John Greene

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526 RECORDS OF THE COLONY OF RHODE ISLAND
. . . . . . . . .
Proceedings of the Generall Assembly of the Collony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, held at Newport, the 4th of May 1675

Mr. William Coddington, Governor.
Mr. John Easton, Deputy Governor.
ASSISTANTS.
Mr. Henry Bull, Mr. Thomas Harris,
Mr. Walter Clarke, Mr. Joshua Coggeshall,
Mr. Daniell Gould, Mr. John Tripp,
Mr. William Harris, Mr. Job Almy,
Capt. Arthur Fenner, Mr. Benjamin Barton.

AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. 527
DEPUTIES. 1675
For Newport
, Mr. John Coggeshallj Sen'r, engaged. ~~
" Mr. William Case.
" Mr. Peter Easton, engaged.
" Mr. John Wood, engaged.
" Mr. Thomas Clifton, engaged.
•' Mr. John Read, engaged.
For Providence
, Mr. Tolleration Harris, engaged.
" Mr. Edward Smith, engaged.
" Mr. William Astin, engaged.
" Mr. Vail. Whitman, engaged.
For Portsmouth,
Capt. John Albro, engaged.
" Mr. George Lawton, engaged.
" Mr. Gideon Freeborne, engaged.
" Mr. William Wodell, engaged.
For Warwicke,
Capt. Randall Holdon.
" Capt. John Greene.
'' Mr. John Weecks,
" Mr. James Greene,

Mr. William Coddington, Governor, chosen Moderator.
John Sanford, chosen Clerke of the Assembly.

Voted, Elisha Smith, James Barker, Jun'r, Walter
Newbery, William Coddington, Jun'r, Adam Wooley,
Joseph Bryer, Nathaniell Coddington, James Weeden,
Jun'r, Robert Malins, William James, William Edwards,
John Johnson, Thomas Peckham, Richard Hailes, Clement
Weaver, the third,
John Weaver, George Browne,
James Carde
, John Woodman, beinge freemen of the
towne of Newport, are all admitted freemen of this Collony.

Voted, John Pearce Mason, William Manchester, John
Wilbore, Joseph Tripp, beinge freemen of the towne of
Portsmouth,
are admitted freemen of this Collony.
Voted, William Greene, John Weecks, Jun'r, John
Rice, John Low, Thomas Stafford, Jun'r, Jeremiah
Smith, beinge freemen of the towne of Warwicke, are
admitted freemen of this Collony.



Excerpt from 'Greene Family of Rhode Island' pg 83-85

(Captain) JAMES GREENE "of Nassauket" (James, John), eldest son, was bom June 6 1659. He was admitted freeman of the Colony on June 26, 1683, when twenty-four years of age. In October, 1685, he joined with others in a petition to the General Assembly for settling a plantation
in the Narragansett and the Niantic countries. On May 5, 1696, he was
Deputy from Warwick, and November 14, 1711, he was allowed the use of
;£3oo bills of credit for four years free of interest, he paying for printing and signing the same, for nine months' service and expenses in accompanying his uncle. Major John Greene, Agent of the Colony in 1668 to England.

He resided at Nassauket, Warwick, where he built a house in 1687 which was still standing (1887). He married, January 29, 1688-9, Mary,
daughter of Captain John and Margaret Fones of Newport, Jamestown, and
Kingstown. Captain Fones, one of the prominent planters of Kingstown
(called Rochester during Andros's administration), was a member of the
court-martial at Newport for trial of Indians, August 24, 1676; was Deputy, 1679-80-81. On May 26, 1686, he was appointed Justice of the Peace by President and Council then governing New England. He was Clerk of the Court of Commissioners, June 23, 1686, and Deputy and Assistant, 1698-99.

Captain Fones died December 20, 1703, and left by will a legacy of land to his " daughter Mary." Captain James Greene died March 12, 1712, and was buried in his father's burial ground at Old Warwick. His wife died March 20 1721, aged fifty years.

His will was dated March 11 1712, "widow Mary, administratrix," to whom he bequeathed half his farm; also, "I give and bequeath unto my eldest son Fones Greene the other half of my housing and farms where I
now live, to enjoy after my decease, to him his heirs and assigns forever and further my will is that in consideration of the above ; said housing and farms which I have given to my son Fones, that he shall pay unto my son James Greene one hundred pound to be paid to him in two year after my decease but if my wife should marry, as is above promised then my will is, that my son Fones shall enjoy that part of my housing and farms which is given to her at the time of her marriage he paying the above sd fourty pounds according as it is above promised to be to him his heirs and assigns forever" (Appendix I.).

Children:
104. Fones, bom March 23, 1689-90, married (i) Dinah Batty, (2) Rebecca Tibbitts.
105. James, bom April 2, 1692, married (i) Roby Carr, (2) Susannah .
106. Mary, bom March 16, 1693, died October 21, 1695.
107. Daniel, bom April 7, 1696. No further record.
108. Elisha, bom August 5, 1698, married (i) Martha Brown, (2) Abigail Fenner.
109. Deliverance, bom February 12, 1 700-1, married John Holden, died s. p. no.
110. Mary, bom September 25, 1703, married Resolved Rhodes.
111. John, bom February 26, 1705-6, died December 8, 1757, unmarried (see No.111).
112. Jeremiah, bom December i6, 1708, died April 17, 1758; married (i) Anne Wylis.
113. Samuel, bom June 8, 1711, died February 18, 1778; married (i) Mary Whitford, (2) Elizabeth Stanbrough.

