Sabra (Farnum) Church (1765 - 1815)

Born 28 May 1765 in Sunderland, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Church — married 5 Sep 1790 in Sunderland, Hampshire Co., MA

Descendants

Died 22 Nov 1815 at age 50 in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Name

Name: Sabra Farnum^[1]

Marriage

Husband: Dr Samuel Church

Marriage: 5 Sep 1790, at Sunderland, Hampshire Co., MA^[2]

From History of Sunderland:^[3]

Samuel Church, (Joseph4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Richard1,) was born about 1754, the son of Joseph and Abigail (Smith) Church. Samuel graduated from Harvard in 1778, and he became a medical doctor.

He married Sabra Farnum, the daughter of Benoni, around September 5, 1790 at Sunderland. Sabra died on November 22, 1815. Samuel married second, on April 11, 1819, Lucretia, the widow of Moses Cooley. She was from Wilbraham. Samuel died June 7, 1826, at age 72.

Samuel's children, all with Sabra:^[4]

1. Camilla Church, born July 27, 1792; married December 1, 1810, Rufus Marsh of Montague. Children: 1. Evander, lived in Vernon, Vermont. 2. Lima, married Gaius Taylor of Montague. 3. Electa, married Jonathan Slate of Bernardston. 4. Norman, was a blacksmith; resided in Brookline, Vermont. 5. Merrick, married Miranda Bartlett, resided in Amherst. 6. George. 7. Edwin. 8. Brigham. 9. Sabra, married and lived in Greenfield. 10. Amoret; married Obed Dickinson.
2. Miranda Church, born December 11, 1798; married May 23, 1816, Cephas Graves.
3. Amoret Church, born October 18, 1802; married November 18, 1826, Ivers Benjamin. Children: 1. Son, died young. 2. Fannie, first married _____ Pritchard; then married second _____ Ward; resided in Athol. 3. Dexter. 4. Daniel, married Edna Bemis. 5. Eber. 6. Spencer.
4. Royal Tyler Church, born August 13, 1804, settled in Baltimore, Maryland; married, had one or two children; was lost on the steamer Lexington in 1840.
5. Fanny Church, born October 15, 1809; married Increase Graves; married second, on November 28, 1839, Benoni Graves.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S304.
2. ↑ Source: #S304.
3. ↑ History of Sunderland, p. 287.
4. ↑ History of Sunderland, p. 287.

See also:

• John Montague Smith, Henry W. Taft and Abbie T. Montague. History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, Which Originally Embraced Within its Limits the Present Towns of Montague and Leverett 1683-1899. Greenfield, Massachusetts, Press of E. A. Hall & Co. 1899. https://archive.org/stream/historytownsund00montgoog or https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=uy4lAAAAMAAJ

• Source: S304 Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.)

• Source: S98 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;