Zachariah (Greene) Green (1760 - 1858)

Born 11 Jan 1760 in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Fleet) Green — married 28 Jun 1786 in Huntington, New York, United States

Husband of Abigail (Howard) Green — married 14 Sep 1793 in Newtown, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Jun 1858 at age 98 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States

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Biography

Corporal Zachariah (Greene) Green served with 2nd Connecticut Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Zachariah (Greene) Green is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A047484.

Rev. Zachariah GREEN served at Setauket Presbyterian Church in Suffolk County, New York The Revolutionary War Pension roll shows pension commenced 2/26/1779, increased 1816 and 1833. In 1833 increase due to disability. Rank: Corporal.

The DAR recognizes his service for both Connecticut and Massachusetts during the American Revolution. He held the rank of Corporal and served with Capt. Amos Wallbridge, Colonel Read et al. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogies of Long Island families; a collection of genealogies relating to the following Long Island families: Dickerson, Mitchill, Wickham, Carman, Raynor, Rushmore, Satterly, Hawkins, Arthur Smith, Mills, Howard, Lush, Greene; comp. by Charles J. Werner ... Mainly from records left by Benjamin F. Thompson. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark%3A%2F13960%2Ft83j3tg8n&seq=9
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 26, 2020), "Record of Green, Zachariah", Ancestor # A047484.

• Werner, Charles. Genealogies of Long Island Families (New York, C.J. Werner, 1919) Page 125

• Clarke, Louise Brownell. The Greenes of Rhode Island (Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1903) Page 255: "Rev. Zachariah was not a descendant of John Greene, surgeon, but of William Green of Woburn, Mass. He as a grandson of Robert White, one of the "early settlers" of Stafford. He had a pastorial charge for many years at Hempstead, L.I., and died in 1858, aged ninety-eight."

• Drake, Francis. Dictionary of American Biography (Houghton, Osgood & Co., Boston, 1879) Page 382: "Greene, Zachriah, Revol. soldier and clergyman, b. Stafford, Ct. 11 Jan. 1760; d. Hempstead, L.I., June 20, 1858. Dartm. Coll. 1781. He served in the army, and was engaged on several occasions, until by a bullet-wound in his shoulder, at the battle of White Marsh, in Dec. 1777, he was compelled to retire from the service. He then studied for the ministry; was pastor of the Presb. ch. at Cutchoguc, Southold, L.I., from June 28, 1787, to 1797, and at Setauket, from 1797 until his removal to Hempstead in 1849. He was a chaplain in the army in the war of 1812."

• Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed 11 September 2022), memorial page for Rev Zachariah Greene (11 Jan 1760–21 Jun 1858), Find A Grave: Memorial #104470828 |citing Presbyterian Cemetery, Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA; Maintained by Saratoga (contributor 46965279) .

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C38J-C?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 176 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.