Person:Richard Champney (1)

Elder Richard Champney

b.Est 1604

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m. Bef 1629

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	Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay (as "Rich(a]rd Champnyes").
Will^[1]	30 Jun 1669	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesFollowed by an undated codocil.
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	Will proved.

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

Resources:	Primary Sources:
	Other information: Passenger list

References

↑ ^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)
2:39-46.

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

"Champney, … Richard, Ruling Elder of Cambridge Church, [died] Nov. 26, 1669."
Richard Edmond Champney, in Find A Grave.

No image provided; no actual evidence of burial presented. No record evidence found for the assignment of a middle name; none found for date and place of birth.