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Nathaniel Church 1692–1748 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Feb 1692/93

Birth Location: Little Compton, RI, USA

Death Date: 22 Jun 1748

Death Location: Acushnet Cemetery, Acushnet, Bristol, Massachusetts

Father: Joseph Church

Mother: Grace Shaw

Spouse(s): Innocent Head

Children(s): Caleb Church

The story of Nathaniel Church began in 1692 in Little Compton, RI, USA. Nathaniel Church married Innocent Head, and had children including Caleb Church. Nathaniel Church passed away in 1748 in Acushnet Cemetery, Acushnet, Bristol, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • The story of Nathaniel Church began in 1692 in Little Compton, RI, USA.
  • Nathaniel Church married Innocent Head, and had children including Caleb Church.
  • Nathaniel Church passed away in 1748 in Acushnet Cemetery, Acushnet, Bristol, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Church
1662–1715
Birth Location: Hingham, , MA, USA
JC
Grace Shaw
1666–1736
Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA
GS

Spouses(s)

Innocent Head
1695–1778
Birth Location: –
IH

Children(s)

Caleb Church
1728–1771
Birth Location: Little Compton, , RI, USA
CC

Nathaniel Church's Ancestors

Self
Nathaniel Church
1692–1748
Birth Place: Little Compton, RI, USA
Parents
Joseph Church
1662–1715
Hingham, , MA, USA
Grace Shaw
1666–1736
Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA
Grandparents
Anthony Shaw
1628–1705
, , , England
Alice Stonard
1633–
, , , England
Great-Grandparents
John Stonard
1610–1649
Margaret Miller
1612–1682
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Stannard
1584–
Thomasine Sumner
1588–
Thomas Miller
1586–
Agnes
1590–

Nathaniel Church's Descendants

1.
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Nathaniel Church (8 Feb 1692/93–22 Jun 1748) m. Innocent Head (Abt 1695–17 Apr 1778)
  1. 1. Caleb Church 1728–1771 m. Mercy Pope 1729–1780
    1. 1. Joseph Church 1752–1839 m. Deborah Perry 1754–1808
      1. 1. Deborah (P) Church 1783–1827 m. Warren Delano 1779–1866
        1. 1. Warren Delano 1809–1898 m. Catharine (Robbins) Lyman 1825–1896

Nathaniel Church's Timeline

2 Records

1692
8 Feb 1692/93
Birth of Nathaniel Church in Little Compton, RI, USA
Little Compton, RI, USA
1748
22 Jun 1748
Age 56
Death of Nathaniel Church in Darthmouth, Bristol Co., MA, USA
Darthmouth, Bristol Co., MA, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Feb 169293
    Event Place: Little Compton, RI, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] \i History of The Church Family\i0 ., 1: 10
    [2] \i Ancestors of President Franklin D. Roosevelt\i0., accessed 26 Mar 2014), Sources for Capt. Nathaniel Church
    1 Beekman Patent, The Settlers of, Vols. 1-8 [Dutchess Co., NY], Vol. 6, Page 325, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
    2 Find A Grave, (accessed 11132012).
    3 Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase), New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008), Dartmouth Deaths, Vol. 3, Page 24.
    4 Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850, Page 8445, Birth record for Nathaniel Church, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
    5 Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850, Vol. 3, Page 42, Birth record for Nathaniel Church, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
    6 Johnson, Alvin Page, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial Ancestors: Their Part in the Making of American History, Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard (1933), 119, Heritage Quest (Online Database).
    7 Wakefield, Robert S., comp., Mayflower Families in Progress: Richard Church and His Descendants for Four Generations, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1998), 10, 32.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jun 1748
    Event Place: Darthmouth, Bristol Co., MA, USA
    Record Source: \i Ancestors of President Franklin D. Roosevelt\i0., accessed 26 Mar 2014), Sources for Capt. Nathaniel Church
    1 Beekman Patent, The Settlers of, Vols. 1-8 [Dutchess Co., NY], Vol. 6, Page 325, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
    2 Find A Grave, (accessed 11132012).
    3 Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase), New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008), Dartmouth Deaths, Vol. 3, Page 24.
    4 Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850, Page 8445, Birth record for Nathaniel Church, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
    5 Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850, Vol. 3, Page 42, Birth record for Nathaniel Church, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
    6 Johnson, Alvin Page, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial Ancestors: Their Part in the Making of American History, Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard (1933), 119, Heritage Quest (Online Database).
    7 Wakefield, Robert S., comp., Mayflower Families in Progress: Richard Church and His Descendants for Four Generations, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1998), 10, 32.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Acushnet Cemetery, Acushnet, Bristol, Massachusetts
    Record Source: \i Ancestors of President Franklin D. Roosevelt\i0., accessed 26 Mar 2014), Sources for Capt. Nathaniel Church
    1 Beekman Patent, The Settlers of, Vols. 1-8 [Dutchess Co., NY], Vol. 6, Page 325, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
    2 Find A Grave, (accessed 1113/2012).
    3 Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase), New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008), Dartmouth Deaths, Vol. 3, Page 24.
    4 Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850, Page 8445, Birth record for Nathaniel Church, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
    5 Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850, Vol. 3, Page 42, Birth record for Nathaniel Church, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
    6 Johnson, Alvin Page, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial Ancestors: Their Part in the Making of American History, Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard (1933), 119, Heritage Quest (Online Database).
    7 Wakefield, Robert S., comp., Mayflower Families in Progress: Richard Church and His Descendants for Four Generations, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1998), 10, 32.
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