Daughter of Job Greene 1656–1745 and Phebe Sayles 1658–1744
7. DEBORAH 4 GREENE (Job 3, John 2, John 1) was born at Warwick, February 28, 1689. She married, November 22, 1725 (2d wife). Captain Simon 5 Ray of New Shoreham, Block Island, born April 9, 1672. He was son of Simon 2 (who was lame and blind, but lived to the great age of 101 years) and Mary (Thomas) Ray of Braintree, Mass., and grandson of Simon Ray of Braintree, County Essex, England. On the maternal side he was grandson of Captain Nathaniel Thomas of Marshfield, Mass., who was commissioned Ensign of the Marshfield company of colonial troops, commanded by Captain Miles Standish, and who also served as Captain in the expedition against the Pequots in 1645. His father, William Thomas of Marshfield, the great-grandfather of Captain Simon Ray, gave the site for the first meeting-house and burying-ground at that town, and it was his estate at Marshfield (owned and lived on by his descendants for many years) that afterward became the home of Hon. Daniel Webster.
Captain Simon Ray had buried all his sons by his first marriage, and his only daughter lived in Nova Scotia when he married his second wife, Deborah Greene, in her thirty-seventh year. He had been a widower for twenty-one years. He was Deputy from New Shoreham for twenty-one years. In 1723 the Assembly ordered that " 123 £ be paid to him for the use of New Shoreham to assist them in rebuilding their pier. " He and four others were appointed a committee by the Assembly in 1734 "to procure materials for building a pier at Block Island and making a harbor there," and in August, 1735, he and Peter Ball were appointed "to improve the i20o£ allowed to build a pier at Block Island or to repair the old one." He freed three negroes in 1726 who had been brought up with him from their infancy, said freedom "to take effect on the death of himself and wife." He died March 19, 1755, and was buried in the town burial-ground. His epitaph describes him as " filling the most important offices with honor to himself and advantage to his country," and declares that he was " a lover of learning, justice and benevolence, ever attentive to the interests of this island" (see Appendix III.; also, Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p. 160). His will, dated October 11, 1737, was proved March 31, 1755. Inventory, £7468 Es. 5. His widow, Deborah, refused the executorship of his estate, requesting that her son-in-law, Samuel Ward, be appointed administrator. She died December 11, 1763, in her seventy-fifth year. Buried on Governor William Greene's farm.
Children:
242. Judith Ray, born October 4, 1726, married at Westerly, R. I., May 7, 1747, Thomas Hubbard of Boston. She died March 8, 1775, and was buried in Governor Greene's cemetery, Coweset, Warwick. Had daughter, Deborah.
243. Anne Ray, born September 27, 1728, married, December 20, 1745, Governor Samuel Ward of Rhode Island (Richard 2, John 1), born May 27, 1725 (see R. I. Rec). Children: Charles, born 1747, officer in Revolutionary army, died unmarried; Hannah, born April 12, 1749, died 1774, unmarried; Anna, born August 24, 1750, married Ethan Clarke; their daughter Anna Maria married Nath'l Ray Greene, son of General Nathanael Greene of the Revolutionary army; Catharine, born October 21, 1752, married Christopher 5 Greene {Nathanael 4, Jabez 3, James 3, John 1) (see No. 394); Mary, born December 5, 1754, died 1832, unmarried; Samuel, born November 17, 1756, died August 16, 1832, married, March 8, 1778, his cousin Phebe, daughter Governor (2d) Wm. Greene {Wm. 4, Samuel 3, John 2, John 1), and had ten children (see No. 706); Deborah, born October 12, 1758, married (2d wife) Christopher 5 Greene {Nathanael 4, Jabez 3, James 2, John 1); Simon, born October 4, 1760, Lieutenant Revolutionary army, married Sarah Gardiner, died of yellow fever in West Indies about 1790—they had two daughters; John, born July 26, 1762, married Elizabeth, daughter Dr. Ephraim Bowen of Providence, died 1823, s. p.; Richard, born 1764, married Eliza, daughter Joseph Brown of Providence, died October, 1808, s. p.; Elizabeth, born 1766, died 1783, unmarried.
