Jefferson County, NY Pioneers

PIONEER GREENE FAMILY


1. CHARLES GREENE, (son of CHARLES and WAITE (BAILEY) GREENE) was born 10 Oct 1788 either West Greenwich, RI or Berlin, Rensselaer County, NY. He removed from Berlin in 1805 and settled in the Town of Adams at Greene Settlement, Jefferson County, where he spent the rest of his life. In 1878 a writer estimated that there were over 300 Greenes living in the Town of Adams. CHARLES GREENE died 9 May 1878 aged 99 years 7 months at the home of his son LEANDER GREENE at Adams Center.

He married (1) in 1796
ANNA CRANDALL, who died in 1802 leaving no issue.

He married (2) 5 Nov 1803
AMY SHELDON, (daughter of JAMES and ELIZABETH (MOORE) SHELDON of RI) who was born 2 Sep 1788 in Rensselaer County NY. She died 10 Sep 1874 at Adams Center, Jefferson County.

Children, all born in the Town of Adams, GREENE:

2 i ANNIE GREENE married IRA SWEET

3 ii THOMAS H. GREENE married (1) ANN M. SWEET; (2) MARIA COMER

4 iii ELIZA GREENE married JOEL DEWEY

5 iv CHARLES GREENE married SUSAN SILL

6 v RILEY W. GREENE married JANE J. SWEET

7 vi LUCRETIA GREENE married (1) SAMUEL CROSBY; (Use link for Crosby children of Lucretia Greene.) (2) MYRON CONKLIN

8 vii CELIA GREENE married FREEMAN WASHBURN

9 viii ROSANNAH GREENE married DAVID L. GURLEY

10 ix KEZIAH GREENE married GEORGE W. FOX

11 x MAXSON S. GREENE married (1) MELISSA STANLEY; (2) CORDELIA PAVEY

12 xi MONROE A. GREENE married FRANCES M. COON

13 xii LEANDER R. GREENE married MARY A. SCRIVENS

14 xiii CINDERILLA GREENE married SAMUEL ALVY BATES

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