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James Greene, Sr.

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  • Name James Greene 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 21 Jun 1626  Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Apr 1698  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I01728  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Dr. John GREENE,   b. 9 Feb 1597/98, Gillingham, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1659/60, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Joan TATTERSHALL,   b. Abt 1598, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1638 and 1639  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married 4 Nov 1619  St. Thomas Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The church record gives her maiden name as "Tatersole."
    Family ID F00619  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Deliverance Potter,   b. 1637,   d. 1664  (Age 27 years) 
    Married Abt 1658  [2] 
    Children 
     1. James Greene, Jr.,   b. 1 Jun 1659,   d. 12 Mar 1711/12, Warwick, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     2. Mary Greene,   b. 28 Sep 1660
     3. Elisha Greene,   b. 17 Mar 1662/63
     4. Sarah Greene,   b. 27 Aug 1664,   d. 1716  (Age 51 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Anthony,   b. Abt 1646, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Mar 1697/98  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Married 3 Aug 1665  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Peter Greene,   b. 25 Aug 1666,   d. 1708  (Age 41 years)
     2. Elizabeth Greene,   b. 17 Oct 1668
     3. John Greene,   b. 1 Feb 1669/70
     4. Jabez Greene,   b. 17 May 1673,   d. 1 Oct 1741  (Age 68 years)
     5. David Greene,   b. 24 Jun 1677, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 29 Jan 1761, Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     6. Thomas Greene,   b. 11 Nov 1682
     7. John Greene,   b. 30 Sep 1685
     8. Susanna Greene,   b. 24 May 1688, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1748  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • James was the great-grandfather of General Nathanael Greene, second in command to General George Washington during the Revolution. General Nathanael Greene's birthplace was the Greene homestead at Potowomut, Warwick, RI. Sometimes referred to as James Greene "of Potowomut," he was made freeman of Warwick and Providence Plantations in 1647. He served as Town Clerk in 1661, and was described as "as excellent penman of the old English text" ("The Greenes of Rhode Island," p. 64). Under Rhode Island's first charter, he served as Commissioner, or member of the General Assembly. Under the second charter (1663), he served as Deputy Assistant for ten years, until about 1675. His house, along with all in Warwick except one, was burned down by Indians in the Spring of 1675/76 during King Philip's War. Being warned in advance, he had fled to Portsmouth where his father-in-law, John Anthony, lived. It was some time after this, about 1684, that he located at Potowomut, where he built a house by a river which provided power for a forge which was used by his sons and grandsons to do iron work, such as making anchors. (See "The Greenes of Rhode island," p. 64)

  • Sources 
    1. [S012443] The Greenes of Rhode Island, Louise Brownell Clarke, compiler, (New York City: Knickerbocker Press, 1903), 58.

    2. [S012443] The Greenes of Rhode Island, Louise Brownell Clarke, compiler, (New York City: Knickerbocker Press, 1903), 65.