Alice (Southworth) Church (abt. 1648 - 1719)

Born about 5 Mar 1648 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Church — married 26 Dec 1667 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 5 May 1719 at about age 71 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island

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Biography

Alice was born about 05 MAR 1648 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, daughter of Constant Southworth and Elizabeth Collier. She died 5 may 1718 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island. She is buried at Old Commons Burial Ground Cemetery, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island.^[1]

Alice married Benjamin Church in 1672^[2]

Their children included:

1. Catherine (m. Valentine Troop)^{[citation needed]}
2. Thomas b Duxbury 1673, d 12 Mar 1746^[3]
3. Alice (m. Thomas Cornell and Ephriam Thomas)^{[citation needed]}
4. Benjamin b 1678^[3]
5. Edward b 1680^[3] (m. Martha Burton/Brenton)
6. Martha, (date not listed),^[3] Elizabeth b 26 Mar 1684^[3] (m. John Rosbotham/Rothbotham, Samuel Woodbury, John Sampson)
7. Charles b 1682^[3] (m. Hannah Paine)
8. Constant b Portsmouth 12 May 1776 (typo 1676?)^[3]
9. Nathaniel b 1 Jul 1686, d 29 Feb 1687^[3]

Alice Collier Southworth. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 April 2021), memorial page for Alice Southworth Church (5 Mar 1646–5 Mar 1719), Find A Grave: Memorial #40075313, citing Old Commons Burial Ground, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Dale & Corinne Wise (contributor 47132213) .
2. ↑ Vital Records of Rhode Island, record in Little Compton (marriage probably in Duxbury, but records were kept in towns of both). Image at (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-8FVM?i=227) "CHURCH Benjamin (col.) and Alice Southworth, ___, 1672"
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Vital Records of Rhode Island, recorded in Little Compton, children of Benjamin Church and Alice. Image at (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-8FG4?i=273)
4. ↑ Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

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