John Barker Church (1748 - 1818)

Born 30 Oct 1748 in Lowestoft, Suffolk County, England

Descendants

Died 2 May 1818 at age 69 in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

John Church performed Patriotic Service in the American Revolution.

John Church is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A021846.

John Church is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-132884
Rank: Patriotic

John Barker Church was Commissary General of the French Army in America, and financially aided the new American government. Returning to England after the American Revolution war, he was elected a Member of Parliament. According to tradition, he owned the Wogdon pistols used in the 1804 Burr-Hamilton duel. ^[1]

Served in Continental Army under Lafayette 1777; Member, Boston, MD Committee of Safety 1778-1779; Commissary to the French Army under Rochambeau 1780-1781. ^[2]

John Church, bilingual son-in-law of Philip Schuyler, they both worked with Jeremiah Wadsworth of the American Commissary. ^[3]

John married Angelica Schuyler, the daughter of General Philip Schuyler. They are the parents of children, including:

1. Philip Schuyler Church married to Anna Stewart daughter of General Walter Stewart and Deborah (McClenachan) Stewart (daughter of Congressman Blair McClenachan)
2. Elizabeth Matilda Church, born December 7, 1783, in Paris, France, died August 13, 1867, in Oswego County, New York, married Rudolph Bunner (1779 - 1837) US Congressman from New York
3. Catherine who married Bertram Peter Cruger as per the DAR.

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barker_Church
2. ↑ SAR https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/132884 citing "Field Book of the American Revolution", Ben Lossing, Vol 1, p 223
3. ↑ P 155 "In Irons" Britain's Naval Supremacy and the American Revolutionary Economy by Richard Buell, Yales Univ. Press, New Haven and London 1998.

See Also

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 22 June 2022), memorial page for John Barker Church (30 Oct 1748–2 May 1818), Find A Grave: Memorial #88849845. Maintained by Kathleen (contributor 20098197) Burial Details Unknown, who reports a Probably buried in Windsor but gravesite unkown.