Joshua Church

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Joshua Church

Birth
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
23 Apr 1766 (aged 58)
Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Son of Isaac Church and Mary Hutchin/Hutchins. The burial locations of his parents are currently unknown.

Research by Jane Riggs Curci #46846403:

Son of Isaac Church 1678-???? and Mary Hutchins 1680-????. Their children:

Caleb Church 1703 -
Mary Church Abt 1704 -
Lydia Church 1706/07 -
Joshua Church 4 Mar 1708 d. 23 Apr 1766 Templeton, Massachusetts.
Jonathan Church 1712 -
Silas Church 1713/14 -
Rufus Church 1716 -

Joshua Church 1708/09 - 1766 married 19 Nov 1728 Lancaster, Massachusetts Annis Johnson 1712 - 1792. Their children:

Joseph Church 1729 -
Annis Church 1731 -
Mary Church 1733/34 -
Vashty Church 1736 -
Prudence Church 1739 -
Caleb Church 1741 -
Joshua Church 1743 -
Silas Church 1745 - Bef 1751
Olive Church 1748 -
Silas Church 1751 - 1845
Huldah Church 1754 -

Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939) Vol. 2, p. 38.

Joshua Church Son of Isaac & Mary Church born March: 4th: 1708/9.

Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Templeton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: F.P. Rice, 1907)
p. 179.

CHURCH, Joshua, [died] April 1, 1766.
CHURCH, Joshua, [died] April 23, 1766. [In 58th year, GS1]
[Note: the original book is not online (if it exists), but the town copy here shows two death records, one for the 3rd and one for the 23rd, on p. 12 and 19 of the original book, respectively. Obviously the compilers read these as 1 and 23. In any event, the gravestone suggests the 23 is the correct date and nothing in the probate file contradicts that.]

Rice, Franklin P. Worcester Births, Marriages, and Deaths. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Worcester Society of Antiquity, 1894).

Case 11799: Church Templeton 1766.
13 May 1766: Bond of Anes Church widow of Templeton as adm'x on Estate of her late Husband Joshua Church late of Templeton yeoman Dec'd.
27 May 1767 [sic, probably 1766 since warrant dated 13 May 1766]: Inventory of Joshua Church Late of Templeton: £45-10-9, by Charles Baker, Abel Hunt, Job Whitcomb.
18 Aug 1768: : Account of Annis church adm'x of her Late Husband Joshua Church Late of Templeton Dec', allowed, and the balance of £11:16:1 1/4 allowed to the widow.
Son of Isaac Church and Mary Hutchin/Hutchins. The burial locations of his parents are currently unknown.

Research by Jane Riggs Curci #46846403:

Son of Isaac Church 1678-???? and Mary Hutchins 1680-????. Their children:

Caleb Church 1703 -
Mary Church Abt 1704 -
Lydia Church 1706/07 -
Joshua Church 4 Mar 1708 d. 23 Apr 1766 Templeton, Massachusetts.
Jonathan Church 1712 -
Silas Church 1713/14 -
Rufus Church 1716 -

Joshua Church 1708/09 - 1766 married 19 Nov 1728 Lancaster, Massachusetts Annis Johnson 1712 - 1792. Their children:

Joseph Church 1729 -
Annis Church 1731 -
Mary Church 1733/34 -
Vashty Church 1736 -
Prudence Church 1739 -
Caleb Church 1741 -
Joshua Church 1743 -
Silas Church 1745 - Bef 1751
Olive Church 1748 -
Silas Church 1751 - 1845
Huldah Church 1754 -

Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939) Vol. 2, p. 38.

Joshua Church Son of Isaac & Mary Church born March: 4th: 1708/9.

Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Templeton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: F.P. Rice, 1907)
p. 179.

CHURCH, Joshua, [died] April 1, 1766.
CHURCH, Joshua, [died] April 23, 1766. [In 58th year, GS1]
[Note: the original book is not online (if it exists), but the town copy here shows two death records, one for the 3rd and one for the 23rd, on p. 12 and 19 of the original book, respectively. Obviously the compilers read these as 1 and 23. In any event, the gravestone suggests the 23 is the correct date and nothing in the probate file contradicts that.]

Rice, Franklin P. Worcester Births, Marriages, and Deaths. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Worcester Society of Antiquity, 1894).

Case 11799: Church Templeton 1766.
13 May 1766: Bond of Anes Church widow of Templeton as adm'x on Estate of her late Husband Joshua Church late of Templeton yeoman Dec'd.
27 May 1767 [sic, probably 1766 since warrant dated 13 May 1766]: Inventory of Joshua Church Late of Templeton: £45-10-9, by Charles Baker, Abel Hunt, Job Whitcomb.
18 Aug 1768: : Account of Annis church adm'x of her Late Husband Joshua Church Late of Templeton Dec', allowed, and the balance of £11:16:1 1/4 allowed to the widow.

Inscription

In Memory of
Mr. Joshua Church
who died April 23d
1766 in the 58th
year of his age.

My days are spent my race is run
Remember me though dead & gone
Cease my friends for to complain
My sleeping dust shall rise again.



  • Created by: Ryan-O
  • Added: Aug 2, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Vicki Smith
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55806842/joshua-church: accessed ), memorial page for Joshua Church (4 Mar 1708–23 Apr 1766), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55806842, citing Templeton Common Burial Ground, Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Ryan-O (contributor 46886020).