Bobby You mention that he was B 1799. What documentation do you have for his Birth? Do you have the church record for Baptismal that gives a DOB? If not that is what I would suggest you find. I would also check both Greene and Green as the name variations can change from record to record. Do not assume the 1799 is accurate if you figured it from a Census. They only give you an approx. D and since the Census taker talked to children, neighbors or such it is sometimes way off. In checking Church records also note the Baptismal Records for his all children and who the sponsors are (quite often relatives or parents). Check records on his wife (and her family) and locate their M record. Research his siblings (brothers and sisters that you know) and see if their records give you the parents name. The LDS Family History Library has microfilms of church records and you can order them for a small fee. They also have the reader to review them. They are not indexed by name so you must browse the records. But sometimes in NYS the only source for a B, D or M record in the early days. Remember almost everyone had their child baptized as church was the social life of these families. Check for a Greene/Green living in the on the 1790 Census. Could hold a clue. Also check the Tax records and see if one lived there and paid taxes by the name of Greene. Have you checked Wm Staats Greene's deed to property to see if perhaps he obtained it from his father? Land records can very often solve a brickwall. Another source might be clues in the early Town Records where they might of recorded a record of town meeting, an office he or his father may have held or even sometimes the death is recorded. Do you have the names of all his children? Many used the various naming patterns when naming these children and that could lead you to his father and mothers (given name). The first Boy was named after the fathers father. The 2nd Boy after his maternal grandfather, 3rd after the father, 4th after the fathers eldest brother. The first girl after the maternal grandmother and the 2nd girl after the paternal grandmother, the 3rd G after the mother and the 4th after the mother's eldest sister. This is not always true but holds a great deal of the time and one has to realize a child might have been named in this order but is now deceased. In some cases you will find that a 2nd child was named the same as a previous child now deceased. . I checked my Greene Family and do not have his name. But then all of the family has not been found. I have my direct line but there are many in the Rhode Island Greene family I descend from that are unaccounted. Warm Regards Pat R