When Samuel Green was born in 1826, in Noble Township, Rush, Indiana, United States, his father, Lot Green, was 27 and his mother, Anna Amy Cooper, was 17. He married Elizabeth Ann Mc Kee on 31 July 1849, in Rush, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Center Township, Rush, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died in 1896, in Rush, Indiana, United States, at the age of 70.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Historical Boundaries 1830: Rush, Indiana, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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