. A modern history of New London County, Connecticut;. (3) andElizabeth (Noble) Church, was born December 7,1700, and died October 27, 1761. He was an early set-tler of North Parish, New London, now Montville,where he came from Colchester. First notice of himis in his marriage, February 24, 1724, to Abigail Fair-banks, born in 1705, daughter of Samuel and Chris-tian (Chapel) Fairbanks, by Rev. James after this union he purchased a farm in the vi-cinity of Uncasville, at a place afterwards calledPennytown. His wife was a woman of considera-ble ability and moral character. Her mot
. A modern history of New London County, Connecticut;. (3) andElizabeth (Noble) Church, was born December 7,1700, and died October 27, 1761. He was an early set-tler of North Parish, New London, now Montville,where he came from Colchester. First notice of himis in his marriage, February 24, 1724, to Abigail Fair-banks, born in 1705, daughter of Samuel and Chris-tian (Chapel) Fairbanks, by Rev. James after this union he purchased a farm in the vi-cinity of Uncasville, at a place afterwards calledPennytown. His wife was a woman of considera-ble ability and moral character. Her mother was amember of the Hillhouse church. These childrenhave been recorded: I. Jonathan, Jr., born in 1726;married (first) Mary Angel!, February 13, 1762,daughter of William and Almy (Harding) .iXngell, ofWarwick, Rhode Island, he served in the Revolution-ary War as private in Colonel Erastus Wolcottsregiment at New London, February 28, 1777; married(second) Mary .gel Fairbanks: (third) Jemina An-gel; he died previous to 1800; his widow sold out his. I R-^^/Y^. BIOGRAPHICAL 41 interest in the farm to Levi Lester in 1801 and re-moved to New York State. 2. Fairbanks, born in17J8. 3. John, born in 1734. 4. Amos, born in Pelcg, of whom further. (V) Peleg Church, son of Jonathan and Abi-gail (Fairbanks) Churtli, was born in 1738. He mar-ried Elizabeth Congdon, daughter of Jeremiah andAnn (Chapel) Congdon. He was a blacksmhh, andfirst started a shop on the land bought of JosephChurch, in 1764, in Uncasville, then called Penny-town. He afterwards removed to tlic Fort Hillfarm at Mohcgan, where it is said he lived for overthirty years. He served in the Kcvolutlonary War asa private in Captain Calkins company, General Lati-mers regiment, at Saratoga, in 1777. He died before1805. His children are: Elizabeth, Pelcg, Jr., ofwhom further; Sanford, born in 1768, married SarahMonroe; John, born in 1770, married Sarah Leach,sister of Mary Leach, wife of Peleg Church, Jr. (VI) Peleg Chur
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