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Memoir of Philippe Maton Wiltsee and his Descendants Wiltsee, Jerome, Sr. Memoir of Philippe Maton Wiltsee and
his Descendants. This book contains historical information of the descendants of Philippe Maton Wiltsee. Bibliographic Information: G.W. Myers, Atchison, Kansas, 1908.

THE AMERICAN PATERNAL ANCESTORS OF SARAH GREEN.

"The progenitor of the Greene family of New England was John Greene, who came from England in 1620 and settled at Salem, Mass. In 1637 he moved his family to Providence, Rhode Island. Their ancestors were originally from Wales. They
were Quakers from Salisbury, England. John had sons John, James and Thomas. James2 was the head of the branch of the
family from which General Nathaniel Greene sprung. The head of our branch of the family was his brother Thomas, who had
three sons, James2, Jeremiah and Gardner. Grandfather, James Green, moved to Western Massachusetts in 1770 from
Providence, Rhode Island, and located in Berkshire County on the mountain about the same distance from the villages of
Lanesborough and Hancock. He had sons Jeremiah, Russel and Gardner. Russel was my father1. He was a soldier in the
Revolutionary War. After its close he returned to Providence, R. I., on a visit and married Patience Strait, an adopted daughter of a Mr. Moon, who had rescued her from a ship wreck and brought her up. He returned to his father's
tavern with her and lived there until his father's death in 1805. He then moved to the village of Hancock and lived the
remainder of his life there. After his death Note:--Much in relation to the Descendants of these is given and full details
of the generations descended from Sarah Green and Jeremiah Wiltsee are given in the line of descent of the latter in Chapter IX.

Note--By error, or for a reason unaccounted for, Blackinton inserted the name of Sarah Green's sister instead of her own, as it will be seen in the following geneology of the Green family.

Note--The above is the writer's mother's account of her ancestors. Mother came here to live with her relatives. I was born in
the tavern on the mountain.

MARY CONFER'S RECORD OF THE FAMILY.
"Brother Alanson Green told me what he was told by a Mr. Eldridge with whom he lived a number of years, and I give to
you as he gave it to me: 'Our forefathers came from Wales. Three brothers came: James, Jeremiah and Gardner. Mr. Eldridge knew the brothers in Providence,, Rhode Island. James Green was grandfather's father. He came to Massachusetts, and built a tavern of logs on the mountain at a place nearly equally distant from the villages of Hancock and Lanesborough, and spent his life there. Alanson cannot tell the year that he came, but he remembers that he lived on the mountain and kept a tavern, and that his sign was an axhandle. He died in 1805.'" Jeremiah Green lived in Stephentown, New York, but a short distance from where we lived, but none of us ever saw his family, as people did not travel much then. He had a son, Henry Green, who used to live in Hancock Village. Where he went Alanson did not know. Gardner Green also lived in York State. My father, Abel Green, was grandfather's first-born child. Our great grandfather, James Green, was buried in the rear of the tavern on the mountain side. The property was sold, and the man that succeeded him in the tavern retained the sign--an axhandle erected on a high post in front of the house.

CHANGE OF SPELLING OF THE NAME.

It appears on the Revolutionary War records that the spelling of the name Greene was changed at that time by dropping the final letter from the whole of the various branches of the family in Western Massachusetts. This may have occurred through the carelessness of the enrolling officer, and have become necessary in all subsequent intercourse with the government officials to enable them to substantiate the identity of the various individuals of that name, having claims against the government.

A COPY OF THE PAY ROLL OF RUSSEL GREENE AND OTHERS.
                       Russell Green of Hancock, Mass.
                       Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
                            Office of Secretary,
                           Boston, April 1, 1892.
                            Revolutionary Rolls.
                              Vol. 4, p. 157.
A Pay Role for the Six Months Men who Served for the Town of Lanesborough in the year 1780.
   John Green Marched to Camp July 9th, Discharged Dec. 12th, 1780.
   Clark Green   "        "      "         "          "  "
   Duty Green    "        "      "         "          "  "
   Russell Green "        "      "         "       Dec. 6th, "
   Jabez Green   "        "      "         "       Jan. 9th, "
   Chase Green   "        "      "         "       Dec. 5th, "
I certify the foregoing to be a true extract from the Revolutionary War Archives on deposit in this Office.
Witness the Seal of the Commonwealth.
                                                     Wm. M. Olin,

Secretary.
                       "Department of the Interior.
                           Bureau of Pensions.
                                       Washington, D. C.,
Oct. 11, 1901.

Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Russell Green, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of               Length of                   Officers Under             State
Enlistment or        Service       Rank       Whom Service
                                                             Was Rendered.
Appointment                          Captain
Colonel
  June, 1780       6 Mos.         Pvt.       Hitchcock, Ebenezer     Sproat,  Mass.
  Sept. 1781      20 Days          "          Wm. Douglass,             Not Stated.     "
  Nov.  1781     12 Days          "           Clark.          "                "         "
    Battles engaged in, None.
    Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hancock, Mass. (town of)
    Date application for pension, Oct. 9, 1832.
    Residence at date of application, Hancock, Mass.
    Age at date of application, 71 years.
Remarks: His claim was allowed. He married Patience (???) (sirname not stated) in Feby. 1783, and died Oct. 6, 1833,
and she was pensioned as his widow.  He stated he was present at the execution of Major Andrie.
                              Very respectfully,
    Mr. Jerome Wiltsee, Sr.,
H. Clay Evans,
        Falls City, Neb.
Commissioner."

DESCENDANTS OF JAMES GREENE.
Russell Green,4 son of James Green, b. at Providence, R. I., in 1761, m. Patience Strait (b. in 1764), at Providence, R.
I., in Feb., 1783, d. Oct. 6, 1733. She died Dec. 11, 1845. Russell Green and Patience Strait had been playmates in
their early life. When discharged from the army at the close of the war he returned to his birthplace to visit the scenes
of his childhood, and they renewed their acquaintance, and were married. Soon after, they went to his father's1 and
lived there, assisting him in the management of the tavern and farm.

CHILDREN OF RUSSELL GREEN2 AND PATIENCE STRAIT.
       I.  Abel Green, b. July 28, 1784.
      II.  Francis Green, b. Oct. 29, 1786.
     III.  Russel Green, b. Nov. 13, 1789.--died young.
      IV.  Sarah Green, b. Dec. 14, 1791.
       V.  Job Green, b. Oct. 7, 1795.--died young.
      VI.  Willett Green, b. Oct. 23, 1799.
     VII.  Polly Green, b. April 15, 1802.
    VIII.  Lydia H. Green, b. Dec. 19, 1806.

These children with the exception of Lydia, were all born in the Ax-Handle tavern. What education they had up to 1806,
was probably at home, and their training was under the influence of the uncultured, boorish ruffians of the surrounding country, and of migrating wanderers, bands of the kind of those from which, a few years before, proceeded the rioters who invaded New York State. After the death of his father, Russel Green moved his family to the village of Hancock, and made his home there the remainder of his life. He never engaged in business extensively. He worked by the day, and as contractor at job work; at which his sons helped him, when not working by the month for others. His daughters were hired out to work for people at housework. None of the family was given educational advantages, but all had a little knowledge of mathematics, and reading, writing and spelling; but it is not probable that they ever wrote letters. He did not accumulate property. Except Lydia, all of his children moved to Eric Co., N. Y., several years previous to his death, which occurred in the village of
Hancock. He was buried in the Jenks1 burying ground, in the corner of the lot nearest to the entrance, by the graves of
his two deceased children, Russel and Job, 2 1/2 miles north of the village of Hancock. His place of burial was marked by
a headboard and a footboard. Lydia and her mother returned from the grave to the village unaccompanied by a relative.
The pension money he received from the government was expended for his burial. The widow and daughter moved to Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y., in the following spring. They were taken to Albany by wagon, and by boat on the Grand Central Canal to Black Rock, where they were met and conveyed by wagon, with their property, to her daughter, Sarah Wiltsee's, where she sometimes made her home years later. Her descendants, except Alanson Green, had gathered near there and
1 His father's place was in Hancock. The township consisted of a strip of land 16 miles long and almost 2 miles wide. between what was formerly the lines of New York State and Massachusetts.
 

