The Church Family

Cathi's Line

Generation 1

Richard Church (Reference # 6788) is our first known ancestor in this Church line. He was born 6 February 1609/10 at London, England and died 16 December 1667 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. He married Anne Marsh (Reference # 6789) 18 May 1627 at Braintree, Essex, England. She was born 1611 at Braintree, Essex, England and died 10 March 1684 at Hatfield, Hampshire Co., MA. Information about her ancestry is unknown. They had the following children:

Edward Church

b. 26 February 1627/8 at England
d. 19 September 1704 at Hatfield, Hampshire Co., MA
m. before 1654 to Mary Hopkins and had at least one child: Hannah Church (1672-1756) who married Ebenezer Billings (29 Oct 1669-14 Nov 1745), for further information see the Billings Family

Samuel Church

b. 3 March 1627/8
d. c1628 (died young)

Mary Church

b. 2 November 1632
d. 1694 or 1695
m. before 1647 to Isaac Graves (c1620-19 Sept 1677) and had the following children: Mary Graves (5 July 1647-aft 1710); Isaac Graves (21 Aug 1650-prob died young); Rebecca Graves (3 July 1652-); Samuel Graves (1 Oct 1655-8 Feb 1692); Sarah Graves; Elizabeth Graves (6 March 1662-); John Graves (1664-1746); Hannah Graves (24 Jan 1666-); Jonathan Graves (c1666-12 Oct 1737); and Mehitable Graves (1 Oct 1671-)

Samuel Church

b. 1636
d. 13 April 1684 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA
m. before 1665 to Mary Churchill

John Church

b. 9 May 1636
bur. 16 October 1691 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA
m. 27 October 1657 to Sarah Beckley (-aft 1689)

Generation 2

Capt. Samuel Church (Reference # 3394) was born 1636 and died 13 April 1684 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. He married Mary Churchill before 1665. She was born 24 March 1638/9 at Wethersfield, now in Hartford Co., CT and died 1690. For information on her ancestry see the Churchill Family. They had the following children:

Mary Church

b. 23 January 1665
d. 18 June 1700
m. 16 November 1682 to Samuel Smith

Samuel Church

b. 19 August 1667
d. 1737 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA
m. 7 July 1692 to Abigail Harrison (11 Sept 1673-7 Sept 1717) and had the following children: Samuel Church (-28 Apr 1703); Martha Church (23 Sept 1694-); Abigail Church (25 Dec 1696-); Unnamed child (16 June 1699-16 June 1699); Richard Church (20 Sept 1700-); Nathaniel Church (7 Feb 1704-); Samuel Church (21 Aug 1706-); and Experience Church (2 Feb 1710-)
m. 12 August 1720 to Abigail Strong (23 Nov 1690-) and had child: Joseph Church (28 Jan 1728-7 Sept 1819). She married second 12 October 1738 to Ebenezer Chapin.
1704 - wounded during Indian raid on Deerfield, MA

Richard Church

b. 9 December 1669
d. 15 October 1696 at Sunderland, MA - killed by Indians
m. 24 January 1695/6 to Sarah Bartlett

Mehitable Church

b. 11 January 1671/2 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA
d. 25 September 1748 at Hadley (now South Hadley), Hampshire Co., MA
m. before 1701 to Nehemiah Dickinson II at MA

Josiah Church

b. 10 April 1673
m. 24 November 1699 to Thankful Brooks (1679-) and had the following children: Mary Church (15 Jan 1701-); Jonathan Church (13 Dec 1702-); John Church (2 Oct 1704-); Elizabeth Church (10 Apr 1707-); Josiah Church (27 Nov 1709-); Mehitable Church (3 Sept 1711-); Joseph Church (12 Jan 1714-); Samuel Church (30 Apr 1716-); Ann Church (31 Aug 1718-); and Martha Church (4 Oct 1720-)

