Son of John Greene 1709–1762 and Mary Almy 1722–1777
281. BENJAMIN ELLERY 5 GREENE (John 4, Richard 3, John 2,
John 1 "Surgeon" Greene) was born at Occupasuetuxet, October 29, 1746. He was a merchant of Boston, Mass. He, with the other heirs of his father, in 1782, sold homestead property which John Greene the emigrant ancestor had purchased of the Indian chief Miantonomi in 1642, to John Brown, Esq., of Providence (see No. 89). He married, March 21, 1775, Lucy, daughter of Rev. Jonathan Huntington of Worthington, Mass., born at East Haddam, Conn., November 16, 1759, died at Vergennes, Vt., February 25, 1824. Her father was the great-grandson of Deacon Simon Huntington', born in England in 1629, who was one of the early colonists of Norwich, Conn. Without a collegiate education, Rev. Jonathan became both a physician and a preacher, and "in both professions maintained an honorable rank." He was a man of warm sympathies and early became interested in the condition of the colored race, laboring faithfully for their improvement. He held the pastorate at Worthington for ten years, 1771-1781. Benjamin Ellery Greene died in Boston, May 27, 1806, and was buried in the burial- ground at the foot of the Common. (See Huntington Family Memoir, p. 117.)
Children:
680. Wealthy, born August 27, 1776, married Scth Weller.
681. Mary, born July 28, 1778, married Eli Norton.
682. John, born May 7, 1780, married Hannah Beers.
683. Job, born February 26, 1783, married Lydia {Blake) Erving.
684. Sarah, born February 16, 1785, married Amasa Payne.
685. Lucy Huntington, born February 10, 1788; unmarried.
686. William Ellery, born September 19, 1793, at Worthington, Mass., died August 27, 1810, at Vergennes, Vt., in his seventeenth year.
*Lucy (Huntington), widow of Benjamin Ellery Greene, married (2) Asa Strong of Vergennes, Vt., who died 1832.
Transcribed by Chambers
Source: The Greenes of Rhode Island, with historical records of English ancestry, 1534-1902;
by Greene, George Sears, 1801-1899 Publication date 1903 pages 171-172
281. BENJAMIN ELLERY 5 GREENE (John 4, Richard 3, John 2,
John 1 "Surgeon" Greene) was born at Occupasuetuxet, October 29, 1746. He was a merchant of Boston, Mass. He, with the other heirs of his father, in 1782, sold homestead property which John Greene the emigrant ancestor had purchased of the Indian chief Miantonomi in 1642, to John Brown, Esq., of Providence (see No. 89). He married, March 21, 1775, Lucy, daughter of Rev. Jonathan Huntington of Worthington, Mass., born at East Haddam, Conn., November 16, 1759, died at Vergennes, Vt., February 25, 1824. Her father was the great-grandson of Deacon Simon Huntington', born in England in 1629, who was one of the early colonists of Norwich, Conn. Without a collegiate education, Rev. Jonathan became both a physician and a preacher, and "in both professions maintained an honorable rank." He was a man of warm sympathies and early became interested in the condition of the colored race, laboring faithfully for their improvement. He held the pastorate at Worthington for ten years, 1771-1781. Benjamin Ellery Greene died in Boston, May 27, 1806, and was buried in the burial- ground at the foot of the Common. (See Huntington Family Memoir, p. 117.)
Children:
680. Wealthy, born August 27, 1776, married Scth Weller.
681. Mary, born July 28, 1778, married Eli Norton.
682. John, born May 7, 1780, married Hannah Beers.
683. Job, born February 26, 1783, married Lydia {Blake) Erving.
684. Sarah, born February 16, 1785, married Amasa Payne.
685. Lucy Huntington, born February 10, 1788; unmarried.
686. William Ellery, born September 19, 1793, at Worthington, Mass., died August 27, 1810, at Vergennes, Vt., in his seventeenth year.
*Lucy (Huntington), widow of Benjamin Ellery Greene, married (2) Asa Strong of Vergennes, Vt., who died 1832.
