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A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut, p40 By Benjamin Tinkham Marshall (I) Richard (2) Church, the immigrant ancestor, born February 6, 1610, married, May 18, 1627, Anna Marsh, daughter of Edward Marsh, of Braintree. In 1636 he came with the Hookes to Hartford, and was one of the original proprietors, and resided on the east side of Burr street (originally known as the road from "Centinel Hill to the Cow Pasture," according to W. L. Porter). "Centinel Hill" is that part of Main street at the head of the present Morgan street, and was originally much higher than it now is. The "Cow Pasture" was in the vicinity of the present Keney Memorial tower, and it was directly east of the "Cow Pasture" that Richard Church lived, his land probably extending down to the present Windsor street. He was a participant in the great controversy which divided the First Church in Hartford, and he sided with the party which opposed the Rev. Samuel Stone, as his signature to a letter to Mr. Stone's remonstrance shows. This letter bears date of March 12, 1655, at which time Richard Church was in Hartford. Probably, in 1659, he removed to Hadley, with the "withdrawers," and there died, December 16, 1667. He left five children: Edward, born February 26, 1628, died September 10, 1704; Samuel, born March 3, 1629, died young; Mary, born November 2, 1632; John, of whom fur- Hartford, Connecticut, was born May 9, 1636, died April 3, 1684. (II) John Church, son of Richard (2) Church, of Hartford, Connecticut, was born May 9, 1636, died October 16, 1691. He married, October 27, 1657, Sarah Beckley, daughter of Richard Beckley, of New Haven ("Hartford town records"). John Church may have gone to Hadley with his father, as no births of his family are found at Hartford. Richard Beckley removed from New Haven (founding the well known family there) to Wethersfield. If John Church did go to Hadley, he returned to Hartford and was admitted to the Second Church. February 26, 1670. No mention of his wife is made at this time, but she was admitted to the church, June 23, 1678. The names of their children are known from his administration and will, and are as follows: Sarah, born in 1659, married George Knight, died in 1730; Richard, of whom further; Mary, died January 30, 1705; John, born in 1670, married Abigail Cadwell, in 1699, died in 1735; Samuel, born in 1671, married Elizabeth Clark, in 1710, died in 1718; and Deliverance, born in 1679.

Birth	9 Mar 1635/36	England
Marriage	29 Nov 1664	Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States - Abigail Severance
Marriage	1667/68	Sarah
Event-Misc	28 Jun 1689
Death	7 May 1696
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Birth		Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Spouse	Abigail Severance (1643 - )
Child	Jonathan Church (1666 - )
Child	John Church (1668 - )
Child	Ebenezer Church (1669 - )
Child	Abigail Church (1672 - 1695)
Child	Sarah Church ( - )

Spouse	Sarah ( - )
Child	Deborah Church (1683 - )
Child	Benjamin Church (1688 - )

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