James Green

1626 - 1698  (72 years)

• Name	James Green
  Born	1626	Salisbury, England
  Christened	21 Jun 1636	St. Thomas' Church, town of Wiltshire, Samen (Salsbury) County, England
  Gender	Male
  Cemetery	Old Warwick burial-ground
  Died	27 Apr 1698	Rhode Island
  Notes	From Pamela Dawn McMahan: JAMES GREENE "of Potowomut" (John), was baptized at St. Thomas' Church, Salisbury, England, June 21, 1626, and came with his parents to New England in 1635. He was made freeman of Warwick and Providence Plantations in 1647. He resided at Old Warwick on the main street on the southerly side, where the graveyard is now located in which he and some of his family are buried. He was on the "Roule of ye Freemen of ye Colonie of everie Town in 1665 and was Town Clerk, May 16, 1661. He was "an excellent penman of the old English text." He was a member of the General Assembly of the Colony, being Commissioner under the first charter, and Deputy and Assistant under the second (1663), for ten years, between 1660 and 1675. He was considered "a man of much practical sagacity." He does not appear to have been in public life after the Indian war (1675-6), when his house, with all others in Warwick, except the "Stone Castle," was burned to the ground. When the message from the General Assembly advising the people of Warwick of danger was received, he fled to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where the father of his second wife, John Anthony, resided. He remained for some years at "Hunting Swamp," but in 1684, having made purchases of Warwick land (6) (Warwick Records. 1664, 1st Book of Marriages. Warwick Records, Land Ev., p. 12: "15 Oct. 1682 Thos. Staffordof Warwick sells to James Greene of Hunting Swamp Portsmouth for 5f all his lands in Warwick, purchased by the inhabitants of Warwick which deed stands recorded in Warwick.'') he removed to Potowomut where was an ancient mill, and built his house on the hill near the west bank of the river, overlooking the beautiful lake which furnished the water power for the forge which his grandsons (sons of Jabez) established for making anchors and other forms of ironwork. This became a notable industry in colonial times and in the early days of there public. The interests of the forge" were enhanced by the revival of business after peace existed between England and her emancipated colonies, and this became the pioneer of the more extensive works on Pawtuxet River, near the western border of Warwick, known as 'the Forge.'" The place at Potowomut where James Greene resided until his death, was the birthplace of his great-grandson, the highly distinguished Major General Nathanael Greene of the Revolutionary Army, and the residence of his descendants for more than two hundred years. He died "at his mansion in Potowomut," April 27, I698, in the seventy-second year of his age, and was buried at the Old Warwick burial-ground, under an altar-tomb with the inscription still in a good state of preservation, on his original house lot of six acres granted by the proprietors of Warwick, 1647, when he had attained his majority. This lot was located on the main street, the second lot north easterly from the road leading to Warwick Neck. The burial-ground and lot descended to his eldest son, James, whose descendants have been buried there to the present generation.
  Person ID	I4427	myfamilytree
  Last Modified	20 May 2022

  
  

  Father	John Green,   b. 1597, Bowridge Hall, Gillingham, County Dorset, England ,   d. Jan 1659, Connimicut, Old Warwick  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Joanne Tattershall,   d. Abt 1640, Connimicut, Old Warwick
  Married	4 Nov 1619	St. Thomas' Church, town of Wiltshire, Samen (Salsbury) County, England
  Family ID	F3749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Anthony,   d. Aft 1698
  Married	23 Aug 1665	Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
  Children	+ 1. John Green,   b. 30 Sep 1685, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island ,   d. 3 Dec 1757, Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island  (Age 72 years)   2. Jabez Green,   b. 17 May 1673, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Peter Green,   b. 25 Aug 1666, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Elizabeth Green,   b. 17 Oct 1668, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. David Green,   b. 24 Jun 1677, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Thomas Green,   b. 11 Nov 1682, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Susannah Green,   b. 24 May 1688,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	6 May 2022
  Family ID	F3747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Deliverance Potter,   b. Abt 1637,   d. Abt 1664  (Age 27 years)
  Married	2 Aug 1655	Kent County, Rhode Island
  Children	1. James Green,   b. 1 Jun 1659, Kent County, Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary Green,   b. 28 Aug 1660, Kent County, Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elisha Green,   b. 17 Mar 1662, Kent County, Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sarah Green,   b. 27 Mar 1664, Kent County, Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2007
  Family ID	F5405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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