John Green

Brief Life History of John

John Hullett Green was born in 1835 to William Green and Harriet Ullyatt in Nottinghamshire, England. John Hullett Green crossed the plains with the Philemon C. Merrill Company at age 21. He received his own ordinances during his lifetime. When John Hullett Green married Mary Ann Stafford in 1857 she was a widow with 5 children--James Partington, Scholes Partington, Mary Hannah Partington (2), Sarah Ann Partington (0). Mary Ann Stafford died in 1866 leaving behind those 2 children plus 3 more children born to her and John Hullett Green (Elizabeth Harriet Green, William James Green, and Alice Green). They also had 2 children who died as infants (John Green and Allen Green). John Hullett Green cared for Mary Ann Partington's 2 young children and the 3 he had with her following her death. John Green married Hephzibah Matthews in 1867. John and Hephzibah also had 3 children together. (John Henry Green, Mary Eliza Green, Charles Matthews Green). The first 2 did not survive. Six of the children in this combined family are shown on the 1870 US Census living in the home of John Green and Hephzibah. Those children and their approximate ages are: Mary Partington (Green), age 15 Sarah Partington (Green), age 12 Elizabeth Green, age 10 William Green, age 8 Alice Green, age 5 Charles Green, age 0 Because these children lived in the same household with John Green and Hephzibah, and they cared for their needs, they were legitimately their parents. John Hullett Green married Elizabeth Ann Wilson in 1879. Their children are George Wesley Wilson Green, Richard Edgar Green, Thomas Franklin Green, Wilford Green, James Arthur Green, Frances Maud Green, Orson Green, Geneva Alice Green, and Rhea Harriet Green. Elizabeth died in 1903. John Hullett married Christine Jensdatter in 1913. He died in 1917. --------------------------------------- In summary, marriages and children are as follows: –Mary Ann Stafford and Richard Partington (M. 1847-1857): James Partington, Scholes Partington, Mary Hannah Partington, Sarah Ann Partington –John Hullett Green and Mary Ann Stafford (M. 1857-1866): Elizabeth Harriet Green, William James Green Sr., John Green, Alice Green, Allen Green –John Hullett Green and Hephzibah Matthews (M. 1867-1911): John Henry Green, Mary Eliza Green, Charles Matthews Green –John Hullett Green and Elizabeth Ann Wilson (M. 1879-1903): George Wesley Wilson Green, Richard Edgar Green, Thomas Franklin Green, Wilford Green, James Arthur Green, Frances Maud Green, Orson Green, Geneva Alice Green, Rhea Harriet Green –John Hullet Green and Christine Jensdatter (M. 1913-1917)

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Family Time Line

John Green
1835–1917
Elizabeth Ann Wilson
1860–1903
Marriage: 16 January 1879
George Wesley Wilson Green
1880–1958
Richard Edgar Green
1881–1958
Thomas Franklin Green
1884–1955
Wallace Green
1886–1930
Wilford Green
1886–1965
James Arthur Green
1888–1889
Frances Maud Green
1890–1975
Orson Green
1893–1907
Green
1898–
Geneva Alice Green
1898–1981
Reah Harriet Green
1903–1904

Sources (78)

  • John Green in household of William Green, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Green - birth: 12 May 1835; Lambley, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
  • John Green, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"

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World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1846

Historical Boundaries: 1846: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Washington, Nebraska Territory, United States 1856: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States

1859

Historical Boundaries: 1859: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

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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John Henry Family History

From my grandmother's records (Melva Irene Morris) which she noted as from "Sanpete & Emery Counties, 1898, and misc official and family records": John Green was a farmer, brickmaker and lime manu …

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