When John Church was born on 12 January 1693, in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Richard Church, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Noble, was 20. He married Mary Burnham on 4 December 1722, in Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 19 June 1754, in Bolton, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Bolton Center Cemetery, Bolton, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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Originally part of the town of Hartford, the area was referred to as Hartford Mountains or Hanover, until incorporation in October 1720. On 11 November 1723, Jonathan Edwards was installed as the pastor of Bolton.
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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