When John Green was born on 16 September 1787, in Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Henry Green, was 25 and his mother, Submit Clark, was 18. He married Anna Hutchens about 1814, in Italy, Yates, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Gorham, Ontario, New York, United States in 1810 and Italy, Ontario, New York, United States in 1820. He died on 10 July 1865, in Italy, Yates, New York, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Italy Valley Cemetery, Italy, Yates, New York, United States.
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The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
"The town was created at the same time as the county, in 1789, as the ""Town of Easton."" The town changed its name to ""Lincoln"" in 1806, and adopted the name Gorham, after an early proprietor, Nathaniel Gorham, in 1807."
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
English: either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grēne) or was young or immature, or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green (Middle English grene, a transferred use of the color term). This is one of the most common and widespread of English surnames. In North America it has assimilated cognates from other languages, notably German Grün (see Gruen ) and Dutch Groen ; compare 7 below. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: alternatively, from a Middle English personal name Grene.
Irish: adopted for Ó hUainín ‘descendant of Uainín’, a personal name from a pet form of uaine ‘green’, see Honan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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