When Sarah Green was born on 5 February 1815, in Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Noah Green, was 53 and her mother, Sarah Davis, was 35. She died on 4 March 1815, at the age of 0, and was buried in Hill Cemetery, Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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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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