There are two major families in Rhode Island-John Greene of Quidnesset and John Greene the Surgeon. If you need further information on these branches, please check out this Greene genealogy web site.
The following list of ancestors begins with the most recent ancestor Silence, and goes backwards to the first known ancestor.
Silence Green was born to Timothy Greene and Silence Burlingame on April 14, 1762 in Coventry, Kent Cty, RI.
Timothy Greene was born July 14, 1725 in W. Greenwich, Kent Cty, RI and died in Coventry, Kent Cty, RI in 1780. He married September 22, 1751 in Coventry to Silence Burlingame who was born about 1727 in RI. They had the following children: Peleg, Enfield, Huldah, Levi, Mary, Silence, Rowland and Elizabeth.
John Greene was born April 9, 1688 in East Greenwich, Kent Cty, RI and died March 15, 1756 in West Greenwich. He married on November 30, 1713 in E. Greenwich to Ann Nancy Hill who was born in RI in 1690. They had the following children: Ann, Enfield, Silas, Mary, Elizabeth, John, Margaret, Timothy, Samuel, Esther and Nathan.
John Robert Greene was born in 1645 in East Greenwich, Kent Cty, RI where he died on October 6, 1729. He married Abigail D. Wardwell in 1684 in Ipswich, Essex Cty, MA. Abigail was born October 27,1665 in Ipswich and died October 19, 1739 in RI. They had the following children: James, John, Jane, Usal, Ebenezer, Robert, William, Enfield, Mary, Hannah and Andrew.
John Greene was born in 1606 in Gillingham, Dorcetshire, England and died in 1695 in Kingstown, Washington Cty, Rhode Island. He married Joan Beggarly in 1642 in Boston, Suffolk, MA where she was born in 1620. She died in 1692 in Coventry, Kent Cty, RI. They had the following children: Edward, John Robert, Daniel, Henry, Sarah, Robert, James, Enfield, Welthian and Benjamin.
Robert Greene was born in 1580 in Gillingham, Dorcetshire, England and died there in 1600. His only known child: John Greene.
Henry Greene was born in 1552 in Gillingham, Dorcetshire, England and died there. He married on August 22, 1578 to a woman born in 1579. They had the following children: Thomas and Robert.
John Greene, b. 1529 Bowridge Hill, Gillingham, Dorcetshire, England and died in 1650 in England married 1550 in England and had the following children: Robert, Jeremy and Henry.
Robert Greene, Gentleman was born in 1498 in Bowridge Hill, Gillingham, Dorcetshire, England and died in 1588 same place. He and wife unknown had the following children: Peter, Richard, John, Alice and Anne.
John Greene, the Fugitive born 1478 Bowridge married Elizabeth in 1498 and died 1558 same place.
