This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ic.2ADI/181.880.885.1.3.1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I found this finally on the Internet, which I think explains the cousin deal. Also found that William Greene Sr. was born 1743 and died 1826. Rufus GREENE was born on 2 Jun 1712 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island. He died on 11 Dec 1784 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island. He married Martha RUSSELL on 13 Mar 1735 in Rhode Island. He was the son of Jabez Greene (1673) and the brother of Nathaniel Greene (1707). This Nathaniel Greene was the father of the more famous Nathanael Greene (1742) to which our Rufus Greene was first cousin. They had the 14 children, including: Abraham Greene, Russell Greene, Phebe Greene, Mary Greene, Joseph Greene, Rufus Greene, William Greene, Caleb Greene, Charles Greene, Stephen Greene, Martha Greene, Jonathan Greene, David Greene, and Martha Greene.