page 686 The village of Greenville, about the middle of the 1800's, was founded by Capt. Samuel GREEN. Leicester's Indian name was "Towtaid" and in Jun. 27, 1686 it was purchased from the Indians for 15 pounds of New England money. The purchase was a pecuniary investment. Almost 27 years went by before any type of settlement. Leicester was thus saved from perils and horrors to which other towns were subjected, while her primeval forests waited in silence for more peaceful occupation.