Richard Greene (died October 1622) was the first Governor of
Wessagusset Colony
Wessagusset Colony (sometimes called the Weston Colony or Weymouth Colony) was a short-lived English trading colony in New England located in Weymouth, Massachusetts. It was settled in August 1622 by between fifty and sixty colonists who were ill-p ...
in
New England
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, located in modern-day
Weymouth, Massachusetts ("To Work Is to Conquer")
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. He died at Plymouth colony after having only governed the ill-fated Wessagusset colony for a few months since its creation in July. He was the brother-in-law of
Thomas Weston, the primary investor in the colony.
References
People of colonial Massachusetts
1622 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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