244. Catharine Ray, born July 17, 1731, married, September 30, 1758, William 5 (2d Governor) Greene {William 4, Samuel 3, John 2, John 1) (see No. 291).
245. Phebe Ray, born September 10, 1733, married John Littlefield. Their daughter Catharine married General Nathanael Greene of Revolutionary army (see No. 391). Will of Deborah (Greene) Ray, January 14, 1762, proved March 12, 1764:
Will of Deborah (Greene) Ray, January 14, 1762, proved March 12, 1764
"To daughter Judith Hubbard a Lot of Land in Scituate R.I. &c. given me by my father [Job Greene] and one fourth part of all my wrought silver and silver money and 1/4 of all due me by bond or otherwise; to daughter Anne Ward 1/4 part of ditto ; to daughter Catharine Greene 1/4 part of do; to grandchildren Simon Ray Littlefield, Wm. Littlefield, Catharine Littlefield, Phebe Littlefield and Anne Littlefield 1/4 part of do, when 18 or at time of marriage ; to granddaughter Deborah Hubbard my bed and all belonging to it. To granddaughter Anne Littlefield a silk gown equal to what her mother had or money to purchase one when 18 or at marriage. To son-in- law William Greene all the rest of personal estate and he is appointed executor" {Warwick Records, Wills, IIL, p. 142).
Simon Ray was first married, January 17, 1695, to Judith, daughter of Oliver and Hannah (Raymond) Mainwaring. The children by this marriage were: Simon, born January 26, 1697; Gideon, born November 17, 1698; Nathaniel, born January 3, 1700; Mary, born December 21, 1702
(see letter of Catharine Ray, Appendix II.)
Source: The Greenes of Rhode Island, with historical records of English ancestry, 1534-1902;
by Greene, George Sears, 1801-1899 Page 101-102
Publication date 1903
7. DEBORAH 4 GREENE (Job 3, John 2, John 1) was born at Warwick, February 28, 1689. She married, November 22, 1725 (2d wife). Captain Simon 5 Ray of New Shoreham, Block Island, born April 9, 1672. He was son of Simon 2 (who was lame and blind, but lived to the great age of 101 years) and Mary (Thomas) Ray of Braintree, Mass., and grandson of Simon Ray of Braintree, County Essex, England. On the maternal side he was grandson of Captain Nathaniel Thomas of Marshfield, Mass., who was commissioned Ensign of the Marshfield company of colonial troops, commanded by Captain Miles Standish, and who also served as Captain in the expedition against the Pequots in 1645. His father, William Thomas of Marshfield, the great-grandfather of Captain Simon Ray, gave the site for the first meeting-house and burying-ground at that town, and it was his estate at Marshfield (owned and lived on by his descendants for many years) that afterward became the home of Hon. Daniel Webster.
Captain Simon Ray had buried all his sons by his first marriage, and his only daughter lived in Nova Scotia when he married his second wife, Deborah Greene, in her thirty-seventh year. He had been a widower for twenty-one years. He was Deputy from New Shoreham for twenty-one years. In 1723 the Assembly ordered that " 123 £ be paid to him for the use of New Shoreham to assist them in rebuilding their pier. " He and four others were appointed a committee by the Assembly in 1734 "to procure materials for building a pier at Block Island and making a harbor there," and in August, 1735, he and Peter Ball were appointed "to improve the i20o£ allowed to build a pier at Block Island or to repair the old one." He freed three negroes in 1726 who had been brought up with him from their infancy, said freedom "to take effect on the death of himself and wife." He died March 19, 1755, and was buried in the town burial-ground. His epitaph describes him as " filling the most important offices with honor to himself and advantage to his country," and declares that he was " a lover of learning, justice and benevolence, ever attentive to the interests of this island" (see Appendix III.; also, Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p. 160). His will, dated October 11, 1737, was proved March 31, 1755. Inventory, £7468 Es. 5. His widow, Deborah, refused the executorship of his estate, requesting that her son-in-law, Samuel Ward, be appointed administrator. She died December 11, 1763, in her seventy-fifth year. Buried on Governor William Greene's farm.
