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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Greene was born 8 Sep 1713, Warwick, RI (son of William Greene and Sarah Medbury).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Greene was born 29 Jul 1690 (son of Peter Greene and Elizabeth Arnold); died 17 Mar 1766.

    William married Sarah Medbury 1712. Sarah was born 27 Apr 1689, Swansea, MA; died 6 Apr 1763, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Sarah Medbury was born 27 Apr 1689, Swansea, MA; died 6 Apr 1763, Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    Reference for Sarah Medbury and William Greene:
    Some "Colonial Dames" of Royal Descent: Pedigrees Showing the Lineal Descent from Kings of Some Members of the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America, and of the Order of the Crown, Document: soft copy in my files
    Abbrev: Colonial Dames
    Author: Compiler: Charles Henry Browning
    Publication: Geanological Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD, 1969
    Page: Pedigree II
    (source: Rootsweb's Worldconnect)

    Children:
    1. 1. James Greene was born 8 Sep 1713, Warwick, RI.
    2. Sarah Greene was born 17 Sep 1718; died 14 Nov 1776.
    3. Mercy Greene was born 31 Oct 1725, Warwick, RI.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Peter Greene was born 4 Feb 1654/55 (son of John GREENE, Jr. and Anne ALMY); died 12 Aug 1723.

    Notes:

    Peter's will mentions his father Major John Greene, his wife and children by name, and unnamed grandchildren.

    Peter married Elizabeth Arnold 16 Dec 1680. Elizabeth (daughter of Stephen Arnold, Sr. and Sarah Smith) was born 2 Nov 1659, Providence, RI; died 5 Jun 1728. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Arnold was born 2 Nov 1659, Providence, RI (daughter of Stephen Arnold, Sr. and Sarah Smith); died 5 Jun 1728.
    Children:
    1. Peter Greene was born 1683.
    2. Sarah Greene was born 1685.
    3. John Greene was born 1687.
    4. Stephen Greene was born 1688.
    5. 2. William Greene was born 29 Jul 1690; died 17 Mar 1766.
    6. Elisha Greene was born 1692.
    7. Barlo Greene was born 1695.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John GREENE, Jr. was born 15 Aug 1620, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (son of Dr. John GREENE and Joan TATTERSHALL); died 27 Nov 1708, Warwick, RI; was buried , Spring Green Farm, Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    John Greene came to New England with his family in 1635. On a 1650 map of Providence, his name is shown as owner on one of the original house lots on Towne Steeet. He became a Major in the Rhode Island Militia, Representative to the Rhode Island General Assembly for 12 years, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, agent for the colony in England, and Deputy Governor from 1690 to 1700. (See "Colonial Families of the United States")

    "He became a large landowner in his own right as well as by inheritance, and was prominently active in all interests of town and Colony. It was written of him at a later period: 'He was a man of great weight of thought, sharpness of wit, aptness of action, and adroitness of understanding.' " (See "The Greenes of Rhode Island" compiled by Louise Brownell Clarke, New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1903, p. 59)

    Official leadership positions he held:
    Town Clerk and Surveyor of Warwick, RI
    Commissioner: Member of Colonial Assemblies
    Deputy, Assistant, and Deputy Governor for about 11 years
    Captain of the Militia for 8 years
    Major for 7 years
    Attorney general 1657 - 1660
    Secretary of State 1652 - 1654
    Several times was sent to England as an Agent for the Colony

    His will, dated Dec 1706, says he is in his 87th year, and his wife in her 80th. He names sons Richard, Samuel, Peter, & Job; and daughters Deborah, Philip(a), Ann, Catherine, & Adere; granddaughter Mary Dyer; and refers to Philip(a)'s children but not by name.

    John married Anne ALMY Abt 1648. Anne (daughter of William ALMY and Audrey BARLOWE) was born 26 Feb 1626/27, South Kilworth, Leicester, England; died 6 May 1709, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Anne ALMY was born 26 Feb 1626/27, South Kilworth, Leicester, England (daughter of William ALMY and Audrey BARLOWE); died 6 May 1709, Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    Her name may have been Ann, Annis, or Agnes.

    Notes:

    The children of this marriage are found in the Warwick, RI, First Book of Marriages.

    Children:
    1. Deborah Greene was born 10 Aug 1649, Warwick, RI; died 8 Feb 1728/29.
    2. John Greene was born 6 Jun 1651; died 1 Feb 1685/86.
    3. William Greene was born 5 Mar 1653/54; died Abt Jan 1679/80.
    4. 4. Peter Greene was born 4 Feb 1654/55; died 12 Aug 1723.
    5. Job GREENE was born 24 Aug 1656; died 6 Jul 1745.
    6. Phillip\Phillippe GREENE was born 7 Oct 1658, Portsmouth, RI; died Between 1690 and 1706.
    7. Richard Greene was born 8 Feb 1660/61, Warwick, RI; died Abt Jun 1711.
    8. Ann Greene was born 19 Mar 1662/63, Warwick, RI.
    9. Catherine Greene was born 15 Aug 1665, Warwick, RI; died 1755.
    10. Audrey Greene was born 27 Dec 1667, Warwick, RI; died 17 Apr 1733.
    11. Samuel Greene was born 30 Jan 1669/70; died 18 Sep 1720.

  3. 10.  Stephen Arnold, Sr. was born 22 Dec 1622, Ilchester, Somerset, England (son of William Arnold and Christian Peak); died 15 Nov 1699.

    Stephen married Sarah Smith 24 Nov 1646, Providence, RI. Sarah (daughter of Edward Smith) was born 15 Nov 1629; died 15 Apr 1713. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sarah Smith was born 15 Nov 1629 (daughter of Edward Smith); died 15 Apr 1713.

    Notes:

    Sarah's will, dated 26 April 1708 at Warwick, says she is a widow stricken in years, of Pawtucket, of Providence. The will mentions sons Israel (eldest), Stephen, & Elisha (youngest); daughters Elizabeth (Greene), Sarah (Carpenter), & Phebe (w/o Benjamin Smith of Warwick); 11 or 12 granddaughters, and one grandson.

    Children:
    1. Esther Arnold was born 22 Sep 1647, Providence, RI; died Bef 26 Apr 1708.
    2. Israel Arnold, I was born 13 Oct 1649, Pawtuxet, Warwick, RI; died 15 Sep 1717.
    3. Stephen Arnold, Jr. was born 27 Nov 1654, Pawtuxet Village, Warwick, RI; died 1 Mar 1719/20, Cranston, RI.
    4. 5. Elizabeth Arnold was born 2 Nov 1659, Providence, RI; died 5 Jun 1728.
    5. Elisha Arnold, Sr. was born 18 Feb 1661/62; died 24 Mar 1709/10.
    6. Sarah Arnold was born 26 Jun 1665.
    7. Phoebe Arnold was born 9 Nov 1670.