James married Mary Fones on 29 Jan 1689 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA. Mary was born in 1668 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA; died on 20 Mar 1722 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA; was buried in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Deliverance Potter in 1658 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA. Deliverance was born on 19 May 1637 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 27 Mar 1664 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Greene was the surgeon of Salisbury, Wilkes County, England before sailing for the Colonies. He and his family left Southampton aboard the ship JAMES on 16 April 1635 arriving in Boston on 3 June 1635. They settled in Salem until religious persecution forced them out. They settled in R.I. , where he was one of the twelve that Roger Williams gave deed land to.



John Greene and Joanne Tatersole, were married at St. Thomas Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 4 Nov 1619. The marriage and baptism of their seven children are all recored in the Parish Register at the St. Thomas Church at Salisbury, Eng. She was the first of his three wives.

The Greene Genealogy by General G. S. Greene, 1902, states that she was born in 1598 at Gillingham, Dorset, England, the daughter of Richard Tattershall and his wife, Marjorie (Fox), and that she died in 1636 at Southhampton, England. According to an LDS record, she died aboard the ship JAMES during their passage. However, others believe that she arrived in Boston with her family on June 3, 1635, and she died in Boston. It is also claimed that she is buried with her husband behind the Shawomet Baptist Churchyard in Warwick, R. I. Others claim that it was John's second wife, Alice, who is buried with him.

The children of John & Joanne Greene (born in Salisbury, England and baptized at St. Thomas Church):
1. Dep. Gov. John Greene b. Aug. 15, 1620, d. Nov. 27, 1708
2. Peter Greene bpt. March 10, 1622
3. Richard bpt. March 25, 1624
4. James bpt. June 21, 1626
5. Thomas Greene bpt. June 4, 1628
6. Joan Greene bpt. Oct. 3, 1630, m. John Hade/Haden
7. Mary Greene bpt. May 19, 1633, m. James Sweet



JOHN GREENE (1597-1659), the pioneer in this country, with his wife and children, sailed from Southampton (England) on April 16, 1635, on the ship JAMES and landed in Boston, Massachusetts on June 3, 1635. They settled in Salem but were driven out by religious persecutions, and soon after went to Providence (Rhode Island). Here he was one of the twelve to who Roger Williams conveyed land in his 'initial deed', thusly called because the men are mentioned only by their initials, and one of the twelve original members of the first Baptist Church in Providence. He was of the party who with Samuel Gorton purchased Shawomet, later called Warwick (Rhode Island), from the Indians. His is the only name of a white man signed as a witness to the deed. His own plot, called Occupassnatuxet, more commonly known as Pastuxet, remained in the family until 1782, when it was bought by Governor John Francis, whose heirs are still in possession.

In August 1637, he was accused of having spoken contemptuously against magistrates and stood 'bound in a 100 marks to appear at the next Quarter Court', by order of the Massachusetts authorities.

In September following, for the same offense, he was fined $20.00 and was to be committed until the fine was paid, and enjoined not to come into the jurisdiction of Massachusetts upon pain of fine or imprisonment at the pleasure of the Court. A few months later the same court of Massachusetts received a letter from Greene with which he charged the court with usurping the power of Christ over churches and men's consciences. The court again ordered him not to come into their jurisdiction under pain of imprisonment and further censure.

In 1643 came the summons to the Warwick men to appear in Boston to answer to the complaints of Pomham and Soconoco, 'as to some unjust and injurious dealing toward them by yourself'. Then soldiers were sent to bring them by force to Boston, after the accused refused to go, declaring they were legal subjects of the King of England, and beyond the limits of Massachusetts authority. On their arrival, there was a parley during which the officers declared that the Warwick settlers 'held blasphemous errors of which they must repent' or go to Boston for trial. Greene escaped capture but was banished like the rest.

Apparently Mrs. Joanne "Joan" Tattershall Greene did not die at sea in 1635 as has been recorded by others. Joan sought refuge with the Indians in the area called Occupassnatuxet (aka Pastuxet, now Warwick), Rhode Island, from the Massachusetts authorities in 1643. The event was so trying that she died there from shock.

After Joanne's death in 1643, John Greene returned to England and remarried twice. First to Alice Daniels of Gillingham on May 08, 1644 Gillingham, County Dorset, England, who died soon after marriage. Then to Phillippa "Phillis" Arnold of London on October 20, 1645 in London, County Middlesex. Three years later, however, when he, 3rd wife Phillippa, and Samuel Gorton returned from England, he had the satisfaction of landing in Boston, justified by the King of England.

Like others of this company of Shawomet settlers, Greene held responsible positions under the charter and was magistrate, assistant member of the town council, representative in the assembly, and commissioner from 1654 to 1657.

John Greene died in Warwick, Rhode Island in January of 1659."

John married Joanne Tattershall on 4 Nov 1619 in Saint Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Joanne was born in 1598 in Gillingham, Dorset, England; died on 6 Apr 1635 in , , Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]