CHURCH, Edward

1744 - 1801  (57 years)

• Name	CHURCH, Edward
  Birth	22 Apr 1744	Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Sep 1801	Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Person ID	I1746	Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	CHURCH, Edward,   b. 22 Feb 1706, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States d. 8 Jan 1761, Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 54 years)
  Mother	SHAW, Grace,   b. 20 Oct 1707, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States d. 3 May 1755, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	2 Oct 1729	Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
  Family ID	F297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	SHAW, Mary,   b. 1763, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Nov 1805 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	1786	Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Children	1. CHURCH, Rebecca,   b. 2 Apr 1788, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 21 Jun 1815, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 27 years)   2. CHURCH, John,   b. 5 Sep 1795, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 1845, Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	RIGBY, Elizabeth,   b. 5 Feb 1751, New York, New York, United States d. 1784 (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1766
  Children	1. CHURCH, Henry,   b. 20 Sep 1767   d. 25 Jan 1796 (Age 28 years)   2. CHURCH, Israel,   b. 10 Jun 1771   d. 3 Dec 1858, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 87 years)   3. CHURCH, William Sutherland,   b. 13 Aug 1776, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 12 Mar 1857, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 80 years)   4. CHURCH, Sarah,   b. 1784, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 6 Oct 1814, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F467	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Edward's father, Edward was a grantee at Falmouth, NS at the founding of that township in 1761; Grace Shaw, the 1st wife of Edward was a sister of Peter Shaw who was also one of the original grantees at Falmouth, NS in 1761; Richard Church of Hingham, Mass and Little Compton, RI died in 1668, his wife was Elizabeth Warren dau. of Richard Warren who came to America in 1620 as one of the passengers of the Mayflower; Edward Church (1745 - 1801) was one of the original grantees at Newport Township in the Crown grant dated 21 July 1761, he drew Newport Farm lot B 2nd Div. No. 1 jointly with Jonathan Card on 18 Feb, 1762; it is not known whether he lived on his Newport properties since he became a tenant farmer of a 124 acre farm at Windsor, NS on 31 Dec. 1766, a farm which had been purchased by Michael Francklin (Lt.-Gov. of Nova Scotia) in 1765 from Isaac Deschamps; in 1784 Edward and Henry Scott jointly bought a large part of the remaining grant land of Joshua Mauger in Windsor, NS part of which became the Tetreat Farm; on 25 Oct 1798 Edward Church bought Retreat Farm at auction from Henry Scott's estate; Edward Church was listed in the 1794 Windsor assessment as a farmer having 7 cows, 6 oxen, 4 horses and 40 sheep and paid 6 shillings and 11 pence; Edward had sold his Newport properties before 1772; Edward's will was proven at Windsor, NS on 5 Oct. 1802 (HCFP 62A)