John Greene Junior

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Tombstone of John Greene (1620–1708) in Spring Greene Cemetery, Warwick

John Greene junior (born August 15, 1620 in Salisbury , Wiltshire , † November 27, 1708 in Warwick , Kent County ) was an English politician and officer in North America. He was the first elected lieutenant governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations .

Career

John Greene junior was the son of Joan Tattersall and John Greene senior (1594-1658). The Greene family emigrated to New England in 1635 . She went on board the ship James in Southampton , County Hampshire and sailed from there towards the Massachusetts Bay Colony . Once there, the family then moved to the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and settled in Warwick. They were among the first to settle. On October 1, 1642, John Greene senior acquired a piece of land from Indian chief Miontonomi and named it "Greene's Hold".

John Greene Jr. pursued a political career, just like his father. In 1652 he became Commissioner of Warwick - a post he held continuously until 1690. At that time he was elected lieutenant governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He served ten consecutive one-year terms. In 1700, at the age of 80, he retired. He was one of the ten assistants named in the Royal Charter of 1663 which formed the basis of the Rhode Island government for nearly two centuries. He was also one of the 16 prominent residents in the colony who advised the General Assembly during the devastating King Philip's War .

Greene also pursued a military career. In October 1664 he received an officer license as captain and from 1683 to 1696 held the rank of major .

He died on November 27, 1708 in Warwick and was then buried on Spring Greene Farm , which later became the property of Governor Theodore F. Green (1867–1966).

family

Around 1648 Greene married Ann (Annis) Almy, daughter of Audrey Barlow and William Almy. She was a descendant of Edward I (1239-1307). The couple had eleven children, of whom the youngest, Samuel, Mary Gorton, a great-granddaughter of Rhode Island Colony President Samuel Gorton (1593-1677), married. Her grandson, William Greene (1695-1758), served as governor of the colony for eleven consecutive terms, and her great-grandson, William Greene (1731-1809), was a governor of the US state of Rhode Island . John and Ann Greene were also the ancestors of US President Warren G. Harding (1865–1923).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d John Greene in the Find a Grave database (English)
  2. ^ A b c John Osborne Austin and George Andrews Moriarty: The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690, with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation , Genealogical Publishing Com, 1887, ISBN 9780806300061
  3. ^ A b Roberts, Gary Boyd: Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009, ISBN 9780880822206 , pp. 346f
personal data
SURNAME Greene, John Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician and officer
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1620
PLACE OF BIRTH Salisbury , Wiltshire
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1708
Place of death Warwick , Kent County