Gardiner Greene
Gardiner Greene (1753–1832) was a cotton planter and merchant from Boston, Massachusetts who conducted business from his plantation, Greenfield, in Demerara (Guyana) in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Socially prominent in the town of Boston, he owned a house, greenhouse, and garden filled with fruit trees and peacocks on Cotton Hill, opposite Scollay Square. He was also the son-in-law of painter John Singleton Copley.
Gardiner Greene | |
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portrait by John Neagle | |
| Born | 23 September 1753 Boston |
| Died | 19 December 1832 (aged 79) Boston |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Reading, Elizabeth Hubbard, Elizabeth Copley |
| Children | 11, including Benjamin Daniel Greene |
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