Transcribed by Chambers
Source: The Greenes of Rhode Island, with historical records of English ancestry, 1534-1902;
by Greene, George Sears, 1801-1899 Publication date 1903 pages 171-172
Son of John Greene 1709–1762 and Mary Almy 1722–1777
281. BENJAMIN ELLERY 5 GREENE (John 4, Richard 3, John 2,
John 1 "Surgeon" Greene) was born at Occupasuetuxet, October 29, 1746. He was a merchant of Boston, Mass. He, with the other heirs of his father, in 1782, sold homestead property which John Greene the emigrant ancestor had purchased of the Indian chief Miantonomi in 1642, to John Brown, Esq., of Providence (see No. 89). He married, March 21, 1775, Lucy, daughter of Rev. Jonathan Huntington of Worthington, Mass., born at East Haddam, Conn., November 16, 1759, died at Vergennes, Vt., February 25, 1824. Her father was the great-grandson of Deacon Simon Huntington', born in England in 1629, who was one of the early colonists of Norwich, Conn. Without a collegiate education, Rev. Jonathan became both a physician and a preacher, and "in both professions maintained an honorable rank." He was a man of warm sympathies and early became interested in the condition of the colored race, laboring faithfully for their improvement. He held the pastorate at Worthington for ten years, 1771-1781. Benjamin Ellery Greene died in Boston, May 27, 1806, and was buried in the burial- ground at the foot of the Common. (See Huntington Family Memoir, p. 117.)
Children:
680. Wealthy, born August 27, 1776, married Scth Weller.
681. Mary, born July 28, 1778, married Eli Norton.
682. John, born May 7, 1780, married Hannah Beers.
683. Job, born February 26, 1783, married Lydia {Blake) Erving.
684. Sarah, born February 16, 1785, married Amasa Payne.
685. Lucy Huntington, born February 10, 1788; unmarried.
686. William Ellery, born September 19, 1793, at Worthington, Mass., died August 27, 1810, at Vergennes, Vt., in his seventeenth year.
*Lucy (Huntington), widow of Benjamin Ellery Greene, married (2) Asa Strong of Vergennes, Vt., who died 1832.
Transcribed by Chambers
Source: The Greenes of Rhode Island, with historical records of English ancestry, 1534-1902;
by Greene, George Sears, 1801-1899 Publication date 1903 pages 171-172
281. BENJAMIN ELLERY 5 GREENE (John 4, Richard 3, John 2,
John 1 "Surgeon" Greene) was born at Occupasuetuxet, October 29, 1746. He was a merchant of Boston, Mass. He, with the other heirs of his father, in 1782, sold homestead property which John Greene the emigrant ancestor had purchased of the Indian chief Miantonomi in 1642, to John Brown, Esq., of Providence (see No. 89). He married, March 21, 1775, Lucy, daughter of Rev. Jonathan Huntington of Worthington, Mass., born at East Haddam, Conn., November 16, 1759, died at Vergennes, Vt., February 25, 1824. Her father was the great-grandson of Deacon Simon Huntington', born in England in 1629, who was one of the early colonists of Norwich, Conn. Without a collegiate education, Rev. Jonathan became both a physician and a preacher, and "in both professions maintained an honorable rank." He was a man of warm sympathies and early became interested in the condition of the colored race, laboring faithfully for their improvement. He held the pastorate at Worthington for ten years, 1771-1781. Benjamin Ellery Greene died in Boston, May 27, 1806, and was buried in the burial- ground at the foot of the Common. (See Huntington Family Memoir, p. 117.)
Children:
680. Wealthy, born August 27, 1776, married Scth Weller.
681. Mary, born July 28, 1778, married Eli Norton.
682. John, born May 7, 1780, married Hannah Beers.
683. Job, born February 26, 1783, married Lydia {Blake) Erving.
684. Sarah, born February 16, 1785, married Amasa Payne.
685. Lucy Huntington, born February 10, 1788; unmarried.
686. William Ellery, born September 19, 1793, at Worthington, Mass., died August 27, 1810, at Vergennes, Vt., in his seventeenth year.
*Lucy (Huntington), widow of Benjamin Ellery Greene, married (2) Asa Strong of Vergennes, Vt., who died 1832.
Transcribed by Chambers
Source: The Greenes of Rhode Island, with historical records of English ancestry, 1534-1902;
by Greene, George Sears, 1801-1899 Publication date 1903 pages 171-172
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