Captain Samuel Greene

• Capt Samuel Greene Find A Grave Memorial# 17885483
• Captain Samuel Greene Lot, Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA Find A Grave

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GEDCOM Note

“Samuel, youngest son of John Green, 2d., and father of the first Governor William Greene, was deputy in 1704,7, 8,14,15 and 19. He seems to have been less active in colonial affairs than some of his brothers. He was a very substantial kind of man and higly respected. He was distiguished for his extraordinary stature, for which the family were remarkable.”

Apponaug Village
The Greenes in Apponaug Most historians mark the beginning of the village of Apponaug with the building of the fulling mill by John Micarter on Kekamewit Brook, near Apponaug Cove, in 1696. This was a well-taken point for after that the area began to attract the attention of many of the younger sons of the early settlers. In 1697, Micarter sold the mill to Jeremiah Westcott who in turn sold it to Samuel Greene in 1702.

John Greene, Surgeon The acquisition of the property by Samuel Greene was a significant event in the village's history as it was through the leadership of the Greene family that Apponaug developed during the 18th and early 19th centuries. This family was that of John Greene, Surgeon, who along with Samuel Gorton and Randall Holden founded Warwick in 1642. In many ways, the history of Warwick, and that of Rhode Island, mirrors the history of the Greene family. As there were many sons and grandsons of John the Surgeon, the names John, James, Samuel, and Thomas Greene appear often in generation after generation

Samuel Greene---Apponaug's leading citizen Samuel Greene, who became very important in Apponaug's history, was the youngest of Major John and Ann Almy Greene's eleven children. Samuel married Mary Gorton, daughter of Benjamin and granddaughter of Samuel Gorton, Warwick's founder. The marriage proved to be a fortunate one as their descendants prospered and became important in the history of Warwick and of Rhode Island.

John Greene, Surgeon and Major John Greene had acquired a great deal of property in Warwick and the family, often through marriage with other descendants of early settlers, became the most powerful in the town. Samuel, as his uncles, brothers and cousins before him, had the ability to take advantage of the natural resources the region offered and was able to accumulate some wealth while still at a young age. He and his descendants made Apponaug one of the most prosperous villages in Rhode Island.

The Cowesett Homestead In addition to the property Samuel owned in Apponaug, he purchased land and a house in Cowesett from his brother in law, Samuel Gorton, Jr. According to Oliver Payson Fuller's classic 1875 History of Warwick, this house was built by Samuel Gorton, Jr. It became very famous later as the residence of Governor William Greene, who was in office for a number of terms between 1743 and 1758. Of great significance to Rhode Island in Revolutionary times, it was also the home of William Greene, Jr., who, like his father, was Governor of Rhode Island. It was a meeting place for many of the Revolutionary leaders in the colony and Governor William Greene (1778 86) was a strong leader in the latter part of the Revolutionary War. Governor Greene married beautiful Catharine Littlefield of Block Island, a close friend of Benjamin Franklin. On a number of occasions, Franklin was a guest at this house. Mrs. Greene's niece, Catharine Littlefield and Major General Nathanael Greene, Rhode Island's most significant Revolutionary War hero, were married in that house in 1774. Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175880405822label=@S139@ Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175881662829label=@S617@