Christopher Greene (1733 - 1820)

Born 7 Sep 1733 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island [uncertain]

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Died 17 Oct 1820 at age 87 in Waterford, New London, Connecticut, USA

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Christopher was born on 7 September 1733 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island. He was the son of Benjamin Greene (abt.1702-bef.1774) and Almy (Angell) Greene (abt.1713-bef.1742).^[1][2]

Chriistopher died (age 87) on 17 October 1820 in Connecticut, United States.^[3] Christopher was mentioned on a memorial in Old Quaker Hill Cemetery, Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, United States.^[4]

Christopher wrote his will on 24 September 1816. His estate passed probate in 1820.^[5] Beneficiaries:

• my loving wife Mary Green
• eldest son William Green
• my second son Christopher Green
• my daughter Mary Green
• my five daughters:
  • Lucy Widger
  • Mary Daton
  • Amy Lester
  • Eunice Harding
  • Mary Green
• the heirs of my daughter Welthy Newbury, deceased

Notes

• Doctor Jeremiah GREENE, son of Col. Christopher GREENE, decd., of Warwick, & Lydia ARNOLD, daughter of Colonel William ARNOLD, of East Greenwich, married in said Greenwich, Oct 7, 1790
• Thomas HUGHES, son of Joseph HUGHES, of Newport, & Welthan GREENE, daughter of Col. Christopher GREENE, decd., of Warwick, married in said Warwick, Feb 27, 1782
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ri/warwick_ri_marriages.htm

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
   Citing FHL microfilm: 908269;
   FamilySearch Record: F87Q-BLM (accessed 24 April 2022)
   Christopher Greene baptism on 7 Sep 1733 (born 7 Sep 1733) in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.
2. ↑ The Greene’s of RI: Greene, George Sears; The Greenes of Rhode Island, with historical records of English ancestry, 1534-1902’ Pub: 1903, NY; Page 180 https://archive.org/details/greenesofrhodeis00gree/page/180/mode/2up?view=theater
3. ↑ Death: "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
   Citing FHL microfilm: 3133; Record number: 263;
   FamilySearch Record: F78Z-GX7 (accessed 24 April 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89F5-RQ1K Image number 00267
   Chriistopher Greene death 17 Oct 1820 (age 87) in Connecticut, United States.
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image).
   Find A Grave: Memorial #60241420 (accessed 24 April 2022)
   Memorial page for Christopher Greene (7 Sep 1733-17 Oct 1820), citing Old Quaker Hill Cemetery, Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by John Beckstein (contributor 46939506).
5. ↑ Probate: "Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999"
   Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9049 #2402929 (accessed 24 April 2022)
   Christopher Greene probate in 1820.

• Baker, Henry Augustus. History of Montville, Connecticut Formerly the North Parish of New London from 1640 to 1896 (Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, Hartford, Conn., 1896) Page: #22 p 236-237
• Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880, Vol. 23, p. 2: Howland, John. Page 4
• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QV7Q-7GM : accessed 31 January 2022), entry for Christopher 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