When Caleb Greene was born on 31 August 1751, in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Rufus Greene, was 39 and his mother, Martha Russell, was 35. He married Elizabeth Russell on 4 September 1774, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 17 January 1828, in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 76.
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The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
English and Irish: variant of Green . In North America, this surname has assimilated cognates from other languages.
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