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Robert Greene

Also Known As: "Robert Greene Sr."
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Great Mills (Greens Rest), St. Mary's County, Province of Maryland
Death: May 12, 1716 (64-72)
St. Mary's County, Province of Maryland
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Greene, 2nd Proprietary Governor of Maryland and Winifred Clarke
Husband of Mary Ann Boarman; Katherine Greene and Mary Ann Greene
Father of Elizabeth Greene; Robert Green; James Francis Greene; Joshua Greene; Thomas Greene and 16 others
Brother of Edward Green and Francis Green, Sr.
Half brother of Charles Greene; Edward Green; Anne Greene; Benjamin Greene; Thomas Greene and 3 others

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About Robert Greene

Biography

Robert Greene was born circa 1648 in Great Mills (Greens Rest), St. Mary's County, Province of Maryland. His parents were Thomas Greene, 2nd Proprietary Governor of Maryland and Winifred Clarke.

Robert married Mary Ann (Boarman) Greene in 1679 in Charles Co., Md.. Together they had the following children: Robert Greene, Jr.; James Francis Greene; Thomas Greene; Elizabeth (Greene) Simpson; Sarah (Greene) McAtee; Anne (Greene) Clark; Mary (Greene) Thompson; William Greene.

He died on May 12, 1716 in St. Mary's County, Province of Maryland.



Sources:

  1. Title: Early Families of Frederick County, Maryland
     Author: Steve Gilland
     Publication: Willow Bend Books, Westminister, MD, 2000
     Text: Page 5, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41- James was the executor of his mother's will and received a part of Guyther's Purchase from his mother's estate in 1716. In 1709 he inherited a part of the plantation known as Strife from his godfather Thomas Frederick of Prince George's County.
  2. Title: Family Records of Mary Kelly Mills
     Author:
     Note: Mail 6 Oct 2001
     Text: Mrs. Mills states that his will was probated. And her source was "Genealogical History of Our Ancestors" by Rutherford
  3. Title: Genealogical History of Our Ancestors, Volume I
     Author: William Kenneth Rutherford and Anna-Clay (Zimmerman) Rutherford
     Publication: 1977
     Text: Page 54, 57, 274, 275, 276, 282, 283, 287, 288 - James Greene of Prince George's County, Maryland, purchased a tract of land called Strife 1 May 1701 in partnership with Thomas Federick (1). He received 100 acres of Frederick's share of Strife according to the latter's will in 1709 (2).
     James Greene, Sr., died testate. In his will, dated 14 February 1727 and proved 17 February 1734, he devised 300 acres of Stife to his son, James; 200 acres of Strife to his daughter, Mary Bowling, and reserved the residue of the land in the west end of Strife for his wife as long as she remained his widow; and the remainder of Strife to his son, William. The tract of land known as Air was equally divided between his son, Roger Greene, and his daughter, Elizabeth Thompson. Roger was also given a small tract of land called Cooper (3).
     (1) Prince George's County Deeds, Liber A, ff. 387-388, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.
     (2) Prerogative Wills, Liber 12, pt 2, f. 139, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.
     (3) ibid., Liber 1, f. 237.
  4. Title: Genealogical History of Our Ancestors, Volume II
     Author: William Kenneth Rutherford and Anna-Clay (Zimmerman) Rutherford
     Publication: 1977
     Text: Page 162, 163, 175 - In his will, dated 14 February 1727 and proved 17 February 1734 in Prince George's County, he named his wife Charity, and each of their children. (1)
     (1) Prerogative Wills, Liber 1, f. 237, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD
  5. Title: Major William Boarman, His Descendants
     Author: Mary Louise Donnelly
     Publication: 1990, Privately Published by Author
     Page: Page 19

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Robert Greene's Timeline

1644
June 13, 1644
St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England
1644
Great Mills (Greens Rest), St. Mary's County, Province of Maryland
1667
1667
Scotts Comfort, Charles, Maryland, United States
1674
March 15, 1674
Port Tobacco, Charles County, Province of Maryland
1674
Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1680
1680
St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States
1680
St Mary's, Maryland, USA
1681
1681
St Marys, Baltimore, Maryland, United States