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Joseph Green and
Mary McEntire
Joseph Green was born about 1724. Joseph died between July 1771 and January 1772 at about 52 years of age. His will was probated January 1772.
He married Mary McEntire. Mary was born in Mecklenburg Co., NC in 1735. She was the daughter of Alexander McEntire and Janet unknown. Mary died 17 April 1817 at 82 years of age. Her body was interred in the Green Cemetery, Old Bostic Brickyard, Rutherford Co., NC. After Joseph's death, Mary married James McAfee, a signer of the Tryon Resolves who became a strong Tory during the War. Mary's marriage to James McAfee occurred sometime after Mary's brother James McEntire was appointed guardian of her children in July, 1772 and before the battle of Kings Mountain (1780) when William Green was described as McAfee's step son. James was born 1737. James died 4 March 1829 at 92 years of age. His body was interred in Rutherford Co., NC, at the Green Cemetery near the old Bostic Brick Yard. Mary and James lived along the NC-SC state line along Buffalo Creek and were strong Tories. They had at least three sons.
James McAfee, a signer of the Tryon Resolves who became a strong Tory during the War. Mary's marriage to James McAfee occurred sometime after Mary's brother James McEntire was appointed guardian of her children in July, 1772 and before the battle of Kings Mountain (1780) when William Green was described as McAfee's step son. James was born 1737. James died 4 March 1829 at 92 years of age. His body was interred in Rutherford Co., NC, at the Green Cemetery near the old Bostic Brick Yard. Mary and James lived along the NC-SC state line along Buffalo Creek and were strong Tories. They had at least three sons.Joseph was among the earliest residents west of the Catawba. There are many records of him in the area in the 1750s and early 1760s. He was at least in the Charlotte, Mecklenburg County area by 1751 or 1752 to meet and marry Mary. Strong tradition says his son William was born in 1753 at their home on Buffalo Creek near the present NC-SC line in Cleveland County. There is evidence of a settlement there on Buffalo Creek north of the Broad River in 1754 when 26 people were killed in an Indian raid. Whether he originally settled on Buffalo Creek and moved north because of Indian problems is unclear.
Most evidence puts Joseph further north in the German settlement near Beaverdam Creek in the early fifties. He was on the Capt. Samuel Corbin's militia list, now thought to be from 1753. When Burill Grigg died in 1756, Joseph had an account at his trading post on the south side of the Catawba at Rocky Ford as did his friend James McAfee. In 1758 he patented about 500 acres of land between Beaverdam Creek and Indian Creek in the northern portion of present day Gaston County. If Joseph were like most settlers, he had lived and worked that land for several years before actually receiving the grant. In the 1760's he sold this land to Christy and Peter Eaker, Jr. and settled or resettled permanently in the Buffalo Creek area.
The log home Mary and her second husband, James McAfee, shared on Buffalo Creek may also may have been Joseph's before his death. Still standing in the 1980s, it was typical of many prosperous settlers in the area. Unlike the modern image of a one room cabin, it was two stories tall and contained four rooms with a hallway in the middle.
When Joseph died in 1771, he left his wife and seven minor children well cared for. Of particular interest in his will is the clause that his daughters were to be equally educated as his sons.
Joseph Green of Tryon County and province of North Carolina Planter Being Sick and In the name of God amen the twentieth Day of September one thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy one I, weak of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be Given unto God. Therefore Calling unto mind the Mortality of my body & that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make And ordain this my last Will and testament that is to say Principally and first of all I give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it and for my body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executors Not Doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same Again by the Mighty Power of God and as touching Such Worldly Estate herewith it Has Pleased God to bless me in this life I Give Demise and Dispose of the same in I the following manner & form?
