Hon. Jacob Greene

Son of Nathanael Green (b Nov. 4, 1707) and Mary Mott (b April 25, 1708), as per https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18944509

Jacob married his cousin Margaret (ca 1740-1802), the daughter of his uncle Jabez Greene and Susannah (Arnold) Greene, on March 26, 1761. They resided in Coventry and had six children: Polly Maria (1762-1832), Thomas (1767-1832), Jabez (ca 1770-1808), Margaret (1772-1786), Jacob Varnum (1773-1815), and Julia (d.1830).

Alice Ione Folsom: Captain Joseph Greene followed his younger brother, Major General Nathaniel Greene, to Boston and was in the Boston Tea Party.

From findagrave (above reference) gravestone inscription:

Inscription: In Filial Affections In remembrance of these virtues To the Hon. Jacob Greene Whose Spirit bid Earth and Friends adieu on the 8th day Of Nov. AD 1808 in the 69th Year of his age

Hi public life commenced in Concert with that of his worthy and much Regarded Brother, the late Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene as distinguished Shed in the Revolution of the United States as exciting a testimony to the Patriotism which secured the Independence of the Country and then and After was marked with such Distinguished probity and known as To gain his Countries affection to the last. Sh, cease surviving mourners, cease your tears The Star recedes to shine in brighter spheres

Burial: Greene Homestead Burial Ground Coventry Kent County Rhode Island, USA

Jacob married Margaret Green, daughter of Jabez & Susanna (Arnold) Green, on 26 Mar 1761 at Warwick, Kent, RI - parents of Mary, Thomas, Jabez, Margaret, Jacob Varnum & Julia Green

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Jacob Greene (1740 - 1809)

Jacob Greene

Born 7 Mar 1740 in Colony of Rhode Island

Son of Nathaniel Greene and Mary (Mott) Greene

Brother of Benjamin Greene [half], Thomas Greene [half], Sarah Rebecca (Greene) Wilson [half], Phebe Greene, Nathanael Greene, William Greene, Elisha Greene, Christopher Greene and Perry M. Greene
Husband of Margaret (Green) Greene — married 26 Mar 1761 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Islandmap
Father of Jabez Greene, Maria (Greene) Sumner, Thomas Greene, Margaret Greene, Jacob Varnum Greene and Julia (Greene) Foster

Died 1809 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode island, USA

Profile last modified 18 Oct 2020 | Created 20 Mar 2014

Sources

Clarke, Louise Brownell. The Greenes of Rhode Island (Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1903) Page 199-200: "In 1772 a sloop belonging to him was seized while transporting rum and sugar from East Greenwich to Newport, ..."
Gorton, Adelos. The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton (Philadephia. George S. Ferguson Co., 1907)
Letters of Henry Rousmaniere", Providence Journal (1859)
http://www.warwickhistory.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=art...
http://www.warwickri.gov/warwickhistory/index.php?option=com_conten...
RI Birth & Christenings, 1600-1914