Lettice was the daughter of Peter Green, Sr. and his first wife, Violette. They had both been been captured from Africa and enslaved. The family lived in Colrain, Massachusetts.
In April of 1818, Peter was an invalid and living in desperate conditions. He submitted a declaration to the Franklin County, Massachusetts Court of Common Pleas describing his circumstances and asking for support as a Revolutionary War veteran. On July 10, 1820, he filed another declaration:
I am a labourer, but by reason of a bad breach I am unable to do but little work. I have been partly supported by the town. My family consists of a wife and two children. My wife, Peggy is about thirty seven years of age and is not a healthy woman. My daughter Lettice is about thirty years of age and partly blind and by reason of fits is very infirm. My son James is ten years old. And I have no property of any kind, necessary clothing and bedding excepted
Some relief came in 1818, when Peter's pension began. He received $8 per month.
According to the 1860 federal census, Lettice was a pauper, aged 74, living with her brother Charles.
Sources Consulted
Colrain, Massachusetts vital records