Nathaniel CHURCH

Abt 1642 - 1689  (47 years)

• Name	Nathaniel CHURCH  [1]
  	Nathaniel Church m. ca. 1665 Sarah Barstow, living 4 Nov. 1717, almost surely dau. of William and Ann Hubbard Barstow. Her identity is established in a record of The Plymouth Colony Treasury accounts of 8 June 1666 which shows Nathaniel Church owing five pounds in fines and Sarah Barstow "allies" (alias) Church owing five pounds. On March 1662/3 Nathaniel Church and Elizabeth Soule were fined for committing forniction with each other. On 5 Oct. 1663 Elizabeth Soule sued Nathaniel Church for committing fornication and for denying to marry her. Nathaniel must have been of age to be sued, therefore born 1642 or earlier. On 11 Mach 1668/9 Joseph Silvester Sr., Nathaniel Church, John Bryant Sr. and Samuel Bryant all of Scituate bought 100 acres in Scituate from Humphrey Johnson of Hingham. On 29 Oct. 1689 the inventory of Nathaniel Church of Scituate was sworn by widow Sarah Church and on 5 March 1689/90 she swore to the administration. Th settlement of the estate of Nathaniel Church of Scituate dated 1 March 1707/8 gave two-thirds of the Scituate land to the three children of Richard Church deceased and one-third to Nathaniel Church, saving their mother Sarah Church her thirds during her life; the Plymouth land including the corn mill was divided one-third to Joseph's dau., one-third to Charles and one-third to widow Sarah, she paying the portions of her three daughters out of same. The daughters are named as Abigail, Alice and Sarah. The agreement was signed by Sarah Church; Charles Church; Nath'l and Abigail Harlow; Sarah Church; William Barstow, guardian to Richard Church's children; Nath'l Church; and Judith Church widow of Joseph Church, ack. same day. On 4 Nov. 1717, ack. same day, John Holmes of Plymouth and wife Sarah, dau. of Nath'l Church, late of Scituate, dec. gave receipt to mother Sarah Church for their portion. On 4 Nov. 1717, ack. same day, widow Sarah Church of Plymouth sold to son Charles Church one-third of the corn mill which belonged to her husband Nathaniel Church of Scituate. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1642	Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 11 Mar 1688/9 and 29 Oct 1689	Scituate, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I44819	Main Tree
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Richard CHURCH,   b. Abt 1608, England d. 27 Dec 1668, Dedham, Massachusetts (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth WARREN,   b. Abt 1616, England d. 09 Mar 1669/70, Hingham, Massachusetts (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	14 Mar 1635/6	Plymouth, Massachusetts   [2]
  Family ID	F07602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah BARSTOW   d. Aft 4 Nov 1717
  Marriage	Abt 1665  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Charles CHURCH,   b. Mar 1683/4, Scituate, Massachusetts d. 9 Mar 1726/7, Freetown, Massachusetts (Age 43 years) + 2. Sarah CHURCH,   b. 31 Oct 1686, Scituate, Massachusetts d. 15 Sep 1761 (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F38828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S10144] Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, Mayflower Families in Progress: Richard Church and his Descendants for Four Generations, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1998). [S02658] Mayflower Increasings 2nd Edition by Susan E. Roser.