Mrs. Martha Green

Martha was born in around 1746 into a family with the surname of Clark.

She married Dr. Peter Green in Hopkinton, MA on July 27, 1769. They had filed their intentions on May 28.

Martha died during childbirth on June 8, 1770. Her husband remarried in 1773 and moved to Concord, NH. He named his eldest daughter Martha in his first wife's honor, and she lived to be 68.

She rests with her stillborn babe at her side in Harvard Center Cemetery in Harvard, MA. Her gravestone was carved by the Park family.

In memory of Mrs. Martha

Green (& Infant Babe) the

Amiable & virtuous Consort

of Doctr. Peter Green, who

departed this Live June 8th,

1770, In the 25th year aetat.

For the deep Regret of those who

were so happy as to be nearly

allyed to her, and the Great Grief

of numerous Friends, whose

Estem, her affable & oblidging

Deportment had justly

merited.

How charming all, how much she was ador'd

Alive, now dead, how much her loss deplored.