Lieut. Uriah Church, Sr

• CHURCH, URIAH SR Ancestor #: A021890
• Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): LIEUTENANT
• Birth: 2-20-1740 LYME CONNECTICUT
• Death: 3-8-1822 EAST HARTLAND CONNECTICUT
• Pension Number: *S
• Service Description: 1) CAPT.THEODORE WOODBRIDGE, 2) COL. SAMUEL ELMORE GEN. WOOSTER

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Uriah Church married Deborah Hungerford. Uriah Church was born in 1740. He died in 1822.

Child of Uriah Church and Deborah Hungerford

1. Uriah Church Jr.+ b. 1762, d. 1824 married MARTHA COWDREY

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Biography

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24428982/uriah-church

The Revolutionary War Pension File No. 37844 for Uriah Church provides more details of his military service. He was appointed 1st lieutenant on 28 November 28 1775 in Captain Theodore Woodbridge's Company in General Wooster's Regiment. His commission was approved on 15 April 1776 in Colonel Samuel Elmore's regiment. Uriah Church participated in the battles of ST Johns and Quebec and was discharged 18 April 1777 at Fort Schuyler, New York. A pass dated 24 April 1777 at Albany, New York, authorized by Major General Gates, gives the bearer, LT. Uriah Church permission to return to Hartland, Connecticut.

• Inscription:
• Lt. Uriah Church
• Revolutionary War
• Capt. Woodbridges' Co.
• Died Mar. 8, 1822
• Age 82 yrs

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Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. 62, Cemetery 115-1:7, East Hartland Cemetery, Hartland

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS FOR THOMAS HUNGERFORD OF HARTFORD AND NEW LONDON, CONN. AND HIS DESCENDANTS IN AMERICA By F. PHELPS LEACH. (1932) page 51

126. DEBORAH 5 HUNGERFORD ( C a p t . R o b e r t 4 , J ohn3, T h o m a s 2 , Thomas1 ) , of East Haddam and Hartford, Conn., born at East Haddam, 14 Oct. 1743; died 21 July 1826. She married LIEUT. URIAH4 CHURCH, SR., born 20 Feb. 1740, at Lyme, Conn.; died 8 Mar. 1822; son of John3 and Joanna, and grandson of Samuel2 and 8. Susanna3 (Hungerford). They settled in Hartford, Conn.

Child born at Hartford (surname Church) and others:

• i. SERGT. URIAH•-•, b. 10 July 1762; d. 29 Apr. 1824; m. MARTHA COWDREY, b. 16 Jan. 1766; d. 11 Mar. 1820; dau. of Moses and Martha Bushnell.

References

• https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/99545143?cid=mem_copy
• https://www.holcombegenealogy.com/g0/p386.htm#i19258
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24428982/uriah-church