Children:
242. Judith Ray, born October 4, 1726, married at Westerly, R. I., May 7, 1747, Thomas Hubbard of Boston. She died March 8, 1775, and was buried in Governor Greene's cemetery, Coweset, Warwick. Had daughter, Deborah.
243. Anne Ray, born September 27, 1728, married, December 20, 1745, Governor Samuel Ward of Rhode Island (Richard 2, John 1), born May 27, 1725 (see R. I. Rec). Children: Charles, born 1747, officer in Revolutionary army, died unmarried; Hannah, born April 12, 1749, died 1774, unmarried; Anna, born August 24, 1750, married Ethan Clarke; their daughter Anna Maria married Nath'l Ray Greene, son of General Nathanael Greene of the Revolutionary army; Catharine, born October 21, 1752, married Christopher 5 Greene {Nathanael 4, Jabez 3, James 3, John 1) (see No. 394); Mary, born December 5, 1754, died 1832, unmarried; Samuel, born November 17, 1756, died August 16, 1832, married, March 8, 1778, his cousin Phebe, daughter Governor (2d) Wm. Greene {Wm. 4, Samuel 3, John 2, John 1), and had ten children (see No. 706); Deborah, born October 12, 1758, married (2d wife) Christopher 5 Greene {Nathanael 4, Jabez 3, James 2, John 1); Simon, born October 4, 1760, Lieutenant Revolutionary army, married Sarah Gardiner, died of yellow fever in West Indies about 1790—they had two daughters; John, born July 26, 1762, married Elizabeth, daughter Dr. Ephraim Bowen of Providence, died 1823, s. p.; Richard, born 1764, married Eliza, daughter Joseph Brown of Providence, died October, 1808, s. p.; Elizabeth, born 1766, died 1783, unmarried.
244. Catharine Ray, born July 17, 1731, married, September 30, 1758, William 5 (2d Governor) Greene {William 4, Samuel 3, John 2, John 1) (see No. 291).
245. Phebe Ray, born September 10, 1733, married John Littlefield. Their daughter Catharine married General Nathanael Greene of Revolutionary army (see No. 391). Will of Deborah (Greene) Ray, January 14, 1762, proved March 12, 1764:
Will of Deborah (Greene) Ray, January 14, 1762, proved March 12, 1764
"To daughter Judith Hubbard a Lot of Land in Scituate R.I. &c. given me by my father [Job Greene] and one fourth part of all my wrought silver and silver money and 1/4 of all due me by bond or otherwise; to daughter Anne Ward 1/4 part of ditto ; to daughter Catharine Greene 1/4 part of do; to grandchildren Simon Ray Littlefield, Wm. Littlefield, Catharine Littlefield, Phebe Littlefield and Anne Littlefield 1/4 part of do, when 18 or at time of marriage ; to granddaughter Deborah Hubbard my bed and all belonging to it. To granddaughter Anne Littlefield a silk gown equal to what her mother had or money to purchase one when 18 or at marriage. To son-in- law William Greene all the rest of personal estate and he is appointed executor" {Warwick Records, Wills, IIL, p. 142).
Simon Ray was first married, January 17, 1695, to Judith, daughter of Oliver and Hannah (Raymond) Mainwaring. The children by this marriage were: Simon, born January 26, 1697; Gideon, born November 17, 1698; Nathaniel, born January 3, 1700; Mary, born December 21, 1702
(see letter of Catharine Ray, Appendix II.)
