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Jonathan Church (1712 - 1766)

Jonathan Church
Born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , and
Husband of — married 21 Aug 1734 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , and
Died at age 53 in Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotiamap
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Biography

Jonathan was born in 1712.

He married 21 Aug 1734, Thankful, daughter of Jonathan Bullard. He sold his lands in Watertown and removed, in 1745, to Sherborn, where he purchased a large property from Francis Brinley. He also bought, 11 Jun 1744, 100 acres of land in Marlborough. He was a member of the board of assessors at Sherbom for five years. In 1760 he removed to Nova Scotia in the emigration caused by the proclamation of Governor Lawrence, opening up for English settlers the lands of the deported French Acadians. He sailed from Boston to Annapolis, N. S., by the sloop " Charming Molly," 17 May 1760, and settled in Annapolis county.[1]

Children:[2]

  1. Mary, born 17 March 1734/5
  2. Anna, born 20 November 1737
  3. Lydia, baptized 6 April 1740
  4. Abigail, baptized 16 January 1742/3
  5. Rebecca, born 27 September 1753

He passed away in 1766.

Sources

  1. ↑ Who Begot Thee?, Some genealogical and historical notes made in an effort to trace the American progenitors of one individual living in America in 1903
  2. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Eighteen, Part 2, The Descendants of Richard Warren Through His Children Mary, Anna, and Elizabeth, 2011 Edition, Published 2016, Page 308
  • "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSC-3YB : 3 November 2017), Jonathan Church and Thankfull Bullard, 21 Aug 1734; citing Marriage, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
  • Massachusetts Town Records, 10620-1988
  • Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2




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