Ancestry of
David Clark

(1704–1777)

John Church

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• • Grandfather of David Clark — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1640 
  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 May 1696 
  • Death Location:
  • Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Severance
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Nov 1664 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Mary Church (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • John Church was killed by Indians in Dover, New Hampshire 07 MAY 1696.

    Claims have been made that this John Church is the son of Garrett and Sarah Church who was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1637. No evidence has been found to support this claim, and an affidavit places this John Church's birth year around 1640 or 1641.

• Sources for John Church

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Nantucket, Vol. 3, p. 229, Marriage record for Thomas Clark and daughter Mary Church.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1969, Vol. 123, pp. 182-183.
  • ³ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 1, A-F, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 359.
  • ⁴ Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Volume 1, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1910), 184.