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Ruth Greene 1766–1798 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Aug 1766

Birth Location: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Death Date: 5 Sep 1798

Death Location: Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Father: Benjamin Greene

Mother: Elizabeth Hubbard

Spouse(s): Richard Buffum

Children(s): Richard Buffum, Joseph Buffum, Maria Buffum, Charlotte BUFFUM, James Buffum

Ruth Greene was born in 1766 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, the child of Benjamin Greene And Elizabeth Hubbard. Ruth Greene married Richard Buffum, and had children including Charlotte Buffum, James Buffum, Joseph Buffum, Maria Greene Buffum, Richard Buffum. Ruth Greene passed away in 1798 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

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Biography

  • Ruth Greene was born in 1766 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, the child of Benjamin Greene And Elizabeth Hubbard.
  • Ruth Greene married Richard Buffum, and had children including Charlotte Buffum, James Buffum, Joseph Buffum, Maria Greene Buffum, Richard Buffum.
  • Ruth Greene passed away in 1798 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Benjamin Greene
1738–1807
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Hubbard
1739–1775
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Richard Buffum
1760–1847
Birth Location: Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Children(s)

Richard Buffum
1784–1833
Birth Location: Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Joseph Buffum
1792–1826
Birth Location: Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
JB
Maria Buffum
1797–1880
Birth Location: –
MB
Charlotte BUFFUM
1787–
Birth Location: Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
CB
James Buffum
1789–1846
Birth Location: Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Ruth Greene's Ancestors

Self
Ruth Greene
1766–1798
Birth Place: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Parents
Benjamin Greene
1738–1807
Elizabeth Hubbard
1739–1775
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ruth Greene's Descendants

