Benjamin Church

Male Abt 1640 - 1718  (78 years)

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  • Name Benjamin Church 
    Birth Abt 1640  Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Jan 1717/18  Little Compton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I17501  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Richard CHURCH,   b. 1608, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1668, Dedham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth WARREN,   b. Abt 1616, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1669/70, Hingham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage Bef 14 Mar 1634/35  [1] 
    Family ID F06870  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Southworth,   b. Abt 1646, Duxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1718/19, Little Compton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 26 Dec 1667  Duxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Church,   b. 1674, Duxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Captain Constant Church,   b. 12 May 1676, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Edward Church,   b. 1680
     4. Charles Church,   b. 9 May 1682, Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Elizabeth Church,   b. 26 Mar 1684, Little Compton or Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1757, Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     6. Nathaniel Church,   b. 1 Jul 1686, Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1686/87, Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F06691  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • The following notes are adapted from "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations" Vol. 18, Part I, Richard Warren; compiled by Robert S. Wakefield, pub. by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999 :

      Benjamin died in his 78th year.

      In the year 1675, he was the first Englishman to settle at Little Compton. However, that year war broke out between the settlers and natives. During this conflict, known as King Philip's War, Benjamin was commissioned as Captain in Plymouth's colonial forces. In 1689 he was commissioned as Major and Commander-in-Chief of the first expedition against the Indians in Maine. He eventually commanded all five expeditions.

      In March 1716/17 Col. Benjamin Church and his wife Alice were admitted as members of the United Congregational Church in Little Compton, RI.

  • Sources 
    1. [S013330] Robert S. Wakefield, compiler, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 18, Richard Warren, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999), Part I, p. 6.

    2. [S013330] Robert S. Wakefield, compiler, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 18, Richard Warren, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999), Part I, p. 26.