Watertown Founders Listing Garrett Church
11/22/15, 2:49:52 PM

Founders on Memorial: Thomas Arnold, John Ball, John Barnard, Ellis Barron, William Barsham, Michael Barstow, Thomas Bartlett, Richard Beach, Richard Beers, Joseph Bemis, John Benjamin, John Bigelow, Nathaniel Biscoe, Edmund Bloye, William Bond, Nathaniel Bowman, Thomas Boylston, Henry Bright Jr., Thomas Brooks, Abraham Browne, Richard Browne, George Bullard, Charles Chadwick, Lambert Chenery, Ephraim Child, Garrett Church, Hugh Clarke, John Coolidge, Benjamin Crispe, Henry Curtis, James Cutler, Richard Cutting, Robert Daniel, Edward Dix, John Doggett, John Eaton, John Eddy, Simon Eire, John Eliot, Robert Feake, John Firmin, David Fiske, John Fiske, Nathan Fiske, Thomas Flagg, John Flemming, Samuel Freeman, Richard Gale, Edward Garfield, John Goss, Christopher Grant, Nicholas Guy, William Hagar, William Hammond, Robert Harrington, Thomas Hastings, and Justinian Holden
Facts about this person:

• Lived 1634 in Watertown, MA
• Contributor April 01, 1634 Boston fort
• Freeman May 02, 1649 Watertown, MA

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ricrhode&...

"Comparatively little is known concerning the first two generations of the family of Garrett Church of Watertown, Mass. John A. Church says he was "a man of mark in Boston, 1624" but fails to give any references. He also states that Garrett and Richard Church of Plymouth, Mass., may have been brothers and quotes Deacon Benjamin Church, great grandson of Richard of Plymouth, who stated that: "he, with two of his brethren, came early into New England as refugees from religious oppression of the parent state." John A. Church goes on to say: "Dea. Benjamin makes the singular mistake of saying that the founder of the Plymouth family was named Joseph, and this may be the name of the third brother, who for some reason did not become established in the country."

Merton A. Church, of Canton, New York, stated in 1962 that "two brothers and a cousin came from near Liverpool, Eng., about 1636, Richard and Garrett and Cousin Richard." Unfortunately the source of Merton Church's information is not known. There is a distinct similarity of given names among the descendants of Garrett and those of Richard of Hartford. John A. Church points out that he found only two instances of intermarriage between the families of Richard of Plymouth and Richard of Hartford and these in later generations. None has been found between the descendants of Garrett and those of either Richard.

Savage and Bond both list the children of Garrett, "by wife Sarah" as follows:

1. John, b. 10 Mar. 1637/8;
2. Samuel, b. 12 June 1640;
3. Sarah, b. 10 Mar. 1642/3;
4. Mary, b. 15 May 1644;
5. Jonathan, b. 13 Dec. 1646;
6. David, b. 1 Sept. 1657.

Since Garrett is believed to have been in Watertown by 1636 it is presumed the births were in that town. There is a "gap" of a decade between the births of Jonathan and David.

Sarah's maiden name has not been found nor has any indication of the date or place of death of either Garrett or Sarah. It is not known when Garrett came to this country or, positively, from what part of England. From an affidavit it has been determined that he was born about 1611. John A. Church speaks of five early Church families: Garrett of Watertown; Richard of Plymouth; Richard of Hartford; John of Dover and David of Marlborough."

Citations

1. Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck: The Progenitor of the Families in America that Have Borne His Name; Including an Introductio, and an Appendix Containing Collateral Information (Google eBook) Lemuel Shattuck.  Dutton and Wentworth, 1855 - 414 pages.  Page 77. "Samuel Church b 1640 Wat. son of Garrett Church married Rebecca Shattuck ..."

GEDCOM Note

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Church-468

Category:Watertown, Massachusetts
Category:Puritan_Great_Migration

Note: George Church and Margarit Northup are being detached as parents of Garrett Church per Great Migration Begins. If in the future this relationship is established, they may be reattached.

Biography

Garrett Church was born about 1611, based on a 17 Dec 1662 deposition in which he claimed to be about 51. Origins unknown, per GMB.

Emigrated to New England in 1633, residing at Waterton. Granted freeman status 2 May 1649. Was a planter.
He died in Watertown, MA after 20 July 1685 when he acknowledged two deeds and before 3 Feb 1685.

Children

1. John, b Watertown 10 Mar 1637[/8?]; no further record; it has been suggested that he was the same as John Church of Dover, NH, but this seems unlikely; see NEHGR 123:183.
2. Samuel, b Watertown 12 Jun 1640; m Watertown 7 Feb 1671/2 Rebeckah Shattack
3. Sarah b Watertown 10 Mar 1642[/3?]; no further record
4. Mary, b Watertown 15 May 1644; no further record
5. Jonathan b Watertown 13 Dec 1646; no further record
6. David, b Watertown 1 Sep 1657; m by 1687 Mary ____.

:"The records of births of Garrett Church's children Mary and Jonathan give the mother as Mary; whereas the mother for all other children, both before and after these two, is given as Sarah. In the absence of other evidence, it is better to assume a simple scribal error rather than three wives for Garrett Church."<ref>GMB, p 360</ref>

Sources

• Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, Boston, MA 1995, p 358.subscribers$
• Search, Robert and Helen C. Search, "Garrett Church of Watertown, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 123, 1969, p. 184.
• https://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/New%20England%20Families/Ch...
• https://www.familysearch.org/links-pages/sourceVE?sourceId=9534-8FW...
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LY68-DBR?icid

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GEDCOM Note

[3026504.ged] from "Ancestors of Chester Reed Ladd" homepage and History of Nantucket, Svage, Virkus Immigrant Ancestors" Garrett Church was one of the Proprietors of Watertown, MA in 1636. John Church was living in Dover, NH in 1665. He lived near Peter Coffin, Joseph Austin, and Edward Starbuck, all of whose descendants moved to Nantucket. He married in 1664 Abigail Sverance and had 6 children. He was killed by Indians in 1696." references: History of Dover NH: Savage, Torrey: Gen Dict ME and NH