| Honorific Prefix: | Major |
| Job Greene | |
| Office: | Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives |
| Term Start: | October 1727 |
| Term End: | April 1728 |
| Predecessor: | Thomas Frye |
| Successor: | Henry Bull |
| Birth Date: | 24 August 1656 |
| Birth Place: | Warwick, Colony of Rhode Island, British America |
| Death Place: | Pawtuxet, Colony of Rhode Island, British America |
| Parents: | John Greene Jr. Ann Almy |
| Children: | 10 |
| Relations: | John Greene (grandfather) Christopher Greene (grandson) William Greene Sr. (nephew) |
Major Job Greene (24 August 1656 – 6 July 1745) was a colonial Rhode Island politician.
Greene was born on 24 August 1656 in Warwick in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was a son of John Greene Jr. (1620–1708) and Ann (Almy) Greene (1627–1709).
His paternal grandparents were Joan (Tattersall) Greene and John Greene, who sailed to New England in 1635 aboard the ship James becoming one of the 12 original proprietors of Providence, and a co-founder of the town of Warwick.[1] Through his younger brother Samuel, he was uncle to William Greene Sr., who served as a governor of the colony, and a great-uncle to William Greene Jr., who was a governor of the State of Rhode Island.[2]
Like his father before him, Greene "became one of the leading men of the town in colonial affairs", active from 1681 when he became a freeman of the colony until his retirement in 1744 shortly before his death. He served as Deputy (precursor to Representative) from Warwick to the General Assembly beginning in 1696 for thirteen consecutive terms. He served as Assistant for nine years, and Speaker of the House of Deputies from October 1727 to April 1728.
Sometime before 1700, Greene built a home and mill on his large farms, laying the foundation for Centerville, Rhode Island.
On 22 January 1684, Greene was married to Phebe Sayles (1658–1744), daughter of John Sayles, who served in the House of Deputies, and Mary (Williams) Sayles, and granddaughter of Roger Williams, 9th President of the Colony of Rhode Island. Phebe's sister Elinor married his brother Richard and her sister Mary married his brother William. Together, they were the parents of:[3]
Greene died on 6 July 1745 in Pawtuxet, Rhode Island and was buried at Easton cemetery in Middletown, near Newport.
Through his daughter Deborah, he was a grandfather of Judith Ray (wife of Thomas Hubbard, Esq. of Boston), Anne Ray (wife of Governor Samuel Ward), Catherine Ray (a literary companion of Benjamin Franklin, who married her second cousin Governor William Greene Jr.), Phebe Ray (wife of John Littlefield, Esq. of New Shoreham).[4]
Through his youngest son, Judge Phillip, he was the grandfather of Col. Christopher Greene (1737–1781), who led the defense of Fort Mercer in the 1777 Battle of Red Bank during the American Revolutionary War and was killed by Loyalists in May 1781 at the Battle of Pine's Bridge.[5]
. Thomas W. Bicknell . The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . 1920 . 3 . The American Historical Society . New York . 1953313 .