Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

448 GENEALOUICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
went into the kitchen, found no preparations were making for a
dinner, and that there was no flip on the side-table. He came
out, and raising his hands over liis head, said in a solemn singsong
tone : Mister—Green—is—dead.
Joseph, son of Rev. Joseph Green, of Barnstable, was a
graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1746, and of Yale
College in 1752. He was settled in the ministry at Marshfield in
1753. From that town he removed to Yarmouth, and Sept. 15,
1762, was ordained pastor of the West Church. He died Nov. 5,
1768 aged 41 years.
He married Hannah Lewis, daughter of Rev. Isaiah of Westfield,
and had Isaiah L. Green born in Barnstable Dec. 28, 1761,
Harvard College 1781, and a distinguished man. Was a member
of Congress 1805-9 and 1811-13, collector of customs, &c., and
died in 1841, leaving a large family. 2, Abigail, who married
Oct. 24, 1802, Capt. Charles De Wolf, of Bristol, R. I.
Martha Green died unmarried Jan. 1791, in the 61st year of
her age. Hannah, hjs third child, died in infancy.
Madam Hannah Green, wife of Rev. Joseph Green, Sen.,
-died June 6, 1745, on the day of the birth of her daughter Hannah.
John Green of Barnstatile belonged to another family. I
have heard it said that he came from French Guiana. His house
is yet standing, and is the second east of the Court House. He
married in 1763 Elizabeth, widow of Shubael Baxter of Yarmouth,
and had John and Elizabetfi baptized in 1768, James in
1771, and Sarah in 1775. She died March 27, 1782, aged 45.
Her son Shubael by her first husband, born June 14, 1758. John
Green was not popular with the boys, and they troubled him in
his old age. Some curious stories are told of his adventures, but
they are hardly worth preserving.