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John Greene Jr. (1620 – 27 November 1708) was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations who spent almost his entire adult life in the public service of the colony.
Jan 20, 2010 · One of the most amazing and outstanding men of the Colonial Period was Major John Greene of Occupasuetuxet. He is also known and referred to as John Greene Jr. and Deputy Governor John Greene.
Mar 4, 2011 · John Greene Jr., who had served as General Recorder for Providence and Warwick from 1652 to 1654 and 1657 to 1660, was elected as “Major for the mainland” from 1684 to 1689, and was Deputy Governor from May 1690 to May 1700.
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Greene, John, Jr., 1620 - 1708. John Greene was the son of John Greene and Joan Tattersall of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, who immigrated to New England in 1635 to settle eventually at Occupassnatuxet in Warwick, Rhode Island, on land his father purchased from Miantonomo.
Nov 22, 2023 · Major John Greene was Deputy Governor of Rhode Island from 1690 to 1700. General George Sears Greene , in 1842, wrote that he had "collated extensively from the town records of Warwick," which he found "quite perfect from the time of the first settlement of the town, many of them being in the hand-writing of Major John Greene, Deputy-Governor ...
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- August 15, 1620
- Anne (Almy) Greene
- November 27, 1708
Governor John Easton, fearing that pirates would gain from this practice, hesitated to grant commissions. Deputy Governor Greene had no such reservations and allowed privateering, thereby paving the way for a dramatic increase in Rhode Island's commerce.
Dec 29, 2009 · The attack by Massachusetts soldiers on the Gortonists at Shawomet in 1643. One of the first six colonists to receive "home lots" in Providence was the remarkable John Greene, Surgeon. Like many of the other settlers, he wanted more land to begin his life in America.
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