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Colonel Benjamin Church 1639–1717 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1639

Birth Location: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Death Date: 17 Jan 1717

Death Location: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Father: Richard Church

Mother: Elizabeth Warren

Spouse(s): Alice Southworth

Children(s): Elizabeth Church

In 1639, Colonel Benjamin Church entered the world in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, born to Richard Church And Elizabeth Warren. Colonel Benjamin Church married Alice Southworth, and had children including Elizabeth Church. Colonel Benjamin Church passed away in 1717 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1639, Colonel Benjamin Church entered the world in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, born to Richard Church And Elizabeth Warren.
  • Colonel Benjamin Church married Alice Southworth, and had children including Elizabeth Church.
  • Colonel Benjamin Church passed away in 1717 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Church
1608–1668
Birth Location: Shoreditch, London, London, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Warren
1616–1669
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Alice Southworth
1638–1719
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Church
1665–1691
Birth Location: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
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Colonel Church's Ancestors

Self
Colonel Church
1639–1717
Birth Place: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Parents
Richard Church
1608–1668
Shoreditch, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Warren
1616–1669
Grandparents
Richard Church
1570–1623
London, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Alice Vassell
1580–
London, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Richard Warren
1578–1628
Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Elizabeth Walker
1580–1673
England
Great-Grandparents
John Church
1541–1593
Joan Tytrell
1550–1593
Augustine Walker
1564–1614
Lady Stringer
1568–1615
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward 12GGF
1528–1579
Lucille Walker
1530–1627

