Benjamin Church

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colonial American military officer person ranger

Benjamin Church was a colonial American military officer famed for pioneering ranger tactics during King Philip's War and later serving in various frontier conflicts.

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial American military officer → person → ranger →
burialPlace	Little Compton, Rhode Island →
conflict	King Philip's War → King William's War → Queen Anne's War →
cooperatedWith	Native American allies →
countryOfCitizenship	Colonial America →
dateOfBirth	circa 1639 →
dateOfDeath	1718 →
employer	Massachusetts Bay Colony → Plymouth Colony →
ethnicGroup	English American →
familyName	Church →
father	Richard Church →
givenName	Benjamin →
influenced	Robert Rogers → United States Army Rangers →
languageSpoken	English →
militaryBranch	Plymouth Colony militia →
militaryRank	captain → colonel →
mother	Elizabeth Warren →
movement	early American frontier warfare →
notableFor	leading frontier scouting parties → pioneering ranger tactics in New England → service in King Philip's War →
notableWork	Entertaining Passages relating to Philip's War →
occupation	author → soldier →
placeOfBirth	Plymouth Colony →
placeOfDeath	Little Compton, Rhode Island →
regionOfActivity	New England →
religion	Protestantism →
residence	Little Compton, Rhode Island →
servedIn	frontier conflicts in New England →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Alice Southworth →
strategy	integration of Native tactics into colonial warfare → use of small, mobile ranger units →
usedTactic	irregular warfare → ranger-style scouting and raiding →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Great Swamp Fight →	commander
King Philip's War →	hasCommander
Church (surname) →	hasNotableBearer