1 "We find these old Burying Grounds upon almost every farm." wrote W. C. Wills of Hancock. to the writer "and the great majority of them are sadly neglected, and this one is not an exception.

established homes. She was buried on the Wiltsee family lot at Harris Hill, and gravestones set at her grave, giving her
age, and the date of her death.

DESCENDANTS OF JAMES GREENE.
Abel Green,5 son of Russel Green, son of James Green, b. July 28, 1784, married Achsa Booth1 in 1803.

CHILDREN OF ABEL GREEN AND ACHSA BOOTH.
       I.  Alanson Green, born, Sept. 5, 1804.
      II.  Deborah Green, born June 29, 1806.
     III.  Francis Green, born in 1808.
      IV.  Patience Green, born in 1809.
       V.  Fordyce Green, born in 1811.
      VI.  Mary Green, born June 18, 1813.
     VII.  Leonard Green, born in 1816, d. single.
    VIII.  Eliza Green, born Dec. 21, 1818.

Abel Greene moved his family, except Alanson, to Clarence, Erie Co., New York, in the spring of 1826. At the date of
the writer's earliest recollection, he was living north of the Buffalo Road, 2 1/2 miles on the east side of the Transit Road, near his son Alanson. Later he moved to the southeast of Clarence Hollow, near where his daughter, Eliza (Green) McGuffin, lived. In 1856, they accompanied their son, Alanson, to Atlas Township, Genesee County, Michigan; and, from that date, made their home there. Elizabeth (Wiltsee) Bowman, in a letter dated Dec. 16, 1869, wrote as follows: "Had you heard of the death of Uncle Abel and his wife last spring? She lived only about two weeks after he died, and was well when he was buried."

Alanson Green,6 son of Abel Green, son of Russel Green, son of James Green, b. Sept. 5, 1804, m, Eliza Ayer (b. in Amherst, Erie Co., N. Y., in 1802, d. in 1866), d. at Goodrichville, Genesee Co., Mich., in 1893.

CHILDREN OF ALANSON GREEN AND ELIZA AYER.
       I.  Matilda Green, b. in 1835, m. Mr. Jacob Metz in 1855. They had children:
            Mary, Clara, Annetta, all b. at Snearley's Corners, N. Y.
      II.  Lucy Green, b. in 1837.
     III.  Adelbert Green, b. in 1840. There probably were other children. They had sons living near Goodrichville, Michigan, in 1893. Alanson Green worked for a Mr. Eldridge, in Hancock, Mass., until the year 1835, when he went to Erie County, N. Y. He established a home, north of Snearley's Corners, 2 1/2 miles, on the east side of the Transit Road, and erected a
house in which he lived, and another near by in which his father and mother, and grandmother, Patience Green lived; the latter only occasionally when not with another of her children. His parents continued to live with him until a few years before he left the county. In 1856, he sold his place, and moved to Atlass Township, Genesee County, Michigan, with the most of his children and parents, where he lived until his death in 1893. His daughter, Matilda, b. in 1835, m. Jacob Metz in 1855.
Matilda and her offspring were the last representatives of Abel Green's line of the family left in New York State. She
died Jan. 27, 1902. One child was then living. They had four: Mary M., Clara L., Annetta L., and Myron J. Debora Green,6 da. of Abel Green, son of Russel Green, son of James Green, b. June 29, 1806, m. Rial Hilton of Erie Co., N. Y., in the winter of 1838-9, and moved to Sparta, Kent Co., Michigan in the spring of 1841. She lived there in June 1893.

1 The Booths were from Connecticut. They claimed to be distant relatives of Ethen Allen.

CHILDREN OF DEBORA GREEN AND RIAL HILTON.

Charles and Chester who enlisted in the Engineer Corps in the Union army in 1864 and were honorably discharged at the
close of the war, and one who belonged to the Infantry; and probably several others all living in 1893.
III.  Francis Green,6 son of Abel Green, son of Russel Green, son of James Green, b. in 1808, m. 1st, Patience McNeil in 1831 (d. in 1857), m. 2nd, in 1859; d. at Flint, Michigan.

