 1626 - 1698 (~ 71 years)
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| Name |
James Greene |
| Christening |
21 Jun 1626 |
St Thomas, Salisbury, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
27 Apr 1698 |
Warwick |
| Person ID |
I19698 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- !History - New England, page 547 - (II) James, fourth son of Surgeon John (q.v.) and Joan (Tattershall) Greene, was baptized June 21, 1626, at St. Thomas Church, Salisbury, England, and was made a freeman of Warwick in 1647. He resided at Potowomut, on the southerly side of Main street, and was town clerk in 1661; was a member of the general assembly as general commissioner under the first charter, and was deputy and assistant under the second charter ten years. He removed to Portsmouth with other in habitants of Warwick to escape the Indians in King Philip's war, and resided for some years at "Hunting Swamp." In 1684 he purchased lands in Warwick at Potowomut, where he settled, and where his descendant, the distinguished General Nathaniel Greene, of the revolution, was born. He died April 27, 1698. He married (first) about 1658, Deliverance, daughter of Robert and Isabelle Potter, whose farm joined his own, born 1637, died 1664. He married (second) August 3, 1665, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Susanna Anthony, of Portsmouth. Children of first marriage: James, mentioned below; Mary, born September 28, 1660; Elisha, March 17, 1663; Sarah, august 27, 1664. Children of second marriage: Peter, August 25, 1666; Elizabeth, October 17, 1668; John, died young; Jabez, May 17, 1673; David, June 24, 1677; Thomas, November 11, 1682; John, September 30, 1685; Susanna, May 24, 1688.
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