GREENE, John of Quidnessette b. 1606 Gillingham, Salisbury County, Wiltshire, England d. 1695 Kingstown, RI

Puffer Genealogy

1606 - 1695 (89 years)

Name	GREENE, John
Suffix	of Quidnessette
Birth	1606	Gillingham, Salisbury County, Wiltshire, England
Gender	Male
Residence	1639	Quidnessett, RI
_COLOR	3
Death	1695	Kingstown, RI
Burial	Coventry, RI
Person ID	I2139	Puffers
Last Modified	16 Dec 2017

Father	GREENE, Robert, b. 1576, Gillingham, Salisbury County, Wiltshire, England d. 1650, Cucklington, Somerset, England (Age 74 years)
Family ID	F12268	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family BEGGARLY, Joan Jane, b. Abt 1620, Boston, MA d. 1692, Coventry, RI (Age 72 years)

Marriage 1642 Boston, MA

Children

	1. GREENE, Captain Edward, b. Abt 1643 d. 1713 (Age 70 years)
	2. GREENE, Enfield, b. 1645, Washington County, RI d. Bef 1745 (Age < 99 years)
	3. GREENE, Sarah, b. Abt 1645, RI d. Bef 1745, RI (Age < 99 years)
	4. GREENE, Daniel, b. Abt 1647 d. 1730, North Kingstown, RI (Age 83 years)
	5. GREENE, Henry, b. 1650 d. 1694 (Age 44 years)
	6. GREENE, Lt Lt. John Robert III, b. 6 Jun 1651, Narragansett, RI d. 6 Oct 1729, Warwick, RI (Age 78 years)
	7. GREENE, Robert, b. 1653, Washington County, RI d. 1694, Shrewsbury, NJ (Age 41 years)
	8. GREENE, Lt. James, b. 1655, Quidnessett, RI d. 10 Sep 1728, East Greenwich, RI (Age 73 years)
	9. GREENE, Benjamin, b. Abt 1665, Quidnessett, RI d. 1718/9, East Greenwich, RI (Age 54 years)

Family ID F8259 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 5 May 2024

Notes

He worked for Richard Smith at an Indian trading post in the wilderness of the Narragansett around 1639. This area was called Aquidnesset by the Indians which was shortened to Quidnesset by the colonists. Hence, he is known as John Greene of Quidnesset. Smith and Green at one point threw in their lot with CT during the controversy over which state (CT, MA, RI) controlled the Narragansett probably because the Rhode Island Assembly had sought to void any purchase of land from the Indians without permission of the Assembly. The result was that John Greene was arrested on 11 May 1664. In court John Greene tactlessly spoke his mind offending the court and was forced to retract his statement. He then revised his position and requested that the court pardon his "offense in adhering to the government of Connecticut." This pardon was granted and he was permitted to return home.