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RICHARD CHURCH

Portrayal of Elizabeth Warren Church, daughter of Richard Warren and wife of Richard Church. The mother of Caleb Church


CALEB CHURCH was born 1646 in Plymouth, Massachusetts to RICHARD CHURCH, born England, 1608-1668 who is thought to have over on Winthrop's Fleet in 1630 settled at Plymouth in 1633 married ELIZABETH WARREN, born England, 1616. Elizabeth was the fourth daughter born to Richard and Elizabeth WARREN. Richard CHURCH and Elizabeth WARREN, were married before March 14, 1634/35 in Plymouth Colony. Richard was a soldier in the Pequot War

Caleb's father, RICHARD CHURCH was a man of moderate height, not over five feet six or eight inches probably, well-knit, strong and active, with broad forehead, strong nose, firm but rather delicate mouth and a countenance which derived its expression from an intelligent and conscientious mind. He could not be forefather to so many men of strong religious feeling were he not himself religious. Richard was twenty-two the year he landed in the new world, 1630, a carpenter and a good one, as the Plymouth fathers employed him immediately in making a gun carriage for the defences on Fort Hill and in designing and building the first church in the colony. (He had to sue the Pilgrim Fathers to get his pay). He was also a cabinet maker and considered a good workman. He may have learned his trade in England as an apprentice. January 24, 1635, he bought a half-interest in a corne mill at Hingham, setting an example which was to be followed by his sons


  • twins ; Richard and Hannah married Matthew Boomer
  • Ruth married (1)Joseph Maddocks (2)Joseph Child (3)Thomas Ingersoll
  • Lydia married Samuel Hastings
  • Caleb
  • Joshua
  • Deborah
  • Abigail
  • twins; Isaac married Mary Hutchinson and Rebecca married Joshua Warren

    • Joanna born December 1645 in Hingham, Massachusetts died on July 11, 1678 in Watertown, Massachusetts. Before June 8, 1680 Caleb had married 2nd, Deborah XXX of Watertown, Massachusetts. On July 10, 1687, Caleb, Joshua, Isaac and Rebekah, children of Caleb were baptized in the Watertown church. Deborah died at Watertown January 17, 1690. Caleb marrried 3rd, at Watertown, November 6, 1691 to Rebecca Scotto, probably widow of John Scotto. Rebecca died 1717 in Watertown. Caleb removed from Hingham to Dedham about 1688 and engaged in business as a miller and millwright. Among the earliest records of Oxford, Massachusetts, is a contract with Caleb to build a mill there. The town of Dedham had reserved 20 acres of land for a millsite and sold a part to Caleb in 1677. On June 8, 1680, he sold part of the corn mill at Watertown. About this time he went to Watertown, Massachusetts, where he operated a mill and on June 8, 1680, he sold part of the corn mill at Watertown. Besides milling, he was licensed to keep an inn, which he did until 1711. He sold the inn in 1712 to Thomas Learned, who kept a tavern there for 50 years. March 22, 1705-06, Caleb mortgaged 12 acres of pasture land known as the "Dirty Green." He was received into full communion March 4, 1687, but did not become a freeman until March 22, 1690, apparently in preparation for his election as Selectman. He held that office for 7 years and was Representative for Watertown in 1713. Caleb with his brother Benjamin purchased a majority interest in the water power at Fall River upon which the important industries of that city have been founded since but he soon sold his half to his brother Benjamin for 100 pounds. He died in intestate and proceedings on his estate dragged on for years, with several changes of administrator and dissension among the children. On November 24, 1724 the heirs other than Isaac Church agreed that Rebekah and Joshua Warren, son-in-law, would be administrators


    CALEB CHURCH'S daughter RUTH CHURCH married (1st) to JOHN MADDOCKS June 23, 1689. Children of Ruth & John Maddocks number seven; Ruth, John, Mary, Sarah, Henry, Caleb & Joanna Maddocks. Ruth married (2nd) to Joseph Child, II July 15, 1705. Lydia, Abigail and Ebenezer Child born to this union. On February 02, 1711 Ruth CHILD refused to administer the estate of her late husband JOSEPH CHILD, administration was granted to CALEB CHURCH, father-in-law to Joseph CHILD. Ruth married (3rd) to THOMAS INGERSOLL. When Thomas INGERSOLL died in 1732, Ruth refused to administer his estate and DAVID INGERSOLL, her son-in-law administered the estate

    Found recently on Mayflower wills and documents was this letter Ruth Church Ingersole had written to her son ; oh the history lesson in this letter ; David Ingersol married Lydia Child dau of Ruth Church Maddocks Child Ingersole

