Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameBenjamin GREENE 
1801, p 257
1801, p 257Birthabt 16651801, p 11
FatherJohn GREENE (->1695)
MotherJoan (-1682)
Individual Notes
• 5th child of 5.1801, p 11
• BENJAMIN GREENE (probably of John1) was of North Kingstown and afterward of East Greenwich. Evidence seems to identify him as the son of John1of Kingstown, though it is not conclusive. If so, he was born, probably in Quidnesset (North Kingstown), about 1665; m. about 1684 Humility Coggeshall, 6th child of Joshua and Joan (West), of Newport and Portsmouth, who was born in Portsmouth Jan., 1671.
His name appears in the freeman's list of North Kingstown in 1696. In 1698-1703 he was deputy to the General Assembly; 1701-1704 member of the Town Council; 1702, ratemaker; 1703, appointed to lay out highways.
March 26, 1705, he sold land in Kingstown and soon removed to East Greenwich, where he died in the winter of 1718-19. His will, dated Jan. 7, 1719, was proved in East Greenwich March 5 following. In it he mentions his wife Humility, who survived him, and twelve children, of whom the three youngest were under eighteen.1801, p 11
• BENJAMIN GREENE (probably of John1) was of North Kingstown and afterward of East Greenwich. Evidence seems to identify him as the son of John1of Kingstown, though it is not conclusive. If so, he was born, probably in Quidnesset (North Kingstown), about 1665; m. about 1684 Humility Coggeshall, 6th child of Joshua and Joan (West), of Newport and Portsmouth, who was born in Portsmouth Jan., 1671.
His name appears in the freeman's list of North Kingstown in 1696. In 1698-1703 he was deputy to the General Assembly; 1701-1704 member of the Town Council; 1702, ratemaker; 1703, appointed to lay out highways.
March 26, 1705, he sold land in Kingstown and soon removed to East Greenwich, where he died in the winter of 1718-19. His will, dated Jan. 7, 1719, was proved in East Greenwich March 5 following. In it he mentions his wife Humility, who survived him, and twelve children, of whom the three youngest were under eighteen.1801, p 11
Spouses
BirthJan 1671, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island1801, p 11
FatherJoshua COGGESHALL (-1688)
MotherJoan WEST (1635-1676)
Marriageabt 1687, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island1801, p 11,2447, p 320
ChildrenBenjamin (1692-1756)