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Richard Greene

Male 1725 - 1779  (53 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Richard Greene was born 4 Oct 1725, Potowomot, Warwick, RI (son of John Greene and Deborah Carr); died 19 Jun 1779, Newport, RI.

    Richard married Sarah Fry 28 Sep 1746, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Sarah was born 21 Dec 1726, East Greenwich, RI; died 4 Apr 1775. [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    Greene Richard, of Warwick, son of John, and Sarah Fry, of East Greenwich, dau. of Thomas; m. by Peter Mawney, Justice, Sept. 28, 1746 (East Greenwich records).

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Greene was born 23 Oct 1761, Potowomut, Warwick, RI; died 16 Mar 1815.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Greene was born 14 Aug 1691, Warwick, Kent Co., RI (son of Thomas Greene, Jr. and Ann Greene); died 8 Dec 1757.

    John married Deborah Carr 6 Dec 1711, Jamestown, RI. Deborah (daughter of Caleb Carr and Deborah Sayles) was born Abt 1692, Jamestown, RI; died 6 May 1729, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Deborah Carr was born Abt 1692, Jamestown, RI (daughter of Caleb Carr and Deborah Sayles); died 6 May 1729, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    Children:
    1. 1. Richard Greene was born 4 Oct 1725, Potowomot, Warwick, RI; died 19 Jun 1779, Newport, RI.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Greene, Jr. was born 14 Aug 1662, Warwick, RI (son of Thomas Greene and Elizabeth Barton).

    Thomas married Ann Greene 27 May 1686, Warwick, RI. Ann (daughter of John GREENE, Jr. and Anne ALMY) was born 19 Mar 1662/63, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Ann Greene was born 19 Mar 1662/63, Warwick, RI (daughter of John GREENE, Jr. and Anne ALMY).

    Notes:

    "The Greenes of Rhode Island" has her birthday as 13 March 1662/3.

    Children:
    1. Anne Greene was born 25 Jun 1689, Warwick, RI; died 14 Mar 1718/19, East Greenwich, RI.
    2. 2. John Greene was born 14 Aug 1691, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 8 Dec 1757.
    3. Phebe Greene was born 10 May 1693, Warwick, RI; died 27 May 1730, East Greenwich, RI.

  3. 6.  Caleb Carr was born 23 Aug 1657, Newport, RI (son of Governor Caleb Carr and Mercy Vaughn); died 10 Oct 1700, Jamestown, RI.

    Caleb married Deborah Sayles Abt 1680. Deborah (daughter of John SAYLES, Jr. and Mary WILLIAMS) was born Abt 1659, Jamestown, RI; died Abt 1701, Jamestown, RI. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Deborah Sayles was born Abt 1659, Jamestown, RI (daughter of John SAYLES, Jr. and Mary WILLIAMS); died Abt 1701, Jamestown, RI.

    Notes:

    Deborah's mother was a daughter of Roger Williams.

    Children:
    1. John Carr was born 4 Jan 1680/81, Jamestown, RI; died 1762, Jamestown, RI.
    2. Mercy Carr was born 7 Oct 1683, Newport, RI.
    3. Benjamin Carr was born 31 Oct 1685.
    4. Daniel Carr was born 15 Nov 1687.
    5. Peleg Carr was born 14 Mar 1689/90; died 4 Jan 1735/36, Newport, RI; was buried , Common Burial Ground, Newport, RI.
    6. 3. Deborah Carr was born Abt 1692, Jamestown, RI; died 6 May 1729, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    7. Roby Carr was born 4 Sep 1694, Jamestown, RI; died 22 Dec 1728.
    8. Sayles Carr was born 24 Nov 1696, Jamestown, RI.
    9. Freelove Carr was born Abt 1698.
    10. Caleb Carr was born 1701.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas GreeneThomas Greene was born 4 Jun 1628, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (son of Dr. John GREENE and Joan TATTERSHALL); died 5 Jun 1717, Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    He was referred to as Thomas Greene "of the Stone Castle." He purchased from his brother-in-law James Sweet a stone house at "Old Warwick," built in the early days of the settlement. It was the only stone house south of Providence on the mainland. On March 16 & 17 1675/76, Indians burned every house in Warwick except this stone house, where Thomas, along with his wife, six children, and some friends and neighbors, stayed safely.

