Person:Richard Greene (4)

Name	Richard Greene
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	4 Oct 1725	Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage	28 Sep 1746	East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United Statesto Sarah Fry
Will^[3]	18 Feb 1779	Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Death^[2]	19 Jun 1779	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Cause of Death^[2]		Overdose of cicuta prescribed by British Army surgeons

References

↑ Warwick Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
170.

GREENE, Richard, of John and Deborah, [born] Oct. 4, 1725.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 165. Richard Greene, in White, Dorothy Higson, and Kay Kirlin Moore. Descendants of Roger Williams. (East Greenwich, Rhode Island: Roger Williams Family Association, c1991- (Baltimore : Gateway Press))
Book III; pp. 89-90.

...died 19 June 1779, of an overdose of cicuta, a remedy prescribed by British Army surgeons at Newport. Richard, who was a Tory, had permission from Colony authorities to go to Newport for treatment of cancer when Newport was occupied by the British during the Revolutionary War.
↑ Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records
[1].

Children: Nathaniel, William, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Job, Caleb and Samuel.
Grandchildren of son John deceased and wife Barbary: John & Sarah and Barbary is pregnant.
Exors: Brother Caleb Greene & sons Nathaniel and William.