David  GREENE

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David GREENE was born 06/24/1677 in Warwick, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

David GREENE was the child of James GREENE   and   Elizabeth ANTHONY and the grandchild of: (paternal)  John "The Surgeon" GREENE and Joan TATTERSHALL (maternal)  John ANTHONY and Susanna POTTER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

David  married  Sarah BARBER .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah BARBER  was born 05/25/1682 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (Kingston) (West Kingston) (Matunuck) (Peace Dale) (Wakefield).  Sarah was the child of Moses BARBER and Ann (BABCOCK) BARBER.

David GREENE died 01/29/1761 in Jamestown, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.





David Greene was born in Portsmouth, Newport County in the Colony of Rhode Island. He is the son of James Greene and Elizabeth Anthony. He was married in Jamestown on January 7, 1698 to Mary Slocum, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer and Mary (Thurston) Slocum. They were married by Ebenezer Slocum. David and Mary were parents of David Greene (Sept 11, 1701- Oct 10, 1757).

David's wife Mary died between Sept 11, 1701 and June 24, 1706 (maybe 1704). He married Sarah Barber on June 24, 1706 in Jamestown or South Kingstown, by Edward Carr, Warden. David and Sarah had 10 known children: Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Susannah, Abigail, Waite, Bathsheba, Jonathan, Joseph and Patience.

Before May 7, 1712, David Greene purchased 235 acres of land (North Kingstown, Kings Co (now Washington Co), RI near Plum Point Rd.) This land remained in the David Greene family for over 176 years.

David Greene was the Grand Uncle of Major-General Nathanael Greene.

Sources:
Clarke, Louise Brownell; Greene, George Sears. The Greenes of Rhode Island with Historical Records of English Ancestry 1534 - 1902. New York. New York [The Knickerbocker press]. 1903. Pgs 65, 88 & 89

Shotwell, Ambrose Milton. Annals of Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants or Our Quaker Forefathers and Their Posterity. Robert Smith & Company, Lansing, Mich. 1895. Pg 42.

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