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John Greene Sr. (9 February 1597 – 7 January 1659) [1] was an early settler of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, one of the 12 original proprietors of Providence, and a co-founder of the town of Warwick in the colony, sailing from England with his family in 1635.
Randall Holden (c. 1612 —1692) was an early inhabitant of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, one of the original founders of Portsmouth, and one of the co-founders of the town of Warwick.
The Knight Estate is a historic estate in Warwick, Rhode Island, that is home to the Knight Campus of the Community College of Rhode Island.Developed as a country estate for a family of industrialists and later donated to the state, the main house and its outbuildings were listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Forge Farm is an historic farm in Warwick, Rhode Island.Established in the mid-17th century by the Greene family, it is one of the oldest farms in Rhode Island.It was the birthplace of General Nathanael Greene, a prominent American general in the American Revolutionary War.
The Green–Bowen House is a historic house at 100 Mill Wheel Road in Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. It is a late-date stone-ender house, built c. 1715, and is the oldest surviving house of the locally historically prominent Greene family. It stands on land purchased by John Greene from local Native Americans in 1642, and was probably ...
John Robinson Waterman (1783-1876) was a descendant of Richard Waterman, one of Warwick's early landholders. He was the grandson of Col. John Waterman (ca. 1730 - June 11, 1812) who served in Warwick's units of the Rhode Island Militia and the son of "Deacon" John Waterman. [5] He joined the family's leather business.
Budlong Farm is a historic farmhouse in Warwick, Rhode Island.It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame house with a gambrel roof and a large central chimney.Its current entrance is asymmetrically placed on the north facade, although the original main entry was on the south side.
Greene was born on Forge Farm at Potowomut in the township of Warwick, Rhode Island, which was then part of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in British America. He was the second son of Mary Mott and Nathanael Greene Sr., a prosperous Quaker merchant and farmer. [ 1 ]