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Josiah Church 1674–1721 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 APR 1674

Birth Location: Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Death Date: 1721

Death Location: Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Father: Samuel Church

Mother: Mary Churchill

Spouse(s): Thankful Brooks

Children(s): John Church

The story of Josiah Church began in 1674 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. Josiah Church married Thankful Brooks, and had children including John Alfred Church. Josiah Church passed away in 1721 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • The story of Josiah Church began in 1674 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.
  • Josiah Church married Thankful Brooks, and had children including John Alfred Church.
  • Josiah Church passed away in 1721 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.

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Josiah Church's Ancestors

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Josiah Church
1674–1721
Birth Place: Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Parents
Samuel Church
1636–1684
England
Mary Churchill
–1690
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Grandparents
Josiah Churchill
1611–1685
Muston Manor, Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England, UK
Elizabeth Foote
1616–1700
Colchester, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Josiah Church's Descendants

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Josiah Church (10 APR 1674–1721) m. Thankful Brooks (19 SEP 1679–3 APR 1733)
  1. 1. John (Alfred) Church 1704–1775 m. Anna (Marie) Curtis 1706–1790
    1. 1. John Church 1736–1811 m. Jane (Mildred) Stamper 1734–1786
      1. 1. Elisha Church 1775–1860 m. Sarah Gilreath 1782–
        1. 1. Charlotte Church 1800–1866 m. Isaac Estep 1794–1854

Josiah Church's Timeline

3 Records

1673
10 APR 1673
Josiah Church was baptized in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1674
10 APR 1674
Birth of Josiah Church in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
1721
1721
Age 47
Death of Josiah Church in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 10 APR 1673
    Event Place: Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 APR 1674
    Event Place: Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave Index, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 23 November 2022), Josiah Church, ; Burial, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States of America, Old Hadley Cemetery; citing record ID 239893365, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [2] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 14 January 2020), Josiah Church, 1670.
    [3] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 14 January 2020), Josiah <church>, .
    [4] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 14 January 2020), Josiah Church, 1674.
    [5] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 14 January 2020), Joseph Church, 1672.
    [6] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 20 May 2022), Josiah Church, 1674.
    [7] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Churchill Family, mrdugg (ancestry.com user name), Ancestry.com.
    [8] FamilySearch FamilyTree, West, Edmund, Comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000., Ancestry.com.
    [9] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Compilers, Churchill , Gardner Asaph and Churchill, Nathaniel Wiley, Editor and Associate Compiler Rev. Bodge, George M., Churchill Family in America, The, Published Genealogies of the Plymouth, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Manhattan, New York Branches of the Churchill Family, Text: Primary Souce used, Published by the Family of Gardner A. Churchill, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc.,1991 (reprint), pp.324-5, Anne Louvau, personal collection.
    [10] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Compiled by Church, Chalres Washburn, Simeon Church of Chester, Connecticut, 1708-1792, and his Descendants, Member of the Connecticut Society of The Order of The Founders and Patriots of America, 1914, The Mattatuck Press, Inc., Waterbury, Conn., pp.18-9, Ancestry.com.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 23 November 2022), Josiah Church, ; Burial, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States of America, Old Hadley Cemetery; citing record ID 239893365, <i>Find a Grave<i>

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1721
    Event Place: Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave Index, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 23 November 2022), Josiah Church, ; Burial, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States of America, Old Hadley Cemetery; citing record ID 239893365, <i>Find a Grave</i>
    [2] FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 - Ancestry.com." Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 - Ancestry.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2014..
    [3] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Churchill Family, mrdugg (ancestry.com user name), Ancestry.com.
    [4] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records, Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute, Amherst BMD, p.31, Ancestry.com.

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