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Ancestors of Fay Perry Greene, Jr. M.D.

Generation No. 7

64. Charles Green(e), born 1729 (Source: 1. Vital Records of RI 2. LaMance: Greene Family & its Branches 3. Ray Greene Huling: Genealogies of Rhode Island Families Vol I (Genealogical Publishing Co. 1983)); died 1758 in Coventry, Rhode Island (Source: Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI.). He was the son of 128. James Green and 129. Rebecca Cahoon. He married 65. Elenor Bef. 1751 in Rhode Island.

65. Elenor, born Unknown; died 1757 in Coventry, Washington, RI (Source: Maples Cemetery Record in Rhode Island shows "Mrs. Elenor Green, wife of Charles, died 1757.).

Notes for Charles Green(e):
Charles is buried near his first wife Eleanor and his mother Rebecca Cahoon Green, wife of James.

More About Charles Green(e):
Burial: 1758, Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI

Notes for Elenor:
Maples Cemetery Record shows "Mrs. Elenor Green, wife of Charles, died 1757. Approximately 35 years old. " She is buried near Rebekah Cahoon Green, mother of Charles. It has been assumed by previous historians of the late 1800s that Charles was married to a Mary ?.....however, this cemetery record strongly suggests that Mary was actually the second wife to Charles, and therefore Elenor was mother to Job, born 1751.

Children of Charles Green(e) and Elenor are:

	32	i.		Job Greene, born December 19, 1751 in Warwick (Coventry) Rhode Island; died January 10, 1838 in Brunswick, Rensselaer Co. NY; married (1) Sarah Johnson Bef. 1776 in Probably RI; married (2) Anna/Amy/Almy ? Aft. 1790.
		ii.		Othniel Greene, married Elizabeth Johnson.

Notes for Othniel Greene:
Rev War pension record:

OTHNIEL GREEN m Elizabeth Johnson, maiden name, 6 Apr 1778 by Jonathan
Olin, JAP, at Coventry in the year of the great August storm. Sol
resided Middleburg, Wyoming Co, NY, and Coventry, Kent Co, RI, d 4 Feb
1823 in Wethersfield, Wyoming Co. In 1846 widow aged 88 dau of Elisha
Johnson. Widow had three brothers named Henry, Elisha and Uziel. In
1844, son Rufus Green age 52. Benedict Johnson of West Greenwich, RI,
brother of Elizabeth Johnson age 82 in 1844. Tilpha (sic; this should
be Zilpha( Johnson of West Greenwich, Kent Co, b 1772, is youngest and
10th child of Elisha and Abigail Johnson, sister of Elizabeth Johnson,
formerly of Coventry. Youngest son was born in 1779. Esekiel Johnson,
neighbor, deposed. Pension #: W-17027."

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A Coventry Town Record lists the birth of "Louis, daughter of Othniel, of Charles."

iii.

Charles Greene

      66. Obadiah Johnson (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.), born Abt. 1723 in Warwick, Kent, RI; died 1793 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island. He was the son of 132. John Johnson and 133. Sarah Phillips. He married 67. Sarah Nichols January 16, 1743/44 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island.

      67. Sarah Nichols, born Abt. 1724 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island; died Unknown. She was the daughter of 134. John Nichols and 135. Rachel ?.

Notes for Obadiah Johnson:
COVENTRY, RHODE ISLAND PROBATE RECORDS, VOLUME 1, 1764-1811:

Johnson, Obadiah, of Coventry, Esq. Will dated 13 Feb 1791, proved 5
Aug 1793, pgs 218-220. Mentions wife Sarah Johnson, sons Isiah Johnson,
Hosea Johnson, John Johnson deceased, and Joshua Johnson. Daughters
Mary Matteson (who rec'd bed that was her grandmother Johnson's),
Katherine Walker and Welthian--no surname given. Two grandchildren,
son and daughter of son John Johnsonn dec, vis Freeborn Johnson and Amey
Johnson. Grandson Allen Greene and granddaughter Elenor Greene.

Child of Obadiah Johnson and Sarah Nichols is:

Sarah Johnson, born September 16, 1753 in Mishnock, Kent, Rhode Island; died Bef. 1793 in Probably Rhode Island; married (1) ? Greene; married (2) Job Greene Bef. 1776 in Probably RI.

