Family records state David S. Greenough was born in Roxbury on 31 July 1752.
David worked as a lawyer and merchant. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Stoddard) Greenough. In 1784 he married Anne Doane (1744-1802), daughter of John and June (Collier) Doane, widow of Elisha Doane, and mother of John Doane. After the Revolution, they moved to the former Loring house in Jamaica Plain (Roxbury), Mass. Their only child was David Stoddard Greenough, Jr. (David S. Greenough II, 1787-1830). An ardent patriot, David S. Greenough I was a member of the "Sons of Liberty," and on the Committee of Public Safety under George Washington. He served the state of Massachusetts as a justice of the peace in both Norfolk and Suffolk counties. From his mother Sarah (Stoddard), he inherited one-sixth of Noddles Island. With his brother William, he exchanged a share of a Chelsea farm for another two-sixths of Noddles Island, thus increasing his share of the island to one-half.
Family records and Roxbury vital records show David S. Greenough residing at Jamaica Plain when he died on 24 (not 26) August 1826. Roxbury vital records show him dying at Cohasset.
David worked as a lawyer and merchant. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Stoddard) Greenough. In 1784 he married Anne Doane (1744-1802), daughter of John and June (Collier) Doane, widow of Elisha Doane, and mother of John Doane. After the Revolution, they moved to the former Loring house in Jamaica Plain (Roxbury), Mass. Their only child was David Stoddard Greenough, Jr. (David S. Greenough II, 1787-1830). An ardent patriot, David S. Greenough I was a member of the "Sons of Liberty," and on the Committee of Public Safety under George Washington. He served the state of Massachusetts as a justice of the peace in both Norfolk and Suffolk counties. From his mother Sarah (Stoddard), he inherited one-sixth of Noddles Island. With his brother William, he exchanged a share of a Chelsea farm for another two-sixths of Noddles Island, thus increasing his share of the island to one-half.
Family records and Roxbury vital records show David S. Greenough residing at Jamaica Plain when he died on 24 (not 26) August 1826. Roxbury vital records show him dying at Cohasset.
Family records state David S. Greenough was born in Roxbury on 31 July 1752.
David worked as a lawyer and merchant. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Stoddard) Greenough. In 1784 he married Anne Doane (1744-1802), daughter of John and June (Collier) Doane, widow of Elisha Doane, and mother of John Doane. After the Revolution, they moved to the former Loring house in Jamaica Plain (Roxbury), Mass. Their only child was David Stoddard Greenough, Jr. (David S. Greenough II, 1787-1830). An ardent patriot, David S. Greenough I was a member of the "Sons of Liberty," and on the Committee of Public Safety under George Washington. He served the state of Massachusetts as a justice of the peace in both Norfolk and Suffolk counties. From his mother Sarah (Stoddard), he inherited one-sixth of Noddles Island. With his brother William, he exchanged a share of a Chelsea farm for another two-sixths of Noddles Island, thus increasing his share of the island to one-half.
Family records and Roxbury vital records show David S. Greenough residing at Jamaica Plain when he died on 24 (not 26) August 1826. Roxbury vital records show him dying at Cohasset.
David worked as a lawyer and merchant. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Stoddard) Greenough. In 1784 he married Anne Doane (1744-1802), daughter of John and June (Collier) Doane, widow of Elisha Doane, and mother of John Doane. After the Revolution, they moved to the former Loring house in Jamaica Plain (Roxbury), Mass. Their only child was David Stoddard Greenough, Jr. (David S. Greenough II, 1787-1830). An ardent patriot, David S. Greenough I was a member of the "Sons of Liberty," and on the Committee of Public Safety under George Washington. He served the state of Massachusetts as a justice of the peace in both Norfolk and Suffolk counties. From his mother Sarah (Stoddard), he inherited one-sixth of Noddles Island. With his brother William, he exchanged a share of a Chelsea farm for another two-sixths of Noddles Island, thus increasing his share of the island to one-half.
Family records and Roxbury vital records show David S. Greenough residing at Jamaica Plain when he died on 24 (not 26) August 1826. Roxbury vital records show him dying at Cohasset.
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