Stephen Greene

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Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in NewEngland. Printed 1862, volume 7, June 1775: Officers to command the several Trained Bands, or Companies of Militia in the Colony: EXCERPT: East Greenwich: East Greenwich, 2nd Company: STEPHEN GREENE, ENSIGN. _____________________________________________________________________________

Stephen Greene aka Green
Born 19 Feb 1736 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Islandmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Benjamin Greene and Almy (Angell) Greene
Brother of Mary (Greene) Comstock, Christopher Greene, Delight (Greene) Rogers, Nancy (Greene) Rogers [half], Unknown Greene and Benjamin Greene [half]
Husband of Mary (Rhodes) Greene — married 24 Oct 1754 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Islandmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Rhodes Greene, Phebe (Greene) Allen, Huldah (Greene) Sheldon, Sarah (Greene) Arnold and Thomas Greene
Died 1 Oct 1819 at age 83 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Ensign Stephen Greene served with Rhode Island Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Stephen Greene is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A047340.
Stephen was born 19 Feb 1736 at Warwick The son of Benjamin and Almy (Angel) Green.[1][2][3]

He married 24 Oct 1754 at Warwick Mary Rhodes[4] Children, born Warwick:[5]

Rhodes b. 21 August 1755 m. Phebe Vaughn 6 February 1780 d. 9 January 1821
Phebe b. 3 February 1757 m. Joseph Allen 12 March 1778 d. 18 October 1847 at Pawtucket
Huldah b. 5 July 1758
Sarah b. 10 October 1759 m. Moses Arnold 25 January 1781
Mary b. 12 October 1761
Malachi b. 9 August 1764
Almy b. 5 January 1771
Research Notes

Stephen appears as head of household at Warwick in the 1774 census of Rhode Island[6]. The household distribution and inferred attributions are

two white males over 16: Stephen and son Rhodes
one white male under 16: son Malachi
three white females over 16: Mary and daughters Phebe and Huldah
three white females under 16: daughters Sarah, Mary, and Almy
Sources

↑ Clarke: "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F834-6JV : 4 November 2020), Stephen Green, 1736. Page 116
↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F834-6JV : 10 February 2018), Stephen Green, 19 Feb 1736; citing Rhode Island, USA, reference v 1 p 94; FHL microfilm 925,490.
↑ Mayflower Families, Vol. 23, p. 2: Howland, John,Page 4
↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8VS-15Y : 11 February 2018), Stephen Green and Mary Rhodes, 24 Oct 1754; citing Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, reference cn 4; FHL microfilm 22,369.
↑ Arnold: Vol. 1, Warwick Births, Page 174
↑ 1774 Census
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 18 Dec 2021), "Record of Stephen Green", Ancestor # A047340.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2020), memorial page for Stephen Greene (19 Feb 1737–1 Oct 1819), Find a Grave Memorial no. 21541651, citing Pawtuxet Burial Yard, Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Carol (Moody) Clifton (contributor 47117651) Find A Grave: Memorial #21541651.
Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1891).
Clarke, Louise Brownell. The Greenes of Rhode Island (Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1903)
Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>.
1774 Rhode Island Census, Warwick, Page 4, Entry 13 -- Gorton Nathan; citing transcription by Cherry Fletcher Bamberg in Rhode Island Roots 30 p.198, December 2004.
Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QV7Q-7GQ : accessed 31 January 2022), entry for Stephen Greene, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Ann Smith Lainhart; Jane Fletcher Fiske, FASG, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 23 pt. 2) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2010en
Marriages by Elder John Gorton of Warwick, "Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner" (Jul 19, 1879) Page 2.