Caleb Greene (1729 - 1775)

Born 21 Mar 1729 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Grant) Greene — married about 7 Nov 1750 in North Stonington, Connecticut [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1775 at age 45 in Stonington New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

This Caleb Greene, born 21 Mar 1728/29 at Westerly, Rhode Island, was a son of Eleanor (Randall) & Benjamin Greene.

From Wheeler (1900) History of Stonington, pg 401, no. 21 ^[1]: "Lucy [Grant] b. May 9 1732, m. Caleb Green of Westerly R.I., Nov. 9 1750." This coincides with the entry for Lucy Grant in The Grant Family genealogy (1898), p. 20, no. 11403 ^[2].

From Bailey, "Early Connecticut marriages as found on ancient church records prior to 1800", vol 1, pg 56: ^[3] "Caleb Greene of Westerly & Lucy Grant of Stonington, Nov. 7, 1750."

Children

• John Green, b. 4 Apr 1755; d. 21 Mar 1824 @ Halifax, Vermont
• Lucy Green, b. 11 Jun 1757 ^[4]; married 1 Jan 1778 Joshua Grant; d. 15 May 1836
• Grace Green, b. 1761; married 11 Mar 1779 Oliver Breed; d. 6 Aug 1830
• Rhoda Greene, b. 21 Nov 1767; married Joseph Breed; d. 9 Dec 1827
• Benjamin Green, b. 1769; married in 1796 Bridget Wheeler ^[5]; d. 1834 @ Halifax, Vermont
• Matthew Greene [Note, there are no credible data yet evident on this putative child of Caleb & Lucy (Grant) Greene]

Death Caleb Green died 3 Feb 1775 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA. His grave is in Brown Cemetery, North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[6]. Gravestone inscription: Caleb Green, who died Feb. 3, 1775 in ye 46th year of his age. Other data in FAG, are unsourced and should be considered speculative.

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n423/mode/1up
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/20/mode/1up
3. ↑ Bailey, F. W. (Frederic William). (18961906). Early Connecticut marriages as found on ancient church records prior to 1800. New Haven, Conn.: Bureau of American ancestry.[1]
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #20790116
5. ↑ The Greene Family & its Branches From A.D. 861 to 1904, p. 137: https://archive.org/details/greenefamilyitsb00lama/page/137/mode/1up [NOTE: This reference is specious, thus attachment of this person to this family should be supported by additional, more probitive references.]
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #17435922

• The Narragansett Historical Register (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., Providence, 1882) Vol. 1, p. 135: https://books.google.com/books?id=x64_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA135: "Greene, Caleb, of Benjamin and Eleanor; Mar. 21, 1729; Vol. 2, p. 169, no. 16.VII: https://books.google.com/books?id=5a8_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA168#v=onepage&q&f=false

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 401, no. 21: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n423/mode/1up