Person:William Greene (54)
Gov. William Greene
b.16 Aug 1731 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
d.29 Nov 1809 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 30 Dec 1719
  1. Benjamin Greene1724 -
  2. Samuel Greene1727 - Bef 1777
  3. Gov. William Greene1731 - 1809
  4. Margaret Greene1733 - Bef 1796
  5. Catherine Greene1735 -
  6. Christopher Greene1741 - 1741
Spouse and Children
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m. 30 Apr 1758
  1. Phebe Greene1760 -
  2. Celia Greene1762 - 1796
  3. Ray Greene1765 - 1849
  4. Samuel Ward Greene1771 - 1849
  5. Ann Greene1774 -
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Facts and Events
Name Gov. William Greene
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 16 Aug 1731 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 30 Apr 1758 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United Statesto Catherine Ray
Death[2][3] 29 Nov 1809 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Burial[4] Governor Greene Cemetery, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Reference Number? Q885661?


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William Greene Jr. (August 16, 1731November 29, 1809) was the second governor of the state of Rhode Island, serving in this capacity for eight years, five of which were during the American Revolutionary War. From a prominent Rhode Island family, his father, William Greene Sr., had served 11 terms as a colonial governor of Rhode Island. His great-grandfather, John Greene Jr. served for ten years as deputy governor of the colony, and his great-great-grandfather, John Greene Sr. was a founding settler of both Providence and Warwick.

Greene served the colony for many years as a Deputy to the General Assembly, a justice and chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and then as governor. As a governor during the American Revolutionary War, his biggest concerns were the British sacking of the Rhode Island towns of Bristol and Warren, and the British occupation of Newport, which lasted for three years. After eight years as governor, Greene, who supported the use of hard currency, was defeated in the May 1786 election by John Collins who was an advocate of paper money.

Greene married a second cousin, Catharine Ray of Block Island, and the couple had four children, of whom Ray Greene became a United States Senator and Rhode Island Attorney General. Governor Greene died at his estate in the town of Warwick in 1809, and is interred at Governor Greene Cemetery in Warwick, where his parents were interred.

Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, WILLIAM GREENE JR. became a surveyor. He served as a Deputy in the Rhode Island General Assembly in 1744 and from 1776 to 1778 and was Speaker of the House of Deputies from November 1776 to May 1778. He also served as First Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island from 1776 to February, 1777, and was Chief Justice from February, 1777 until May, 1778, when he was elected Governor. In 1776, when British troops controlled Newport, Greene was appointed to the Council of War, and he was Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of the State Military during the Revolutionary War. After serving as Governor for nine years, he retired from public life with the exception of 1792, when he was a Presidential Elector, casting his vote for George Washington for his second presidential term.

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Governors of Rhode Island
Nicholas Cooke • William Greene • John Collins • Arthur Fenner • Henry Smith • Isaac Wilbour • James Fenner • William Jones • Nehemiah Knight • William Gibbs • James Fenner • Lemuel Arnold • John Francis • William Sprague • Samuel King • Thomas Dorr • James Fenner • Charles Jackson • Byron Diman • Elisha Harris • Henry Anthony • Philip Allen • Francis Dimond • William Hoppin • Elisha Dyer • Thomas Turner • William Sprague • William Cozzens • James Smith • Ambrose Burnside • Seth Padelford • Henry Howard • Henry Lippitt • Charles Van Zandt • Alfred Littlefield • Augustus Bourn • George Wetmore • John Davis • Royal Taft • Herbert Ladd • John Davis • Herbert Ladd • D. Russell Brown • Charles Lippitt • Elisha Dyer • William Gregory • Charles Kimball • Lucius Garvin • George Utter • James Higgins • Aram Pothier • R. Livingston Beeckman • Emery San Souci • William Flynn • Aram Pothier • Norman Case • Theodore Green • Robert Quinn • William Henry Vanderbilt • J. Howard McGrath • John Pastore • John McKierman • Dennis Roberts • Christopher Del Sesto • John Notte • John Chafee • Frank Lichy • Philip Noel • J. Joseph Garrahy • Edward DiPrete • Bruce Sundlun • Lincoln Almond • Donald Carcieri • Lincoln Chafee

References
  1. ↑ 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, William, of William and Katherine, [born] Aug. 16, 1731.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rhode Island American, 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)
    213.

    Hon. William, at Warwick, in 78th year, formerly Speaker of the House, Chief Justice
    of Supreme Court and Governor of the State, Dec. 1, 1809

  3. ↑ William Greene (Rhode Island governor), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  4. ↑ William Greene, Jr, in Find A Grave.
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