Major John Greene (Abbott > Whitfield > Godfrey > Greene)

• With his father, surgeon John Greene, purchased land from Indian Chief Miontonomi in 1642 and called it "Greene's Hold" alias Occupasituxet
• Built a corn mill with three others in Warwick, RI, 1651
• General Record keeper for the town, 1652-54
• Commissioner 1652-63
• Deputy for Newport to the RI General Court 1679-1690
• General Solicitor in 1655
• Attorney General in 1657-1660
• Warden, 1658
• Commissioned Captain 1664
• Agent to the king in England to discuss the RI Charter, 1670
• Governor's Council 1683
• Major of the Main 1683-96
• Agent for RI to the King of England 1685-87
• Sent a letter of congratulations to the throne (William & Mary) 1690
• Deputy Governor of RI 1690-1700

Archaeology site:  http://proteus.brown.edu/greenefarm/Home
"Five generations of Greenes owned the estate until 1782, when John Brown (1736-1803, a wealthy, powerful Providence merchant and co-founder of Brown University, bought it.  the farm was then worked by tenant farmers, and the Brown family used it as a country retreat.  Brown's grandson, Governor John Brown Francis (1791-1864), returned to the property, where he and his descendants remain today."

Screen capture of the site of Greene Hold from 2014 Google Maps.
Major John Greene is buried in Spring Greene Burial Ground, the family plot on the homestead.