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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Greene (son of Sarah Greene).

Generation: 2

  1. 3.  Sarah Greene was born 20 Jan 1708/09 (daughter of David Greene and Sarah Barber); died Bef 21 Jul 1759.
    Children:
    1. 1. Benjamin Greene


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  David Greene was born 24 Jun 1677, Warwick, RI (son of James Greene, Sr. and Elizabeth Anthony); died Abt 29 Jan 1761, Jamestown, RI.

    Notes:

    The will of David Greene, of Jamestown, yeoman, dated 21 July 1759, mentions his wife Sarah; son Joseph; daughters Mary Barney, Elizabeth Hoockey (w/o John), Abigail Remington, Bathsheba Greene, and Sarah Green dec'd. (leaving a son Benjamin Green); another grandson David Green; and two granddaughters -- Penelope & Sarah Remington, both under 18.

    David married Sarah Barber 24 Jun 1706, Jamestown, RI. Sarah (daughter of Moses Barber and Unknown Wife) was born 25 Mar 1682, North Kingstown, RI; died 29 Jan 1779. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Sarah Barber was born 25 Mar 1682, North Kingstown, RI (daughter of Moses Barber and Unknown Wife); died 29 Jan 1779.
    Children:
    1. Mary Greene was born 5 Jun 1707.
    2. 3. Sarah Greene was born 20 Jan 1708/09; died Bef 21 Jul 1759.
    3. Elizabeth Greene was born 25 Mar 1711.
    4. Susannah Greene was born 1 May 1713.
    5. Abigail Greene was born 25 Mar 1715, Jamestown, RI.
    6. Waite Greene was born 3 Dec 1716.
    7. Bathsheba Greene was born 30 Jul 1720.
    8. Jonathan Greene was born 6 Apr 1722, Jamestown, RI; died 1749.
    9. Joseph Greene was born 30 May 1724.
    10. Patience Greene was born 15 Feb 1725/26.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  James Greene, Sr. was born 21 Jun 1626, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (son of Dr. John GREENE and Joan TATTERSHALL); died 27 Apr 1698, Warwick, RI.

    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)

    James married Elizabeth Anthony 3 Aug 1665, Warwick, RI. Elizabeth (daughter of John Anthony and Susannah Potter) was born Abt 1646, Portsmouth, RI; died Aft Mar 1697/98. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Elizabeth Anthony was born Abt 1646, Portsmouth, RI (daughter of John Anthony and Susannah Potter); died Aft Mar 1697/98.

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Greene is mentioned as the wife of James Greene in her father's will.

    Children:
    1. Peter Greene was born 25 Aug 1666; died 1708.
    2. Elizabeth Greene was born 17 Oct 1668.
    3. John Greene was born 1 Feb 1669/70.
    4. Jabez Greene was born 17 May 1673; died 1 Oct 1741.
    5. 6. David Greene was born 24 Jun 1677, Warwick, RI; died Abt 29 Jan 1761, Jamestown, RI.
    6. Thomas Greene was born 11 Nov 1682.
    7. John Greene was born 30 Sep 1685.
    8. Susanna Greene was born 24 May 1688, Warwick, RI; died 1748.

  3. 14.  Moses Barber was born 1652; died Abt Nov 1733.

    Notes:

    There are some researchers who think that Moses Barber's second wife was Susanna Wait, not Susanna West. For a discussion of this, see "A Line of Descent From Moses Barber" in the RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 2.

    Moses & Susanna had 14 children.

    Moses married Unknown Wife Abt 1680, RI. Unknown was born Abt 1660; died Bef 1692. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Unknown Wife was born Abt 1660; died Bef 1692.
    Children:
    1. 7. Sarah Barber was born 25 Mar 1682, North Kingstown, RI; died 29 Jan 1779.