Records of Samuel Church on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Samuel Church and the Church Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Church Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Church family tree.

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Some Famous People called Samuel Church

Samuel Church

Samuel Church (born Salisbury, Connecticut, February 4, 1785; died September 13, 1854) was a lawyer, politician, and Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Church graduated from Yale University in 1803 and then studied law, being admitted in 1806. In 1808 he returned to Salisbury to open a practice and remained a resident there for the rest of his life. In 1818 he was a member of the Connecticut constitutional convention. Between 1821 and 1831 he spent 5 years as a representative in the assembly and 3 as a state senator. He also served as a probate judge and as the State's Attorney for Litchfield County. He resigned these offices in 1832 when he was appointed as a superior court judge. In January 1833 he was appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court. He became Chief Justice in 1847 and held that position until his death in 1854.

St. John's Episcopal Church in Salisbury has a stained glass window dedicated to Church.

Church's son Albert E. Church (1807–1878) became a mathematics professor at West Point and authored a number of textbooks.

Source: Samuel Church, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Church

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