Brief Life History of John
When John Greenman was born on 27 March 1666, in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Edward Greenman, was 41 and his mother, Mary Clarke, was 38. He married Elizabeth Dyer in 1687, in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 30 September 1727, in his hometown, at the age of 61, and was buried in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
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- John Greenman, "Find A Grave Index"
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1703
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as it was from June 22, 1703, when it created the counties of Providence Plantations and Rhode Island, to June 16, 1729, when Providence Plantations County was renamed Providence, Rhode Island County was renamed Newport, and Kings County was created from Providence.
Name Meaning
English (Wiltshire): from Middle English grene ‘green’ + man ‘man’, a nickname from the Green Man of folklore, or a topographic name for someone who lived by the village green. Compare Green .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Grunemann or Grünemann: topographic name for someone who lived by the village green (compare above and Greenland ), or a habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Grüna, Grünau, or Grüne.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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