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Descendants of "Yankee" John Church

Generation No. 1

1. "YANKEE" JOHN¹ CHURCH¹ was born October 27, 1736 in Unknown. Perhaps Massachusetts, probably Connecticut.², and died April 01, 1811 in Wilkes County, North Carolina². He married (1) UNKNOWN STAMPER³ Abt. 1757 in Virginia ⁴. She was born Abt. 1734⁴, and died Aft. 1786⁴. He married (2) JANE ANDREWS⁵ 1790 ⁶. She died 1825⁶.

Notes for "YANKEE" JOHN CHURCH:
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Good evening Cousins. The following is submitted by Cousin Freddie. I think I like old Yankee John better this way. If he were just a veteran we wouldn't have the good story. This should clear up any misunderstanding about Yankee Johns status during the war.

Dave

Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 11:44 PM
Subject: Yankee John

I contacted Mary Frances Colson about Yankee Johns' war record.

"I think I said that he was recognized or accepted by the DAR as a
patriot. To be qualified as a Patriot means that there is proof that
he helped in the cause of freedom during the Revolutionary War, I found
his name in a recent DAR Magazine on a list of newly accepted patriots
and wrote the DAR National HQ in Washington, DC for whatever information
they had on him. They sent me back copies of several deeds and enough
information to know that this is indeed our Yankee John and that he is
recognized by the DAR as a patriot. He would not have received a
pension for this. I think what he did was supply food and supplies to
the Continental Army. This would qualify any descendant of his to join
the DAR or SAR if they can document direct lineage to Yankee John.

Cousin Freddie
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.... On Oct.3rd.1764, a summary of claim made to Rowan County during the year was entered into the court minutes..."John Church had received ten shillings bounty money for bringing in a wolf scalp" during the year... It is interesting to note that the same listing contains an identical payment to Daniel Boon, making a personal aquaintance between then a distinct probability..Raymond E. Church

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The colonial custom of putting orphans in the hands of community members required that the overseeing adult be part of the landed gentry... John was summon'd into court April 15th. 1767, and ordered to bring "Sarah Burch" an orphan, to be delt with legally... The July 1767 court ordered that Rachal Burch be apprenticed to John untill she attains the age of 18 years, she being 14 years, and 5 months old, and the master is to give the said apprentice a suite freedom cloath, a colt, a calf,and a spinning wheel.." . The last entry relative to this matter occured in this 4th.Nov. 1774 session when " John Church was requested to come to the next court to explain why he had not freed" his indentured servant Rachel Burch,agreeable to the law." John had moved his family to the New River area of Wilkes County in 1773... Raymond E Church

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The lack of title to land in western North Carolina was such a problem that the North Carolina assembly passed the following resolution on Aug. 19th. 1778...Whereas there are so few people in Wilkes, Burke, Washington,and Surrey Counties who have obtained titles to their lands, that legal juries cannot be obtained... Resolved therefore that reputable House Holders in the aforsaid counties be, and are hereby to be capably of acting as Jury Men upon all occasions within their respective Counties.....Undoubtedly John was caught in the dilemma described above... Wilkes County land entry #731 indicates that Benjamin Cleveland entered on Jan. 2nd. 1779, 100 acres on the waters of New River, the Little Fork, of Pine Swamp,including the plantation whereon John Church now lives......Benjamin Cleveland's name was marked out, and John Church's name was written over it in the entry book... Presumably John had moved his family there in 1773, was unable to enter the land into record at that time, and failed to do so promptly when the State Land Office opened...evidently Cleveland entered the land in his name,but it reverted back to John becaues he had allready exstablished a home, and made improvments...This land which would later fall in Ashe County when it was formed in 1801, was deeded to John by the state on May 6, 1782, this deed indicated that the Church home was still maintained on Pine Swamp through that date.... It is important to note that it appeares that John later moved his family to land across the crest of The Blue Ridge, in or near the present Summit Community on property that remains in Wilkes County today... This move took place prior to the 1801 formation of Ashe County, for his -1801 legal doccuments are to be found in the Wilkes records...The original Pine Swamp site was sold by John in 1802, to John Judd for 100 pounds, as recorded in the Ashe County records... John had entered and received one other 100 acre tract on New River in 1785. He sold this land to David Owen for 200 pounds in 1794... On May 18, 1789 he received two grants of 100 acres each on Lewis Fork... One of these tracts began at a chestnut tree on top of the mountain,and was located on the North Fork of Lewis Fork...This piece he sold to his son Elijah Church in 1795 for 12 pounds...The other tract was probably the one he lived the rest of his life on....John made one other land purchase in Wilkes..In 1795 he bought another tract on Lewis Fork from William Floid for 20 pounds..He sold this in Oct. of 1805 to Elizabeth Blackburn for 40 pounds...That document was the last legal transaction known reguarding John Church Sr. Raymond E. Church

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More About "YANKEE" JOHN CHURCH:
Fact 1: 1760, Emigration from Va., to Rowan Co., NC⁶
Fact 2: 1773, Emigration from Rowan Co., to Wilkes Co., NC.⁶

Notes for JANE ANDREWS:
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John's second, and last wife was "Jane Andrews" she was a much younger woman, and out lived John by several years...She was the daughter of James Andrews, who had been a neighbor in Rowan County in the 1760s...Jane's sister "Sarah" remarried John's son Phillip...Jane Andrews Church appeared in the 1810 census with one son, and five females besides herself..This was probably "Gabriel", the youngest son,along with his wife, and four of john's youngest daughters...Jane was living alone when the census taker came by in 1820 ...She witnessed a court receipt for attendance at a trial on Dec. 19th. 1825...I can't find anything about her after that... Raymond E. Church

Children of "YANKEE" CHURCH and UNKNOWN STAMPER are:

2.	i.	AMOS SR.² CHURCH, b. Abt. 1758, Virginia; d. May 19, 1842, Wilkes County, North Carolina.
3.	ii.	JOEL SR. CHURCH, b. Abt. 1760, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1870, Buchanan County, Virginia.
4.	iii.	JOHN JR. CHURCH, b. 1760; d. January 12, 1838.
5.	iv.	BENJAMIN CHURCH, b. 1763, Rowan County, North Carolina; d. Habersham County, Georgia.
6.	v.	PHILLIP CHURCH, b. December 03, 1767, Lewis Fork, Rowan Co., NC.; d. August 1859, Ashe County, North Carolina.
	vi.	MARTHA CHURCH⁷, b. 1771 ⁸; m. JONATHON PARSONS⁹, Wilkes County, North Carolina ¹⁰.
7.	vii.	ELIJAH SR. CHURCH, b. March 1773, Lewis Fork, Rowan Co., North carolina; d. May 1860, Wilkes County, North Carolina.
8.	viii.	ELISHA CHURCH, b. 1775, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. 1859, Wilkes County, North Carolina.
9.	ix.	AARON CHURCH, b. 1786, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. 1846, Wilkes County, North Carolina.

Children of "YANKEE" CHURCH and JANE ANDREWS are:

	x.	SUSANNAH² CHURCH¹¹, b. Abt. 1792 ¹²; m. HENRY ADAMS¹³.
10.	xi.	GABRIEL CHURCH, b. Abt. 1794, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1880, Jobs Cabin, Wilkes County, North Carolina.
11.	xii.	ELIZABETH BETSY CHURCH, b. 1795.
12.	xiii.	MASSEY (MAZZIE) CHURCH, b. 1799; d. 1870.
13.	xiv.	ANNA CHURCH, b. 1803, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. 1873.
14.	xv.	CALEB CHURCH, b. 1806.

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