Grace Church

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Grace (Shaw) Church (abt. 1666 - 1737)

Grace Church formerly Shaw
Born about 1666 in Portsmouth, Newport, Colony of Rhode Islandmap [uncertain]
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Anthony Shaw and Alice (Stonard) Shaw
Sister of William Shaw, Elizabeth Shaw, Mary Shaw, Israel Shaw and Ruth (Shaw) Cooke
Wife of Joseph Church Jr. — married 1688 in Little Compton, Bristol, Plymouth Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Joseph Church, Sarah (Church) Talman, Nathaniel Church, Alice (Church) Southworth, Deborah (Church) Briggs, Elizabeth (Church) Palmer, Caleb Church, Richard Church and Israel Church
Died 1 Mar 1737 at about age 71 in Little Compton, Newport, Colony of Rhode Islandmap
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2.2 Marriage
Biography

Grace was born about 1666. She was the daughter of Anthony Shaw and Alice Stodard. She passed away about 1737. [1]

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Find A Grave Memorial# 73097802
Burial: Old Commons Burial Ground, Little Compton. Newport County. Rhode Island, USA
Photo: There is a photo of his gravestone on the gravesite
Name

NAME Grace /Shaw/
Marriage

From Pane-Joyce Genealogical Project: Ca 1688 Joseph [Church] married Grace Shaw, daughter of Anthony Shaw (ca 1628-21 Aug 1705) & Alice Stonard (ca 1633-ca 1705). Born ca 1666 in Boston, MA.[2] Grace died on 1 Mar 1737 in Little Compton, RI.

Their children include: Joseph Church (17 Jun 1689-25 Oct 1712), Sarah Church (31 Mar 1691-Jun 1750), Nathaniel Church (Twin) (8 Feb 1693-22 Jun 1748), Alice Church (Twin) (8 Feb 1693-14 Feb 1718), Deborah Church (Jan 1697-aft 16 Aug 1759), Elizabeth Church (Feb 1699-), Caleb Church (11 Oct 1701-1 May 1769), Richard Church (21 Nov 1703-), Israel Church (22 Apr 1707-)

MARR
DATE 08 APR 1653
PLAC Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
MARR
DATE 18 APR 1653
↑ Entered by Dale Burdick, Wednesday, November 20, 2013.
↑ According to Wilbour (attached document), Anthony Shaw bought a farm in Portsmouth, RI in 1665 making that town a more likely birth location for Grace.
'The Shaw Family', Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin, 'Little Compton Families', The Little Compton Historical Society, 1967, pg. 552. (See attached document, no open access to this document on Internet, authorized access through Family History Library)
Marriage Citation, Surname: Church, 'Joseph, and Grace ______, _____, 1688', Arnold, James N., 'Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Birth, Marriages and Deaths, Volume 4, Newport County, Part IV, Little Compton, Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Providence, R.I, 1893, pg. 18. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924098819976#page/n425/mode/1up
"Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VK1N-2VH : accessed 10 September 2015), Joseph Church and MM9.1.1/VK1N-2VH:, 1688; citing Tiverton,Newport,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,270. NOTE: Many early Rhode Island records for events in Little Compton are mislabeled or duplicated as Tiverton being adjacent towns and sharing many common families and much history.
Birth, Death and Children of Joseph Jr. and Grace Shaw Church, Arnold, James N., 'Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Birth, Marriages and Deaths, Volume 4, Newport County, Part IV, Little Compton, Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Providence, R.I, 1893, pg. 101. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924098819976#page/n508/mode/1up
"Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2HZ-Z5D : accessed 10 September 2015), Grace Church, 01 Mar 1737; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 908,270.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2T-H3PG : accessed 10 September 2015), Grace Shaw Church, 1737; Burial, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America, Old Commons Burial Ground; citing record ID 73097802, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Genealogical Entry for Joseph Church, Jr., (1663-1715), Church, John A., 'Descendants of Richard Church of Plymouth, Massachusetts', The Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1913, pg. 36. https://archive.org/stream/descendantsofric00chur#page/36/mode/1up
Genealogical Entry for Joseph Church Jr. (1662-1715), Pane-Joyce Genealogical Project ID 22664. http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr10/rr10_109.html#P34032