Duty
Greene
Born in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Greene
[uncertain]
and Mehitable (Tripp) Greene
[uncertain]
Husband of
Polly (Smith) Greene
— married
about 1786 (to 27 Oct 1824) in Broome County, New York
Descendants 
Died
at age 81
in Barlow, Washington, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Nov 2016
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Biography
Private Duty Greene served with Berkshire County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Duty Greene is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A046881.
FAG and FamilySearch has one set of parents but he is not listed as their child in the Green Family book. The Greene family book only has one Duty listed as son of parents attached.
The DAR list Duty Greene Birth: 3-18-1761 West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Death: 7-2-1842 Washington, Ohio. Served as a Private with the Massachusetts Militia. He married Polly Smith. Numerous children listed. [1]
Inscription on modern day marker stone: DUTY GREEN PVT 12 MASS REGT REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1761 1842" This is a modern day stone, probably installed by a lineage society, and an addition to his original tombstone at the grave site. [2]
Rhode Island Vital Records list a Duty Greene born Duty 27 May 1768 a son of Benjamin Greene and Mehitable in Washington County, RI. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 19 Feb 2022), "Record of Duty Greene", Ancestor # A046881.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #23132521 Burial Watertown, Washington County, Ohio, United States of America
- ↑ Volume Number and Title: Vol· 05: Washington County: Births, Marriages, Deaths. Original data:Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Tax (1822) Unknown, Washington, Ohio
- Tax (1825) Unknown, Washington, Ohio
- Tax (1831) Barlow Township, Washington, Ohio
- The Greene family and its branches from 861 to 1904; Author: La Mance, Lora Sarah Nichols, Mrs., 1857- [from old catalog],Stowe, Attie A. Nichols, Mrs., 1843 (https://archive.org/stream/greenefamilyitsb00lama#page/138)
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), entry for Duty Green(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZXY-K8W); contributed by various users.
- Source: S1304340661 Repository: #R1300269191 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=105233732&pid=480 Repository: R1300269191
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Duty by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Duty:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Duty by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Duty:
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~1.56%
Janice Woolf
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member janicewoolf
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Albert Cary :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Ashley Schmidtberger :
23andMe
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Died 1796 in NY Mother: Ruth Matteson born 16 Oct 1724 same place. Died 1820 place unknown Sources: Vital Records of RI Rhode Island Genealogical Register Ancestry Family Trees
I don't think anyone has definitively found the parents of Duty Greene the Revolutionary War veteran.