Monday, August 22, 2016

King Philip's War: NINIGRET, English Friend. Statue in Watch Hill, RI

King Philip's War and NINIGRET: "July 15, 1676 – Ninigrit and Niantics formally sign peace treaty with Massachusetts Bay" (From: http://kpwar.org/sample-page/timeline/)








Descendant of Benjamin Church seeks information and experts to interview on TV

I am a descendant of Col. Benjamin Church. If you have information about Benjamin Church, please contact me at LisaSaunders42@gmail.com
Want to see if we are related?

From Richard Warren of the Mayflower to Benjamin Church then to me:



  • Richard Warren, b. ca. 1595 in Hertford, England (married Elizabeth Warren). 1620: Richard Warren, passenger on the Mayflower, arrives in Plymouth.
  • Elizabeth (Warren) Church (married Richard Church--some give name as Joseph Church)
  • Benjamin Church, b. ca.1640 (married Alice Southworth)
  • Elizabeth (Church) Rosbotham, b. 1684 (married Joseph Rosbotham)
  • Hannah (Rosbotham) Munro, b. 1711 (married John Munro)
  • Nathan Munro, b 1730 (married Hanna Allen)
  • Squire Monro, b. 1758 (married Mary Daggett)
  • Mary (Polly) Munro Arne, b.1794 (married (David Arne)
  • Harriet (Arne) Sisson, b.1825 (married William Henry Sisson)
  • Frank Munro Sisson, b.1855 (married Emma Louise Leach)
  • Mary Sisson McDowell, b. 1882/3 (married Gilbert McDowell)
  • Russell Gale McDowell, b.6/28/1911 (married Ida M. Lee, b. 1/5/1918) on 6/3/1937
  • Mary Ann (McDowell) Avazian, b.10/21/1938 (married Richard W. Avazian, b. 9/10/1937) on 1/10/1960.
  • Lisa (Avazian) Saunders, b.3/31/1961 (married James Patrick Saunders, b. 8/6/1958) on 5/29/1983
My Mayflower paperwork: 








The following is my genealogy from Richard Warren, which was verified by The General Society of Mayflower Descendants (I was in the New York chapter, Society No. 5099, General No. 73,463). My certificate reads: The General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Richard Warren, Mayflower Ancestor: This certifies that Lisa Marie Avazian Saunders is a member of The General Society of Mayflower Descendants, founded 12 January 1897, to perpetuate the memory of the Pilgrims, to maintain and defend their principals of civil and religious liberty, to honor their unfailing strength, undying courage, and abiding faith, to which they committed their lives. 

Richard Warren (Mayflower passenger)
Elizabeth (Warren) Church
Benjamin Church, b. 1639 (died 1718/19)
Elizabeth (Church) Rosbotham, b. 1684 (she was born after King Philip's War)
Hannah (Rosbotham) Munro, b. 1711
Nathan Munro, b 1730
Squire Monro, b. 1758
Mary (Polly) Munro Arne, b.1794
Harriet (Arne) Sisson, b.1825
Frank Munro Sisson, b.1855
Mary Arne (Sisson) McDowell, b.1882
Russell Gale McDowell, b.1911
Mary Ann (McDowell) Avazian, b.1938
Lisa (Avazian) Saunders, b.1961