John Greene was born and baptized on the 15th of August in 1620 at the Saint Thomas parish in Salisbury, England. He came to New England with his parents in 1635 and lived in Providence, Rhode Island until 1643. In 1643, he lived in Occupasuetuxet Farm, known as Greene's Hold. After 1643, he was a town clerk, surveyor, and a member of the Colonial Assemblies.
John married Anne Almy c. 1645 in Portsmouth, RI and they had the following twelve children, all born in Kent, Warwick, RI:
1649 Deborah
1651 John
1652 William
1654 Peter
1656 Job
1658 Phillippa, our ancestor
1661 Richard
1662 Anne
1665 Catherine
1667 Audrey
1669 Welthyan
1670 Samuel
Warwick is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island, the second largest city in the state with a population of 82,672 at the 2010 census. Warwick is located approximately 12 miles south of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, 63 miles southwest of Boston, Massachusetts, and 171 miles northeast of New York City. Wikipedia
Captain John Greene served in the militia and later became the "Major of the Main" between the years of 1683 to 1696. Between 1690 and 1700 he was the Deputy-Major Governor of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations. He retired at age 80! He died at age 88 and was buried on his farm property in Warwick.
DEP. GOV. MAJ. JOHN GREENE
BORN: 15 Aug 1620 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
MARRIED: abt 1645 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI
DIED: 1709 in Warwick, Kent, RI
ANNE ALMY
BORN: 26 Feb 1627 in South Kilworth, Leicestershire, Eng
DIED: 6 May 1709 in Warwick, Kent, RI
BURIED: On their farm property in Warwick, Kent, RI
SOURCES:Vital Records of John Greene on CD 16, Ped Res File;Brøderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #17, Ed. 1, Birth Records: Anne's birth information via Individual: United States/Europe, Birth Records AAI Birth Records Extraction (Release date: December 23, 1993), Internal Ref. #1.17.1.817.32; Almy, Ann Or Agnes,Birth date: 1627,Birth place: England CD# 10
