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Is this the same edward green?

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Found this site http://www.snodlandhistory.org.uk/genealogy/18il.htm do a search on "cordwainer" Â it says:
William/Ann marr. Â Â 14-02-1765 Â Â Â William Keeble of S, bach., and Anne Godden of S bap. Â Â Â 31-03-1765 Â Â Â Frances, dau. William and Ann bap. Â Â Â 07-08-1768 Â Â Â John, son of William and Ann bap. Â Â Â 18-02-1770 Â Â Â Ann, dau. of William and Ann bap. Â Â Â 15-03-1772 Â Â Â Elizabeth, dau. William and Ann Cable; bur. aged 14, 31-12- 1786 bap. Â Â Â 28-05-1775 Â Â Â Richard, son of William and Ann Cable bap. Â Â Â 28-06-1778 Â Â Â Jane, dau. of William and Ann; = James Osmotherly of S: 28 - 9-1800 bur. Â Â Â 12-06-1782 Â Â Â Ann, wife of William Keble bur. Â Â Â 02-04-1788 Â Â Â Wm Kebble, aged 50 years, by the Parish bur. Â Â Â 24-02-1790 Â Â Â Richard Townsend Kebble, son of Ann, aged 5 days William: witness at wedding: Alldridge/Kyle: 07-04-1763 PS/Ma 2, f.65: 01-06-1765. William Kable, now residing in Snodland, saith that he was born in Snodland where his father Hugh was a parishioner. Was bound apprentice to Edward Green of Aylesford [cordwainer] for 5 years and served him 5 years. [Adjudged settled at Aylesford with wife Ann and dau. Frances.] Apprenticeship dated 09-04-1755
 

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As Edward Green founded the company with his name in 1890, he can't have been around some 100 years earlier.
 

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This EG company was founded in 1890, but did Mr. Green come from a family of cordwainers with a grandpa named Edward?

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