Catharine Littlefield Greene
BIRTH
Feb 17, 1755
New Shoreham, Rhode Island
DEATH
August 2, 1814
Cumberland Island, Georgia
FAMILY
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Greene, Catharine Littlefield
(1755-1814)
Catharine ("Caty") Littlefield Greene was an American patriot who traveled to her husband, Continental Army General Nathanael Greene's, encampments during the American Revolutionary War.
GRAVE:
GRAVE
Greene-Miller Cemetery
Julia Street, St. Marys, Georgia, 31558, USA
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HUSBAND
Nathaniel Greene
(1742-1786)
Martha Washington Greene Nightingale
(1777-1839)
Cornelia Greene
(1778-1862)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Valley Forge National Historic Park | 1400 N Outer Line Dr, King of Prussia, PA 19406 | MUSEUM | ||
George Washington's Mount Vernon | 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121 | MUSEUM | ||
Greene-Miller Cemetery | Julia Street, St. Marys, Georgia, 31558, USA | GRAVE |
DIED:
Cumberland Island, Georgia
Aug 2, 1814
Catharine ("Caty") Littlefield was born on February 17, 1755, off the coast of Washington County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, on Block Island, where her mother's family were among the first settlers in the 1660s. She was born into an upper-class family; her father, John Littlefield, was a member of the Rhode Island legislature. Catharine was the second of five children born to John and Phebe (née Ray) Littlefield.
Beginning in 1772, Catharine was courted by Nathanael Greene, a fellow Rhode Islander, who was 12 years and six months her senior. He was a merchant and a foundry worker. Catharine married Nathanael on July 20, 1774, becoming Catharine Littlefield Greene.
She entertained and comforted the soldiers, officers, and officer's wives. During that time she had four children and a fifth after the end of the war. Greene followed her husband, regardless of cold weather or illness in the camps, notably spending the winter at Valley Forge.