    Thomas married Elizabeth Barton 30 Jun 1659. Elizabeth (daughter of Rufus Barton and Margaret Unknown) was born 1637; died 20 Aug 1693. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Barton was born 1637 (daughter of Rufus Barton and Margaret Unknown); died 20 Aug 1693.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Greene was born 12 Jul 1660, Warwick, RI.
    2. 4. Thomas Greene, Jr. was born 14 Aug 1662, Warwick, RI.
    3. Benjamin Greene was born 10 Jan 1665/66, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 22 Feb 1757, Warwick, Kent Co., RI.
    4. Richard Greene was born 5 Mar 1667/68, Warwick, RI; died 25 Sep 1724, Warwick, RI; was buried , WK028, Stone Castle Lot, West Shore Rd., Warwick, RI.
    5. Welthyan Greene was born 23 Jan 1669/70, Warwick, RI.
    6. Rufus Greene was born 6 Jan 1672/73, Warwick, RI.
    7. Nathaniel Greene was born 10 Apr 1679, Warwick, RI; died Between Aug and Sep 1714.

  3. 10.  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]


  4. 11.  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. 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. 5. 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.

  5. 12.  Governor Caleb Carr was born Between 1622 and 1624, London, Middlesex, England (son of Benjamin CARR and Martha HARDINGTON); died 17 Dec 1695.

    Notes:

    Caleb came to America as an 11-year-old with his brother, Robert, on the ship "Elizabeth & Ann" in 1635. They eventually settled in the area of Portsmouth and Newport, RI. Caleb was governor of the colony of RI, and it was during his tenure that he died by drowning.

    Alden G. Beaman gives his date of birth as 9 Dec 1616 (London), but this does not agree with his age given on the ship's roster, 11.

    His will was proved 6 Jan 1696 in Jamestown.

    Governor married Mercy Vaughn Abt 1654. Mercy was born Between 1630 and 1632; died Sep 1675. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Mercy Vaughn was born Between 1630 and 1632; died Sep 1675.
    Children:
    1. Nicholas Carr was born 22 Oct 1654, Newport, RI; died 17 Feb 1708/09, Jamestown, RI.
    2. Mercy Carr was born 6 Apr 1656, Newport, RI.
    3. 6. Caleb Carr was born 23 Aug 1657, Newport, RI; died 10 Oct 1700, Jamestown, RI.
    4. Samuel Carr was born 15 Dec 1659.
    5. Mary Carr was born 1 Jan 1660/61, Newport, RI; died 1717.
    6. John Carr was born Abt 1664; died Aug 1725.
    7. Edward Carr was born Between 1666 and 1667, Newport, RI; died Jan 1711/12, Jamestown, RI.

  7. 14.  John SAYLES, Jr. was born Between 1630 and 1633, Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony (son of John SAYLES, Sr. and Phillipa SOULE); died 1681; was buried , Middletown, RI.

    Notes:

    According to the book on Roger Williams' descendants, John & Mary Sayles had six children and lived on Aquidneck Island. Some lists of their children do not include Mary, Anne, or Richard, the latter two probably having died young. The dates of birth of most of these children have not yet been confirmed. When the next book is published by the Roger Williams Family Association, more research will be possible.

    John & Mary are buried near Easton's Beach, Middletown, RI.

    John married Mary WILLIAMS 1650, Providence, RI. Mary (daughter of Roger WILLIAMS and Mary BARNARD) was born Aug 1633, Plymouth Colony, MA; died 1681, Middletown, Newport Co., RI. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Mary WILLIAMS was born Aug 1633, Plymouth Colony, MA (daughter of Roger WILLIAMS and Mary BARNARD); died 1681, Middletown, Newport Co., RI.
    Children:
    1. Mary Sayles was born 11 Jul 1652, Providence, RI; died Abt 1717, Warwick or Newport, RI.
    2. Richard Sayles was born Abt 1655.
    3. John Sayles, III was born 17 Aug 1657, Providence, RI; died 2 Aug 1727.
    4. Isabel Sayles was born Abt 1658, Providence, RI; died 1716, Newport, RI.
    5. 7. Deborah Sayles was born Abt 1659, Jamestown, RI; died Abt 1701, Jamestown, RI.
    6. Phebe SAYLES was born Abt 1660, Providence, RI; died Bef 26 Jul 1744, Warwick, RI.
    7. Anne Sayles was born Abt 1662.
    8. Catherine Sayles was born Abt 1666; died 21 Feb 1749/50.
    9. Elenor Sayles was born Abt 1668; died 11 Mar 1712/13.