RUTH KELLOGG {243} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c.8d>, dau. of Joseph {60} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c>, b. in South Hadley, 18 Jan. 1717; m. 21 Dec. 1739, Benjamin Church of same place, b. 26 Dec. 1709, son of Capt. Benjamin Church, b. 1 Sept. 1680, and Miriam Hovey, b. 27 Aug. 1689, and great grandson of Richard Church of Hartford, 1637.

He d. 7 Aug. 1783 in South Hadley; she d. 20 May 1784 in Hadley.

Res. in South Hadley.

Children:

Joel Church {749} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c.8d.9a>, b. 16 Sept. 1740; m. Hannah Preston, b. 1746, dau. of Jonathan Preston, b. 1719, and Eunice Wait, b. 21 May 1722 in Northampton, Mass,; they res. in South Hadley; he d. 19 Feb. 1795 in South Hadley; she d. there 26 June 1833; had three children: Electa (1778-1861), Pliny (1781-1862), Mary Polly (1786-1878)).

Dr. Benjamin Church {750} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c.8d.9b>, b. 16 Apr. 1742; m. Miriam ---; he was a physician and freemason, d. in Granby, Mass., 15 Dec. 1775; had at least two children: Noadiah (1772-1775), Zenas (1775-1835); she prob. remarried, making it difficult to find any biographical data.

Josiah Church {751} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c.8d.9c>, b. 9 July 1744; m. abt. 1788, his cousin, Mrs. Elizabeth Ingram Alvord {} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c.8e.9e>, b. 1755 in South Hadley, widow of Luther Alvord (1753-1784), dau. of Nathaniel Ingram, b. 18 May 1708 in South Hadley, Mass., and Martha Kellogg {244} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c.8e>, b. 8 Jan. 1720 in Springfield, Mass.; he turned out in the Revolutionary War as a picket guard under Capt. Moses Montague, Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's Regt., d. 27 Jan. 1826 in South Hadley; she d. 16 Aug. 1828 in Westernville, N. Y.; had five children: Josiah (1790-1855), Ruth (1791–1840), Sophia (1793-1866), Theodocia "Dosha" (1795-1840), Luther Church (1797-1829). Notes: there is a second, virtually contemporaneous, Josiah Church, son of Jonathan Church and Abigail White, b. 10 Mar. 1742 in Granville, Mass.; d. 7 July 1819 in Western, N. Y., who m. 31 Mar. 1768 in Granville, Mass., Moriah Clark (1741-1828); although indicated in some trees, Sarah C. Church is most likely not a dau. of Josiah and Elizabeth - her birth date does not make sense with respect to her siblings', and there is no reason to believe she would travel as far as Marblehead, Mass. to get marrried.

David Church {752} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c.8d.9d>, b. 31 Mar. 1746; m. 19 Feb. 1777 in Hadley, Mass., Rachel Moody, b. 13 Jan. 1746 in Hadley, dau. of John Moody, b. 10 Sep. 1702 in Hadley, and Sarah Dickinson, b. 13 Apr. 1708 in Hadley; he was a Revolutionary War veteran as a Private in Capt. John Cowls' Co., Minute Men, in Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbrige's Regt., Apr. 1775, d. 20 July 1831 in Granby, Mass.; she d. 20 Mar. 1832 in Granby; had five children: David, Jr. (1781-1857), Jonathan (1783-?), Benjamin (1785-1862), Noadiah (1787-1835), Rachel (1789-1867).

John Church {753} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c.8d.9e>, b. 13 Jan. 1747; d. unm. in South Hadley, 12 May 1831.

Waitstill Church {754} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c.8d.9f>, b. 9 Feb. 1752; prob. d. young; his grand nephew, son of Josiah's son Jossiah, may be the Waitstill who d. 1846.

Nathan Church {755} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c.8d.9g>, b. 27 July 1754; graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., 1784; m. 1 Oct. 1788 in Beverly, Mass., Huldah Cleaves, b. 28 Jan. 1762 in Beverly, dau. of Capt. Joshua Cleaves, b. 2 Feb. 1724 in Beverly, and Huldah Perley, b. 13 Feb. 1731 in Boxford, Mass,; she d. 22 Dec. 1828 in Bridgton, Me.; he settled as a minister in Bridgton, 1789, d. there 14 Nov. 1836; had five children: Harriet (1789-1823), Miranda (1791-1879), Nathan, Jr. (1793-1873), Amanda (1795-1822), Eliza (1798-1823).

Ruth Church {756} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c.8d.9h>, b. 15 Nov. 1757; m. 1 June 1787 in South Hadley, Mass., her cousin Amos Kellogg {740} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c.8c.9a>; he d. 20 Feb. 1831 in South Hadley; she d. there 9 July 1842.

Dorcas Church {757} <1.2b.3a.4f.5c.6d.7c.8d.9i>, b. 7 Aug. 1763; d. unm. 23 Apr 1815 in South Hadley.