Children of Obadiah Johnson and Sarah Nichols are:

		i.		John Johnson (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.), born April 24, 1744 (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.); married Elizabeth Matteson April 18, 1765 in West Greenwich, RI (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.).
		ii.		Mary Johnson (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.), born May 6, 1746 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.); married Benjamin Matteson January 24, 1773 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.).
		iii.		Catherine Johnson (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.), born August 26, 1748 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.); married ? Walker.
		iv.		Welthan Johnson (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.), born November 1750 (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.).
		v.		Isaiah Johnson (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.), born May 6, 1757 (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.).
		vi.		Hosea Johnson (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.), born June 5, 1760 (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.); married Barbara ?.
		vii.		Joshua Johnson (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.), born December 16, 1762 (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.); died in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.); married Mary ? Bef. 1784 (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.).
		viii.		Obadiah Johnson (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.), born November 29, 1765 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island (Source: Johnson Family by Linda Matthews.FTW, Date of Import: Jun 11, 1999.).

      68. David Putman, born Abt. 1715 in New York; died Abt. 1781 in New York. He was the son of 136. Arent Janes Putman and 137. Lysbeth Akkerman. He married 69. Elizabeth (Leer) Lehr 1740.

      69. Elizabeth (Leer) Lehr, born Abt. 1719.

Notes for David Putman:
All Notes on David Putman, b. 1715, are provided by Warren T. Putman of Rio Linda, CA.

Baptismal sponsors; Peter Louis LEHRIN & Hellen ---?---.

!Pearson, J.; "Genealogies of the First Settlers of Schenectady"; 1873; p 143.

!Putman, A.B.; Unpublished papers; 1870-1890; p 1; Bette Bradway; Schenectady. Obid: see page 4. They lived near Fultonville, Montgomery County, New York.

!Putnam, Eben; "A History of the Putnam Family in England and America"; 1908; Vol. II; p 102.

!Putman, G.W.; "Genealogy of David Putman"; 1916; p 55; Schenectady Historical.

!Vrooman, J.; Unpublished notes; pp 4,7 & 10; Schenectady Historical Society. Quote: "Lived in a stone house near Stone Arabia." End quote.

!D.A.R.: # 150650

More About Elizabeth (Leer) Lehr:
Fact 1: LDS Ancestral File says Ledder is Elizabeth's surname

Children of David Putman and Elizabeth Lehr are:

	i.	Catherine Putman, born 1742.
	ii.	Margaretha Putman, born 1743.
	iii.	Victor David Putman, born 1747.
	iv.	Arent David Putman, born 1749.
	v.	Lodewyck Lewis Putman, born 1752.
34	vi.	George David "Jurry" Putman, born Abt. 1757 in New York; died March 14, 1829 in Sardinia, Erie, New York; married Mary Polly Ferguson May 23, 1779 in Caughnawaga (Fonda), New York.
	vii.	David Arent Putman, born Bet. 1750 - 1751.

      70. William Ferguson, born Abt. 1729; died Bef. September 1830 in Laurens, Ostsego, New York (Source: Will of Willliam Ferguson). He married 71. Mrs. Ferguson.

      71. Mrs. Ferguson

Notes for William Ferguson:
Notes for WILLIAM Ferguson provided by Pam Green Duimstra, descendant of William Ferguson and George Putman:

BIRTH:
MARRIAGE:
DEATH: WILL OF WILLIAM FERGUSON, COOPERSTOWN, OTSEGO , NY dated 1 Sep 1807
Probated 27 Sep 1830. Witnesses: Nehemiah Sleeper, removed to Philadelphia and
died ca 1828, Samual Gardner, d 1807 Laurens, Daniel Griswold, d 1811 Laurens.
Will mentions children: Thomas Ferguson, Mary Putman, Sarah Forbush (Forbes)
and Mercy Barton.
LAND: LIBER SS P 308, 1 SEP 1830 indenture between MERCY BARTON, MARY PUTMAN,
SARAH FORBES of the 1st part and THOMAS FERGUSON of the end part, lot 1, sub-
division of lot 44 Otego Patent conveyed by RICHARD SMITH to WILLIAM FERGUSON
10 SEP 1794.