    Springfield, MA 6 Oct1722....Loving son, I have here sent you a letter of attourney to act in the right of the estate of my father CHURCH's which Right that belongs to me I desire you to make the best advantage of for me in selling of the rest of my brothers and sisters do. Which I hope in the best of your discretion you will do to my advantage; I have received no letter or a count of things from you since a letter by Mr. GAMAGE therefore send me a compt of matters by Mr. MARSHALL the bearer hereof who will return in about week. Leave this letter as you send to me at Mr. HARRIS' and any other letters from my children and what money you make of the estate of mine to improve until further order as your own: I have here enclosed a letter to your sister ELIZABETH GOODWIN Respecting my daughter ABIGAIL which is that she be taken care of to be sent to Boston to some good place to brought up in and the charge at my cost with what she can ern of her labor I desire you would send me some garden seeds for there is none here. And now with my cordial love to you your wife & yours And the rest of my relations And all my neighbors & friends together with my husbands Your affectionate mother Ruth Ingersole David Ingersole & his wife give their love to your self & all other friends To John Maddocks ATT Watertown. Leave this at Mr. Harises at Watertown mill. Pr Patrick Marshal

    LYDIA CHILD, daughter of JOSEPH CHILD and RUTH CHURCH, was born June 2, 1706 and married DAVID INGERSOLL born September 30, 1699. David Ingersoll was the son of THOMAS INGERSOLL and SARAH ASHLEY of Westfield, Massachusetts. Thomas was a brother to MOSES INGERSOLL who married CATHERINE VAN SLYKE of Keyerck, Albany Co., New York. Moses and Catherine's daughter, LYDIA INGERSOLL born October 14, 1727 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, married her cousin WILLIAM INGERSOLL born April 1, 1723 in Springfield, Massachusetts. William INGERSOLL was the son of DAVID INGERSOLL and LYDIA CHILD


  • 1. Thomas and Sarah Ashley Ingersoll
  • 2. Moses and Catherine Van Slyke
  • 3. Lydia and William Ingersoll
  • 4. Thomas and Sarah Ashley Ingersoll
  • 5. David Ingersoll and Lydia Child
  • 6. William and Lydia Ingersoll
  • 1 David Ashley b: 3 Jun 1642 d: 8 Dec 1718 + Hannah Glover b: 1646
  • 2 Samuel Ashley b: 26 Oct 1664 d: 1722 + Sarah Kellogg b: 27 Aug 1666 d: 30 Jan 1728/29
  • 3 Aaron Ashley b: 1 Jan 1701/02 d: 8 Feb 1780 + Sarah Day b: 14 May 1708
  • 4 William Ashley + Jane Dutcher
  • 5 Jane Ashley b: 1777 d: 26 Aug 1850 + Ephraim Kellogg Jr. b: 19 Nov 1776 d: 19 Feb 1844
  • 6 Edward Kellogg b: ABT 1810 + Jane Hall b: ABT 1810
  • 7 Cordelia Kellogg b: 1828 + Edward Franklin Bartholomew b: 1828
  • 8 Sophia Amelia Bartholomew b: 1859 + Charles Claude Runner b: 1857 d: 1936
  • 9 Waldo Erroll Runner b: 17 Feb 1882 d: 22 Feb 1956 Virginia May McClanahan b: 10 Aug 1886 d: 8 Jan 1967
  • 10 Margaret Ruth Runner b: 1 Sep 1909 d: 1979 + Clinton Eastwood Sr. b: 11 Jun 1906 d: 21 Jul 1970
  • 11 Clinton (actor) Eastwood Jr. b: 31 May 1930 + Living Johnson + Dina Ruiz b: 31 Mar 1996

    • Thanks to James Ingersoll who found the connection. Now who wouldn't claim kinship to Clint Eastwood? Janelle Warden's 9th cousin


    The INGERSOLL men were much involved in the American Revolutionary War like the CHURCH and WARREN men. Captain Benjamin CHURCH was such a fantastic character that a whole book could be written about his adventures. He knew his Indians and how to fight them in their own way. He did not know fear. Captain Benjamin Church, son of RICHARD & ELIZABETH WARREN CHURCH and brother to CALEB CHURCH, was responsible for the set up of the murder of King Philip, April 1676; colonists and Indian war of Rhode Island and Massachusetts

    In 1676, Benjamin Church hunts King Philip and with the outbreak of King Philip's War, he accepted a commission as Captain in the Plymouth Colony Forces. He was commissioned Captain and Commander-in-chief of the first expedition against the Indians in the "East" (Maine) in 1689 and likewise commanded all five expeditions. At age 65 yrs., Col. Benjamin Church had become fat and inactive ; thus, his last Indian Expedition a dismal failure