Ancestral Glimpses » John Greene (1620-1708)

Personal data John Greene 

• He was born on August 15, 1620 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, ENGLAND.
• Occupations:
• on August 22, 1653 Assistant and Town Clerk.
• on September 19, 1654 Town Deputy Governor and Treasurer.
• planter.
• He died on November 27, 1708 in Warwick Township, Kent County, Rhode Island, British America, he was 88 years old.
• A child of John Greene and Joanne Tattersall
• This information was last updated on January 16, 2017.

Household of John Greene

He is married to Anne Almy.

They got married about 1648 at Warwick Township, Kent County, Rhode Island, British America.

Child(ren):

1. Deborah Greene  1649-????
2. John Greene  1651-1686
3. William Greene  1653-????
4. Peter Greene  -1723 
5. Job Greene  1656-1745
6. Phillip Greene  1658-????
7. Richard Greene  1660-????
8. Anne Greene  -1713 
9. Catherine Greene  1665-????
10. Audrey Greene  1667-± 1733
11. Samuel Greene  1671-????

Notes about John Greene

Major, or Deputy Governor John Greene, son of John, senior, md. Ann Almy, dau. of William Almy, of Portsmouth. He held at different times the offices of General Recorder, General Attorney, and General Solicitor. In company with the Rev. John Clarke, (a man whom the colony delighted to honor) he was appointed an agent to England to attend to important matters pertaining to the interests "of the Colony. He was in office a considerable portion of his life, and from 1690 to 1700 was annually elected to the office of Deputy Governor. He had eleven children, Deborah, the eldest, was born 10 Aug 1619, and Samuel, the youngest, 30 Jan 1670-71. The latter md. the dau. of Benjamin Gorton, one of the sons of Samuel Gorton, senior.
He lived at Apponaug,in a house torn down within the memory of persons now living. It stood in back of the house now owned and occupied by Samuel Greene, on the southwest corner of the Centreville and Greenwich roads. A portion of the old timbers were used in the erection of the present house. In the old burial place at Occupasnetuxet, on tombstones still well
preserved, may be seen the following inscriptions:
Here lyeth the Here lyeth the body
body of John Greene, Esq. of Ann ye wife of
& late debt"ie Gover "? Major John Greene
he departed this life She deceased in the
in ye 89th vear of his age 82d year of her age
Novembr ye 27th, 1708. May ye 6th, 1709.

Source: Fuller, Oliver Payson, B. A., History of Warwick 1642-48, Angell, Burlingame & Co., Printers, Providence, Rhode Island, 1875, p. 69

John Greene - TimeLine

JOHN, b. 1620. Warwick, R. I.; d. 27 Nov 1708.
md.
ANN ALMY, b. 1627; d. 17 May 1709. of William & Audry ( ) Almy.

