John A. CHURCH^{[1, 2]}

1807 - 1860  (53 years)

• Name	John A. CHURCH
  Birth	1807	Chester, Lunenburg, NS   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	11 Jun 1807	Lunenburg County, NS   [4]
  Baptism	11 Jun 1807	Lunenburg County, NS   [4]
  Death	1 Dec 1860	off the harbour of Marie Joseph, Guysborough, NS   [5]
  	Cause: Drowned
  Burial	Old Baptist Burial Ground, Chester, NS
  Person ID	I125391	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2010

  
  

  Father	Charles Lott CHURCH,   b. 13 Mar 1777, Fall River, Bristol, MA d. 14 Apr 1864, Chester, Lunenburg, NS (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Hannah Houghton MILLETT,   b. 16 Apr 1783, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 22 Jan 1865, Chester, Lunenburg, NS (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1801	Chester, Lunenburg, NS   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F46870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth HAWBOLDT,   b. 6 Sep 1815, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	3 Mar 1839	Lunenburg County, NS   [4]
  Children	1. Ann Elizabeth CHURCH,   b. 21 Feb 1840, Chester Area, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   2. Eliza Jane CHURCH,   b. 22 May 1841, Chester Area, Lunenburg, NS d. 4 Mar 1928, Chester, Lunenburg, NS (Age 86 years)   3. Mary Magdalene CHURCH,   b. 8 Jan 1843, Chester Area, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   4. Henry CHURCH,   b. 16 Oct 1844, Chester Area, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   5. Caroline Matilda CHURCH,   b. 17 May 1846, Chester Area, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F37468	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth BACKMAN,   b. 21 Nov 1827, Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 8 Mar 1916, Chester, Lunenburg, NS (Age 88 years)
  Children	1. John CHURCH,   b. 16 Sep 1850, Aspotogan, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   2. James CHURCH,   b. 19 May 1852, NS d. Yes, date unknown   3. Constant Charles CHURCH,   b. 30 Mar 1856, Guysborough County, NS d. 31 Oct 1923, Chester, Lunenburg, NS (Age 67 years)   4. William Richard CHURCH,   b. 26 Nov 1858, NS d. 13 Mar 1939, Windsor, Hants, NS (Age 80 years)   5. Lewis CHURCH,   b. 30 Oct 1859, Port Hilford, Guysborough, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F46869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  What is certain is this: a. On 3 Mar 1839, a John CHURCH m. an Elizabeth HAWBOLDT and the marriage is recorded at St. Stephen's Anglican, Chester. b. The family of a John CHURCH appears in the 1871 Census of Chester and, from the death record of his son Constant Church, his wife can be identified at Elizabeth BACHMAN, b. 1822. This John CHURCH is born in 1807 and dies 1860; Elizabeth (BACHMAN) Church is b. 1822 and d. 1916. c. An Elizabeth CHURCH d. 1856 at Marriott's Cove. d. Sons Constant and William's death records lists their mother as Elizabeth BACKMAN e. Daughter Eliza's death record lists her mother as Sophia HAWBOLDT What is not certain is whether these two John CHURCH's are the same person. There seems to be only one other John CHURCH who might have married Elizabeth HAWBOLDT, but he is the wrong religion and is not from Chester. So I think it most likely that the two John CHURCH's above are the same man. Assuming this is correct, it is much less certain which wife sons John, James, and Constant belong to since it is not at all certain that the Elizabeth Church who d. 1856 is Elizabeth (HAWBOLDT) CHURCH. She dies at Marriott's Cove, rather than Aspotogan; but this could be explained by the fact that her husband was often at sea and her brother George lived at Marriott's Cove. Also, if Elizabeth BACKMAN is the only mother sons Constant and William could remember, she is the person we might expect to see on their marriage and death records. On the other hand, we also know that other CHURCH families lives at Marriott's Cove; she could belong to one of them and we do not know her age at death. Also, that there seems to be a gap in the John CHURCH family birth order between 1846 and 1850. On balance, I think the first five children belong to Elizabeth BACKMAN, the last two belong to Elizabeth BACHMAN, and sons John , James, and Constant remain a question. They are assigned here to Elizabeth BACHMAN mainly beCAUSe of the gap in the birth order and the uncertainty as to the identity of the Elizabeth CHURCH who d. 1856. [Bob H] What is certain is this: a. On 3 Mar 1839, a John CHURCH m. an Elizabeth HAWBOLDT and the marriage is recorded at St. Stephen's Anglican, Chester. b. The family of a John CHURCH appears in the 1871 Census of Chester and, from the death record of his son Constant Church, his wife can be identified at Elizabeth BACHMAN, b. 1822. This John CHURCH is born in 1807 and dies 1860; Elizabeth (BACHMAN) Church is b. 1822 and d. 1916. c. An Elizabeth CHURCH d. 1856 at Marriott's Cove. d. Sons Constant and William's death records lists their mother as Elizabeth BACKMAN e. Daughter Eliza's death record lists her mother as Sophia HAWBOLDT What is not certain is whether these two John CHURCH's are the same person. There seems to be only one other John CHURCH who might have married Elizabeth HAWBOLDT, but he is the wrong religion and is not from Chester. So I think it most likely that the two John CHURCH's above are the same man. Assuming this is correct, it is much less certain which wife sons John, James, and Constant belong to since it is not at all certain that the Elizabeth Church who d. 1856 is Elizabeth (HAWBOLDT) CHURCH. She dies at Marriott's Cove, rather than Aspotogan; but this could be explained by the fact that her husband was often at sea and her brother George lived at Marriott's Cove. Also, if Elizabeth BACKMAN is the only mother sons Constant and William could remember, she is the person we might expect to see on their marriage and death records. On the other hand, we also know that other CHURCH families lives at Marriott's Cove; she could belong to one of them and we do not know her age at death. Also, that there seems to be a gap in the John CHURCH family birth order between 1846 and 1850. On balance, I think the first five children belong to Elizabeth BACKMAN, the last two belong to Elizabeth BACHMAN, and sons John , James, and Constant remain a question. They are assigned here to Elizabeth BACHMAN mainly beCAUSe of the gap in the birth order and the uncertainty as to the identity of the Elizabeth CHURCH who d. 1856. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, 1894, book 1829, page 140, #137. [S9231] Parish Register, St. Luke's Anglican Church--Hubba, Abstracted by Joe Whitby. [S9125] Observation--See Baptismal Date. [S9299] Parish Register, St. Stephen's Anglican Church--Chester. [S12149] Inscription Survey, Old Baptist Burial Ground--Chester. [S553] Chester Township Book. [S224] Baptist Heritage in Atlantic Canada--The Diary of Joseph Dimock.