Source: The Greenes of Rhode Island, with historical records of English ancestry, 1534-1902;
by Greene, George Sears, 1801-1899 Page 101-102
Publication date 1903
Daughter of Job Greene 1656–1745 and Phebe Sayles 1658–1744
7. DEBORAH 4 GREENE (Job 3, John 2, John 1) was born at Warwick, February 28, 1689. She married, November 22, 1725 (2d wife). Captain Simon 5 Ray of New Shoreham, Block Island, born April 9, 1672. He was son of Simon 2 (who was lame and blind, but lived to the great age of 101 years) and Mary (Thomas) Ray of Braintree, Mass., and grandson of Simon Ray of Braintree, County Essex, England. On the maternal side he was grandson of Captain Nathaniel Thomas of Marshfield, Mass., who was commissioned Ensign of the Marshfield company of colonial troops, commanded by Captain Miles Standish, and who also served as Captain in the expedition against the Pequots in 1645. His father, William Thomas of Marshfield, the great-grandfather of Captain Simon Ray, gave the site for the first meeting-house and burying-ground at that town, and it was his estate at Marshfield (owned and lived on by his descendants for many years) that afterward became the home of Hon. Daniel Webster.
Captain Simon Ray had buried all his sons by his first marriage, and his only daughter lived in Nova Scotia when he married his second wife, Deborah Greene, in her thirty-seventh year. He had been a widower for twenty-one years. He was Deputy from New Shoreham for twenty-one years. In 1723 the Assembly ordered that " 123 £ be paid to him for the use of New Shoreham to assist them in rebuilding their pier. " He and four others were appointed a committee by the Assembly in 1734 "to procure materials for building a pier at Block Island and making a harbor there," and in August, 1735, he and Peter Ball were appointed "to improve the i20o£ allowed to build a pier at Block Island or to repair the old one." He freed three negroes in 1726 who had been brought up with him from their infancy, said freedom "to take effect on the death of himself and wife." He died March 19, 1755, and was buried in the town burial-ground. His epitaph describes him as " filling the most important offices with honor to himself and advantage to his country," and declares that he was " a lover of learning, justice and benevolence, ever attentive to the interests of this island" (see Appendix III.; also, Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p. 160). His will, dated October 11, 1737, was proved March 31, 1755. Inventory, £7468 Es. 5. His widow, Deborah, refused the executorship of his estate, requesting that her son-in-law, Samuel Ward, be appointed administrator. She died December 11, 1763, in her seventy-fifth year. Buried on Governor William Greene's farm.
Children:
242. Judith Ray, born October 4, 1726, married at Westerly, R. I., May 7, 1747, Thomas Hubbard of Boston. She died March 8, 1775, and was buried in Governor Greene's cemetery, Coweset, Warwick. Had daughter, Deborah.
243. Anne Ray, born September 27, 1728, married, December 20, 1745, Governor Samuel Ward of Rhode Island (Richard 2, John 1), born May 27, 1725 (see R. I. Rec). Children: Charles, born 1747, officer in Revolutionary army, died unmarried; Hannah, born April 12, 1749, died 1774, unmarried; Anna, born August 24, 1750, married Ethan Clarke; their daughter Anna Maria married Nath'l Ray Greene, son of General Nathanael Greene of the Revolutionary army; Catharine, born October 21, 1752, married Christopher 5 Greene {Nathanael 4, Jabez 3, James 3, John 1) (see No. 394); Mary, born December 5, 1754, died 1832, unmarried; Samuel, born November 17, 1756, died August 16, 1832, married, March 8, 1778, his cousin Phebe, daughter Governor (2d) Wm. Greene {Wm. 4, Samuel 3, John 2, John 1), and had ten children (see No. 706); Deborah, born October 12, 1758, married (2d wife) Christopher 5 Greene {Nathanael 4, Jabez 3, James 2, John 1); Simon, born October 4, 1760, Lieutenant Revolutionary army, married Sarah Gardiner, died of yellow fever in West Indies about 1790—they had two daughters; John, born July 26, 1762, married Elizabeth, daughter Dr. Ephraim Bowen of Providence, died 1823, s. p.; Richard, born 1764, married Eliza, daughter Joseph Brown of Providence, died October, 1808, s. p.; Elizabeth, born 1766, died 1783, unmarried.
