RICHARD CHURCH
                     FIRST OF HIS LINE IN AMERICA



RICHARD CHURCH was born in England in 1608, arrived in Boston, Mass. in 1630.
He was admitted a freeman in 1632 and from 1633-1649 was a resident of Plymouth, 
Mass.  On 24 January 1653 he purchased land in Hingham, Mass. and was a resident 
there for the remainder of his life.
He married about 1636 ELIZABETH, daughter of RICHARD WARREN and ELIZABETH 
[Jouatt?] WARREN. Richard Warren came to Plymouth in 1620 on the "Mayflower".  
Richard Church died 27 December 1668 and his wife died 4 March 1670.

Children:There is some discrepancy as to the number of children 
born to Richard and Elizabeth Church.  One source names 9 and two others list 
12. None of the sources give the children in the same order of birth.  
The following is as near as can be determined from the records:

   i.  Elizabeth, b. at Plymouth 1636/7.
  ii.  Joseph, b. 1638.
 iii.  Benjamin, b. 1640. He was a Colonel and a hero in the Indian Wars.
He commanded the party by which King Phillip was slain. 
Benjamin died in 1717/18.
  iv.  Richard, died young
   v.  Nathaniel, d. 1707; m. ca 1665, Sarah Barstow, dau. of William Barstow
  vi.  CALEB, born 1643. The order of his birth is in doubt. 2 Sources
list him as the 6th child and another as the 4th child.
 vii.  Hannah
viii.  Abigail, b. 1647, d. 1679
  ix.  Charles, killed when his cart overturned in 1659.
   x.  Sarah, married James Burross 1674
  xi.  Mary, died 1662
 xii.  Deborah

CALEB CHURCH, son of Richard and Elizabeth Warren Church.
He was born at Plymouth in 1643. Married 16 December 1667 Joanna Sprague 
born December 1645, daughter of James and Milicent Eames Sprague. There is 
no record of Caleb's death date. Joanna d. 11 July 1678.  He m.(2) Rebecca Scotto 
Children:
   i.Hannah, b. 1668
  ii.RUTH, b. 12 January 1669/70.  Ruth married [2] Joseph Child.  Their
daughter Lydia married David Ingersoll. Lydia and David Ingersoll were the 
grandparents of the David Ingersoll who married Jonathan Edwards's grand-
daughter Sarah Parsons.

                      SPRAGUE

WILLIAM SPRAGUE arrived in Salem, Mass. with his two brothers, Ralph and
Richard in 1629.  He removed to Hingham, Mass. in 1636.  He married Milicent
Eames in 1635, daughter of Anthony Eames.
William died 26 October 1675.  His wife died 8 Feb. 1695/96.

Children:
   i. Anthony, bapt. at Charlestown, June 23, 1636.
  ii. John, bapt. in Hingham, Apr. 1638.
 iii. Samuel, bapt.  May 24, 1640
  iv. Jonathan, bapt.  March 20, 1641/42, d. July 4, 1647
   v. Persis, b. Nov. 12, 1643, m. John Doggett.
  vi. JOANNA, b. Dec. 1645, m. Dec. 16, 1667 to CALEB CHURCH.
 vii. Jonathan, b. May 28, 1648.  Moved to Weymouth and then to Rhode Island.
viii. William, b. July 2, 1650.
  ix. Mary, b. Apr. 25, 1652
   x. Hannah, b. Feb. 25, 1654/55, d. Mar. 31, 1658.

                 REFERENCES FOR "CHURCH" AND "SPRAGUE"     


"History of the Town of Hingham, Mass." Vol. II, 1893. pp 125-26, 163-64 
      Palm Beach Genealogical Society, Flagler Park Library, West Palm 
      Beach, Fla.
"New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 1857, Vol.  XI, page 154

                                                        Nancy Underwood 1986

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