Capt. Samuel Greene

Male 1670 - 1720  (50 years)


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  • Name Samuel Greene  [1
    Title Capt. 
    Born 30 Jan 1669/70  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Sep 1720  [2
    Person ID I01721  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father John GREENE, Jr.,   b. 15 Aug 1620, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1708, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Anne ALMY,   b. 26 Feb 1626/27, South Kilworth, Leicester, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1709, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married Abt 1648 
    Notes 
    • The children of this marriage are found in the Warwick, RI, First Book of Marriages.
    Family ID F00581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Gorton,   b. 31 Oct 1673 
    Married 24 Jan 1694/95  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. William Greene,   b. 16 Mar 1695/96, Warwick, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1758  (Age 61 years)
     2. Benjamin Greene,   b. Abt 1698
     3. Samuel Greene, Jr.,   b. Abt 1700
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01152  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In 1702 Samuel Greene purchased from Jeremiah Westcott the fulling mill at Apponaug. The following three paragraphs are excerpted from the web site of the City of Warwick, RI, and is entitled "Warwick's Villages & Historic Places," by Don D'Amato:

      The Greenes in Apponaug
      Most historians mark the beginning of the village of Apponaug with the building of the fulling mill by John Micarter on Kekamewit Brook, near Apponaug Cove, in 1696. This was a well-taken point for after that the area began to attract the attention of many of the younger sons of the early settlers. In 1697, Micarter sold the mill to Jeremiah Westcott who in turn sold it to Samuel Greene in 1702.

      John Greene, Surgeon
      The acquisition of the property by Samuel Greene was a significant event in the village's history as it was through the leadership of the Greene family that Apponaug developed during the 18th and early 19th centuries. This family was that of John Greene, Surgeon, who along with Samuel Gorton and Randall Holden founded Warwick in 1642. In many ways, the history of Warwick, and that of Rhode Island, mirrors the history of the Greene family. As there were many sons and grandsons of John the Surgeon, the names John, James, Samuel, and Thomas Greene appear often in generation after generation.

      Major John Greene
      The Samuel Greene who purchased the mill in 1702 was the son of Major John Greene and Ann Almy. Major Greene, one of the most powerful and important figures in early Rhode Island history, was the son of Surgeon John Greene and Joanne Tatersall.

      Source: http://www.warwickri.gov/heritage/damatoshistory/apponaug4.htm






  • Sources 
    1. [S012381] Samuel Gorton of Rhode Island and His Descendants, by Thomas Gorton, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1985.

    2. [S013998] Annals of Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants, Ambrose Milton Shotwell, 44.

    3. [S012435] Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. II, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989), 180., 671.
      Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. II, 671, Family Tree Maker CD 180.