THE HISTORY OF FAMILY
Chapter 27
GILES GREENE ESQ
1580 - 1656
Merchant and MP
Giles Greene of Motcombe, Dorset wrote his will on the 20th December 1655 and probate was sworn on the 20th May 1656 by John Hill, Walter Yonge, Richard Davidge, Elizabeth Greene his wife and John Grene, his eldest son also - by commissioner. The will is important as it gives all of his children's names. We know through other sources that he married Elizabeth Hill (c1600 - 1673) daughter of William Hill (1583 - 1642) and Jane Yonge (1584 - 1630) - of the Yonge family of Colyton, Devon - about 1635. After Giles Greene's death, Elizabeth Hill married George Witham Esq (1599) on the 30th October 1660 at St Olave Hart Street, London and records state that she was the 'relict of Giles Greene, late of Motcombe deceased." In her will dated 30th September 1673, and probated 24th October 1673 London she leaves everything to her son Roger Greene and daughter Alice Yonge.
The children of Giles Greene and Elizabeth Hill were:
Katherine Greene (c1619 - 1638) Katherine married Roger Hill (1605 - 1667) on the 10th December 1635. Roger was the son of William Hill (1583 - 1642) and (Jane Yonge 1584 - 1630)
Sarah Greene (c1624 - 1712) Sarah was born in Afflington Dorset c 1624 and married John Bland Jnr (1612 - 1680) in Dorset County in 1645, She was buried on the 8th March 1712 at St Olave, Hart Street, City of London, London. John Bland (1612 - 1680) was the son of John Bland (1572 - 1632) and Susanna Dublere (1581 - 1664) England. * name variations with Susanna
The children of Sarah Greene and John Bland were:
John Bland (1646 - 1659) Died aged 13 years and was buried at St Olaves, Hart Street, London.
Giles Bland (1647 - 1676) married Frances Povey (1650) and they had a son John Bland (1677) who was born just after his father was executed at only 30 years of age..
"son of John Bland, an eminent merchant of London, went to Virginia to manage his father's plantations there in 1674; quarrelled with the secretary of state, Thomas Ludwell, and was fined by the general assembly; appointed collector of the customs, took part with Nathaniel Bacon Jr., in the Bacon Rebellion of 1676, was captured by Philip Ludwell in Accomac, and hanged."
Thomas Bland (1649 - 1654) Died aged 5 years and was buried at St Antholin London.
Edward Bland (-1664) Edward died in Charles City, Virginia, USA in 1664.
The tragedy of losing all four of their sons is seen in John Bland's will written on the 3rd May 1680 when his wife Sarah is still in Virginia, He dies alone and missing the great comfort of his wife. His is grief stricken by events and dies just 4 years after his only living son had been hung in Virginia for his part in the Bacon Rebellion, with probate of his will being sworn on 23rd June 1680. His wife Sarah and Thomas Povey, Master of Requests his son's father-in-law being executors.
https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Bland_Giles_bap_1647-1677
http://www.executedtoday.com/2011/03/27/1677-giles-bland/
https://books.google.com.au/books
John Grene (c1627 - 1705) Merchant of London and Secretary of the New River See John Grene
Roger Greene (c1629 -) The youngest son of Giles Greene and his wife Elizabeth - it is believed that he had two sons Giles Greene - the nephew mentioned in John Greene's will and Ephraim Greene also mentioned in Greene's will.
Alice Greene (-1678/9) Alice died on the 18th March 1678/9 and she was buried in St Andrew's Churchyard Colyton, East Devon - Spouse Walter Yonge and son William Yonge according to Find a Grave Index. Alice married Walter Yonge (1608 - 1667) the son of Sir Walter Yonge MP Honitan, Devon and Jane Peryam born in 1579 to Sir John Peryam and Elizabeth Prideaux. Walter and Alice had the following children: Jane, Alice, Elizabeth, and William Yonge.
http://www.opcdorset.org/fordingtondorset/Files/SirWalterYoung1599.html
Rebekah Greene is mentioned in her fathers will as being married to a Lawrence Chambers but we have been unable to find other records regarding them so far.
There are many articles/sites about Giles Greene Esq online:
Example: http://www.opcdorset.org/fordingtondorset/Files/FordingtonDorchesterCo2.html
"Giles [Gyles] GREEN [GREENE] (d1655/6) He was the son and heir of John Greene a successful merchant of Dorchester and a close friend of the Rev John White. His father was one of the original 15 Burgesses of the town named by Charles I in the charter signed 26 June 1610. When his father died in 1614 he left John White a gold posy ring and 40 shillings towards the 're-edification of his house' which had just been destroyed in the great fire. Its not suprising therefore to find Giles as an investor in the Dorchester Co. Gile's sister Sarah Green married another succesful merchant in Dorchester called Thomas Davidge who also died in 1614 by which time he left Sarah a widow with 4 children. She re-married to John Hill the Mayor of Dorchester.
Giles lived at Afflington within the parish of Corfe Castle on the Isle of Purbeck and married Elizabeth Hill of Poundsford Park in Somerset. They had a daughter Sarah who married John Bland of London as she named her son Giles Bland after her father (bap St Olave Hart St Ldn. 26 Oct 1647). Giles Green was MP for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1621, 1626 and Corfe Castle 1625,1628. The Visitation of Dorset in 1623 however disclaimed him at Dorchester where he is listed as having "usurped the name of Gentleman without authoritie". According to William Whiteway's diary he moved to Dorchester to live 24 Sep 1634 because of his own and his wife's sickliness. He became Receiver of Yorkshire, and from 1645 was a Commissioner of the Navy. However, in December 1648 Green was one of the MPs excluded from Parliament in Pride's Purge. His son later became clerk of the New River Company and his daughter, Katherine, married another Dorset MP, Roger Hill, in 1635. He died at Motcombe leaving a Will which was proved on 20 May 1656. A Giles Green was also buried at Melcombe Regis on 20 Aug 1662 which may be his son."
SIBLINGS OF GILES GREENE 1580 - 1656
Sarah Greene (c1584 - 1630) married Thomas Davidge (1568 - 1613)
Unknown Greene (c1586) married John Melledge (1570 - 1632)
John Greene (c1588 - 1650) married Katherine
Alice Greene (c1590) married Robert Beke (1570-)
Giles Greene (c1596 - 1656) married Elizabeth Hill (1600 - 1673
Gile's father John Greene was a successful merchant of Dorchester, Dorset - a constable of the town in 1583, a capital Burgess in 1586 and named as one of the original 15 Burgesses of the town when Charles 1st signed the Charter dated 26 June 1610.
http://www.opcdorset.org/fordingtondorset/Files2/AldermenCapBurgesses.html
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/greene-giles-1596-1656
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hill,_Roger_(DNB00)
https://www.revolvy.com/page/Giles-Green
http://www.opcdorset.org/fordingtondorset/Files/FordingtonDorchesterCo2.html
http://www.opcdorset.org/fordingtondorset/Files2/JohnHill1589-1657.html