Joseph Church, Jr.

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Joseph Church Jr. (abt. 1662 - 1715)

Joseph Church Jr.
Born about 1 Nov 1662 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Baymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Joseph Church and Mary (Tucker) Church
Brother of Elizabeth (Church) Blackman, Mary (Church) Wood, John Church Sr, Alice Church, Benjamin Church, Sarah Church, William Church, Deborah (Church) Throop and Abigail (Church) Simmons
Husband of Grace (Shaw) Church — married 1688 in Little Compton, Bristol, Plymouth Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father 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 19 Dec 1715 at about age 53 in Little Compton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Joseph Church, the first child of Joseph Church and Mary Tucker, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts on November 1, 1662. He was baptized December 14, 1662.[1]

Joseph Church married Grace Shaw in 1688. He died on December 19, 1715.[2]

From Pane-Joyce Genealogical Project: 22664. Joseph Church. Born on 14 Dec 1662 in Hingham, MA.[3] Joseph died in Little Compton, RI, on 19 Dec 1715; he was 53.

Ca 1688 Joseph married Grace Shaw, daughter of Anthony Shaw (ca 1628-21 Aug 1705) & Alice Stonard (ca 1633-ca 1705). Born ca 1666 in Boston, MA. Grace died on 1 Mar 1737 in Little Compton, RI.

Will: Will of Joseph Church page 249. Joseph Church of Little Compton. To wife Grace Church either ye lower rooms in ye lower house or one lower room in my upper house by the highway and all house hold goods except what I otherwlse give away. To son Nathaniel Church one half of all my lands in three great lots from the sea to ye great highway with one house and one barn. To son Caleb Church with my other house and barn on ye land when 21 on ye land from the highway to the sea. Great highway. Son Nathaniel Church is to have choice of house and barn. To two youngest sons Richard and Israel Church 100 pounds at twenty three years and fifty pounds to both when they build a house. To grandson Joseph Church 50 pds at 23. Granddaughter Grace Church To four daughters Sarah, Alice, Deborah and Eliz abeth 50 pounds each. Son Nathaniel and wife Grace executors and loving brother in law Israel Shaw and friend Deacon Pabonie to be overseers. To sons Nathaniel Caleb, all outlands. Witnesses Richard Thomas, his mark. Joseph Church. Benjamin Southworth Edward Richmond Will made Jan 11, 1714- 15 Proved Jan 3, 1715.

Inventory of estate of Mr Joseph Church dept this life Dec 19 1715 and the second year of his majesty's reign. Homestead farm and edifices there to belonging. 1800 pounds. Total. of inventory. not given.[4]

Joseph is buried in Old Commons Burial Ground, Little Compton. Newport County. Rhode Island.</br> Inscription: Here lyeth ye body of Ioseph Church who departed this life in the 52d year of his age, the 19th day of December, 1715.[5]

Sources

↑ Robert S. Wakefield, F.A.S.G. "The Children and Purported Children of Richard and Elizabeth (Warren) Church", The American Genealogist, Vol. 60, No. 3, July 1984, pages 132 and 133.
↑ John A. Church, “Descendants of Richard Church of Plymouth, Mass.” (1913), page 16.
↑ This Is an error on their part as November birth is fairly well established through Harper's Journal found in Massachusetts Town and Vital Records collection of the Family History Library, http://search.ancestry.com/collections/2495/records/10855916 (authorized access required)
↑ “Little Compton, Rhode Island, Wills,” Abstracted from original probate records of Taunton, MA, and Little Compton, RI, by Benjamin F. Wilbour, 1945, NewEnglandAncestors.org.
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #73097200
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ3F-Z4J : accessed 8 September 2015), Joseph Church, Nov 1662; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
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-2V4 : accessed 8 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 Citations, Surname: Church, 'Joseph, of Joseph and Mary, _____, _____ 1663, Joseph, d. Dec. 19, 1715.', 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/V2HW-2Y7 : accessed 8 September 2015), Joseph Church, 19 Dec 1715; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 908,270.
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
Genealogical Entry for Joseph Church Sr., (1638-1711), Church, John A., 'Descendants of Richard Church of Plymouth, Massachusetts', The Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1913, pg. 15-16. https://archive.org/stream/descendantsofric00chur#page/15/mode/1up
History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.126
Sources: 1.Title: Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Vol 18 Part 1- Richard Warren
Author: Robert S. Wakefield, F.A.S.G. Publication: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999

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