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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Births, Marriages and Deaths, First Book, in Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939)
Vol. 1 p. 20.
1657.
David Church Sonn of Garrett and Sary Church Bornn the 1st of the 7mo [1 Sept.]
- ↑ Bond, Henry, M.D. Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (1855): To Which Is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, 1855)
Vol. 1, p. 158.
Children of Garrett Church and wife Sarah: 6) David, b. Sept. 1, 1657, a tailor. Wife Mary. He o.c., Nov. 6, 1687, and had son, John, bap. same day. Sarah, bap. Oct. 6, 1689. In 1702 and 3, he purchased land in Marlboro. He was innholder in Wat., 1687 and 88.
- ↑ Hudson, Charles. History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861 : with a brief sketch of the town of Northborough, a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1800, and an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town. (Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862)
p. 350.
David Church, s/o Garrett Church of Watertown and wife Sarah. He m. Mary, by whom he had two children, b. in Wat., where he kept a public house. About 1700 he came to Marl., where the rest of his children were born. He probably lost his first wife, and m. in 1710, Mary Wilder, as his second wife.
- Middlesex County (Massachusetts). Register of Deeds. Record books of the registry of deeds, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1649-1900: indexes: grantee (1639-1905) and grantor (1639-1950). (Cambridge [Massachusetts]: [s.n.], 1965-1966).
See the commentary below for more analysis of these deeds.
From his father
Vol. 10, p. 576, continues Vol. 10, p. 575 13 Feb 1684: Garrett Church of Watertowne for diverse consideration give to my son David Church of the same towne parcels in Watertown
1) house, barn, orchard & eighteen acres upland & meadow bounded by Poligrave Willington, highway, Michael Barstow, Howard's lot (see 11:30 below)
2) 5 acres pasture bounded by Richard Satell, highway, Simon Cooledge, Samuel Thatcher (see 10:108 below)
3) farm containing 60 acres bounded by William Page, Nonesuch, Mixters meadow (see 12:186 below?)
4) [divident?] of 30 acres bounded by Cambridge line, Thomas Flagg, John Allen, Charistopher [Graunt?].
Acknowledged by witness John Stone 3 Feb 1685/86, and witness John Nevinson 25 May 1686
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Land he buys in Watertown and he sells after moving to Marlborough
Vol. 14, p. 57 19 Feb 1701/02: John Perry of Watertown [with wife Sarah] "for divers good causes and considerations" to David Church of Watertown Taylor 2 acres of orchard known as [Crosbey?] orchard in Watertown, bounded by highway, Ellis Barron, John Chentry. (see 27:225 below).
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Buys land in Marlborough
Vol. 14, p. 57 11 Nov 1701: Isaac Woods of Marlburrough [with wife Mary] for "a valuable sum of money" to David Church of Watertowne Taylor house and about 3/4 acre in Marlborough part of a grant to James Sawyer. Also 2 acres belonging to the same grant, also 7 acres of the homelot of my honoured father John Wood Sen'r bounded by my brother John Wood, John Mainord Sen'r, my brother James Woods, and 4 acres of White Meadow.
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Deeds selling land
Vol. 12, p. 186 16 Jun 1686: David Church of Watertowne Tailor [with wife Mary Church] for £7 to Robert Herrington 58 acres in Watertowne.
Vol. 10, p. 108 1 Jun 1688: David Church of Watertowne Taylor [with Mary Church], for £10 to John Stratton of same Towne five acres in Watertown.
Vol. 11, p. 30 6 Apr 1691: David Church of Watertowne for £41.15.0 to John Sharp of Cambridge my messuage consisting of house & barn & 12 acres in Watertown.
Vol. 12, p. 148 9 Apr 1698: David Church of Watertowne Taylor for £35 to William Shattuck one half of a tract of 14 acres in Watertowne.
Vol. 28, p. 21 19 Feb 1701/2: David Church of Watertown Taylor for £35 to William Shattuck of Watertown one half of messuage of 14 acres. Ack'd by witnesses "second Tuesday" Aug 1728.
The following is important in connecting the Watertown man to the Marlborugh man
Vol. 27, p. 225 2 Nov 1702: David Church of Marlborough Tailor [and Mary the wife of me] for £15 to John Chinnery of Watetown yeoman two ares of "orchyard" in Watertown.
