resting_place death_place death_date children birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
john greene cemetery , warwick warwick , rhode island 1658 john , joan , mary , peter , richard , james , thomas gillingham , dorset , england 1594 joan tattersall alice daniels beggerley phillipa _______ john greene -lrb- settler -rrb-
 john greene surgeon , deputy
john greene -lrb- settler -rrb-

john greene -lrb- 15941658 -rrb- 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 , he first settled in salem in the massachusetts bay colony , but had difficulty with the puritan authority , and soon followed roger williams to providence , becoming one of the original proprietors of that town .
in 1643 he joined samuel gorton and ten others in purchasing land that would become the town of warwick .
difficulties with massachusetts ensued , until he accompanied gorton on a trip to england where they secured royal recognition of their town .
once warwick became safe from external threats , greene became active in its government , serving on the town council , being deputy to the general court of the colony , and serving as magistrate of the general court of trials .
he died in the last days of 1658 , being survived by his wife and six grown children , and becoming the ancestor of many prominent citizens .