CHILDREN OF FRANCIS GREEN AND PATIENCE McNEIL.
I.  Mindwell, b. in 1832, m. Addison Sexton in 1849, d. of consumption in 1851.
II.  Levi, b. in 1834. He moved to Genesee County, Michigan, and later to South Dakota, and became impoverished.
III.  Palmer,1 b. in 1836, moved to Michigan with his father in 1861; located at Newburgh, 17 miles from Flushing, where he owned a farm in 1901.  He raised a family.
IV.  Olive, b. in 1838, d. of consumption in 1854.
 V.  Pyrena, b. in 1841, moved to Michigan and m. there. She lived at Grand Rapids. She d. there in the winter of 1866.
VI.  William, b. in 1843, moved to Michigan with his parents and m. He d. at Grand Blank, leaving a widow and two sons.
VII.  Betsy, b. in 1845, was living in Flint in 1901 with a son.
VIII.  Alonzo, b. in 1846, moved to Michigan. In 1893 he had lost his property, and was living with his step-mother.
IX.   Carrie, b. in 1848, was with her step-mother in 1893, at Flint Michigan.
III.  Francis Green,6 accompanied his father from Hancock, Mass., to Erie Co., N. Y., in 1826. He purchased a farm on the Transit Road north of Snearly's Corners in 1835. He made it his home while he lived in N.Y. In 1861, he moved to Flint, Michigan, with the remnant of his family, and died there.
IV.  Patience Green,6 da. of Abel, son of Russel Green, son of James Green, b. in 1809, m. Simon Williams in 1832. She d.
(childless) of consumption in 1836, and was buried in the Halstead graveyard.
V.  Fordyce Green,6 son of Abel Green, son of Russel Green, son of James Green, b. in 1811, m. Minerva Halstead in 1832, d. in 1841, and was buried in the Halstead graveyard. They had children: Amos and Laura.
    Amos Green, b. in 1833, moved to Wisconsin with his mother and her family in 1856, and located at Algoma, on a farm,
and married and raised a family. He died in Kansas in 1891.
    Laura, b. in 1835, m. Homer Brimmer and in 1855, moved with him to Mukwanago, Wis. He died in 1857. She then went to Algoma, and then from there to Iowa, probably with her son.
VI.  Mary Green,6 daughter of Abel Green, son of Russel Green, son of James Green, b. June 18, 1813, m. Mr. John Confer in 1836 (d. July 15, 1893, aged 80 years) d. of paralysis in November, 1896.

SARAH (BENTLEY) WALLACE OF MARY (GREEN) CONFER.

In a letter bearing the date of August 14, 1897, Sarah wrote: "I don't know whether you heard about Mary Confer's
death. She had a stroke of paralysis last October. She lived about seven weeks, I think. She was an excellent nurse. She
sat up all night with an old lady in the neighborhood the night before the shock, then wove three yards of carpet that
day; had just gone to bed when she called to her son that she had no use of her left side. She was 83 years old, and
the last one of the family to go. I don't think there was one other in all that family that was such a worker. She did
the most of the spinning for the children and grandchildren, and was always knitting for some of them; besides their
weaving, she took in weaving. Her boy often tried to buy her loom, but I 1 He resembled a darky.  don't think it could have been bought at any price. She lived at New Lethrop, Shiawassee County."

MARY GREEN'S SON.

Mary Green had a natural1 son born in 1832. His name was Peries (Lincoln) Green. He taught school in New York State
several terms. He went from there to Michigan with her. At the beginning of the War of the Rebellion he returned to his
native state.

PERIES (LINCOLN) GREEN.

In a letter dated Oct. 1st, 1893, Mary Confer wrote: "It must have been in 1846, when you and your mother came down
to the Hull farm, and she traded for the cow. "You speak of the Indian copper spear-point Peries found that day. Peries was a vary strange boy, always searching for knowledge. You ask what regiment he belonged to. He was in the 45th New York Volunteers. General Banks was his General. He was wounded in the foot in the battle of Culpepper, on the 9th of August, 1863, and died for want of proper care. a few days afterwards."

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CHILDREN OF MARY GREEN AND JOHN CONFER.
FRANCIS GREEN.
CHILDREN OF WILLET GREEN AND POLLY ANN GREEN.

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