The Washington herald., 1917-07-08
By FRANCES COWLEs.


The Illustrated CCat-of-aTms. one of
tire most attractive Of those borne by
early Colonial families. is that of John
Green or Greene. who was born in
Boston, Mass. as early as 1926. II Is
similar to that borne nv the family of
Willis. England. at the present time
1t is described thus: Azure. three
stays tTippant. or. The crest is a
bucks head erased or. Another crest
sometimes used by members Of this
family is described thus: A dove
holding a spriS of olive. The motto is:
Nee timeO nee sperno.
Among the earliest Of all family
names were those taking their origin
in COlOrs. Thus we have Brown,
White, Black among the most fire.
QUcnt of English names. and equiva-
lCnts such as Schwartz and Blanc in
other countries. Red and even Blue
are among less frequent color names
Very frequently, as with White. Black
"76 E-n~-1, j. i cutie likely that
these names originally had reference
4 tIG sCIC.al tone OF the complexion.
other. color names may have had
reference to the color OF the garment
or the color OF the war insignia of the
bearer. Just as the Black Prince was
20 called because of the color of his
trapplngs and armor. so it may be
that some whose family name became
Black were so designated because Of
lheir black fighting apparel.
But most Of the cases of the adop-
lion OF Green or Greene are to be
traced to the proximity to the village
green.
Every village. since there were VIII
klages in England. had its green, an
Enenclosed open space that belonged
Il all the villagers in common. The
{Iact that the name was usually written
a Ia Greene, Del Creme or De la
Creme would show that it was adopted
BY those who lived near this open
space. So II would appear that the
name Green might more properly be
classed with the names of locality
such as Atwood, originally "atte" or
at the wood" Pond, Rivers; Atwater,
and Nash, originally "atten ash" or
at the ash tree"
Family genealogists both in America
and England claim great antiquity
for the Green family. 1t is said by
one branch that their name was deriv-
I'd from ancient possessions in North
smpshire as early as the reign of Ed
ward l. John Green. who made his
permanent home. in this country, in
Providence, r. l., traced descent back
10 Richard, A member of this North
amptonshire family. The first in the
iirect line whose name is known was
Richard Green, of Gilingham. He had
son Richard whose son Richard lived
IN Bowridge Hall, Gillingham, Eng
land. His son was John. the first set
tier, who was born in 1898. He was a
. surgeon and left home. setting sail
k'rom Southampton in the James" in
e3S. He arrived in Boston, but did
lot settle there. He lived for a time
n Salem and then went on to Provi-
isnce. He married Joan TattersaIl.
His second wife was Alice Daniels and
Ifter her death he took another bride
whose name was Phillippa He had
:wo sons, both Of whom were born in
England. The eldest was John, who
established one branch Of the family
Ind the other was James, who was
BORN in Salisbury, England. He mar
led Deliverence Warwick.
Another early settler Of the name
vas Thomas Green, who came from
England in 1886 settling on a tract
" 400 acres OF land in Concord, Penn.
His wife's first name was Margaret
His great-grandson, Robert Green,
lived in Birmingham, Penn, where he
married Rachel Vernon. Members of
his family are numerous throughout
Pennsylvania.
The spelling OF the name with or
without the final seems to have moth
ng to do with the relationship to one
branch of the family or another; for
frequently members of the same i'm
Mediate family have spelled it Diff
ierently; and in remote times the
Jane was indiscriminately spelled
rene, Green and Greene.