244. Catharine Ray, born July 17, 1731, married, September 30, 1758, William 5 (2d Governor) Greene {William 4, Samuel 3, John 2, John 1) (see No. 291).
245. Phebe Ray, born September 10, 1733, married John Littlefield. Their daughter Catharine married General Nathanael Greene of Revolutionary army (see No. 391). Will of Deborah (Greene) Ray, January 14, 1762, proved March 12, 1764:
Will of Deborah (Greene) Ray, January 14, 1762, proved March 12, 1764
"To daughter Judith Hubbard a Lot of Land in Scituate R.I. &c. given me by my father [Job Greene] and one fourth part of all my wrought silver and silver money and 1/4 of all due me by bond or otherwise; to daughter Anne Ward 1/4 part of ditto ; to daughter Catharine Greene 1/4 part of do; to grandchildren Simon Ray Littlefield, Wm. Littlefield, Catharine Littlefield, Phebe Littlefield and Anne Littlefield 1/4 part of do, when 18 or at time of marriage ; to granddaughter Deborah Hubbard my bed and all belonging to it. To granddaughter Anne Littlefield a silk gown equal to what her mother had or money to purchase one when 18 or at marriage. To son-in- law William Greene all the rest of personal estate and he is appointed executor" {Warwick Records, Wills, IIL, p. 142).
Simon Ray was first married, January 17, 1695, to Judith, daughter of Oliver and Hannah (Raymond) Mainwaring. The children by this marriage were: Simon, born January 26, 1697; Gideon, born November 17, 1698; Nathaniel, born January 3, 1700; Mary, born December 21, 1702
(see letter of Catharine Ray, Appendix II.)
Source: The Greenes of Rhode Island, with historical records of English ancestry, 1534-1902;
by Greene, George Sears, 1801-1899 Page 101-102
Publication date 1903
7. DEBORAH 4 GREENE (Job 3, John 2, John 1) was born at Warwick, February 28, 1689. She married, November 22, 1725 (2d wife). Captain Simon 5 Ray of New Shoreham, Block Island, born April 9, 1672. He was son of Simon 2 (who was lame and blind, but lived to the great age of 101 years) and Mary (Thomas) Ray of Braintree, Mass., and grandson of Simon Ray of Braintree, County Essex, England. On the maternal side he was grandson of Captain Nathaniel Thomas of Marshfield, Mass., who was commissioned Ensign of the Marshfield company of colonial troops, commanded by Captain Miles Standish, and who also served as Captain in the expedition against the Pequots in 1645. His father, William Thomas of Marshfield, the great-grandfather of Captain Simon Ray, gave the site for the first meeting-house and burying-ground at that town, and it was his estate at Marshfield (owned and lived on by his descendants for many years) that afterward became the home of Hon. Daniel Webster.
Captain Simon Ray had buried all his sons by his first marriage, and his only daughter lived in Nova Scotia when he married his second wife, Deborah Greene, in her thirty-seventh year. He had been a widower for twenty-one years. He was Deputy from New Shoreham for twenty-one years. In 1723 the Assembly ordered that " 123 £ be paid to him for the use of New Shoreham to assist them in rebuilding their pier. " He and four others were appointed a committee by the Assembly in 1734 "to procure materials for building a pier at Block Island and making a harbor there," and in August, 1735, he and Peter Ball were appointed "to improve the i20o£ allowed to build a pier at Block Island or to repair the old one." He freed three negroes in 1726 who had been brought up with him from their infancy, said freedom "to take effect on the death of himself and wife." He died March 19, 1755, and was buried in the town burial-ground. His epitaph describes him as " filling the most important offices with honor to himself and advantage to his country," and declares that he was " a lover of learning, justice and benevolence, ever attentive to the interests of this island" (see Appendix III.; also, Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p. 160). His will, dated October 11, 1737, was proved March 31, 1755. Inventory, £7468 Es. 5. His widow, Deborah, refused the executorship of his estate, requesting that her son-in-law, Samuel Ward, be appointed administrator. She died December 11, 1763, in her seventy-fifth year. Buried on Governor William Greene's farm.
