THE GREENE FAMILY of ST. ALBANS, VERMONT together with the origin and the history of the Greene Family in England and Rhode Island by Walter and Ella Greene 1964 Copyright 1964 by Walter and Ella Greene PREFACE To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root. - - Chinese Proverb Some years ago the authors discovered that the genealogy of our branch of the Greene family had been compiled to about the year 1800. This work was then conceived as a small pamphlet which would bring the record up to the present generation for our immediate family. In searching for data, we contacted many related branches of the family. We were encouraged by those with whom we talked to believe that interest in our endeavor reached beyond our own family. The information we gathered increased in volume to the point where we decided it should be preserved per­ manently in book form and that it should include a summary of information from earlier genealogies which are now out of print and practically unobtain­ able, except in large libraries and historical society collections. This work includes names and pertinent dates for the Vermont Greenes which were supplied to us by interested members of the present generation, supplemented by our own searches in genealogies and vital records. It is sufficiently complete, we believe, so that present (and future} generations not now included in the book can trace back their own lines to where they join that of Nathan, Job, or Caleb Greene, and from them to our common ances - tors in Rhode Island and England, Our sincere thanks to all who assisted us by supplying information and checking sections of the manuscript on the accuracy of the data for the vari­ ous branches of the family. Our gratitude and appreciation also to the local and state historical societies and libraries, without whose dedicated stewardship of the records of past generations, this work would not have been possible. Walter and Ella Greene November 1, 1964 1833 Nott Street Schenectady, New York iii CONTENTS This is the story of two Vermont pioneers, their ancestors and their descendants. NATHAN and JOB GREENE were among the original settlers of St. Albans, Vermont, in 1786. They were the fifth generation descended from JOHN GREENE OF QUIDNESSETT (or Kings­ town), Rhode Island, who, in turn, is reported to have been the fifth generation descended from ROBERT GREENE OF GILLINGHAM, England, a descendant of SIR HENRY GREENE, Lord Chief-Justice of England in 1361. A number of books and articles relating to the English ancestry of various branches of the Greene family - and the critical reviews of these same writings - were studied. Chapter I tells the story of our English ancestry as we deduce it from the evidence pre­ sented by different writers. Considerable information about the four generations who lived in Rhode Island is available, but it is scattered throughout numerous journal articles, histories, and several genealogies. In Chapters II and III, we have attempted to bring together in one connected story the various pieces of information appearing elsewhere. The accounts of different authors were compared and where differences were found to exist, every effort was made to check back into original records so that the account as presented here represents as accurate an interpretation of the evidence as it has been possible for us to secure. The story as given here for Nathan and Job Greene and their descendants (Chapters IV through XX) has been authenticated through searches in town hall records, family Bibles, cemetery inscriptions, newspaper articles, etc. An effort has been made to have a living descendant verify the statements. for each separate branch of the family. CHAPTERS PAGE I THE GREENE FAMILY IN ENGLAND 1 II THE GREENE FAMILY AND THE EARLY HISTORY OF RHODE ISLAND.... 12 III FOUR GENERATIONS IN RHODE ISLAND, including the families of........ 22 I John Greene of Quidnessett1 III Henry Greene3 II Benjamin Greene2 IV Job Greene4 IV NATHAN GREENE5 (~ioneer settler in St. Albans), including families of 38 V Nathan Greene VIII Willard Ainsworth 7 VI Sarah Greene Ainsworth6 IX Amanda Greene Bingham6 VII Judah H. Ainsworth 7 V HEMAN GREENE6 (Nathan5), including families of . 50 8 X Heman Greene6 XI Homer Brooks 7 VI CYRUS K. P. GREENE (Heman6, Nathan5), including families of .......•.. 57 XII Cyrus K. P. Greene 7 XV Kate Greene Rhoades 8 XIII Bertha Greene Hickok8 XVI Channing Benedict Greene 8 XIV William Henry Greene8 XVII Cyrus Porter Greene8 iv CHAPTERS PAGE 7 VII BYRON P. GREENE8 (Heman , Heman6, Nathan5), including families of...... 63 XVIII Byron Peasley Greene8 XIX Ida Greene Page 9 6 VIII GARDNER GREENE (Nathan5), including families of ........... '(:......... 