GREENE: John Greene [1590-1658/9] was a noted surgeon and physician in Rhode Island. One of his great-great-grandsons gave the family its notoriety. Major General Nathanael Greene [1742-1786] was born a Quaker, but patriotism took front stage as the Revolutionary War broke out. He served as Quartermaster General of the Continental Army from 1778-1780. After presiding over John Andre's courts martial[Benedict Arnold's British contact], then took command of West Point. Following Horatio Gates' debacle at Camden, SC, Greene, long Washington's choice for the position, was finally appointed commander of the Southern Continental Army in October 1780. Greene held Cornwallis at bay until the siege of Yorktown in March of 1781. His motto: "We fight, we get beat, we get up and fight again." [collateral]
LATHAM: Frances Latham Dungan Clarke Vaughn [1610-1677] was known as the "Mother of Governors." Nine direct descendants became governors into the 21st century [eight from Rhode Island and one from Washington], three deputy or lieutenant governors. and six related by marriage - including 2nd husband Jeremy Clarke. [collateral]
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