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Savage's _Genealogical Dictionary_ discusses a Greenwood family of
Boston notable for its repeated use of the given name "Miles" among the
descendants. Under the entry for Nathaniel1 Greenwood, Savage remarks:
"s.[on] of Miles, b.[orn] at Norwich, Eng. ... the gr.[ave]stone on
Copp's Hill marks his d.[eath] 31 July 1684, aged 53":

GREENWOOD, ISAAC, Boston, s. of Nathaniel, m. 6 Sept. 1694, Ann Lynde,
and d. 1701. JAMES, Cambridge (s. of first Thomas, by his sec. w.), m.
13 Apr. 1713, Thankful, d. of Joseph Wilson, had James, b. 27 Jan.
1714; and Abigail, 1715. His w. d. 4 Feb. in that yr. and he m. 5 Jan.
1716, sec. n. Abigail; and d. 1720 at Roxbury. JOHN, Cambridge, br. of
the preced. (b. of the first w. of f.) m. Hannah, d. of James
Trowbridge, had Thomas, b. 28 Jan. 1696; Elizabeth 20 Sept. 1697;
Hannah, 4 Mar. 1699; Ruth, 12 Oct. 1701; Daniel, 27 Nov. 1704; Susanna,
7 Dec. 1707; and Josiah, 21 June 1709. His w. d. 21 June 1728; and he
m. next yr. Alice Lyon of Roxbury, one of the many, of wh. no rec. is
found; was rep. 1735-7. He d. 29 Aug. 1737. NATHANIEL, Boston, s. of
Miles, b. at Norwich, Eng. and the f. came not to our country, m. 24
Jan. 1656, at Weymouth, Mary, d. of Samuel Allen of Braintree, had
Miles, b. 23 May 1660, d. young; Samuel, 24 Sept. 1662; Isaac, bef.
ment. H. C. 1685; Ann, 7 Apr. 1669; Mary, 26 Sept. 1671; and Sarah, 24
Feb. 1674. The gr.stone on Copp's Hill marks his d. 31 July 1684, aged
53; and his inform. will, made "a week bef. he d." is in Vol. VI. 471.
SAMUEL, Boston 1670, wh. by w. Mary had Mary, b. 30 Dec. 1673, wh. d.
at 45 yrs. unm. Samuel, 6 Mar. 1677; Priscilla, 13 June 1680; Miles, 12
Sept. 1682; Peter, 7 July 1685, d. at 21 yrs. and Martha 8 Jan. 1688; I
suppose d. 19 Aug. 1711, aged 65, and was br. of the preced. SAMUEL,
Boston, s. of Nathaniel, m. Elizabeth d. of Robert Bronsdon; had
Elizabeth b. 18 Oct. 1687, d. in few days; and, it is said, eight other
ch. of wh. were Samuel, H. C. 1709; and Isaac, bapt. 17 May 1702, H. C.
1721, the unhappy first Professor at that seminary in the Hollis chair
of the Mathematics; Miles, b. 1705; Nathaniel, bapt. 23 Mar. 1707; and
Joseph, 20 Aug. 10; the last three d. in few days after their sev. b.
and their f. d. 16 July 1721, aged 59, and his wid. d. 9 Dec. foll.
aged 51. THOMAS, Cambridge, m. 8 June 1670, Hannah, eldest d. of John
Ward of Newton had John, bef. ment.; Thomas, b. 27 Jan. or 15 July
1673, H. C. 1690, min. of Rehoboth; and by sec. w. Abigail had James,
b. 19 Dec. 1687, bef. ment.; and William, 14 Oct. 1689; was freem.
1690, and d. Sept. 1693, aged 50. His ho. was at the village then call.
New Cambridge, after Newton. THOMAS, Rehoboth, s. of the preced. m. 28
Dec. 1693, Elizabeth d. of Noah Wiswall, had Hannah, b. 5 Feb. 1695;
John; Noah, 20 Apr. 1699, d. at 4 yrs.; Esther, 20 Aug. 1701, d. soon;
Elizabeth 5 Apr. 1704; Esther, again, 25 June 1709, d. unm. at 22 yrs.
Jackson says he was ord. Oct. 1693; but ano. acco. makes him ord. 8
Sept. 1696; d. 7 Sept. 1720, leav. eldest s. John, b. 20 May 1697, H.
C. 1717, wh. bec. 9 success. in the pulpit. Eight of this name (wh. is
spell. Greenhood in the Cambridge rec.), had, in 1834, been gr. at
Harv. and one at Dart.

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newen ... innell.htm

A very workman-like account of this family (with references) is found
in WorldConnect:

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi? ... p&id=I1425

This account gives the parents of Nathaniel of Boston as Miles and
Abigail Greenwood. However, plugging in the marriage of "Miles
Greenwood" and "Abigail" into the IGI, we get the following extracted
record:

St. Clement, Norwich
6 Feb. 1650, Miles Greenewoode to Abegealle Tofte

It would seem that this marriage is too late for Abigail to be mother
of Nathaniel of Boston. I suggest, however, that the following
extracted record in the IGI does reveal Nathaniel's mother:

St. Stephen, Norwich
21 Nov. 1626, Myles Grynwood to Anne Gilberde

According to the excellent WorldConnect entry cited above, Norwich
records from about 1636 "state also that Mihil Greenwood, weaver, aged
thirty-six, and his wife, Ann, aged thirty-six, and servant, Susanna
Rath, desired to pass into Holland to seek work, by reason that work
was scarce in England and desired permission to return again when work
was more plentiful." This shows that Miles of Norwich had a wife Anne,
not Abigail, living as late as 1636 (the reference to his occupation
[weaver] and age [36] makes it unlikely this could be his father,
another "Miles" married to an "Anne").

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