1.
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Ruth Greene (13 Aug 1766–5 Sep 1798) m. Richard Buffum (22 Mar 1760–2 Nov 1847)
  1. 1. Richard Buffum 1784–1833
  2. 2. Joseph Buffum 1792–1826 m. Mary Sweet 1798–1861
    1. 1. James (Monroe) Buffum 1824–1889 m. Jane (Ellen) Crawford 1844–1921
      1. 1. Annie (Delana) Buffum 1876–1944 m. Charles (Clinton) Potter 1866–1938
        1. 1. Mary (Ellen) Potter 1913–1979 m. Stanley (Gale) Rasmus 1910–1979
        2. 2. Harold Potter 1897–1969
        3. 3. Charles (C) Potter 1902–1988
        4. 4. Russel Potter 1907–1929
        5. 5. Jennie Potter 1909–1977
        6. 6. Dorothy Potter 1895–1970 m. Francis (Merion) Powell 1890–1979
      2. 2. Charlotte Buffum 1870–1890
      3. 3. Joseph Buffum 1874–1933
      4. 4. Grizella Buffum 1879–1948
      5. 5. Charles BUFFUM 1872–1872
      6. 6. Amos (Dill) BUFFUM 1882–1938
      7. 7. Cecil (Oliver) BUFFUM 1884–1930
    2. 2. Stephen (Sweet) Buffum 1817–1886 m. Mary (Emma) Besse 1830–1886 m. Caroline Stevens 1817–1852
      1. 1. Stephen (Van Rensselaer) Buffum 1848–1915 m. Julia (E.) Woodruff 1852–1924
        1. 1. Carrie Buffum 1892–1968 m. Ora (Carl) Edwards 1894–1953
        2. 2. Delana (Nellie) Buffum 1872–1919
        3. 3. William (S.) Buffum 1876–1954
        4. 4. Stephen (Sweet) Buffum 1883–1951
        5. 5. Hattie Buffum 1880–1947
    3. 3. Eliza (Ann) BUFFUM 1819–1897
    4. 4. Sarah (Ann) Buffum 1822–1888 m. Joseph Starmer 1820–1900
      1. 1. Mary (Ann) Starmer 1859–1923 m. William (Jeraldon) Crittenden 1862–1935
        1. 1. Helen (Elithe) Crittenden 1902–1976 m. Herbert (Rector) Voris 1895–1973
        2. 2. Florence (C) Crittenden 1888–1954
        3. 3. William (B) Crittenden 1892–1975
        4. 4. Joseph (Elmer) Crittenden 1896–1918
        5. 5. Albert (L) Crittenden 1898–1960
        6. 6. Dean (Stormer) Crittenden 1908–1981
        7. 7. Ethel (M) Crittenden 1884–1946
      2. 2. Maria (Ermima) Starmer 1861–1947
      3. 3. Clarabelle (Frances) Starmer 1864–1953
    5. 5. Maria Buffum 1826–1913
  3. 3. Maria (Greene) Buffum 1797–1880
    1. 1. Joseph (Buffum) Sweet 1827–1892 m. Phebe (Eliza) Webster 1828–1913
      1. 1. Nellie (Augusta) Sweet 1862–1952 m. George (Lester) Lewis 1857–1932
        1. 1. Jessica Lewis 1889–1969 m. George (Frederick) Coope 1893–1972
        2. 2. Marjory Lewis 1886–1961
        3. 3. Clement (Buffam) Lewis 1893–1936
        4. 4. Lester (Sweet) Lewis 1884–1946
        5. 5. Olmstead Lewis 1893–
      2. 2. George (Clinton) Sweet 1851–1928 m. Ida (May) Crittenden 1855–1923
        1. 1. George (Clinton) Sweet 1895–1982 m. Frances (Hall) FARNHAM 1895–1986
        2. 2. Gertrude (Crittenden) Sweet 1878–1962
        3. 3. Laura Sweet 1879–1969
      3. 3. Everett (Lorenzo) Sweet 1854–1920
  4. 4. Charlotte BUFFUM 1787–
  5. 5. James Buffum 1789–1846 m. Mary Baker 1798–1865
    1. 1. Obidiah (Baker) Buffum 1818–1901 m. Sarah (Ann) Bailey 1823–1896 m. Anna (Eliza) Elmendorf 1821–1844
      1. 1. Horatio (Plum) Buffum 1854–1927
      2. 2. Melissa (Henrietta) Buffum 1846–1919
      3. 3. David (Markes) Buffum 1848–1929
      4. 4. Charles (James) Buffum 1851–1934
      5. 5. Harriet (Aurilla) Buffum 1860–1943 m. Milo (William) Dodge 1851–1919
        1. 1. Sharlette (Ruth) Dodge 1897–1983 m. Herbert (Johnson) Abernathy 1892–1952
        2. 2. Edna (F) Dodge 1893–1943
      6. 6. Ira (Bailey) Buffum 1864–1938
      7. 7. Bianca Buffum 1840–1867
      8. 8. Benjamin (R) Buffum 1842–1862
    2. 2. Anna (Baker) Buffum 1829–
    3. 3. Elizabeth Buffum 1832–1884 m. Sidney Showers 1830–1903
      1. 1. James (Sidney) Showers 1855–1928 m. Anna (Submitta) Smith 1857–1944
        1. 1. Adelbert (James) Showers 1881–1909
        2. 2. Howard (Lee) Showers 1891–1956
        3. 3. Florence (Loella) Showers 1877–1948 m. Frank (Albert) Hayes 1884–1947 m. Thomas (A.) Wyman 1874–1906 m. William Wright 1896–1930
      2. 2. Stephen (Baker) Showers 1856–1945
      3. 3. Mary Showers 1860–1879
      4. 4. Electa (M) Showers 1867–1901
      5. 5. Golusha Showers 1870–1960
    4. 4. Richard Buffum 1822–1878 m. Martha Freeman 1831–1911
      1. 1. Stephen (Freeman) Buffum 1853–1853
      2. 2. Amos Buffum 1854–1919
      3. 3. Alwyn (Ranson) Buffum 1856–1903 m. Ella (Margaret) Wakefield 1856–1932
        1. 1. Laura (Ella) Buffum 1887–1972 m. George (Walter) Cooper 1885–1939
        2. 2. Homer (Richard) Buffum 1883–1959 m. Amy (G) Cline 1885–
      4. 4. Albert (Nelson) Buffum 1860–1925
      5. 5. Allen (Lorenzo) Buffum 1864–1933 m. Irona (Belle) Davidson 1868–1946
        1. 1. Mary (Ethel) Buffum 1901–1996 m. Carl (Maurice) Reynolds 1896–1965
        2. 2. Warren (Merrill) Buffum 1893–1927
        3. 3. Harvey (Elbert) Buffum 1896–1935
      6. 6. Lottie (Marie) Buffum 1869–1944 m. Walter (Rather) Kissick 1869–1915
        1. 1. Elmer (Richard) Kissack 1895–1967
        2. 2. Martha (Jeanette) Kissack 1897–1991 m. Victor (Spencer) Nichols 1892–1986 m. Clarence (Hoyt) Field 1900–1950
        3. 3. Otis (Arthur) Kissack 1899–1968
        4. 4. Katharine (Anna) Kissack 1901–1987
        5. 5. Bethyl (May) Kissack 1904–1982
        6. 6. Allen (Francis) Kissack 1907–1994
      7. 7. Laura (Anna) Buffum 1877–1970
    5. 5. James Buffum 1827–1832
    6. 6. Anna Buffum 1845–
    7. 7. David (Baker) Buffum 1825–1902 m. Phebe Freeman 1830–
      1. 1. Sylas (Leroy) Buffum 1859–1944 m. Jennie (Eliza) Michael 1871–1937
        1. 1. Marian (Electa) Buffum 1910–1997 m. Ernest (Dillman) Bullock 1907–1976
        2. 2. Rollie (Earl) Buffum 1905–1953
        3. 3. Jennie Buffum 1912–
        4. 4. Bennie Buffum 1894–
        5. 5. Charlotte Buffum 1897–
        6. 6. Arlie (LeRoy) Buffum 1892–1938 m. Helen (Lena) Arends 1893–1986
      2. 2. Elisha Buffum 1855–
      3. 3. Electa Buffum 1853–
    8. 8. Electra Buffum 1820–1848 m. Levi (Corydon) Burr 1821–1880
      1. 1. Marietta Burr 1843–1916 m. Stephen (Anson) Matthews 1839–1921
        1. 1. Clyde (Stephen) Matthews 1884–1964
        2. 2. Phillip (Hugh) Matthews 1882–1882
        3. 3. Alice (Miriam) Matthews 1877–1955
        4. 4. Jay (Ira) Matthews 1875–1948
        5. 5. Claude (Elias) Matthews 1872–1945
        6. 6. Lee (Corydon) Matthews 1871–1959
        7. 7. Guy (Earle) Matthews 1869–1949 m. Sarah (Alice) Irish 1875–1916
        8. 8. Ray (Arlon) Matthews 1867–1959 m. Miriam (Jessie) Elston 1872–1963

Ruth Greene's Timeline

2 Records

1766
13 Aug 1766
Birth of Ruth Greene in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
1798
5 Sep 1798
Age 32
Death of Ruth Greene in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Aug 1766
    Event Place: Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: Rhode Island, Births

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Sep 1798
    Event Place: Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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