John Church Sr (1668 - 1756)

Born 5 Jul 1668 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 7 Jan 1756 at age 87 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island

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Biography

John Church, the fourth child of Joseph Church and Mary Tucker, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts on July 5, 1668.^[1]

John Church married Rebecca ----- in 1693. He died January 7, 1756.^[2]

John Church (Joseph, Richard), born 1666; died 7 Jan., 1756, at Little Compton; married 1693, Rebecca, born 1673, died 1748.

Little is known of his life. He seems to have lived always in Little Compton. Though "John and Rebecca" are mentioned with some frequency in town and church records the family name of the wife is never disclosed. He was one of the "overseers" of the will of his brother-in-law, Samuel Gray.

His own will was proved 3 Feb. 1756.^[3] Inventory £325, 2s. Executors, sons Benjamin and Edward. To son Benjamin northerly part of farm I now live upon and buildings thereon, etc. brass kettle, lignum vitae mortar, Bible, sword, nine plate buttons, shoe buckle, chairs, tables, etc. To son Edward rest of farm, bed, book called "Body of Divinity," silver-headed cane, eight plate buttons, loom, etc. To da. Mary Tisdale £30, she having had, and like legacies to daughters Elizabeth Crandall and Sarah Crossman. To granddaughter Rebecca Church a case of drawers. To granddaughter Anstis Church a foot wheel. To three daughters household goods. To sons Benjamin and Edward rest of estate. The children of his eldest son, John, who had d 9 years before, were not mentioned. They were living in Connecticut. (Little Compton, R. I., records.)

Children-

1. William, b 6 May, 1694; d probably without heirs.
2. John, b 7 Mar., 1696; bp. 12 Nov., 1699, at Bristol; d 1747-8; m (1718) Elizabeth Evans, d bef. 1736; m. 2d, 15 Dec, 1736, at Killingly, Conn., Susanna Morris (then Morrice)
3. Mary, b Apr., 1698; bp. 12 Nov., 1699; m 12 Aug. 1725, Samuel Tisdale, of Freetown.
4. Elizabeth, b 17 Feb., 1700; bp. 3 Nov.; m 29 July, 1720 (or 22,both dates given) Joseph Crandall
5. Benjamin, b 13 June, 1702; m 21 May, 1752, Judith Pabodie.
6. Rebecca, b 12 Apr., 1704; d 20 June, 1721.
7. Edward, b 22 Feb., 1706; d Aug. 1761; m 2 Oct., 1729, Grace Shaw;by Thos. Church, J. P.; m 2d, 3 May, 1755, Mary Southworth.
8. Sarah, b 13 Sept., 1708; m 11 Sept., 1740, Joshua Crossman.

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Sources

1. ↑ Robert S. Wakefield, F.A.S.G. "The Children and Purported Children of Richard and Elizabeth (Warren) Church", The American Genealogist, Vol. 60, No. 3, July 1984, page 133.
2. ↑ John A. Church, “Descendants of Richard Church of Plymouth, Mass.” (1913), page 16.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649137_00101). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], image 101-104, Newport, Little Compton, Book 1, page 178-183. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
4. ↑ Descendants of Richard Church of Plymouth, Mass. Rutland, Vt: Tuttle, 1913.

• History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.126