Elizabeth (Godfrey) Greene (1709 - 1789)

Born 21 May 1709 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Greene — married 7 Jun 1727 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1789 at age 80 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Name: Elizabeth (Godfrey) Greene

Elizabeth was born 21 May 1709 in Newport, Rhode Island British America the daughter of Captain John Godfrey and Elizabeth (Carr) Godfrey.^[1] She was baptized 12 Apr 1750 in Warwick, Rhode Island by Rev. Dr. McSparran, Missionary from The Church of England.^[2]

Two different extracts of Trinity Church records have her marriage date of 7 Jun 1727,^[3][4] and George Sears Greene confirms that date along with the detail that their ceremony was performed by Rev. James Honeyman. He also provides the list of nine children Elizabeth bore with her husband Richard. ^[5]

Children:

1. Elizabeth, born June 17, 1728, died unmarried, March 19, 1816. Her will, dated January 31, 1S05, was proved April 4, 1816.
2. Thomas, born October 11, 1729, married 1st Mary Low, 2nd Sarah Wickes.
3. Godfrey, born May 31, 1732, married Freelove Greene.
4. William, born January 3, 1733, died 1736.
5. William, born June 9, 1737, married Comfort Greene.
6. Welthyan, born January 1, 1738, died March 27, 1738.
7. Benjamin, born January 5, 1741, died at Surinam, July 21, 1771.
8. John, born November 10, 1743, married Mary Greene.
9. Caleb, born January 3, 1746, married Mary Lippitt.

Elizabeth passed away on 30 Nov 1789 in Warwick and was buried in the Stone Castle Lot, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island.^[6] Her death date is visible on her grave marker as well.^[7]

Research Note:

There are two records that chronicle "Elizabeth widow of Richard, Esq." death details that have the dates that those details were published NOT her actual death date.; One is in the "UNITED STATES CHRONICLE--Deaths, page 508; 10 Dec. 1789^[8] and the other in PROVIDENCE GAZETTE--DEATHS, page 436; 5 Dec. 1789.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Elizabeth Godfrey in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1141669:61157
2. ↑ The Greenes of Rhode Island, with historical records of English ancestry, 1534-1902; by Greene, George Sears, 1801-1899 https://archive.org/details/greenesofrhodeis00gree/page/143/mode/1up
3. ↑ Elizabeth Godfrey in the Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/229099:3897
4. ↑ Elizabeth Godfrey in the Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6229168:3897
5. ↑ https://archive.org/details/greenesofrhodeis00gree/page/143/mode/1up
6. ↑ Elizabeth Greene in the U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26680419/elizabeth-greene
7. ↑ Death recorded on Grave marker 30 Nov 1789: https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2012/91/26680419_133330813479.jpg
8. ↑ Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 for Elizabeth Greene Vol. 15: Newspapers: Marriages, Deaths https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3897/images/41384_2421406273_0018-00577?pId=568650
9. ↑ Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 for Elizabeth Greene Vol. 13: Newspapers: Deaths https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3897/images/41384_2421406273_0016-00517?pId=532278

See Also: Sources from the original iteration of this profile--orphaned.

• Newport Town Records, The Rhode Island Historical Magazine (Newport Historical Pub. Co., 1881) Vol. 2, Page 160. Birth record.
• Arnold, James Newell. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1891)

• Vol. 4 Newport County, Part 2, Newport, Page 98: Birth record.
• Vol. 1 Kent County, Warwick, Page 47. Marriage record.

• Updike, Wilkins. A History of The Episcopal Church in Narragansett, Rhode Island (Merrymount Press, Boston, 1907) Page 126