Rev. Thomas Greenewood

1673 - 1720  (47 years)

• Name	Thomas Greenewood
  Birth	15 Jul 1673	Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as  Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed  Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766.   [3, 4]
  Paige (1877) and Gozzaldi (1930) give his birth date as 27 December 1673. [1, 2]
  Graduation	1690 (16 years)	Harvard College, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3, 5, 6]
  He graduated with an with a A.B.
  Ordained	Oct 1693 (20 years)	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3, 5, 6]
  He had spent a short time in Sekonk, Massachusetts before his ordination. He received £95 in silver to move to Rehoboth and an annual salary of £70, one third in silver and two-thirds in "beef, pork, and all sorts of merchantable corn, rye, butter, cheese, and merchantable boards at the current price set upon by the selectman of the town."
  Agency: the First Congregational Church
  Married	28 Dec 1693 (20 years)  [3, 5, 6, 7]
  Elizabeth Wiswell, the daughter of Captain Noah and Theodosia (Jackson) Wiswell. She was born on 20 September 1668 in Cambridge, now Newton, Massachusetts. She died on Monday 24 January 1735/36 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. She was buried on 27 January 1735/36. Issue: 1. Hannah Greenwood (1694-____) 2. John Greenwood (1697-1766) 3. Noah Greenwood (1699-1703) 4. Esther Greenwood (1701-1701) 5. Elizabeth Greenwood (1704-____) 6. Ichabod Greenwood 7. Esther Greenwood (1709-1731)
  Moved To	29 Dec 1693 (20 years)	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [7]
  History	30 Sep 1709 (36 years)	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5]
  He was found by Judge Samuel Sewell to be "dangerously ill of a malignant fever. At parting, Mrs. Greenwood, with tears, desired prayers for her husband and that work be left with Caleb Stedman at Roxbury, to acquaint her husband's bro., John, at Newtown."
  Death	8 Sep 1720	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3, 5, 6, 7]
  Siblings	2 brothers
  1. Thomas Greenewood,   b. 22 Jan 1671, Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as  Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed  Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766. d. young, Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as  Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed  Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766. + 2. John Greenwood, Esq,   b. 15 Jul 1673, Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as  Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed  Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766. d. 29 Aug 1737, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 64 years) ▻ Hannah Trowbridge,  m. 1695 ;   Alice Craft,  m. 27 Jul 1729   3. Rev. Thomas Greenewood,   b. 15 Jul 1673, Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as  Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed  Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766. d. 8 Sep 1720, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 47 years)
  Half siblings	2 half brothers (family of Thomas Greenewood and Abigail Spring)
  1. James Greenewood,   b. 19 Dec 1687, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1742, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 54 years)   2. Deacon William Greenewood,   b. 14 Oct 1689, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1756, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 66 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William Greenwood,   b. England d. England   (5 x Great Grandfather)  Frances,   b. Abt 1607, England d. 5 Oct 1648, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 41 years)  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I20526
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Thomas Greenewood,   c. 4 Jun 1643, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England d. 1 Sep 1693, Newton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age ~ 50 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah Ward,   b. 1650, Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as  Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed  Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766. d. Before 1687, Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as  Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed  Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766. (Age 36 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Rev. Thomas Greenewood(1673 – 1720) 2Thomas Greenewood(1643 – 1693) 4Thomas Greenewood(1610 – ) 8Able Greenewood(1585 – ) 16Rev. John Greenewood(1556 – 1593) 17 9 18 19 5 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Hannah Ward(1650 – 1687) 6Deacon John Ward(1626 – 1708) 12Deacon William Ward(Abt 1603 – 1687) 24Edward Ward(1573 – ) 25 13 26 27 7Hannah Jackson(Abt 1631 – 1704) 14Edward Jackson(1604 – 1681) 28Christopher Jackson(Abt 1560 – 1633) 29Susan Johnson(1579 – 1633) 15Frances(Abt 1607 – 1648) 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Jul 1673 - Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Graduation - 1690 - Harvard College, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Ordained - Oct 1693 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved To - 29 Dec 1693 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - 30 Sep 1709 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 8 Sep 1720 - Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S88] Paige, Lucius R. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register , (Boston: H. O. Houghton and Company, 1877). [S86] Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register - Supplement and Index Reprint of 1930 edition, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986). [S451] Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925, (New York: Artemas Ward, 1925). [S456] Jackson, Francis. A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, from 1639 to 1800, (Boston: Stacy and Richardson, 1854). [S954] Greenwood, Frederick. Greenwood Genealogies, 1154-1914 , (New York: The Lyons Genealogical Company, 1914). [S457] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851). [S1375] Dean, J. W. "Records of the Greenwood Family" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XV, 1861).