Individual Details

Elder Richard Champney

( - 26 Nov 1669)

Champney, Richard, Ruling Elder of the Cambridge Church, came to N. Eng. in 1635. By his wife Jane, he had Esther, b. in England abt 1633, m. Josiah Convers of Woburn 26 Mar. 1651, who d. 30 Dec. 1689, and she m. Jonathan Danforth of Billerica 17 Nov. 1690, and d. 5 Apr. 1713, a. 80; Mary, b. Oct. 1635, d. young; Samuel, b. Sept. 1636; Sarah, b. May 1638; Mary, b. Nov. 1639, m. Jacob French of Billerica 20 Sept. 1665, and d. 1 Ap. 1681; John b. 23 May 1641; Lydia, b. abt 1643, m. John Hastings 20 May 1668, and d. 23 Jan. 1690/1; Daniel, b. 9 Mar. 1644/5. Richard the f. resided on the westerly side of Holyoke Street, on the second lot southerly from Harvard Street. He d. 26 Nov. 1669; his w. Jane survived. His estate was appraised at £1,449, 16s (Paige 506-7).

Events

MarriageBef 1633England, United Kingdom - Jane
Death26 Nov 1669Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British America

Families

SpouseJane ( - 1669)
ChildEsther Champney (1633 - 1713)
ChildMary Champney (1635 - 1639)
ChildSamuel Champney (1636 - 1695)
ChildSarah Champney (1638 - )
ChildMary Champney (1639 - 1681)
ChildJohn Champney (1641 - )
ChildLydia Champney (1643 - 1690)
ChildCapt Daniel Champney (1644 - 1691)

Notes

Marriage

Richard and Jane -----, in England, -----, 16--. CR1.* (CR1- church record, First Congregational, Unitarian)

Death

Richard, Ruling Elder of Cambridge Church, Nov. 26, 1669.

Endnotes

1. Johnson, Carol Clark, A genealogical history of the Clark and Worth families : and other Puritan settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Cygnet, Ohio: Priv. print., , 1970, 577 pgs.), p. 279.

2. Brown, Coralynn, transcriber. Cambridge, MA Vital Records to 1850. (Boston, MA : The New England Genealgical Society, 1914) Sept 29, 2008. .

3. Johnson, Carol Clark, A genealogical history of the Clark and Worth families : and other Puritan settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Cygnet, Ohio: Priv. print., , 1970, 577 pgs.), p. 279.

4. Lucius Robinson Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877, with a genealogical register. (Boston: H.O. Houghton and Co., 1877) Google Books. 29 Sep 2008. . .

5. Brown, Coralynn, transcriber. Cambridge, MA Vital Records to 1850. (Boston, MA : The New England Genealgical Society, 1914) Sept 29, 2008. .