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Hi Janice, thanks again for all your hard work on my behalf. I managed to find someone who is able to read old wills and there is no mention of a Jane. So I think I can rule out this Thomas Green. Thanks again
Jane was born in Harborne to a Thomas Green and Hannah in 1787. I have been researching using a geneoloy site and Thomas Green Esq came up as a possible father. I am trying to confirm or disconfirm that. It has nothing to do with wishful thinking. The son of Thomas Green left the manor, (than is...
https://billdargue.jimdofree.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-h/harborne/. If you scroll down on this page you can read about Elizabeth Green under Harborne Hall if you are interested
Sorry, I got my facts mixed up. Thomas Green Esq built Harborne House and was Lord of the Manor. After his death it passed to his nephew Thomas Green Simcox. However Thomas Green Esq built Harborne Hall for his daughter Elizabeth who was married to George Simcox JP Brass founder. After her death...
I think that when Elizabeth Green married Thomas Simcox they changed their name to Green-Simcox. Elizabeth's father Thomas Green Esq is the one I am looking at to establish if he was the husband of Hannah and the father of Jane
Thanks so much for researching this stuff for me, it is extremely generous. As far as I understand Elizabeth was the daughter of an earlier Thomas Green Esq who died in 1803. I have his will but can't make head or tail of it to determine if he had a daughter called Jane or not. The writing is...