Person:William Greenough (10)

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Captain William Greenough
b.Cal 1641
d.6 Aug 1693 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  Captain William GreenoughCal 1641 - 1693
  • W.  Ruth Swift1643 -
m. 10 Nov 1660
  1. Captain John Greenough1672/73 - 1732
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Name[1][2] Captain William Greenough
Gender Male
Birth[1] Cal 1641
Emigration[1] Est 1650
Marriage 10 Nov 1660 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Ruth Swift
Other[1][2][3] 7 May 1673 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesAdmitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay as "Wm. Greenore jun.".
Will[1][2] 1 Aug 1693 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Death[1][2] 6 Aug 1693 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[1][4] 6 Aug 1693 Copp's Hill Cemetery, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Probate[1] 13 Sep 1693 Will proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1 William Greenough, in Greenough, Hamilton Perkins. Some descendants of Captain William Greenough of Boston, Massachusetts, born in England ca.1641, died in Boston 1693, and notes on related families: also some descendants of Robert Greenough of Rowley, and Thomas Greenough of Nova Scotia. (Santa Barbara, California: H.P. Greenough, 1969)
    1-6.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 William Greenough, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:310.

    "William (Greenough), Boston, shipwright, cous. of the preced. b. in Eng. freem. 1673, m. 10 Oct. 1660, Ruth, d. of Thomas Swift of Dorchester, had four s. and three ds. Mary, b. 28 Nov. 1662 ; Ann, 23 May 1665; Luke, 10 Feb. 1668; William, 20 Feb. 1671; John, 17 Feb. 1673; Samuel, 31 Aug. 1676; and Consider, 17 Mar. 1678. He m. sec. w. Eliz. d. of Elder Edward Rainsford, had Newman, 2 Apr. 1681; Edward, call. William on town reg. 8 July 1684; Eliz. 8 June 1686; and Ann, 5 May 1688. This w. d. 23 May 1688; and he m. 29 Nov. foll. Sarah Shove of Chelmsford, and d. 6 Aug. 1693, aged 52. Mary m. William Stone, and she is only d. of his five nam. in the will of 1 Aug. 1693, of wh. William and John were excors."

  3. ↑ Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849)
    3:242.
  4. ↑ Capt William Greenough, in Find A Grave.
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