Person:Henry Champion (3)

Name^[1]	Captain Henry Champion
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	5 Jan 1684/85	Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	11 Jul 1708	Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United Statesto Sarah Peterson
Death^[1]	3 Apr 1780	Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
Burial^[1]^[3]		Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 6. Capt. Henry Champion, in Trowbridge, Francis Bacon. The Champion Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Henry Champion of Saybrook and Lyme, Connecticut, Together With Some Account of Other Families of the Same Name. (New Haven: The Author; printed by the Press of Tuttle, Morehead & Taylor, 1891)
33-34.

"6. Capt. Henry Champion (Henry⁴, Henry¹), born 5 January 1684-5, in Lyme, Conn.; died 3 April 1780, in Lyme; married in Lyme, 11 July l708, Sarah Peterson, daughter of Henry and Mary Peterson, born 20 October 1686, in Lyme; died 27 September 1748, in Lyme. Henry Champion was appointed Ensign of the South Company of Lyme on Oct. 12, 1732, and was promoted Captain on May 9, 1734. He inherited the lands of his grandfather, the Settler, and resided in Lyme where he was prominently identified with town affairs. He and his wife lie buried in the old burying-ground, where their grave stones are still standing.

In Memory of / Cap^t Henry Champion / who died April 3^d / 1780 in hopes of a / Glorious Reward / in the 97^th Year of of his Age.

Here / Lyeth the / Body of M^rs / Sarah y^e wife of Capt. / Henry Champion who / departed this life 'September y^e 27 A. D. / 1748 in y^e 62^nd year / of her Age."
Lyme Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
35.

"[Champion,] Henry, b. Jan. 5 16[__] [L-2:5]"
↑ Capt Henry Champion, in Find A Grave.