EARLY HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD & OTHER PARTS OF OTSEGO CO,., BY EZRA
STEVENS:

SOME TIME BEFORE THE REVOLUTION PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT LOCALITIES WERE
MIGRATING TO THE WILDS OF OTSEGO CO. IN ORDER TO BETTER THEIR PECUNIARY CIR-
CUMSTANCES. A LARGE PERCENTAGE CAME FROM THE MOHAWK RIVER.
AMONG THOSE WERE THE FERGUSON FAMILY, WHO CAME BY WAY OF CHERRY VALLEY TO
THE SUSQUEHANNA. THE FERGUSON FAMILY, WERE ON THEIR WAY TO THE OTEGO VALLEY.
THEY WERE DESCENDING THE RIVER IN CANOES WHEN A LITTLE BELOW PORTANDVILLE, MRS.
FERGUSON & HER SISTER & A NURSING BABY INFANT WERE ACCIDENTLY DROWNED BY THE
UPSETTING OF A CANOE. A STRENUOUS EFFORT WAS MADE TO RESCUE THEM BUT BEFORE
THEY WERE RESCUED LIFE HAD BECOME EXTINCT.
THIS AWFUL TRAGEDY CAST A GLOOM OVER THE WHOLE PARTY, FOR A LONG TIME.
WILLIAM FERGUSON THE FATHER OF THOMAS AND JAMES, FIRST LOCATED AT CHERRY
VALLEY & FROM THERE HE LEFT FOR THE OTEGO CREEK TO MAKE A PERMANENT SETTLEMENT.
HE EMBARKED WITH CANOES DOWN THE CHERRY VALLEY TO THE RIVER AND DOWN THE RIVER
TO THE MOUTH OF THE OTEGO CREEK, & THEN UP THE CREEK TO THE FARM WHICH IS NOW
OCCUPIED BY HIS GREAT-GRAND CHILDREN.
WILLIAM FERGUSON AND FAMILY, HIS WIFE AND HIS WIFE'S SISTER & SOME OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE FERGUSON FAMILY WERE ALL IN THE COMPANY.
MRS. FERGUSON AND SISTER HAD CHANGED BABIES FOR SOME CAUSE AND WHEN THIS
UNEXPECTED CATASTROPHE OCCURRED MRS. FERGUSONS BABY WAS WITH HER SISTER & HER
BABY WAS SAVED AND HER SISTER'S BABY WAS LOST. MRS FERGUSON'S BABY WAS NAMED
THOMAS. THE LATE THOMAS FERGUSON, WHO DIED 16 MAR 1864 AGED 95 YRS. POLLY HIS
WIFE DIED 8 JUN 1854 AE 82 YRS.

THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN APRIL 1771, JUST PRIOR TO THE REVOLUTION. AFTER
THEY HAD LOCATED THEY WERE SOON COMPELLED TO RETURN TO CHERRY VALLEY & FROM
THERE TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TILL AFTER THE WAR HAD CLOSED. THEN THEY RETURNED
TO THE OTEGO VALLEY, TO THEIR WILDERNESS HOME.
HISTORY OF LAURENS TOWNSHIP BY BERNICE WARDELL: P15 CHERRY VALLEY MASSACRE
11 NOV 1778, WILLIAM FERGUSON PREVIOUSLY LIVED IN CHERRY VALLEY, AND HE TOOK HIS
FAMILY BACK THERE FOR PROTECTION. HIS WIFE HAD DROWNED DURING A CANOE ACCIDENT
WHEN THEY FIRST TRAVELED TO THE PATENT AND THE WAR CAUSED HIM TO SUFFER MORE
THAN ANY OTHER SETTLER ON THE OTEGO PATENT. HIS YOUNG SONS, THOMAS AND JAMES,
AND HIS DAUGHTERS POLLY, MERCY, AND SARAH, WITH HER INFANT, WERE TAKEN PRISONER
BY THE INDIANS. HIS DAUGHTER JANE WAS KILLED. LATER FERGUSON AND SARAH'S HUS-
BAND, A SOLDIER NAMED FORBES, MANAGED TO RANSOM ALL OF THEM, EXEC PT THOMAS.
SEVEN YEARS PASSED BEFORE THOMAS WAS LOCATED, A RANSOM PAID, AND HE WAS RETURNED
THE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OF LAURENS WAS PART OF OTSEGO TOWNSHIP IN 1790 WHEN
THE FIRST CENSUS OF 1790 LISTS THREE HUNDRED AND FOUR FAMILIES LIVING IN
OTSEGO TOWNSHIP. ONLY EIGHT CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS FAMILIES LIVING WITHIN THE
PRESENT BOUNDARY OF LAURENS TOWNSHIP. THEY WERE WILLIAM FERGUSON, A FAMILY OF
THREE; EASTWOOD ALLEN, FIVE; JOHN SLEEPER, SENIOR, EIGHT; DANIEL BAKER, SEVEN;
JOSEPH SLEEPER, TWO; JOSEPH MAYALL, SEVEN; OLIVER MYERS, SIX; AND SAMUEL SLEEPER
THREE.