Colonel Church's Descendants

1.
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Colonel (Benjamin) Church (1639–17 Jan 1717) m. Alice Southworth (11 May 1638–5 Mar 1719)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Church 1665–1691 m. William little 1660–1740 m. GEORGE LITTLE 1670–1740
    1. 1. Patience little 1692–1775 m. William Exum 1701–1757
      1. 1. Sarah (Patience) Exum 1728–1795 m. John O'Neal 1724–1794
        1. 1. William ONeal 1751–1795 m. Elizabeth Perry 1755–1850
        2. 2. Zacharius\Zacharias\Zachariah (O'Neal *DNA Match's) Line 1756–1796 m. Anney (Tomlinson) O'Neal 1752–1842
        3. 3. Isham Oneal 1761–1840 m. Ann Arrundall 1758–1830
        4. 4. Edmond O'Neal 1760–1831
        5. 5. Micajah O'Neal 1748–1787
        6. 6. James O'Neal 1743–
        7. 7. Wooten (O'Neal) Sr 1765–1822
        8. 8. Exum O'Neal 1750–1793
        9. 9. Theophulis ONeal 1752–1777
        10. 10. Moses ONeal 1755–1812 m. Nancy Rogers 1750–1817
        11. 11. Sarah ONeal 1756–1848
        12. 12. Nathaniel Oneal 1757–1800 m. Sarah Stokes 1770–1804
        13. 13. Sarah ONeal 1762–1848 m. ▲ (Dempsey Jordan) Sr 1754–1833
        14. 14. Samuel (O'Neal *DNA Matches') line 1760–1796
        15. 15. Lamentation (O'Neal *DNA Match's) line 1754–1836 m. Elizabeth ("Mrs. Lemon") Price 1758–
        16. 16. Frederick (Bridgers) O'Neal 1776–1844
        17. 17. Earl (Bridgers) O'Neal 1770–1844
        18. 18. Polly O'Neal 1781–1852
        19. 19. Lt. (John Axom "Indian War") O'Neal 1749–1793 m. Ruth Wooten 1750–1797
      2. 2. Arthur Exum 1747–1821
      3. 3. Joseph Exum 1714–
      4. 4. Barnaby Exum 1716–1796 m. Miss Harris 1718–1790
        1. 1. Williamson Exum 1740–1810
        2. 2. Simma Exum 1746–1827
      5. 5. William Exum 1718–1774
      6. 6. Moses Exum 1720–
      7. 7. Michael Exum 1722–1785
      8. 8. Elijah Exum 1724–1789 m. Martha Exum 1716–1789
        1. 1. Benjamin (Exum) Jr 1765–1821 m. Mary (Cecelia) Turner 1795–1855 m. Mary Birdsong 1745–1782
        2. 2. Martha (Patsy) Exum 1739–1810
        3. 3. William Exum 1770–1837
        4. 4. Matthew Exum 1773–1823
        5. 5. Tabitha Exum 1739–1820
        6. 6. Charlotte Exum 1780–1820
        7. 7. James Exum 1783–1844
        8. 8. Jesse Exum 1785–1837
        9. 9. Kinchen Exum 1787–1819
      9. 9. Mary Exum 1726–
      10. 10. Parnell (Robert) Exum 1732–
      11. 11. Patience Exum 1740–1822 m. Thomas Lloyd 1730–1771
        1. 1. Elizabeth Loyd 1761–1817
        2. 2. John Lloyd 1758–1822
        3. 3. Samuel Loyd 1760–1820 m. Mary (Catherine) Davis 1784–1855
        4. 4. Thomas Loyd 1763–1809
        5. 5. James Loyd 1765–1820
        6. 6. Francis Loyd 1765–1820
        7. 7. Jane Loyd 1766–1816
        8. 8. Patience Loyd 1767–1840
      12. 12. Benjamin Exum 1725–1789
      13. 13. Joseph Exum 1725–
    2. 2. William (Little III) * 1696–1756 m. Morning (Kimborough) (Cherokee) 1685–1756 m. Alicia (Elizabeth LaRoche) Little 1724–1794
      1. 1. Abraham (Little,) Sr. 1715–1785 m. Amelia ((Amy)) Llewellyn 1720–1793
        1. 1. Percelia (Alice "Celia") Little 1743–1823
        2. 2. William Little 1752–1837 m. Mary (Ann) Johnson 1756–1810
        3. 3. Fredrick Little 1760–1802
        4. 4. Elizabeth Little 1764–1798
        5. 5. Ann Little 1746–1798
        6. 6. Sarah Little 1752–1833
        7. 7. James ("Jesse" Adair) Little 1742–1798
        8. 8. Edmund Little 1760–1788
        9. 9. Abraham Little 1750–1835
        10. 10. John Little 1762–1826 m. Bellany Erwin 1750–1848
        11. 11. Noah Little 1746–1824 m. Mary ((Polly)) Edmondson 1777–1843
      2. 2. James Little 1722–1794
      3. 3. Jeannett Little 1713–1764
      4. 4. William Little 1720–1794 m. Alicia (Elizabeth) Laroche 1724–1794
        1. 1. Polley Little 1750–
        2. 2. Elsey Little 1780–1832
        3. 3. Gray Little 1741–1824
      5. 5. Joseph Little 1726–1799 m. Elizabeth Blount 1732–1764
        1. 1. Edmund Little 1775–
        2. 2. Edmund Little 1758–1788
        3. 3. James Little 1757–1799
        4. 4. John Little 1744–
        5. 5. Joseph Little 1760–1848
        6. 6. Rebecca Little 1760–1837
        7. 7. William Little 1765–
      6. 6. Jane (Morning) Little 1728–
      7. 7. Gray Little 1741–1824 m. Sylvia (Peninah Ann) Thigpen 1770–1831
        1. 1. Mary (Penelope) Little 1795–1817
        2. 2. Sylvia (Little) Manning 1801–1870
        3. 3. James (Thigpen Little (3-4) yrs) 1799–1803
        4. 4. Mary (Elizabeth) Little 1824–1824
        5. 5. Dr. (Blake Baker) Little 1793–1873 m. Mary (Stanton) Little 1794–1843 m. Caroline (Randolph) Thigpen 1800–1823 m. Elizabeth Jones 1797–1855
        6. 6. Peninah (Little) Cromwell 1809–1836
        7. 7. Louis (Gray Little (Pitt Co. NC-Sumter AL)(son of Major) Gray) 1803–1857 m. Eliza (Ann Louisa) Eborn 1818–1906
        8. 8. Lydia (Thigpen Little) Manning 1789–1851
        9. 9. Seth Little 1807–1865
        10. 10. William Little 1805–1873
        11. 11. Elizabeth Little 1791–1810
        12. 12. Sarah (Elsey Little) Thigpen 1780–1832
      8. 8. Polly (Jane) Little 1728–1790
      9. 9. Jacob Little 1735–1826 m. Mary Whitley 1728–1839
        1. 1. Jesse Little 1748–1787 m. Frances Alligood 1762–1784
        2. 2. Nathan Little 1765–1813 m. Sally Truss 1785–1814
        3. 3. Asa Little 1750–1800
        4. 4. Sarah Little 1767–1821
        5. 5. Frances (Little) Knight 1769–1882
        6. 6. Louisa Little 1775–
        7. 7. Nahum (Adam Little) (NC-GA) 1765–1837
        8. 8. Jane (Little) Little 1772–1833
        9. 9. Abraham (Little (son of Jacob, of Edgecombe,) NC) 1750–1800
      10. 10. Isaac Little 1722–1797 m. Pleasant (Mary) Browne 1735–1781
        1. 1. Jacob (Isaac) Little 1755–1838
        2. 2. Penelope Little 1758–
        3. 3. Pleasant Little 1760–1832 m. Rachel (Carson) Knox 1792–1850
        4. 4. James Little 1755–1855
        5. 5. William (Franklin) Little 1764–1826 m. Annaretta Little 1762–1850
        6. 6. Isaac Little 1774–1843
        7. 7. Micah Little 1764–1825
        8. 8. Elisha Little 1767–1826
        9. 9. William (Gray) Little 1755–1826 m. Annaretta Little 1762–1850
      11. 11. John LITTLE\LYTLE 1715–1755
      12. 12. Pleasant (Minon) Little 1754–1797
    3. 3. Nathaniel Little 1690–1715
    4. 4. Bethiah Little 1683–1689
    5. 5. John Little 1687–1769
    6. 6. Benjamin Little 1691–1788
    7. 7. Katherine Little 1689–1725
    8. 8. Josiah Little 1680–1739 m. Mary (Martha) Parnell 1664–
      1. 1. Roy (Thomas) Little 1700–1764
    9. 9. ALICE LITTLE 1683–1725
    10. 10. Elizabeth Little 1681–1725
    11. 11. Abraham Little 1715–1785
    12. 12. Dr. (Thomas) Little 1674–1712
    13. 13. Martha Little 1696–
    14. 14. Thomas Little 1696–1676
    15. 15. James Little 1692–1769
    16. 16. George Little 1694–1769
    17. 17. Robert Little 1685–1736 m. Mary (Ann Mourning Kimborough … Powhatan) Confederacy 1685–1756
      1. 1. Lucy (Little) Dupree 1712–1788
      2. 2. William Little 1712–1794
      3. 3. Jacob Little 1718–1826
      4. 4. Jane (Morning) Little 1728–1812
      5. 5. Isaac Little 1722–1797
    18. 18. Lemuel (Little .) 7MGF 1699–1705

Colonel Church's Timeline

2 Records

1639
1639
Birth of Colonel Benjamin Church in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1717
17 Jan 1717
Age 78
Death of Colonel Benjamin Church in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1639
    Event Place: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Jan 1717
    Event Place: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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