Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p John Greene (c. 1594 - 1658) 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 became the ancestor of many prominent citizens.. }
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- John_Greene_(settler) abstract "John Greene (c. 1594 - 1658) 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 became the ancestor of many prominent citizens.".