Pioneer Families - GREENE
Extracted From
Chapter XVII
Early history of the town of Hopkinton :
history of East Village (Nicholville) and vicinity,
diaries of Elisha Risdon and Artemas Kent,
soldiers of the Civil War,
genealogical record of sixty of the pioneer families

Carlton E. Sanford
Boston: Bartlett Press, 1903

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]




IN this chapter is given the genealogical records of many of the pioneers of the town, of all that I have been able to gather sufficient data and information to make a fairly full record. The preparation of these records has required much time, labor, correspondence, persistence and patience. Had I had in the beginning a full comprehension of the tedious labor required, I now feel sure I should not have undertaken it. That there are some errors in dates and possibly a few in names I am quite satisfied, since considerable of my information came from elderly people who wrote feebly and indistinctly. I think it will be readily understood, if the reader will bear in mind that it is in continuous order; that the first, second, third and fourth generations are each carried slightly to the right, and that each generation always has the same indentation.

HENRY C. GREENE (6) (Rev. Henry (5), Job (4), Henry (3), Benjamin (2), John(1)) b. Wallingford, Vt.; December 20, 1790; d. August 20, 1873, Parishville, N.Y.; m. Clarinda Post, December 24, 1811, Cornwall, Vt.; d. August 12, 1837, Parishville, N.Y.;m. 2d, Mrs. Myra Peck in Malone; d. in Illinois, aged ninety-two. He settled on the Loren and George Smith farms about 1817. Had five children by first marriage:
  • Dr. Martin, b. January 20, 1813, Cornwall, Vt.; d. 1849; m. Mary Masters. Was surgeon in United States army eight years at Leavenworth, Kan., and went to Texas in 1845. Had two children:
    • William H., b. November 25, 1843; d.
    • Charles R., b. 1845; 1. Corinth, Texas; m. three times. Had six children:
      • Mary, b. January 13, 1879.
      • Emma, b. January 13, 1879.
      • W. H., b. 1881.
      • Meribah, b. February 21, 1885.
      • Charles R., b. November 25, 1887.
      • Ruth, b. 1891.
  • Meribah C., b. April 1, 1815, Shoreham, Vt.; 1. Potsdam, N.Y.; m. David Daggett, January 2, 1838; b. August 9, 1809, Cornwall; d. May 21, 1891. Was a merchant in Hopkinton for a few years, then at East Stockholm a short time, and then at Parishville. Had four children:
    • Clarinda, b. February 19, 1840, Hopkinton; 1. Potsdam; m. John A. Vance, August 16, 1864; b. October 8, 1836, Osnabruck, Ont.; d. May 2, 1899. He was an attorney, deacon in Presbyterian Church, trustee of Normal School, surrogate of the county from January 1, 1891, till his death. Had two children:
      • Carroll H., b. September 14, 1866, Parishville; 1. Malone, N.Y.; m. Bertha M. Glanz, July 29, 1893, Grand Rapids, Mich.
      • Ethel M., b. February 15, 1871; 1. Potsdam, N.Y.
    • Henry L., b. April 28, 1842, East Stockholm; 1. Parishville; m. Marion A. Church, November 24, 1869; b. May 9, 1850. Had two children:
      • Grace E., b. May 3, 1873; m. Clark F. Adams, September 14, 1897.
      • Arthur D., b. August 27, 1876; m. Edith Collins, June 26, 1901.
    • Mary E., b. November 19, 1844; 1. Potsdam, N.Y.
    • Herbert M., b. October 19, 1846, in Stockholm; 1. Elmira, N.Y.; m. Myra S. Smith, December 15, 1869; b. September 4(?) 1851. Had five children:
      • Mabel Amelia, b. June 12, 1873, Parishville.
      • Herbert Myron, b. April 20, 1875, Parishville; m. Jessie C. Eldred, September 6, 1901.
      • Clara May, b. October 17, 1877, Parishville.
      • Henry David, b. January 20, 1884, Potsdam; d. October 6, 1891.
      • Gertrude Emorette, b. February 9, 1891, in Elmira, N.Y.
  • Clarinda Lucretia, b. March 27, 1821, Hopkinton; 1. Ionia, Mich.; m. Martin Welch, b. June 5, 1714, Canaan, N.H. Had three children:
    • Henry M., b. November 28, 1843; d. June, 1889, at Potsdam, N.Y. Practised dentistry in Amorette Pond.
    • Frances L., b. 1846; 1. Ionia, Mich.; m. N. A. Rich.
    • Erean C., b. March 3, 1854; 1. Ionia, Mich.
  • Henry, b. October 1, 1823, Hopkinton; d. July, 1850, in Wisconsin; m. Mary Perkins. No issue.
  • Rollin Sanford, b. April 14, 1826, Hopkinton; d. August 17, 1901; m. Harriet Call (lives with her son). Had one child:
    • Charles R., 1. Shelburne Falls, Mass.

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