Children:
242. Judith Ray, born October 4, 1726, married at Westerly, R. I., May 7, 1747, Thomas Hubbard of Boston. She died March 8, 1775, and was buried in Governor Greene's cemetery, Coweset, Warwick. Had daughter, Deborah.
243. Anne Ray, born September 27, 1728, married, December 20, 1745, Governor Samuel Ward of Rhode Island (Richard 2, John 1), born May 27, 1725 (see R. I. Rec). Children: Charles, born 1747, officer in Revolutionary army, died unmarried; Hannah, born April 12, 1749, died 1774, unmarried; Anna, born August 24, 1750, married Ethan Clarke; their daughter Anna Maria married Nath'l Ray Greene, son of General Nathanael Greene of the Revolutionary army; Catharine, born October 21, 1752, married Christopher 5 Greene {Nathanael 4, Jabez 3, James 3, John 1) (see No. 394); Mary, born December 5, 1754, died 1832, unmarried; Samuel, born November 17, 1756, died August 16, 1832, married, March 8, 1778, his cousin Phebe, daughter Governor (2d) Wm. Greene {Wm. 4, Samuel 3, John 2, John 1), and had ten children (see No. 706); Deborah, born October 12, 1758, married (2d wife) Christopher 5 Greene {Nathanael 4, Jabez 3, James 2, John 1); Simon, born October 4, 1760, Lieutenant Revolutionary army, married Sarah Gardiner, died of yellow fever in West Indies about 1790—they had two daughters; John, born July 26, 1762, married Elizabeth, daughter Dr. Ephraim Bowen of Providence, died 1823, s. p.; Richard, born 1764, married Eliza, daughter Joseph Brown of Providence, died October, 1808, s. p.; Elizabeth, born 1766, died 1783, unmarried.
244. Catharine Ray, born July 17, 1731, married, September 30, 1758, William 5 (2d Governor) Greene {William 4, Samuel 3, John 2, John 1) (see No. 291).
245. Phebe Ray, born September 10, 1733, married John Littlefield. Their daughter Catharine married General Nathanael Greene of Revolutionary army (see No. 391). Will of Deborah (Greene) Ray, January 14, 1762, proved March 12, 1764:
Will of Deborah (Greene) Ray, January 14, 1762, proved March 12, 1764
"To daughter Judith Hubbard a Lot of Land in Scituate R.I. &c. given me by my father [Job Greene] and one fourth part of all my wrought silver and silver money and 1/4 of all due me by bond or otherwise; to daughter Anne Ward 1/4 part of ditto ; to daughter Catharine Greene 1/4 part of do; to grandchildren Simon Ray Littlefield, Wm. Littlefield, Catharine Littlefield, Phebe Littlefield and Anne Littlefield 1/4 part of do, when 18 or at time of marriage ; to granddaughter Deborah Hubbard my bed and all belonging to it. To granddaughter Anne Littlefield a silk gown equal to what her mother had or money to purchase one when 18 or at marriage. To son-in- law William Greene all the rest of personal estate and he is appointed executor" {Warwick Records, Wills, IIL, p. 142).
Simon Ray was first married, January 17, 1695, to Judith, daughter of Oliver and Hannah (Raymond) Mainwaring. The children by this marriage were: Simon, born January 26, 1697; Gideon, born November 17, 1698; Nathaniel, born January 3, 1700; Mary, born December 21, 1702
(see letter of Catharine Ray, Appendix II.)
Source: The Greenes of Rhode Island, with historical records of English ancestry, 1534-1902;
by Greene, George Sears, 1801-1899 Page 101-102
Publication date 1903
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