Benjamin CHURCH

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He married abt. 1769, Joannah Wilbor. She was born in Little Compton 29 May 1732, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Carr) Wilbore. Benjamin's father Joseph Church deeded land on 18 December 1783, to son Benjamin "of Nine Partners, N.Y., a 15-acre lot left me by my uncle Caleb Church," recorded in Little Compton 25 Dec 1783. Benjamin appears as head of household in Washington censuses for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820 and 1830. the town of Washington had been part of the Great Nine Partners Patent of 1697. Washington was formed in 1788 as one of the original towns of the reorganized county.

Benjamin made his will and had it witnessed in Washington on 7 July 1824; it was probated there on 23 January 1832. Benjamin mentions sons Samuel, Joseph, and Benjamin, and daughters Martha Church and Elizabeth Stringham. Sons Joseph and Benjamin were appointed executors. Samuel apparently had debts; Benjamin directs in his will "Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Samuel Church all the notes & bonds I have against him..."

Benjamin makes no mention of his wife Joannah in his will. In his 1810 household no woman of Joannah's age is counted so she had probably died earlier. Although a female in his household in the 1820 census was in Joannah's age cohort (45 and over), this female was likely Benjamin's spinster daughter Martha.

Benjamin married Joanna WILBOR on 15 Jul 1751. Joanna (daughter of Samuel WILBORE and Elizabeth CARR) was born on 29 May 1732 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Lydia RANDALL on 22 Dec 1731 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island. Lydia was born on 15 Jan 1709 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of William and Hannah Randall