Vol. 14, p. 545 3 Mar 1707/8: David Church of Marlburrough Taylor for "reasonable sum of money" to John Sherman 4 acres meadow in Marlburough granted by John Woods Sen'r.
Vol. 25, p. 729 25 Feb 1711/12: David Church of Marlborough Taylor for "a valuable sum of money" to Edward Rice several pieces of land in Marlborough [description hard to read].
This appears to establish that he had a son named David.
Vol. 16, p. 108 2 Apr 1712: David Church of Marlburough Weaver for £50 to Thomas How Esq'r 8 3/4 acres in Marlburough. Note: witness David Church [Ju'r? Se'r?].
Vol. 16, p. 569 19 May 1712: David Church Tailor Sen'r of Marlborough for "a valuable Sum of Money" to Thomas Amsden 2 pieces in Marlborough one of 2 3/4 acres homelot of John Woods Sen'r plus land in Marlborough [description hard to decipher: 7? acres, 4? acres].
Vol. 34, p. 214 26 Dec 1715: David Church of Marlborough Weaver [Mary Church my wife] for £80 to John Bouker 8 3/4 acres in Marlborough.
Vol. 21, p. 49 [6?] Apr 1719: David Church of Marlborough yeoman and Mary my wife for £14 to Benjamin Woods all rights of estate of James Woods our uncle.
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Occupation of glazier suggests these might be the son?
Vol. 20, p. 172 6 Dec 1718: Simon Stevens of Lancaster Blacksmith for £40 to David Church of Marlbo4rough Glazier my whole right in Rutland being one quarter of a grant to the heirs of Cyprian Stevens on account of their mother except 1/7 part which I reserve, also 30 acre lot in the Six Mile Squart in said Rutland.
Vol. 20, p. 315 24 Dec 1718: David Church of Marlborough Glazier for "ffivety" pounds to Jonas Clarke of Boston six parcels of land in Rutland bought of Simon Stevens of Lancaster in 1718.
- Commentary on Source:Church, John A. Descendants of Richard Church of Plymouth, Mass, p. 3-4, and NEHGR, "Garrett Church of Watertown, Mass.", by Robert M. and Helen C. Search, Vol. 123, p. 182 and following, which relies heavily on the above. The arguments of these sources depend entirely on the unexplained assertion that the son of Garret Church was in Killingly by 1708. Killingly Land Records are (viewable at Family History Centers), which is currently an unavailable option during the Covid crisis. Take this assertion away, and all facts suggests the son of Garrett moved to Marlborough where he lived until 1719, and hence appear to be the David Church tailor warned out of Providence in that year. The David of Marlborough is a different man than the David of Killingly, as these sources assert, but as he sells land in Watertown while "of Marlborough", has a wife Mary, and is a tailor, he appears, as far as the deeds describe him, to match the man who sold the parcels given by Garret to his son David, who was a tailor with wife Mary (Middlesex Deed Vol. 10, p. 576 above). Everything found in Middlesex deeds is consistent with David of Marlborough being the one who is son of Garrett. Deeds also show a deed of David's where a witness is David Church Jr. or Sr. [unreadable, but presumably Jr.], so he did have a son David. This is in 1712, so the son does not appear to be the David of Killingly either. This David is presumably the David Church glazier, who has one grantee and one grantor deed, while all the others are tailor or weaver, except the last one which is the generic yeoman (landowner).
Given the deed in 1719 which sells land received from uncle James Wood, David's wife at that point is the widow Mary (Howe) Wilder, presumably marrying the father based on her birth date, not a young man as surmised in the above sources. Another deed in 1709 shows he had a wife Mary at that point, which would have been his first wife still alive prior to his 1710 marriage to Mary Wilder.
There is nothing in any of the Watertown deeds to indicate there was more than one David Church in Watertown (i.e., no senior, junior or other identification). Even the above sources suggest the son of Garrett moved to Marlborough. But there is no indepth analysis of the deeds which appear to show a continuity of residence until 1719, leaving the alleged connection to the Killingly man unexplained.
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