Samuel Green (printer)

Samuel Green (c.1614 – January 1, 1702) was an American printer and progenitor of the Green family of printers, which included Bartholomew Green, Bartholomew Green, Jr. and Joseph Dennie. Born in England, he came to Cambridge, Massachusetts with John Winthrop in 1630. He was one of the first American printers; while he arrived in America eight years before Stephen Daye, there is no record of him being a printer until ten years after Daye's business began.[1] Green was also Cambridge's town clerk, and captain of the town militia.[2] Green had nineteen children by two wives, and his descendants were printers in Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Nova Scotia, among other places.[3]

The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New, Translated into the Indian Language. Printed by Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1663

See also

• Eliot Indian Bible
• Robert Aitken
• Jane Aitken
• Isaac Collins

References

• Ellis, Milton (1915). Joseph Dennie and His Circle: A Study in American Literature From 1792-1812. Bulletin of the University of Texas. Joseph Dennie and His Circle: A Study in American Literature From 1792-1812.
• Moore, John Weeks (1886). Moore's Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous Gatherings: In the Form of Disconnected Notes Relative to Printers, Printing, Publishing, and Editing of Books, Newspapers, Magazines and Other Literary Productions, Such as the Early Publications of New England, the United States, and the World, from the Discovery of the Art, or from 1420 to 1886: With Many Brief Notices of Authors, Publishers, Editors, Printers, and Inventors. Republican Press Association.
• Thomas, Isaiah; Thomas, Benjamin Franklin (1874). The History of Printing in America: With a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers. J. Munsell.
• Mac, Linda (12 July 2010). "Samuel Green". American Printer. Find a Grave.

Notes

1. Moore 1886, p.146
2. Ellis 1915, p.14
3. Moore 1886, p.147