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Samuel Church

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Samuel Church Veteran

Birth
Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
20 Sep 1850 (aged 82)
Union Valley, Cortland County, New York, USA
Burial
Churchville, Monroe County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section L - Lot 125 - Grave 8 L
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Samuel Church was the son of Richard and Rebecca (Warner) Church. He was the husband of Abigail (Munson) Church. They were married September 10, 1792. Abigail died May 5, 1845. Samuel served during the War of 1812. Samuel was a farmer and millwright.

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."
Samuel Church was the son of Richard and Rebecca (Warner) Church. He was the husband of Abigail (Munson) Church. They were married September 10, 1792. Abigail died May 5, 1845. Samuel served during the War of 1812. Samuel was a farmer and millwright.

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."

Inscription

Capt. Samuel Church
born Nov 10, 1767
died Sept 20, 1850



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