Philip Church
(1778-1861)
BIRTH
April 14, 1778
PLACE
Boston, Massachusetts, US
DEATH
January 7, 1861
PLACE
Angelica, New York, US
FAMILY
FATHER
John Barker Church
(1748-1818)
MOTHER
Angelica Schuyler Church
(1756-1814)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Philip Schuyler Church (1778–1861) was a judge and landowner, the son of Angelica Schuyler and John Barker Church. An army captain, he served his uncle Alexander Hamilton during the Quasi-War. Buying western New York land at foreclosure, he planned the village of Angelica, named for his mother, and built mills for settlers. He became Allegany County’s first judge in 1807 and supported canal and railroad development. He and Anna Matilda Stewart lived at Belvidere.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Philip Church’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Philip Church is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Philip Schuyler Church was a judge and landowner, the son of Angelica Schuyler and John Barker Church. An army captain, he served his uncle Alexander Hamilton during the Quasi-War. Buying western New York land at foreclosure, he planned the village of Angelica, named for his mother, and built mills for settlers. Philip Church died in Angelica on January 7, 1861, at the age of 82. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
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