Anne Greene

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Thomas lived in the Nausauket area of Warwick, RI. His second wife, Mary, was the widow of his brother.

Thomas married Phebe Greene 6 Apr 1749, Warwick, RI. Phebe (daughter of John Greene) was born 3 May 1728; died 20 Nov 1752. [Group Sheet]

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His gravestone reads: "4th gen, Fones Greene, son of Capt. James Greene, died July 29, 1758, aged 67 years." This would make his birth year c1691.

Fones Greene married first to Dinah Battey, who drowned a few days after their marriage in 1711. She was sailing across the Bay from Newport to Jamestown.

Fones's uncle Samuel Fones married Ann Tibbetts, aunt of his second wife Rebecca.

For a brief bio, see "Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts" by J.H. Beers & Co, p 1304.

Fones resided in the house which he inherited, built by his father c1687, in the Buttonwoods/Nausauket area of Warwick, RI, bordering on Greenwich Bay. A second house was built in its place in 1715, and is still standing today, in 2008. A large part of the Greene estate was sold in 1868 to the Buttonwoods Association, which developed the area with homes and a campground on the shore.

Fones married Rebecca Tibbetts 5 Feb 1712/13, Warwick, RI. Rebecca (daughter of Henry TIBBETTS and Rebecca MEDBURY) was born Between 1694 and 1695; died 18 Feb 1765; was buried , Historical Cemetery 66, Surgeon Greene Lot, West Shore Rd., Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

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All of James's children except Daniel were named in the will of Isbel Berton, dated 26 Jan 1721/22 at Warwick, RI.

James resided at Nausauket, in Warwick, RI, where he built a house in 1687 (source: "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial" by William Richard Cutter; Google Books). This is the area where I grew up; my grammar school was Nausauket School.

In the Warwick records James is referred to as Ensign, Lieutenant, and Captain.

James married Mary Fones 25 Jan 1689/90, Warwick, RI. Mary (daughter of John Fones and Margaret Unknown) was born 1668; died 20 Mar 1721/22, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. [Group Sheet]

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Henry Tibbetts, Junior is on a list of taxes under Gov. Andros, dated 6 Sept 1687, assessing estates of the Towne of Rochester in the King's Province.

According to "The History of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1677-1960, With Related Genealogy," by Martha R. McPartland (East Greenwich Free Library Assoc., 1960), Henry was born about 1640, was living in Kingstown in 1663, and died in 1713. He came to East Greenwich between 1690 and 1708 and built a home on Frenchtown Road. The Henry Tibbitts House, built before 1708, was given to John, son of Henry, in his will. This house is still in East Greenwich, at 1786 Frenchtown Road, and is owned and lived in by descendants of Henry, John Gifford Tibbitts and his son, Gifford C. Tibbitts. Some very old family furnishing are in the house, such as a maple desk originally owned by Esther Whitford Tibbitts.

Austin's book on early RI families has Henry's date of death as 27 Dec 1702.

Henry married Rebecca MEDBURY Between 1688 and 1690, Kingston, RI. Rebecca was born Abt 1667; died 10 Jun 1752. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I have roughly estimated Rebecca's year of birth; also, I have estimated the birth years for all these children.

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Information on this couple is noted in New England Marriages Prior to 1750.