1832, now living in Boston.

8    Alfred b 5 Feb 1801.
Minister at Barnstable, Natick & Grantville.
m Martha B. Crocker and left one son
D 20 Apr 1868

10    Alfred b 16 April 1841.
Living in 1870 at Grantville, Mass.

7   Mary b 27 May 1769
m 15 Mar 1801 Geo Gaymar[?] of Dedham.
he d 1805 she d 6 Nov 1839

6   Sarah b 8 Sept 1731
d at Portland Me. 28 July 1773

6   John b 29 Mar 1733
m 2 Nov 1762 Mercy Clarke who d 17 Dec 1770 at Portland Me. at 27.
Had no children living in 1704, but not known where he removed to.

6   Thales b Mar 1735
d Aug 1766.  Single

6   Elizabeth b 1743
m Wm Holland 13 Sept 1765
d 11 Sept 1783 at Portland.
without issue.

5   Miles b 15 Apl 1705 died infant

5   Nathaniel b 27 Mar 1707 d infant

5   Joseph b 5 June 1709 d infant

5   Joseph
b 18 Aug 1710
single in 1746.
after no trace

4   Isaac b…
at Harvard College 1685
mar 6 Sept 1694
a Shipmaster.
Died in England 1701 left no issue
= Anne, dau of Joseph Lynde of Charlestown, Mass. m 2nd in 1702 to John Phillips Jnr

4   Ann b 7 Apr 1669
m 1st in 1687 Ja’s [James] Green
2nd in 1694 Nathaniel Henchman of Boston, and had Rev’d N.H. of Lynn, Mass.

3   John bapt at St M at P 2 Sept 1633

3   Benjamin. had several children.  The eldest, Bery ? Was prob in N.E. at one time, other sons were Miles, John, and Nathaniel, daus Mary Allison, Anna Stirling and […] Elizabeth Abigail and Jane.

3   Samuel b about 1646.
Came to Boston as a shipwright abt 1666 & mar abt 1670.
Selectman of the Town 1689-1702-1706
Died 19 Aug 1711 and buried at Copps Hill. Had 4 Sons & 5 Dau’s though the youngest son only (Nathaniel) is the name perpetuated.
= Mary dau of Peter and Mary Thornton of Boston N.E.  Died 1723.

4   Nathaniel b 29 April 1693
ships & mast maker of Boston.  Captain in Militia overseer of poor 1755-56. A ‘Son of Liberty’ 1769 afterwards rather loyal.
in Beverly Mass 1700.
= Elizabeth dau of Captn John Ventiman.  D at Beverly Mass Sept 1793 at 90

5   Anna b. 14 Sept 1726
m 27 Sept 1748 to Robt Treat
died 1779

5   Nathaniel b Sept 1732
sailmaker of Boston
m Priscilla Snelling who d 17 Sept 1817.
He died 25 July 1823 at 91.
Had 6 Daus and no son.

5   Elizabeth b 18 Nov 1734
m John Marston
d 1824 at 92

5   Miles b 31 Dec 1736
promt merch Salem in Am Revln.  Had a son

6   Miles b Aug. 1758 in Boston father of

7   Rev Thomas I Gd of Malden Mass.  Living in 1873 at 74 and Gd Father of

8   General Nath’l P Banks of Mass
Miles of 1736
m 1st 16 June 1767 Sarah Hall[?] and had 2 sons
m Nov 2nd 1772 widow Eliz’th Elkins of Salem.
He d 8 Nov 1814 at 78. His sons were

6   Andrew.  Lawyer of Batg m.
d 1816 at 48.  No sons

6    Miles who d Cincinnati 1831 at 62 leaving one son

7   Miles b 19 Mar 1807, living in 1873.  He was known philanthropic proprietor of the Eagle Iron works of Cincinnati, Ohio.

5   John Ventiman b 7 Mar 1739

5   Peter b Oct 1742
d a prisoner in the American Revn.

5   Joseph b 6 Jan 1744
m in 1765 Margery Read
d abt 1787

6   P E d 1818 in Boston at 52 father of

7   Miles d 1831 at 27

5   Benj’n b 6 June 1746
m Eliz Glover

5   Samuel b 11 Sept 1741
m 2 Aug 1764 to Mary […] who d 1774 at 31
settled in Halifax
N[…] 1783 as master […]
d 12 Jan 1826 at 85.  Has 2 sons

6   John V who d 1843 at 77.

6   Samuel C
d 1826 at 58.  both left families

The former John V was father of

7   Edw’d G W
City Treasurer of Halifax in 1871

3   Anna
A single lady of this name was living 1700 on Estate of Nath Greenwood in Boston N.E.

2   Mary baptd at St P of M 1 Dec 1616