When Samuel Church was born on 16 January 1818, in Otselic, Chenango, New York, United States, his father, Silas Church, was 24 and his mother, Betsy West, was 20. He married Susannah Thompson on 13 March 1842, in South Otselic, Otselic, Chenango, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 14 April 1890, in Otselic, Chenango, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Otselic, Chenango, New York, United States.
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English: topographic name mostly found in southern and midland England, for someone who lived near a church, or possibly an occupational name for someone who worked at a church, such as a verger or sexton, from Middle English chirche ‘church’. The word comes from Old English cyrice, ultimately from medieval Greek kyrikon, for earlier kyriakōn (dōma) ‘(house) of the Lord’, from kyrios ‘lord’. Compare Kirk .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Kirch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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