Deputy Governor John Greene, the son of my ancestors, JOHN & JOANNE (TATTERSOL) GREENE, was baptized on August 15, 1620 in Salisbury, England. He was married about 1648 to ANN (ANNIS) ALMY, daughter of WILLIAM & AUDREY (BARLOW) ALMY.

John Greene inherited the family farm, which had been purchased from Indian Chief Miontonomi on October 1, 1642 and called "Greene's Hold"

In 1651, he and three others agreed to build a corn mill in Warwick, R. I. He was "General Recorder" keeping the town's records in 1652-4, Commissioner from 1652-1663, Deputy for Newport to the Rhode Island General Court for many sessions between 1679 and 1690, General Solicitor in 1655, Attorney General in 1657-1660, Warden in 1658, Assistant in 1660- 1673 and several years until 1696. On June 29, 1670, he was one of two men chosen agents to go to England discuss the Rhode Island charter with His Majesty and defend it against injurious violations. He received oe10 for going to New London in 1676 for a treaty. Being one of several of the "most judicious" inhabitants, he was part of a counsel of sixteen men that were called upon to value the land at Mt. Hope and to purchase a bell for public use in the Colony to give notice of Assemblies, Courts and Trials.

In 1683 he was notified by Gov. Andros of his appointment as a member of the Governor's Council. He was agent for Rhode Island to the King of England in January of 1685/7 and presented a request for the sum of 60 pounds for a debt from the Colony for services done in England. On January 30, 1690, he along with others sent a letter of congratulations to William & Mary on their ascention to the throne.

He was commissioned Captain by October, 1664 and "Major of the Main" from 1683 until 1696.

His will dated 1706 was proved December 20, 1708 and names his wife, sons: Peter, Job, Richard and Samuel as executors, and daughters: Deborah Torrey, Anne Greene, Catherine Holden, and Audry Spencer, as well as granddaughter: Mary Dyer and the children of Phillis (Carr) Dickinson, deceased. It also says that he is an occupant of "Greene Hold" alias Occupasituxet. It is believed that he is buried on the old family homestead named above.

He was Deputy Governor of Rhode Island from 1690 to 1700.∼John Greene
Major John Greene "of Occupasuetuxet", eldest son, was born at Salisbury, County Wilts, England, and bapitzed at St. Thomas's Church, August 15, 1620. He came to New England with his parents in 1635, and remained with them in Providence tillhis father's removal to Warwick, R.I., in 1643. He afterward settled on the Occupasuetuxet farm, the fine estate inherited from his father, and then know as "Greene's Hold," which remained in possession of the family for one hundred and forty years, from October 1, 1642, when purchased from the Indian Chief, Miantonomi, till October 6, 1782, when it was sold by the grandchildren of Majog Greene to John Brown of Providence.
During the early setlement of Providence, John Greene, Jr. (as he was then called), was associated with his father, and both were proprietors of home lots there on Town Street (now North Main), extending as did the other home lots to Hope Street. These Providence intersts were all trasferred to John, Jr. in 1640. He was one of the witnesses to the sale of Shawomet by Miantonomi, Chief Sachem of the Narragansetts, to his father and associates, January 12, 1642. After their removal to Warwick he was almost contnuously in public affairs. He became a large land owner in his own right as well as by inheritance, and was prominently active in all interests of town and Colony. It was written of him at a later period: "He was a man of great weight of thought, sharpness of wit, aptness of action and adroitness of understanding."
In early life he was Town Clerk and Surveyor. On several occasions he was sent as Agent for the Colony to England, and for nearly fifty years he filled the highest public offices. He was a member of the Colonial Assemblies (or Commissioner), Deputy, Assistant, and Deputy Governor under both charters. Major John Greene was one of the twenty-four named in the permanent charter obtained from King Charles II., 1663, and one of the ten Assistants provided for in that charter. He was a member of the most important committees, and was one of those commissioned to determine the boundary lines of the Colony with the Colonies of Connecticut and Massachusetts. He visited England during the Andros administration and presented a petition to the King "in behalf of the towns and places' in his Majesty's Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, " representing the people of those towns and places, " as the government of the Colony under the charter had been abolished during Andros's administration. He was appointed one of Andros's Concil uner instructions frin the King." Thereis no record, however, to show that he attended the Council, September 6, 1686, in a deed to his sister, Mary Sweet, he mentions being "bound for England again", and being absent for some time there is no probability that he ever attended a meeting. He was present as Assistant in the last Assembly held before the assumption of the government by Andros, May 28, 1686, and was inthe first Assembly after Andros's fall in the same capacity, being among the first to re-establish the government under the old charter of 1663. He was Captain of the militia for eitht years and "Major of the Main" for seven years (1683-86, 1690-91, 1696), commanding all the trained bands on the mainland in Rhode Island, the highet military rank in the Colony, though not, as the Historian of Rhode Island states, equivalent to that of major-general. The militia did not amount to more than a battalion- a major's command.
His political record is as follows;
Representative to Gerneral Court for twelve years, 1652-63.
Deputy for five years, 1664, 74, 77, 80.
Assistant for twenty-five years, 1660-90.
Warden for Warwick, 1658.
General Recorder (Secretary of State), 1652-3-4
General Solicitor, 1655.
Attorney General, 1657-8-9-60.
Deputy Governor for eleven years continuouslly, 1690-1700, when he retired from public life at the age of eighty years.
The late Dr. Henry E. Turner of Newport wrote of the Deputy Governor as follows: "As judged in the light of his period by those who knew, there can be now doubt tthat whatever was done by John Greene was done in good faith; and no name is better entitled than his to the respect and gratituyde of every true Rhode Islander."
"No man has been more honored in public life. That he received the abuse of some of his contemporaries is not to his descredit, as high estimation in which he was held by those who knew him best is evidenced by his continued election to places of honor and trust, till in his old age he sought rest from public life and engaged the remainder of his days in quietness lovely borders of Narragansett Bay."
The Deputy Governor died in Warwick, Novembr 27, 1708, and was buried on the eastern part of his homestead farm (now "Spring Green') where his original headstone is in good condition.
Major John inherited from his father, by will dated December 28, 1658, and proved January 7, 1659. "that neck of land called Occupasuetuxet and all meadows that belong thereto with a little island adjoining, all of which was purchased of Miantonomi on Oct.1, 1642" : also, all his father's right in the purchase of Providence Plantations. The "home-lot" which formerly belonged to his step-mother, Alice (Daniels) Greene, he sold after his father's death. Major John left a large estate to his posterity. His will, made December 20, 1706, was proved November 27, 1708, his wife being made executrix.

Children
+ 1. Deborah GREENE, b. 10 Aug 1649, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 8 Feb 1729, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
2. John GREENE, b. 5 Jun 1651, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1 Feb 1686, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
+ 3. William GREENE, b. 1 Mar 1653, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 16 Jan 1681, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
+ 4. Captain Peter GREENE, b. 4 Feb 1654, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 12 Aug 1723, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
+ 5. Major Job GREENE, b. 24 Aug 1656, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 6 Jul 1745, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
+ 6. Phillippa GREENE, b. 7 Oct 1658, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Yes, date unknown
+ 7. Richard GREENE, b. 8 Feb 1660, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 24 May 1711, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
+ 8. Ann GREENE, b. 13 Mar 1662, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1713, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
+ 9. Catharine GREENE, b. 18 Aug 1665, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1753, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
+ 10. Audrey GREENE, b. 27 Oct 1667, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 17 Apr 1733, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
+ 11. Captain Samuel GREENE, b. 30 Jan 1670, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 18 Sep 1720, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)