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- A message from tomlent_1:
I'm writing to everyone I see who has Wanton Green and Sarah Thornton as the parents of Robert Green, 1811-94. Many other people's trees have Robert Green Sr. and Sarah Manning as his parents. Just today I found the 1903 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, with biographies of McHenry County citizens. It states that Robert Green, born 1811, husband of Amy Curtis, born 1821, is the son of Robert Green (1762-1812) and Sarah Manning (born 1770) of Schenectady, N.Y. At the time this encyclopedia was written, Amy Curtis Green was still alive, and Robert Green had been dead only nine years! So I'm thinking we should take this seriously. I don't know what, if any, definitive evidence exists that Robert's parents were Wanton Green and Sarah Thornton. This blows up a large and interesting chunk of my family tree. So before the carnage begins, I'm consulting with all of you to get your views.
JOSEPH GREEN, of Green's Corners, represents one of the old families of the town, Robert Green and John Manning, his brother-in-law, having located at the Corners about 1780. They came from Dutchess County. Sarah Manning was Robert Green's wife. She bore him six sons, five of whom lived to advanced age. John M. Green was their second son, born August it, 1792, on the homestead at Green's Corners. He married Mary, daughter of Philip Radley, an early settler in Montgomery County, and located on a farm adjoining the homestead and there lived until December 16, 1883, when he died. He had two children, Susannah (deceased) and Joseph, who owns both his father's and grandfather's homesteads, aggregating 235 acres. I•Ie married Janet, daughter of William Lendrum, of Duanesburgh, and they have one son, John.
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1811 - 1894 (82 years)
d. 7 Jun 1851 (Age 81 years)