1651, Feb 3. He and three others agreed with town to build a mill at our own cost, and to grind the town corn at two quarts in a bushel, the town granting for their encouragement, a lot of land that was formerly Mr. Gorton's.
1652-53-54-55-56-57-58-59-60-61-62-63. Commissioner.
1652-53-54. General Recorder.
1655. Freeman.
1655. General Solicitor.
1657-58-69-60. Attorney General.
1658. Warden
1660, Apr 30. He was appointed by town "to write to the President and Assistants about the Indians pressing in upon our lands and spoiling our timber, desiring their assistance to suppress their violence."
1660-61-62-63-64-65-66-67-68-69-70-71-72-73-77-78-80-81-82-83-84-85-86-89-90. Assistant.
1664-74-75-77-80. Deputy.
1670, Jun 29. He and John Clarke were chosen agents to go to England, for vindication of charter before his Majesty, and redeem the same from the injurious violations thereof, by colony of Connecticut.
1671, Jan. 30. He was allowed £10, for his charge and pains in going to the treaty at New London, &c.
1676, Apr 4. It was voted "that in these troublesome times and straits in this colony, this Assembly, desiring to have the advice and concurrence of the most judicious inhabitants, if it may be had for the good of the whole, do desire at their next sitting, the company and counsel of Mr. Benedict Arnold"
and fifteen others, among whom was Captain John Greene.
1679, Jan 16. His son William made his will (proved 1679, Mar 12). He left all his estate to wife (Mary), for life, and at her death part to his dau. Mary. He mentions his brothers, Samuel and Peter also.
1679, Feb 3. He and Randall Holden being in England, were called upon to give information as to Mount Hope; they valued it at £4,000, consisting of 4,000 acres.
1679, Aug 1. The Assembly ordered £60 paid him and Randall Holden, disbursed by them in England, &c.
1680, May 5. He and two others were empowered by Assembly, to purchase a bell " for the public use of this colony and for giving notice or signifying the several times or sittings of the Assemblys and Courts of Trials and General Councils." The bell was purchased for £3, 10s., of Freelove Arnold,
daughter of Governor Benedict Arnold.
1683. Sep 17. He and Randall Holden sent a letter to King Charles II , concerning Governor Cranfield, of New Hampshire, and Commissioners who had lately held court in Kings Town, but who would show no commission from the King.
1683-84-85-86-90-91-96. Major for the Main.
1686, Dec 22. He was notified by Gov. Andros, of his appointment as a member of his council.
1690, Jan 30. He, with others, sent a letter of congratulation to William and Mary on their accession to the crown, and informing them that since the deposing of Andros, the former government under the charter had been re-assumed, mentioning also the seizure of Andros in Rhode Island, on his flight from Massachusetts.
1691, Jun. 27. He was voted 10s. by the Assembly for his encouragement, for drawing up an address to their Majesties ; for drawing up a letter to the Governor of New York, and transcribing it, for writing six commissions, and setting the seals to them for the military officers on the main land.
1690-91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-1700. Deputy Governor.
1706, Dec 20. Will—proved 1708, Dec 20. Exs. sons Peter, Job, Richard and Samuel. He calls himself inhabitant of Greene Hole, alias Occupasituxet, in eighty-seventh year, and forasmuch as his wife is in eightieth year of her age and exercised with a lameness in her left side wholly incurable, which, notwithstanding the good help of our children, is like to prove chargeable, " therefore, in case it should please God she should survive me, I ought to have the better care to leave her the better supplied." To her, that part of son Richard's house we now by agreement dwell in during our lives, and
use of household goods and provisions, three cows, kept for her by Richard, as also fuel provided by him, and £5 paid her by son Samuel yearly, for life. To son Samuel, the north side of Greene Hole to a certain line, with privilege of fowling, fishing, &c. To son Richard, rest of the Neck, with island near adjoining and housing, barn, orchard, &c., he paying £20 per year to my lame, beloved wife, till her death. To son Peter, all right in undivided lands at Coweset, except 100 acres. To son Job, all right in land belonging to seven purchasers. To daughter Deborah Torrey, £16. To dau. Phillip Dickenson's children, £16, to be improved till they are of age. To dau. Ann Greene, £16. To dau. Catharine Holden, £16. To dau. Audry Spencer, £16. To grand-dau. Mary Dyer, £16. To four sons, land undisposed of, and all stock of cow kind and horse kind. He earnestly charges his children to care for his wife,'" to manifest their love to me and her, in lending their help unto her, and so I take leave, commending my wife and children to the fear of God, in whose fear I rest, in assured hope of salvation."
Inventory, £167, 9s., viz: 15 cows, 2 oxen, 3 steers, 5 horse kind, flagon, tankard, porringer, beaker, candle stick, sconce, chafing dish, brass scales, stillyards, 2 cases bottles, razor, hone, 3 beds, cabinet, desk, 2 guns, pair of pistols, belt, rapier, cane, books £6, silver plate, 2 cups and spoons £8, 5s., money £14, table, chairs, &c. Receipts for legacies were given by William and Deborah Torrey, John and Audry Spencer, Edward and Mary Dyer, Charles and Catharine Holden and Ann Greene.

He and his wife were bur. on his homestead farm.
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John Greene, Jr. (1620 - 1708), was Commissioner for Warwick to the Court of Commissioners for twelve years, 1652 to 1663; General Recorder three years, 1652 to 1654; Attorney-General four years, 1657 to 1660; Deputy four years, bet. 1664 and 1677; Assistant twenty-five years, bet. 1660 and 1690; Major for the Main seven years, bet. 1683 and 1696, and Deputy-Governor for ten years, 1690 to 1699, which appears to have been his last public service. He was one of those named in the Royal Charter granted by King Charles II, 1663. He was sent on a special mission to England in 1670 with John Clarke; was one of the council of Governor Sir Edmund Andros, 1686, and took a leading part in aU the important affairs of the colony, sitting on a council 1676, with Benedict Arnold, etc.
He md., 1648, Anne or Annis (1627 - 1709), the dau. of William and Audrey Almy. Their dau. Phillippa, who was born 7 Oct 1658, and died aft. 1708 (another record says 1690), md. Caleb, son of Robert Carr, the immigrant brother of Governor Caleb Carr. Robert was a Freeman of Newport, 1641, and one of the original purchasers of the Island of Canonicut. He gave by will (probated 4 Oct 1681) all his land on the Island to his son, Caleb Carr. The latter's will was probated 30 Mar 1690, and names therein his wife "Phillis," four sons and dau. Mary, who md. Benjamin Peckham, Sr.
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Source: Ancestral Records and Portraits, Volume I, The Colonial Dames of America, New York: The Grafton Press, 1910, p. 110.

Richard Vines, gentleman, bought, 14 Nov 1646, of John Greene,
planter, a plantation of 25 acres in the parish of St. Michael.
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Source: Moriartt, G Andrews Jr., A.M., New England Historical and Genealogical Record, vol. 68, April, 1914 , p. 178.

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