According to the Descendants of Joseph Greene, Mary Aylesworth’s parents were Arthur Aylesworth and Mary Brown of Quidnesset. Her mother was the daughter of Rev. John Brown and Mary Holmes of Providence, Rhode Island. Mary Holmes was the daughter of Rev. Obediah Holmes of Newport.
According to The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Obadiah’s daughter Mary did indeed marry a John Brown of Chad and Elizabeth Brown, and the two had a daughter named Mary. This Mary is assumed to be the same Mary who married Arthur Aylesworth.
See The American Family of Rev. Obadiah Holmes
John Browne, born 1634, son of Rev. Chad Browne.
Mary, daughter of of Rev. Obadiah, must have been born about 1648.
References
1. Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850. A Family Register for the People. 21 volumes. Arnold, James Newell. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from Cornell Univesity Library and New England Historic Genealogical Society.
- . Possibly John and Mary's Marriage
Vol. 7. Friends and Ministers: Narragansett Friends Record - Marriages, pg. 134
. Rhode Island, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1740-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Rhode Island Census, 1740-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
. Greene, F. L. (1894). Descendants of Joseph Greene of Westerly, R.I: Also other branches of the Greenes of Quidnesset, or Kingston, R.I., and other lines of Greenes in America. Albany, N.Y: Joel Munsell’s Sons.
- Mary Alsworth - pg. 14
. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com), memorial page for Mary Aylesworth Greene (3 Dec 1687-24 Aug 1741), Find A Grave Memorial no. 159966108; Maintained by root bound (contributor 48845271) Unknown.
. Austin, J. O., & Moriarty, G. A. (1969). The genealogical dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690, with many families carried to the fourth generation. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co.
- Holmes (Obadiah) pg. 103-104
- scanned version at archive.org
Basic Info
Born: December 3, 1687 (3)
Birthplace: North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island (3)
Mother: Mary Brown (3, 4)
Father: Benjamin Greene (3, 4)
Husband: John "White Hat" Greene ()
Married: December 16, 1709 (1)
Marriage Place: Unknown (?)
Direct Descendant: Joseph Greene (1, 3)
Death Place: West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island (1, 3)
Burial Place: Unknown (?)
Biography
According to the Descendants of Joseph Greene, Mary Aylesworth’s parents were Arthur Aylesworth and Mary Brown of Quidnesset. Her mother was the daughter of Rev. John Brown and Mary Holmes of Providence, Rhode Island. Mary Holmes was the daughter of Rev. Obediah Holmes of Newport.
According to The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Obadiah’s daughter Mary did indeed marry a John Brown of Chad and Elizabeth Brown, and the two had a daughter named Mary. This Mary is assumed to be the same Mary who married Arthur Aylesworth.
See The American Family of Rev. Obadiah Holmes
John Browne, born 1634, son of Rev. Chad Browne.
Mary, daughter of of Rev. Obadiah, must have been born about 1648.
References
1. Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850. A Family Register for the People. 21 volumes. Arnold, James Newell. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from Cornell Univesity Library and New England Historic Genealogical Society.
- . Possibly John and Mary's Marriage
Vol. 7. Friends and Ministers: Narragansett Friends Record - Marriages, pg. 134
. Rhode Island, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1740-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Rhode Island Census, 1740-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
. Greene, F. L. (1894). Descendants of Joseph Greene of Westerly, R.I: Also other branches of the Greenes of Quidnesset, or Kingston, R.I., and other lines of Greenes in America. Albany, N.Y: Joel Munsell’s Sons.
- Mary Alsworth - pg. 14
. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com), memorial page for Mary Aylesworth Greene (3 Dec 1687-24 Aug 1741), Find A Grave Memorial no. 159966108; Maintained by root bound (contributor 48845271) Unknown.
. Austin, J. O., & Moriarty, G. A. (1969). The genealogical dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690, with many families carried to the fourth generation. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co.
- Holmes (Obadiah) pg. 103-104
- scanned version at archive.org