67 XX Gardner Greene6 XXI Henry Greene IX NATHAN G. GREENE6 {Nathan5), including families of . • . • . • 69 XXII Nathan G. Greene6 XXIII Warren William Greene 7 6 X HENRY C. GREENE {Nathan5), including families of....................... 72 XXIV Henry C. Greene6 XXVII Lester Bruce Greene 7 XXV William Henry Greene 7 XXVIII Sidney Thomas Greene 7 XXVI Almira L. Greene Watson 7 XXIX Amanda S. Greene Morley 7 7 XI MARC US DAR WIN GREENE {Henri, Nathan5), including families of ...•.... 82 XXX Marcus Darwin Greene 7 XXXII Louise Greene Cummings8 XXXI Ferdinand Henry Greene8 XII FRANK LESTER GREENE8 {Lester 7, Henry6, Nathan5), including families of .. 86 XXXIII Frank Lester Greene8 XXXV Dorothy Greene Alexander9 XXXIV Richardson Lester Greene 9 6 XIII ANSON DRAPER GREENE (Nathan5), including families of ..........•.•...• 92 XXXVI Anson Draper Greene6 XXXIX Clark Anson Abell 8 7 XXXVII Eliza Greene Abell 7 XL Alvira Greene Alexander XXXVIII Lillian Abell Cleveland8 XLI Louise Greene Hurlbut 7 7 XIV HASKELL RODRICK GREENE (Anson 6, Nathan5), including families of. ..... 102 XLII Haskell Rodrick Greene 7 XLIV Darrell Julian Greene 9 XLIII Haskell Brewer Greene8 7 xv WILLIAM GARDNER GREENE {Anson 6, Nathans), including families of ..•.. 106 XLV William Gardner Greene 7 XLVIII Doris Greene Roberts9 8 XLVI Joseph Albert Greene XLIX Walter Anson Greene9 XLVII Grace Greene Cline 9 L Winifred Greene Taylor9 XVI LUTHER ANNENIUS GREENE6 {NathanS), including families of 115 LI Luther A. Greene6 LII Charles B. ·~;~~~~ 7 •. ·. • XVII JOB GREENE 5 {pioneer settler in St. Albans) being Family No. LIII ........ 118 XVIII NOEL P. GREENE6 {Jobs), including families of ...•....•........•....••.. 121 LIV Noel P. Greene6 LVI Adelia Greene Hazelton8 LV Leamon L. Greene7 LVII Edward Greene7 XIX ORRIN GREENE6 (Jobs), including families of ...•.....•..........•....••• 126 LVIII Orrin Greene6 LX Celestia Greene Caldwell 7 LIX William H. H. Greene 7 LXI Mary Caldwell Hindley8 5 xx CALEB GREENE {Job4 ), including families of .•.••.................•.•.•• 132 LXII Caleb Greene5 LXIV Miles Greene 7 LXIII Samuel Smith Greene6 LXV William Henry Greene8 V RELATED LINES PAGE One DE LA ZOUCHE . • . • • . • . • . 143 Two DRAYTON - VERE . • • • . • • • . • . • . • . • • • • 145 Three MAUDUIT .......•....•....•............•....•.•..........•.........•. 147 Four COGGESHALL ....••..••....•...........•.•....•.•.......•.......••... 148 Five RATHBONE - MOSHER - DODGE ........•...••••.................•..••. 150 Six CARR - SLOG UM ....•.••..•..........•.......................•••.•..., 152 Seven JOHN GREENE OF WARWICK ..........•....••••........•......•.•....• 155 Eight ALFORD (Alvord) ••••....•.......................•... o • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 158 Nine EVARTS . • . • . • . • . • • . • . • . 161 Ten ALLEN ...........•........................•................. o....... 163 APPENDIXES A GREENE COAT-OF-ARMS AND CREST 166 B EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE ENGLISH ANCESTRY OF THE RHODE ISLAND GREENES . • . • . • . • • • 169 C HYPOTHESIS THAT JOHN GREENE OF NEWPORT AND JOHN GREENE OF QUIDNESSETT (KINGSTOWN) WERE ONE PERSON • . • . 1 71 D CONTROVERSY OVER SURNAME: JOHN GREENE VERSUS JOHN CLARKE 175 E SEARCH FOR INFORMATION REGARDING JOB AND MEREBAH (CARR) GREENE DURING THE YEARS 1770-1792 . 178 BIBLIOGRAPHY . • . • • . 180 INDEX OF NAMES . • . • . • . 190 vi SYMBOLS USED IN THIS BOOK A. Capital Roman numerals indicate number assigned to FAMILIES. These have been numbered consecutively as they appear in the text. B. Lower-case Roman numerals indicate CHILDREN of a particular family. C. Arabic numbers indicate GRANDCHILDREN of a par­ ticular family when this family line is carried out no farther in the genealogy. D. Arabic numbers in raised position following the name of an ancestor indicate GENERATION. None of these exceed number fifteen. E. Chapter One, "The Greene Family in England," is considered an introductory chapter to the main text. Numbering of individuals and families in this chapter does not follow the same pattern as described above for the rest of the text. This was done because it was desired to number the immigrant ancestor to this country as the first generation in this genealogy. F. Arabic numbers in raised position are used in the text also to refer to the BIBLIOGRAPHY but cannot be confused with generation numbers as they begin with number 101. G. BIBLIOGRAPHY has been divided into five sections: 1. Genealogies - numbered 101, 102, etc. 2. Period in England - numbered 201, 202, etc. 3. Period in Rhode Island - numbered 301, 302, etc. 4. Transition Period from Rhode Island to Vermont - numbered 401, 402, etc. 5. Period in Vermont - numbered 501, 502, etc. H. Names in capital letters indicate LINEAL descendants. Names ~derlined indicate families with whom they intermarried.