WILLIAM FERGUSON RANSOMED HIS SON FROM THE INDIANS AND RETURNED TO HIS LAND
IN 1785. THOMAS WAS THIRTEEN YEARS OLD AND HE HAD BEEN A PRISONED FOR SEVEN
YEARS. FERGUSON BUILT A ONE STORY FRAME HOUSE EAST OF OTEGO CREEK, ONE AND ONE
HALF MILES BELOW SLEEPER'S SETTLEMENT, ON LAND NOW OWNED BY CARL GUS. HE USED
WOODED PEGS TO HOLD HIS ROOF SHINGLES IN PLACE BECAUSE NAILS WERE NOT AVAILABLE
IN THE WILDERNESS.P 22

IN 1800 RICHARD SMITH RETURNED TO PHILADELPHIA, NEVER AGAIN TO SEE SMITH
HALL. THE MAN WHO FIRST EXPLORED THE OTEGO COUNTRY IN 1769, NOW, IN 1801, CON-
VEYED PARTS OF GREAT LOT 44 TO HIS SON RICHARD, BENJAMIN BRIGHTMAN, CHARLES
MATTESON, JOSEPH MAYALL, GRIFFIN CRAFTS, DARIUS BOWEN, THOMAS FERGUSON, WILLIAM
FERGUSON, AND NEHEMIAH SLEEPER. P37
RICHARD SMITH WAS THE ONLY GRANTEE TO ACTUALLY OCCUPY THE LAND ON THE OTEGO
PATENT. HE WAS AN IMPORTANT MAN IN HIS DAY. HE HAD BEEN IN LAW PRACTICE WITH
JOSEPH GALLOWAY IN PHILADELPHIA, AND HE WAS CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY OF NEW JERSEY
IN 1769. SMITH INTENDED TO FORM A QUAKER COLONY. HE INDIUCED SEVERAL PEOPLE,
WHO HAD THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND CHARACTER FOR PIONEERING, TO SETTLE ON THE
PATENT. JOSEPH MAYALL, WILLIAM FERGUSON, JOHN SLEEPER, NATHANIEL EDWARDS, JOHN
HARGROVE AND JOSEPH DEAN EACH RECEIVED ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND AS A GIFT FOR
SETTLING ON THE PATENT. P 10-11 IN THE SPRING OF 1773, SMITH MADE A SECOND TRIP
TO THE OTEGO PATENT WITH JOSEPH DEAN, JAMES RUCROFT, JOHN HICKS, AND WILLIAM
HORNER. DEAN AND HORNER WERE EMPLOYED BY SMITH. THEY CLEARED GROUND FOR
SMITH'S HOUSE AND HELPED BUILD A ROAD TO OTSEGO LAKE. THE ROAD WORK WAS FINISH-
ED JULY FIRST, 1773.

