John Greene^[1]

1597 - 1659  (61 years)

• Name	John Greene
  Birth	9 Feb 1597	Bowridge Hill, Gillingham, Dorset, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Jan 1659	Occuassnetuxet Village, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA
  Person ID	I27561	Master
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2017

  
  

  Family	Joanne Tattershall,   b. 1598, Gillingham, Dorset, England d. 6 Apr 1635, , , Rhode Island, USA (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1619	Saint Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
  Children	+ 1. James Greene,   b. 21 Jun 1626, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d. 27 Apr 1698, Potowomut Village, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Feb 1597 - Bowridge Hill, Gillingham, Dorset, England Marriage - 4 Nov 1619 - Saint Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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."

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=109420572&pid=84