Person:Richard Champney (1)

Elder Richard Champney
b.Est 1604
  • HElder Richard ChampneyEst 1604 - 1669
  • WJane _____Bef 1609 - Aft 1669
m. Bef 1629
  1. Sarah Champney1629 -
  2. Esther Champney1630 - 1713
  3. Joseph Champney1632 - Bef 1656
  4. Noah Champney1634 -
  5. Samuel Champney1635 -
  6. Mary Champney1639 - 1682
  7. Captain Daniel Champney1644/45 -
  8. Lydia ChampneyEst 1648 -
Facts and Events
Name[1] Elder Richard Champney
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1604 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1629 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Sarah).
to Jane _____
Emigration[1] 1635 on the Defence
Residence[1] 1635 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Other[1] 23 May 1636 Freeman
Will[1] 30 Jun 1669
Occupation[1] Yeoman
Death[2] 27 Nov 1669 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Estate Inventory[1] 14 Dec 1669 £1449-16; £1260 in real estate.
Probate[1] 21 Dec 1669


Defence (1635)
Sailed: Late July 1635 from London, England under Master Edward Bostocke
Arrived: 8 Oct 1635 at Massachusetts Bay Colony

Passengers:
~100 (Full List)
Thomas Boylston - Richard Champney family - George and Joseph Cocke - Robert and Edward Colburne - Penelope Darno - Elizabeth Fenwick - James Fitch and family - French family - Jasper and Ann Goun - Eglin Hanford and family - Roger and Mabel Harlakenden - William Holman and family - William Hubbard and family - Jo Jenkynn- John Jones and family - Robert Keayne and family - Robert Longe and family - Adam Mott and family - Francis Nutbrowne - Rich Peck - William Read and family - Symon Roger - William Sawkyn - Samuel Shepherd - John (Thomas?) Sheppard and family - Sarah Simes - Henry Stevens - William and Marie Williamson - Ann Wood

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Other information: Passenger list


[[Category:1630s Immigrants|Champney, Richard

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Richard Champney", in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    II:39ff.

    ORIGIN: Stisted, Essex
    CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Cambridge church prior to 23 May 1636 implied by freemanship. The compilation of Cambridge church members made in January 1658/9 included "Richard Champny, Ruling Elder, and Jane his wife in full Communion" [CaChR 2].
    FREEMAN: 23 May 1636 (as "Rich[a]rd Champnyes" [MBCR 1:372].
    ASSOCIATIONS: Richard Champney was presumably related to JOHN CHAMPNEY of Cambridge, probably a brother.

  2. Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year of 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1914-15)
    II:500.

    CHAMPNEY, Richard, Ruling Elder of Cambridge Church, (died) Nov. 26, 1669.