"562. John5 Greene (Nathaniel4, Nathaniel3, Thomas2, John1) was born at Surinam, South America, December 10, 1736. He resided at Woodstock and Stafford, Conn. He was a merchant and teacher. Rev. Zachariah Greene of Hempstead, L. I., wrote, in 1856, when ninety-six years of age, that John Greene 'was a merchant who came from Providence and settled in Stafford. He had a son Rufus about my age. After he failed in business, he kept school. I was for one quarter, one of his scholars.'"