The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Greene, Dascom GREENE, Christopher, soldier, was born in Warwick, R.I., May 12, 1737; son of Philip Greene, judge of the court of common pleas of Kent county. 1759-84; and a descendant of John Green, the first settler in America by that name. Christopher received a good education and represented his town in the colonial legislature, 1770-72. He was elected a lieutenant of the Kentish Guards on its organization and in May, 1775, was made major in the army of observation commanded by Gen. Nathaniel Greene. He entered the Continental service as captain of a company of infantry and he was taken prisoner while leading an assault at Quebec under Montgomery. After along imprisonment he was exchanged and was made major of the regiment commanded by Gen. J. M. Varnum and in 1777 received command of a regiment and of Fort Mercer on the Delaware which he defended against a superior force of Hessian soldiers, and for this action, Nov. 4, 1777, he was voted a sword by congress. He was on detached service under Gen. John Sullivan in Rhode Island in 1778 and in 1781 while in the advance of the Continental army he was surprised by a body of Tories under Colonel DeLancey and after defending himself valiantly for some time at the cost of several Tory lives he was overpowered and slain. He was married to Anne Lippitt, who with three sons and four daughters, survived him. He died at Croton River, Westchester county, N.Y., May 13, 1781.