Mary Greene

Mary married George Tillinghast 28 May 1772, Coventry, RI. George (son of Philip Tillinghast and Alice Thomas) was born 17 Jan 1750/51, East Greenwich, RI; died 18 Apr 1816, East Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]

1. William Tillinghast was born 6 Aug 1773; died 1848, Coventry, CT.
2. Nicholas Tillinghast was born 6 Apr 1776.
3. Alice Tillinghast was born 2 Aug 1778; died 20 Mar 1849.
4. Job B. Tillinghast was born 6 Aug 1780.
5. Gen. George Washington Tillinghast was born 3 Jul 1785.
6. Philip Nicholas Tillinghast was born 24 Mar 1788.
7. Henry Greene Tillinghast was born 26 Feb 1796.

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I have roughly estimated Job's year of birth (needs more research).

Job married Mercy Greene 30 May 1745. Mercy (daughter of William Greene and Sarah Medbury) was born 31 Oct 1725, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Mercy was d/o William and Sarah (Medbury) Greene.

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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]

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

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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)

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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.

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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]