Emens, Etta A.
Descendants of Captain Samuel Church of Churchville, c1920
Turner, Orastus
History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps & Gorham's Purchase and Morris' Reserve: Embracing the Counties of Monroe, Ontario, Livingston, Yates, Steuben, Most of Wayne and Allegany, and Parts of Orleans, Genesee and Wyoming, c1851, Page 501
"Samuel Church, a brother of Elihu, was the founder of the settlement at Churchville, where he built the first saw mill in town, in 1808, and a grist mill in 1811. He was a Captain of the first militia company, organized in Riga; was upon the frontier in the War of 1812, and participated with his command in the "sortie" of Fort Erie."
Emens, Etta A.
Descendants of Captain Samuel Church of Churchville, c1920
Turner, Orastus
History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps & Gorham's Purchase and Morris' Reserve: Embracing the Counties of Monroe, Ontario, Livingston, Yates, Steuben, Most of Wayne and Allegany, and Parts of Orleans, Genesee and Wyoming, c1851, Page 501
"Samuel Church, a brother of Elihu, was the founder of the settlement at Churchville, where he built the first saw mill in town, in 1808, and a grist mill in 1811. He was a Captain of the first militia company, organized in Riga; was upon the frontier in the War of 1812, and participated with his command in the "sortie" of Fort Erie."
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Capt. Samuel Church
born Nov 10, 1767
died Sept 20, 1850
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