Thomas Greenough (1710-1785)
Maker of Navigational & Surveying Instruments, of Boston, Massachusetts
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, where he made navigational and surveying instruments. He owned several properties and was active in city affairs, serving as a Market Clerk, Constable, and Selectman. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company and became Captain in the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment, taking part in the Cape Breton expedition in 1745. In 1755, he became Deacon of Boston's New Brick Church. A patriot during the Revolution, being too old to fight, he worked to help those whose incomes had been affected by the war. He was also a member of the Revolutionary Committee of Correspondence which met at the Joshua Loring house in Jamaica Plain after it had been seized the patriots, and which was afterwards the home of his son, David Stoddard Greenough, and David's descendants up until 1924.
