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63. Smith Rose Greene-344541 (Rebecca Rose Greene , Joseph Greene , Martha Coit , John , Joseph , John , Daniel , Progenitor 2010 ) was born in 1802. She died in 1885.
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Rose married US-China trader Forbes Robert Bennet I-8138 son of Forbes Ralph Bennet-8054 and Perkins Margaret Mitchell-21040. Robert was born on 18 Sep 1804 in Milton Suffolk Mass. He died on 3 Nov 1889.
Code-US. He is child3. See Hodson lists. Per Linda Minor. See email from NZ of 3-2-2001. See email of 6-11-2000 and re http of Linda Minor. He is a nephew of William Sturgis qv. he first went to sea aged 12. This may be a Forbes connection of WS Davidson as mentioned by Maxine Darnell. See notes re Herries ideas US trade direct with India by 1781 in notes to Herries qv. See Dict Biog entry. Sailor for his uncle's trading, sailed around world in 1824-1827, received storeship from his uncle when their firm merged with another to form the most powerful US-China trading firm in US-China in 1830, almost ruined by panic of 1837, went to Canton, became involved in Opium War, sent ice to Orient, regained fortune in Opium War blockades, invented Forbes rig for sailing ships. An early advocate of screw propellor and iron hulls, carried supplies to Irish in famine of 1847, also served as US and French vice-consul, had 1844 article, Remarks on China and the China Trade; he wrote on ocean steam navigation in 1855. http on descendants of Surgeon John Green of Rhode Island. There is also a Thomas Tunno Forbes. He is with Russell Sturgis and Co. He is cousin of John Perkins Cushing. Email and http of 6-11-2000 from Linda Minor. Website by Ron Ulrich.
Robert and Rose had the following children:
+ 97 F i Forbes Edith-344538 was born in 1842. 98 M ii Spendthrift Forbes Robert Bennett II-344542 was born in 1836/1837. He died in 1891.
Website by Ron Ulrich.+ 99 M iii US-China merchant Forbes James Murray-344543 was born in 1845. He died in 1871.
66. Haskins David Greene-511442 (Rebecca Rose Greene , David Greene , Martha Coit , John , Joseph , John , Daniel , Progenitor 2010 ) was born in 1818 in Cambridge Mass. He died in 1896 in Cambridge Mass.
David married Davis Mary Cogswell-511445 daughter of Davis Progenitor-511447 and DNotknown Miss-511448. Mary was born about 1822.
They had the following children:
100 F i Haskins Mary Cogswell-511446 was born in 1846.
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