Captain Samuel Church, Jr.

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He had two different wives named Agigail

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Captain Samuel Church
Born 19 Aug 1667 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusettsmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Samuel Church and Mary (Churchill) Church
Brother of Mary (Church) Smith, Richard Church, Mehitable (Church) Dickinson, Josiah Church, Benjamin Church and John Church
Husband of Abigail (Harrison) Church — married 7 Jul 1692 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusettsmap
Husband of Abigail (Strong) Chapin — married 12 Aug 1720 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Samuel Church III, Martha (Church) White, Abigail (Church) Warner, Nathaniel Church Sr, Samuel Church, Experience Church and Joseph Church
Died about 1737 at about age 69 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusettsmap
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1 Biography
1.1 Birth
1.2 First marriage and children
1.3 Second marriage
1.4 The Deerfield Massacre
1.5 Deeded land to his son Nathaniel
1.6 Death
2 Research note
3 Sources
Biography

Birth

According to Lucius Botlwood's 1863 Hadley family genealogy, Samuel Church was born in Hadley on 19 August 1667.[1]

Samuel was the son of Samuel Church and his wife, Mary, who was probably the daughter of Josiah Churchill. He was the grandson of Richard and Anne Church of Hartford and Hadley.[1]

Samuel was the brother of:

Mary Church, 1665 – 1700, married Samuel Smith;[1]
Richard Church, 1669 – slain by Indians 15 October 1696, married Sarah Bartlett;[1]
Mehitable Church, 1672, married Nehemiah Dickinson, died 1748;[1]
Josiah Church 10 April 1673;[1]
Jonah Church twin of Josiah, 1674 – ;
Joseph Church, 1678 – 1721;[1]
Benjamin Church, 1680[1] – 1755;
John Church, Ensign, born 24 January 1682[1] – 1751;
First marriage and children

Samuel married first Abigail Harrison on 7 July 1692. Abigail died on 7 September, 1717.[1] Samuel and Abigail had children:

Samuel, 1692 – 28 Apr 1703
Martha, 23 Sep 1694 – , married John White 5 Jan 1715;
Abigail born 25 December 1696, married Samuel Warner, 7 May 1723
a child, born and died 16 June 1699
Richard Church, 20 Sep 1700 –
Nathaniel Church, 7 Feb 1704 – 1780
Samuel Church, 21 Aug 1706 – 1785
Experience Church, 2 Feb 1710 –, married Joseph Wright 14 Jun 1733
A 1914 Church family genealogical history provides the same dates of marriage and the same dates of birth of the children but omits the first Samuel and the unnamed child born and died in 1699.[2] However, the data provided by this Church family genealogy is suspect as it repeated the claims of Gustave Anjou, established as fraudulent, regarding the origins of the Church family.

Another source documenting the children of Samuel and Abigail (Harrison) Church is Amherst genealogical records.[3] This source lists Samuel, born in 1706, Richard, Nathaniel, Abigail, Experience and Martha. The document provides no information about the date of birth of these last 5 children. However, some genealogical databases cite this source as documenting a 1714 year of birth of Experience[4] and a 1716 year of birth of Martha.[5] This appears to be based on the assumption that the source lists the children in order of birth and that there was a 2 year age interval between children.

Second marriage

Samuel married second Abigail Strong on 12 August 1720, who when widowed by Samuel's death in 1737, married Ebenezer Chapin on 12 October 1738.[1] Abigail was the daughter of Samuel Strong and Esther Clapp.[6] Samuel and Abigail had children:

Joseph Church, 28 Jan 1728 – 1819;[1]
The Deerfield Massacre

During the Queen Anne's War, Samuel Church was a 'Militia Man', The English Puritans were fighting against the joint forces of the French and Native Americans. In the early morning of February 29, 1704, Lt. de Rouville led his force of approx. 300, against about 70 colonist. The French and the Indians raided the town, burning and killing men, women and children. Some escaped, some were taken captive. Samuel Church was wounded defending the town.[7]

Deeded land to his son Nathaniel

Samuel Church deeded 62 acres to his son Nathaniel Church. 5 September 1726 a certain parcel of land lying and being in the 1st division of Woodlots East of the Town of Hadley containing 62 acres so it more or less, as it is bounded East on the highway; West on Common Land, North on land that was formally Joseph Church’s, South on the highway[8]

Death

Samuel Church died about 1737[1] and is buried in Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.[9]

Research note

Additional primary sources are needed to better document the facts related to this family.

Sources

Hampden Deeds 1726-1730 vol. E pg. 260-260 -https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZD-N481?i=139&wc...
↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Judd, Sylvester, and Lucius M. Boltwood. History of Hadley: Including the Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Massachusetts. Northampton: Printed by Metcalf, 1863. pp. 18-9. https://archive.org/stream/historyhadleyin01boltgoog#page/n592/mode..., accessed 2 August 2015.
↑ "Simeon Church of Chester, Connecticut, 1708-1792, and his descendants" by Charles Washburn Church, pub 1914 (https://archive.org/details/simeonchurchofch1914chur/page/n37/mode/2up)
↑ See image 41 of 328 of (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMQ-LFK5?i=40). Amherst Genealogical Records, 1658 - 1843.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5M-QV3), Samuel Church in entry for Experience Church, 1714; citing AMHERST,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,128.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCPT-TQ1 : 14 January 2020), Martha Church, 1716.
↑ Caleb Strong, "Elder John Strong and His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston, Printed by David Clapp & Son for the Society, 1869, vol. 23, p. 296, https://archive.org/stream/newenglandhistor023wate#page/296/mode/2up, accessed 3 August 2015.
↑ Judd, Sylvester, and Lucius M. Boltwood. History of Hadley: Including the Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Massachusetts. Northampton: Printed by Metcalf, 1863, pg.306
↑ Hampden Deeds 1726-1730 vol. E pg. 260-260 -https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZD-N481?i=139&wc...
↑ Old Hadley Cemetery Old Hadley Cemetery 1660 Amherst, MA Vital Records
See also:

Caution: There are errors in the book "Simeon Church of Chester, Connecticut, 1708-1792, and his descendants" by Charles Washburn Church, pub 1914 https://archive.org/details/simeonchurchofch1914chur which mistakenly includes details from fraudulent pedigrees by Gustave Anjou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Anjou
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US, Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQM-54D : 9 February 2018), Samll Church and Abigall Harrison, 07 Jul 1692; citing reference 2:3XM0LJD; FHL microfilm 186,152. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3R-L9R : 9 February 2018), Sam. Church and Abigaill Strong, 12 Aug 1720; citing reference 2:3HKTM9G; FHL microfilm 186,161.

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