He served as an Ensign in the Kent Guards, East Greenwich, Rhode Island and was a Justice of the Peace.
Sources
↑ "Rhode Island Town Births and Baptisms Index, 1639-1932", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F83X-SLP : Fri Mar 08 20:01:33 UTC 2024), Entry for Sylvester Greene and Thomas Greene, 3 November 1737.
↑ "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2W7-5J4Q : Fri Mar 08 18:15:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Silvester Greene and Thomas Greene, 3 December 1761.
"Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DXMV-WZ2M : Sat Mar 09 09:44:33 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Greene and Silvester Greene, 8 December 1764.
"Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DXM1-19N2 : Sat Mar 09 09:44:33 UTC 2024), Entry for Nicholas Greene and Silvester Greene, 28 September 1769.
"Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2W7-5KGW : Sun Mar 10 00:20:47 UTC 2024), Entry for William James and Webster James, 25 October 1795.
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7GC-R8B : 13 December 2022), Sylvester in entry for Susan F. Green Macomber, 1879.
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