ON JULY 10TH, THREE OF THE MEN WENT TO CHERRY VALLEY FOR FLOUR AND SALT,
CAMP SUPPLIES, SMITH'S TWO HORSES, AND LIVE-STOCK (SIX SHEEL AND FOUR OXEN),
THE FIRST LIVE-STOCK ON THE OTEGO PATENT.
TIME WAS NOT WASTED! THE CONSTRUCTION OF SMITH'S HOUSE BEGAN IMMEDIATELY,
JOHN NEWBERYY, A CARPENTER, AND JOHN BROWN, A SHINGLE AND LATHMAKER, HAD BEEN
HIRED IN CHERRY VALLEY. ON JULY 15TH FOUR MEN COMPLETED THE CELKLAR. THE NEXT
DAY THE MEN FELLED AND SQUARED WHITE PINE LOGS FOR THE FRAMEWORK. THE LUMBER
WAS CUT BY MEANS OF A PIT-SAW. THE SAW FOR THIS PRIMITIVE SAWMILL WAS BROUGHT
FROM CHERRY VALLEY ON A MAN'S BACK, PROBABLY BY WAY OF THE INDAIN TRAIL DOWN THE
SUSQUEHANNA AND OVER THE HILLS TO SMITH'S PLACE. THE HOUSE FRAMES, WERE RAISED
ON 17 JUL, AND THIS IMPORTANT EVENT WAS CELEBRATED AT THIS TIME BY DRINKING A
TOAST OF COLD SPRING WATER. THE MEN WITH SMITH AT THIS TIME WERE NATHANIEL
EDWARDS, JOHN HICKS, JONATHAN FITCH, EDWARD HALSEY, WILLIAM FERGUSON, THOMAS
WISE, JOSEPH MAYALL, WILLIAM HORNER, JOSEPH DEAN, JOHN NEWBERRY, AND JOHN
BROWN. IBID P.XIX

TO THE OTEGO PATENT WITH JOSEPH DEAN, JAMES RUCROFT, JOHN HICKS, AND WILLIAM
HORNER. DEAN AND HORNER WERE EMPLOYED BY SMITH. THEY CLEARED GROUND FOR
SMITH'S HOUSE AND HELPED BUILD A ROAD TO OTSEGO LAKE. THE ROAD WORK WAS FINISH-
ED JULY FIRST, 1773.

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1790 Federal Census Record for Montgomery County:
William Ferguson, Otsego Town. 3 Males over age 16, including head of household. No other people were counted in his household, so it is assumed that his wife had died by 1790. William is enumerated two houses away from his son-in-law, George Putman.


Children of William Ferguson and Mrs. Ferguson are:

	35	i.		Mary Polly Ferguson, born Abt. 1758; died 1847 in Sardinia, Erie, New York; married George David "Jurry" Putman May 23, 1779 in Caughnawaga (Fonda), New York.
		ii.		Mercy Ferguson, born 1764; married Ezra Barton Abt. 1782.

Notes for Mercy Ferguson:
NOTES: HISTORY OF LAURENS TOWNSHIP BY BERNICE WARDELL:
CHERRY VALLEY MASSACRE, 11 NOV 1778: WILLIAM FERGUSONS YOUNG SONS, THOMAS AND
JAMES, AND HIS DAUGHTERS POLLY, MERCY, AND SARAH, WITH HER INFANT, WERE TAKEN
PRISONER BY THE INDIANS. LATER FERGUSON AND SARAH'S HUSBAND, A SOLDIER NAMED
FORBES, MANAGED TO RAMSOM ALL OF THEM, EXCEPT THOMAS.

Notes for Ezra Barton:
Birth:
Marriage: History of Laurens Township, by Bernice Wardell
Death: History of Laurens Township, by Bernice Wardell: on 11 Sep 1805
the Deans were raising a building for a distillery on the southeast corner of
the intersection near Dr. Harrington's, when a tragedy occurred. It was a
rainy day. six bents had been raised and as the seventh was raised, one man
slipped and the bent fell. Moses Powell, Martin Bridges, and Ezra Barton were
instantly killed. Sam Gardner's arm was shattered and Amos Grover's leg was
was dislocated.

The three men who were killed were not part of the original raising bee.
Barton, a son-in-law of Ferguson, had been hailed as he passed by, taking
medicine home to his wife. Powell was also hailed, but he took his loaded
wagon home first, and then returned to help. Bridges, a son-in-law of Crafts,
had been called as he started toward home up East Hill The three men were
buried in the Quaker Cemetery.

iii.

Sarah Ferguson, born Abt. 1760 in Mohawk Valley, Otsego, New York; died April 25, 1844.

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