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James Greene

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James Greene

Birth
East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
9 May 1771 (aged 85)
Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
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From: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~smithandyoung/Greene.htm

***Capt. James3 Greene (John2 Jr., John1 (of Quidnesset))
b. August 18, 1685 in East Greenwich, R.I.?
m. December 18, 1717 Rebecca Cahoone b. Abt. 1702 d. July 21, 1786 in Coventry, R.I.
d. May 9, 1771 in Coventry, R.I.
burial: Maple Root Cemetery (CY135), Coventry, R.I.

James lived at "Maroon Swamp" which is the area of modern day Coventry Center north of Harkney Hill.
His wife Rebecca was the daughter of Nathaniel Cahoone, who was a resident of Warwick, R.I. in the
early 1700's (see his Earmark Record in "The Early Records of the Town of Warwick", E.A. Johnson Co.,
Providence, R.I., 1926, p. 10).


children:
Nathaniel4 Greene Esq. (1718 - 1809)
James4 Greene (1720 - 1797)
Wardwell4 Greene (1723 - ?)
Col. Isaac4 Greene (1724 - 1796)
Patience4 Greene (1727 - Aft. 1771)
Charles4 Greene (1729 - 1758)
Othniel4 Greene (Abt. 1731 - Bef. 1760)
Rebecca4 Greene (? - Aft. 1771)
Jane4 Greene (Abt. 1737 - 1796)
***John 4 Greene

Note: This site has a picture of Headstone.
Under it states:
Grave of Capt. James Greene (1685 - 1771) in the Maple Root Cemetery in Coventry, R.I.
See Dr. Bill Eddleman and John Sterling's excellent "Coventry Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries",
Coventry Historical Cemetery No. 135, "fieldstone sketches from section I", no. I9, for a
sketch with transcription of this gravestone.

From: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~smithandyoung/Greene.htm

***Capt. James3 Greene (John2 Jr., John1 (of Quidnesset))
b. August 18, 1685 in East Greenwich, R.I.?
m. December 18, 1717 Rebecca Cahoone b. Abt. 1702 d. July 21, 1786 in Coventry, R.I.
d. May 9, 1771 in Coventry, R.I.
burial: Maple Root Cemetery (CY135), Coventry, R.I.

James lived at "Maroon Swamp" which is the area of modern day Coventry Center north of Harkney Hill.
His wife Rebecca was the daughter of Nathaniel Cahoone, who was a resident of Warwick, R.I. in the
early 1700's (see his Earmark Record in "The Early Records of the Town of Warwick", E.A. Johnson Co.,
Providence, R.I., 1926, p. 10).


children:
Nathaniel4 Greene Esq. (1718 - 1809)
James4 Greene (1720 - 1797)
Wardwell4 Greene (1723 - ?)
Col. Isaac4 Greene (1724 - 1796)
Patience4 Greene (1727 - Aft. 1771)
Charles4 Greene (1729 - 1758)
Othniel4 Greene (Abt. 1731 - Bef. 1760)
Rebecca4 Greene (? - Aft. 1771)
Jane4 Greene (Abt. 1737 - 1796)
***John 4 Greene

Note: This site has a picture of Headstone.
Under it states:
Grave of Capt. James Greene (1685 - 1771) in the Maple Root Cemetery in Coventry, R.I.
See Dr. Bill Eddleman and John Sterling's excellent "Coventry Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries",
Coventry Historical Cemetery No. 135, "fieldstone sketches from section I", no. I9, for a
sketch with transcription of this gravestone.



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  • Created by: L.Lee
  • Added: Mar 9, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66676142/james-greene: accessed ), memorial page for James Greene (18 Aug 1685–9 May 1771), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66676142, citing Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA; Maintained by L.Lee (contributor 47350482).