Richard Church

1608 - 1668  (60 years)

• Name	Richard Church  [1]
  Birth	1608  [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Dec 1668	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [3]
  Alternate death	27 Dec 1668	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  Burial	Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I39754	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Warren,   b. Bef 1615   d. 9 Mar 1670, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age > 55 years)
  Marriage	Bef 7 Mar 1637  [1, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Abigail Church,   b. 22 Jun 1648, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 25 Dec 1677 (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F23351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He arrived in 1630; first at Weymouth, them Plymouth 1631, Eastham 1649, Charlestown by 1652, Hingham 1654. He was a carpenter. He was literate enough to sign his own will, and his inventory included books.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4249] The Mayflower Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth, 1620 by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020. [S1911] History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts by George Lincoln et al. 3 volumes. Town of Hingham, 1893. [S1647] The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New York Historic Genealogical Society, 2004. [S1647] The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New York Historic Genealogical Society, 2004., "(and probably by 14 March 1635/6)".