Ancestry of
Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd U.S. President

Caleb Church

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Franklin D. Roosevelt — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 52 
  • Father:
  • Nathaniel Church 
  • Mother:
  • Innocent Head   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Jul 1728 
  • Birth Location:
  • Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1771 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mercy Pope
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Jan 1752 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Joseph Church (Ahnentafel No:26 )

• Sources for Caleb Church

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Dartmouth Marriages, Vol. 2, Page 365.
  • ² Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850, Page 8506, Birth record for Caleb Church.
  • ³ Johnson, Alvin Page, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial Ancestors: Their Part in the Making of American History, Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard (1933), 119, 124.
  • ⁴ Pope, Franklin Leonard, Genealogy of Thomas Pope (1608-1683) and Some of His Descendants, Boston: Press of David Clapp and Son (1888), 15.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 7.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 506, 508.
  • ⁷ Wakefield, Robert S., comp., Mayflower Families in Progress: Richard Church and His Descendants for Four Generations, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1998), 32.
  • ⁸ Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin, comp., Little Compton Families, Volume 1, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Publishing Co. (2003), 175.