October 28 he mortgaged to his mother his house on Ann Street 

 (which appears to have been the house he had purchased on 

 North Street), and at the same time he deeded to his brother 

 Newman all his right and title in his father's estate at the North 

 End. Greenough was only 24 at the time of his marriage, and he 

 apparently became involved in real estate, by choice or by necessity, 

 to a considerable degree. 



Greenough, in 1744, was a member of a militia company in 

 Boston,^^ and three years later, in 1747, he was listed as third 

 sergeant. He was a firm patriot, held a town office, and was a 

 founder and deacon of the New Brick Church in Boston. 



Greenough had a substantial interest in the holdings of his late 

 father-in-law. For example, on August 11, 1744, he and his wife 

 deeded to a merchant named James Pitts the seawall, or new wharf, 

 "before the Town of Boston in the front and rear lying to the north- 

 ward of King Street Pier, North Wharf and flats of James Bow- 

 doin," all of which was part of the estate of his deceased father- 

 in-law that apparently had been inherited by his wife. In the 

 following year, on November 1, 1745, he purchased a house and 

 land on Portland Street from his widowed mother-in-law and then 

 on March 31, 1746, he and his wife deeded the same house and land 

 to a merchant named Stephen Hall. Numerous other negotiations 

 of the same nature are on record. 



At some time between 1748 and 1750 Greenough's first wife, 

 Martha, died, and in 1750 he married Sarah Stoddard. Three 

 more children, all sons, resulted from this second marriage. His 

 real estate negotiations continued full pace during the second 

 marriage as during the first. ^^ 



Greenough's second wife preceded him in death, and Greenough 

 died in 1785 at the age of 75. His will, probated on x'\ugust 23, 

 1785, had been made on May 21, 1782;^^ it contained some in- 

 teresting bequests: 



Executors: my two sons, David S. and William Greenough. Legatees: 

 to the children of my son Thomas, deceased, Rachel, Ann, and Sally Green- 

 ough, ^13.6.8 each. To their sister Betty £5. To the children of my son 

 John deceased, 200 acres of land. I also give his eldest son John my silver can, 

 fellow to the one I gave his father. To his sons Wm. and David, and to his 



^' Called the "r r Co.," which has not been further identified but is believed to 

 have been one of the many militia companies that were formed in Boston during 

 this period. 



^^ "Thomas Greenough," in Thwing Catalogue, Massachusetts Historical 

 Society. 



^^ M.S. identified as Folio 495, Massachusetts Historical Society. 



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