First I Give and bequeath to Mary my Dearly Beloved wife the sum of One Hundred Pounds to be Raised And levied out of My Estate
likewise I Give and bequeath unto William Green my Dearly and Well beloved Son the Sum of One Hundred Pounds to be Raised and levied out of my Estate
likewise I Give and Bequeath Unto Anne Green my Dearly and well beloved Daughter the Sum of One Hundred pounds to be Raised and levied out of my Estate
likewise I Give and bequeath unto Abraham Green my Dearly and well beloved Son the sum of one Hundred Pounds to be Raised and levied out of my Estate
likewise I Give and bequeath unto Isaac Green my dearly and Well beloved Son the sum of one Hundred pounds to be Raised and levied out of Estate
likewise I Give and bequeath unto Mary Green my Deerly and well Beloved Daughter the sum of one Hundred Pounds to be Raised And levied out of my Estate
likewise I Give and bequeath unto my Deerly well beloved son Jacob Green the Sum of one Hundred pounds to be Raised and levied out of my Estate
likewise I Give and bequeath unto Joseph Green my Deerly and well beloved son the Sum of one Hundred pounds to be Raised and levied out of my Estate
I likewise Will that Abraham Isaac Jacob Mary & Joseph be sent to School and learnt to Read and Write a good Commendable Hand and to Cypher so far as the Rule of three and that to be paid out of my Whole Estate
I likewise Will and bequeat that my Whole Estate be Valued and that the sums above mentioned be paid out of lands and tenaments and Negroes and other Moveable Effects and that the Remainder part be Equally Divided among them all. likewise I Constitute make and ordain my well beloved wife Mary Green and my Well beloved brother in law James McEntire my only Executors of this my last Will and testament and I Do hereby Utterly Disallow Revoke and Disannul All and Every other for Wills and testaments and legacies and bequests & Executors by me in any Ways before this time Named Willed and bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no Other to be my last Will and testament in Witness Whereof I Have Hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the Day and year first above
Written Signed Sealed published pronounced and Declared by the sd .Joseph Green as His last Will and testament in ye presence of us the Subscribers Viz
Joseph Green (His mark)
Henry Reynolds (His mark)
Alaxander Meander
Robt McAfee Jurrate
There are several opinions as to whom Joseph's parents might be. In MacKentire Russell McEntire says Joseph was the son of a Thomas Green. Another currently popular opinion is that Joseph was the son of John Green and Mary Increase Allen. Another source suggests he was the son of an early pioneer of the Broad River area William Green. This William died about 1770 and also could have Joseph's brother. Other speculation says that the Greens might have been Greenfield (or equivalent) in Holland (maybe Germany). Yet other opinions put Joseph's origin in Maryland. A. B. C. DePriest always said the Greens originally came from New Jersey, and William Green (b. 1753) was a distant cousin of Revolutionary War Gen. Nathaniel Greene. This would make them of English, then Rhode Island, origin. None of the above theories have shown New Jersey roots. At this point I have seen nothing which would make me even venture a guess as to Joseph's parents.
Joseph Green and Mary McEntire had the following children:
i. William Green was born 16 May 1753.
William Green was born 16 May 1753. ii. Annie Green was born about 1755. She married Robert McAfee.
Annie Green was born about 1755. She married Robert McAfee. iii. Abraham Green was born 1760. Abraham died 1820 at 60 years of age. He married Ann Lashley aft 1778.
Abraham Green was born 1760. Abraham died 1820 at 60 years of age. He married Ann Lashley aft 1778. iv. Isaac Green was born 1762. Isaac died 6 February 1831 at 68 years of age. He married Phoebe West.
Isaac Green was born 1762. Isaac died 6 February 1831 at 68 years of age. He married Phoebe West. v. Mary Green was born 1765. She married James Duncan aft 1780.
Mary Green was born 1765. She married James Duncan aft 1780. vi. Jacob Green was born 1767. Jacob died abt 1840 in St. Clair Co., Alabama. He married Frances Sara Eaker in Lincoln Co., NC, 3 Apr 1787. Frances was born in Lincoln Co., NC 1770. Frances was the daughter of Peter Eaker, Jr. and Barbara. Frances died 1840 in St. Clair Co., Alabama, at 70 years of age.
Jacob Green was born 1767. Jacob died abt 1840 in St. Clair Co., Alabama. He married Frances Sara Eaker in Lincoln Co., NC, 3 Apr 1787. Frances was born in Lincoln Co., NC 1770. Frances was the daughter of Peter Eaker, Jr. and Barbara. Frances died 1840 in St. Clair Co., Alabama, at 70 years of age. vii. Joseph Green was born 1769. He married Bellariah Twitty in Rutherford Co., NC 2 Mar 1791.
Joseph Green was born 1769. He married Bellariah Twitty in Rutherford Co., NC 2 Mar 1791.Elsewhere on the Web
Green Family Genealogy Forum GenForum
Joseph Green and Mary McEntire Green A very good site on the Green family by Judith Parker-Procter (though I may disagree with Judy on the ancestry of Joseph and Mary)