Norfolk County MA Archives Biographies.....Greene, Benjamin 1764 - 1837
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Author: E. O. Jameson (1886)

REV. AND HON. BENJAMIN GREENE.

BENJAMIN GREENE, son of Benjamin Greene, was born May 5, 1764, in Waltham, Mass.
He graduated in 1784 from Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., and entered the
Gospel ministry. The Rev. Mr. Greene was settled as colleague pastor with the
Rev. Nathan Bucknam over the First Church of Christ in Medway, where he
continued five years. Vid. THE CHURCHES. He married Lydia Clark, a daughter of
the Rev. Jonas Clark, of Lexington, Mass. It is said of the Rev. Mr. Clark that
his Sunday public prayers were sometimes two hours long, his sermon never less
than one hour, and sometimes three hours. Mrs. Greene's mother was a cousin of
Gov. John Hancock, who, with Samuel Adams, was at her father's house on the
morning of April 19, 1775. After the retreat of the British on that day eight of
her father's beloved parishioners lay dead on the ground directly under the
windows of the meeting-house. Three of Mrs. Greene's sisters married ministers,
viz., the Rev. T. Fiske, D. D., the Rev. Dr. Harris, and the Rev. Dr. Ware. The
Rev. Mr. Greene after leaving Medway resided for a few years in Marblehead,
Mass., but removed in 1798 to Berwick, Me. For a time he was the Preceptor of
the Berwick Academy. He then read law, was admitted to the bar, and was in the
practice of his profession for some years. Subsequently he held the appointment
of a judge and rose to eminence in the state. He was also United States Marshal
for the District of Maine. His sons were educated and entered the professions of
law and medicine. The Rev. and Hon. Benjamin Greene died in 1837, in Berwick, Me.


Additional Comments:
THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS,
AND
The Genealogical Records
OF
MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES
IN
MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886.
Illustrated
WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS.
BY
E. O. JAMESON,
THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS." ETC.
MILLIS, MASS. 1886.

Copyright, 1886.
E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS.
All Rights Reserved.

J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I.


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