Christening: 4 Jun 1628 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

This information was added April 1994 by Beverly Benson, 5 O'Connell Drive, RFD 14, Londonderry NH 03053-2430
THOMAS GREENE, of " Stone Castle" (John), was born and baptized at Salisbury, County Wilts, England, June 4, 1628, and came with his parents to New England in 1635. A few years after their settlement at Warwick, and soon after the organization of the government (1648), he had a home lot assigned to him. On September 30, 1660, one year after his marriage he purchased of his brother-in-law, James Sweet, a stone house at Old Warwick, which had been built at the earliest settlement of the town, situated on the north side of "The Street" and nearly opposite the lane which leads to the only wharf in Warwick Cove. This was the only stone dwelling-house south of Providence on the mainland, and here he and his posterity resided until 1795, when, to the regret of many, the house was replaced by a wooden structure, now (1898) in good condition. During King Philip's War, on the 13th of March, 1675-6, the General assembly of the Colony, in session at Newport, sent a message to the people of Warwick, stating that the Colony was unable to defend them and advising them to seek safety at the island of Rhode Island, promising them hospitality from the inhabitants of Newport and Portsmouth. Many removed to the island, and on the night of March 16th and 17th every house in Warwick was burned, excepting Thomas Greene's "Stone Castle," where he and his wife and six children, with some of his friends and neighbors, remained in safety.