CHURCH, Mary Mehitable
1838 - 1871 (32 years)-
Name CHURCH, Mary Mehitable Birth 18 Dec 1838 Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada 
Gender Female Death 8 Aug 1871 Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada - Provincial Wesleyan - Wednesday, 29 May 1872 - Page 4 -Obituary -Mary, wife of Mr. James Shaffer, died at Lower Granville, August 8, 1871. Mrs. S. whose maiden name was Church, while yet a mere infant lost her father by death, after which she became the adopted child of Mr. William Clarke of Bridgetown at her marriage she removed to Lower Granville. In the year 1868, the village in which was her home, being then a part of the Annapolis circuit, she was awakened under a sermon by the writer, and soon after, having obtained a clear sense of pardon, she connected herself with the Wesleyan church. She was characterized by great sweetness of disposition, but was at the same remarkable for firmness of will, and unhesitating faithfulness in the performance of duty. She made her home attractive, for she looked well to the ways of her household, and was a most considerate hostess. Death came to her while yet in early womanhood and held to life by the care of her children still of tender age. Her disease (pulmonary consumption)induced unusual distress, and during her last hours, her sufferings were excruciating. But through Divine grace her afflictions were greatly sanctified to her spiritual health. When I came to the circuit I found her near her end, but sustained by an unfaltering trust in God her Saviour, and comforted by the tokens of his presence and favour. And thus sustained and comforted she passed through the agonies of dissolution and was not for God took her.J.H.Note - Her gravestone in Woodland Cemetery, Lequille, reads Shafner
Person ID I16113 Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire Last Modified 16 Jun 2022
Father CHURCH, John, b. 5 Sep 1795, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 1845, Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 49 years) Mother LOCKHART, Mehitable Hibbert, b. Abt 1810 d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F5166 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SHAFNER, James Edwin, b. 22 Jul 1830, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 20 Apr 1901, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 70 years) Marriage 24 Sep 1857 Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada Children 1. SHAFNER, William Clark, b. 18 Aug 1858, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 3 Mar 1935, Karsdale, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 76 years)2. SHAFNER, Anna Lockhart, b. 1863, Lower Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown3. SHAFNER, Lawrence Delap, b. 16 Oct 1863, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 5 Oct 1920, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 56 years)4. SHAFNER, Henrietta Mehitable, b. 6 Jan 1866, Granville Ferry, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 5 Oct 1944, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 78 years)Family ID F5181 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Oct 2025
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Notes - Mary would be my 2nd cousin 4x removed.