Captain Thomas Church, Esq.

Thomas Church, the son of Benjamin Church and Alice Southworth, was born about 1674 at Duxbury, and died at Little Compton March 12, 1746 in his 73rd year.

i. Thomas Church; b. 1673/74 at Duxbury, MA; m. Sarah Hayman, daughter of Nathaniel Hayman and Elizabeth Allen, 21 Feb 1698; 1st wife; m. Edith Woodman, daughter of John Woodman and Hannah Timberlake, 16 Apr 1712; 2nd wife; m. Sarah Horsewell 10 Oct 1719 at Hingham, MA; 3rd wife; d. 12 Mar 1746 at Little Compton, RI.

He was a carpenter. He left a will at Taunton, MA; recorded 16 Apr 1746.

Children

Thomas Church and Sarah Hayman had the following (5) children:

1. Sarah Church, b. 15 Jan. 1700/1; died 298 Aug. 1701
2. Elizabeth Church, b. 9 Sept 1702; died 27 Sept. 1702
3. Thomas Church, b. 20 Aug. 1704; died 21 Aug. 1718
4. Alice Church, b. 28 July 1706
5. Benjamin Church; baptized 20 March 1708/9; died young

Thomas Church and Edith Woodman had the following (4) children:

1. Elizabeth Church, b. 10 Jan. 1713
2. Hannah Church, b. 23 Sept 1714
3. Priscilla Church, b. 6 Jan 1717
4. Thomas Church, b. May 1718; died young

Thomas Church and Sarah Horsewell had the following (8) children:

1. Thomas Church, b. 31 May 1720; died 4 July 1720
2. Sarah Church, b. 15 May 1721
3. Thomas Church, b. 13 July 1722; died 5 Oct. 1722
4. Benjamin Church, b. 9 September 1723; died 27 Sept. 1723
5. Mary Church, b. 2 Jan. 1725
6. Thomas Church, b. 1 Sept. 1727
7. Benjamin Church, b. 10 Jan 1732; died 4 Aug. 1749
8. Mercy Church, b. 18 Sept 1734

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Church-82 cites
   1. Robert S. Wakefield, “Richard Church and His Descendants for Four Generations”, 1998, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, pages 15-16.
   2. Richard Warren Silver Book, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Published 2004, page 120