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Church, Benjamin
Church, Benjamin (1639–1718), colonial soldier.A farmer in Plymouth‐Colony, Benjamin Church soldiered in three wars. The son of a veteran of the Pequot War, he served as a provincial captain during King Philip's War. In December 1675, Church was a member of a New England army which struck a fortified Narragansett settlement in the Great Swamp in Rhode Island. The surprise attack succeeded, killing more than 600 Indians and destroying the village. Church was wounded in the engagement. The following summer, he led a force into the Mount Hope swamp in Rhode Island, where the Wampanoag chieftain, Metacom, dwelled. The raid caught Metacom by surprise, and he was killed in the brief battle. Church emerged as a New England hero for having destroyed the settlers' adversary. He additionally achieved a reputation as a skilled Indian fighter, a soldier who learned from the tactics of his foe and who refused to be bound by European‐style warfare. In King William's War in the 1690s, Church led expeditions against the Abenaki in Maine and the French in Acadia. In 1704, during Queen Anne's War, he commanded a Massachusetts invasion of Acadia, which failed in absence of naval assistance.
[See also Philip.] Bibliography Thomas Church , Entertaining Passages Relating to King Philip's War, 1716. John Ferling |
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John Whiteclay Chambers II. "Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Companion to American Military History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. John Whiteclay Chambers II. "Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Companion to American Military History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O126-ChurchBenjamin.html John Whiteclay Chambers II. "Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Companion to American Military History. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O126-ChurchBenjamin.html |
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Church, Benjamin
Church, Benjamin (1639–1718) soldier, born in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Church was captain of the Plymouth Colony militia in King Philip's War (1675) between the colonists and the Wampanoags and allied tribes. Dismissing “the fancy of a Mighty Conquest,” he warned fellow colonists that “they must make a business of the War, as the Enemy did.” A friend of local tribes, Church made effective use of Indian troops and led units that included both captured enemies and Christianized natives. His company tracked down and killed Philip (1676). Church later fought in King William's War (1689–97) and Queen Anne's War (1702–13). He recounted his military exploits in Entertaining Passages Relating to King Philip's War (1716).
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"Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-ChurchBenjamin.html "Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-ChurchBenjamin.html |
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Church, Benjamin
Church, Benjamin (1734–76), Massachusetts author, while supposed to be working for the Whigs was suspected of writing Loyalist answers to his own political essays. Tried by a Revolutionary court‐martial (1775), he was found guilty of “holding criminal correspondence with the enemy.” Among his publications were The Times (1765), a verse satire on the Stamp Act, and An Oration To Commemorate the Bloody Tragedy of the Fifth of March, 1770 (1773). He was the grandson of the elder Benjamin Church.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-ChurchBenjamin1.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-ChurchBenjamin1.html |
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Church, Benjamin
Church, Benjamin (1734–78?) physician, poet, and traitor, born in Newport, Rhode Island. Despite patriotic poetry and fiery speeches against British rule, Church “carried on a criminal Correspondence with the Enemy.” He informed Gen. Thomas Gage of colonial troop strengths and allocations. Interception of a letter (September 1775) led to his arrest, military trial, and expulsion from the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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"Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-ChurchBenjamin1.html "Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-ChurchBenjamin1.html |
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Benjamin Church
Benjamin Church 1639–1718, New England colonial soldier in King Philip's War , b. Plymouth, Mass. He took a leading part in the Great Swamp Fight (Dec., 1675), W of Kingston, R.I., and finally hunted down and killed Philip in Aug., 1676. |
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"Benjamin Church." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Benjamin Church." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-E-Church-B.html "Benjamin Church." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-E-Church-B.html |
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Church, Benjamin
Church, Benjamin (1639–1718), officer in King Philip's War, who described his experiences in a book compiled by his son Thomas Church.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-ChurchBenjamin.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Church, Benjamin." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-ChurchBenjamin.html |
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