Joseph Church

b. 26 May 1678
d. 1721 at Sunderland, MA

Capt. Benjamin Church

b. 1 September 1680
d. 15 January 1755 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA
m. 13 January 1709 to Miriam Hovey (27 Aug 1689-) and had the following children: Benjamin Church (26 Dec 1709-) and Meriam Church (12 May 1712-1773)
m. 23 September 1714 to Hannah Dickinson (6 Sept 1684-bef May 1724), d/o Nehemiah Dickinson I and Mary Cowles (see the Dickinson Family for further information on her ancestry), and had the following children: Nehemiah Church (22 July 1715-1773); John Church (23 Sept 1716-); Esther Church (13 Feb 1718-bef 1780); and Mary Church (13 Aug 1719-). Hannah Dickinson had married first c1700 to Isaac Hubbard (1679-)
m. 29 May 1724 to Mrs. Sarah Perkins

John Church

b. 24 December 1682
d. 21 March 1757
m. 5 February 1706/7 to Elizabeth Olmstead

Generation 3

Mehitable Church (Reference # 1697) was born 11 January 1671/2 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA and died 25 September 1748 in the part of Hadley that is now South Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. She married Nehemiah Dickinson II (Reference # 1696) before 1701 at MA. He was born 5 June 1672 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA and died 1 October 1715 in the part of Hadley that is now South Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. For information on his ancestry see the Dickinson Family. They had the following children:

Mary Dickinson

b. 10 June 1701 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA
d. 20 January 1724/5

Nehemiah Dickinson III

b. 6 November 1702 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA
d. 20 March 1776 at Granby, Hampshire Co., MA?
m. 4 June 1730 to Mary Moody
see the Dickinson Family for further information on this line

Mehitable Dickinson

b. July 1704 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA
m. 12 January 1727 to Richard Church and had the following children: Moses Church (23 Feb 1728-9 Sept 1748); Elisha Church (29 May 1730-c1766); Unnamed son (Sept 1732-5 Nov 1732); Richard Church (9 Nov 1733-8 Dec 1733); Waitstill Church (7 Feb 1735-12 Sept 1748); Unnamed daughter (Feb 1737-Feb 1737); Mary Church (3 Apr 1738-c1778); Martha Church (1 Nov 1740-); and Rebecca Church

Hannah Dickinson

b. 30 July 1706 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA
d. 3 September 1765
m. Luke Montague (4 Oct 1699-28 Aug 1775) at South Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA and had the following children: Luke Montague (9 March 1729-18 Nov 1757); Hannah Montague (5 Jan 1731-31 Aug 1773); Abigial Montague (18 Feb 1733-28 Aug 1833); Giles Montague (28 June 1736-3 May 1738); Mehitable Montague (3 Oct 1738-23 Oct 1815); Mary Montague (1 Nov 1740-); Huldah Montague (29 Apr 1743-); and Miriam Montague (25 Jan 1745-). Luke Montague also married Deborah.

Sarah Dickinson

b. 13 April 1708 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA
m. 24 June 1733 to John Moody (10 Sept 1702-1769) and had the following children: John Moody (8 July 1734-4 Oct 1815); Sarah Moody (9 Jan 1736-21 Nov 1819); Moses Moody (28 Aug 1737-1774); Aaron Moody (1 Oct 1739-14 Oct 1819); Hannah Moody (17 Sept 1741-); Joel Moody (27 Oct 1743-22 March 1824); Rachel Moody (13 Jan 1746-); and Lois Moody (24 June 1750-)

Daniel Dickinson

b. 8 September 1710 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA
d. 1793 at Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA
m. 14 June 1750 to Rachel Goodman (1 Oct 1706-)

John Dickinson

b. 14 May 1713 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA
d. 1791
m. 12 November 1741 to Esther Dickinson (5 Jan 1716-11 Jan 1803), d/o Nathaniel Dickinson and Hannah Smith (see the Dickinson Family for further information), and had the following children: Nathaniel Dickinson (13 Aug 1742-c1795); Israel Dickinson (15 May 1746-); and Waitstill Dickinson (17 Apr 1750-c1792)

Sources

Descendants of Nathaniel Dickinson by Elinor V. Smith, Dickinson Family Association, 1978

History of Hadley, MA by Sylvester Judd, including Family Genealogies by Lucius M. Boltwood, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1993 ed.

New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1985

Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors of Members of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century 1915-1975 by Mary Louise M. Hutton, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1991