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.

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Benjamin Church canonical 8

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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 New England colonial militias ⓘ
surface form: 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 Carpenter Southworth ⓘ
surface form: Alice Southworth
strategy integration of Native tactics into colonial warfare ⓘ
use of small, mobile ranger units ⓘ
usedTactic irregular warfare ⓘ
ranger-style scouting and raiding ⓘ

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Church (surname) → hasNotableBearer → Benjamin Church ⓘ
King Philip's War → hasCommander → Benjamin Church ⓘ
Great Swamp Fight → commander → Benjamin Church ⓘ
Anawan → capturedBy → Benjamin Church ⓘ
Plymouth Colony military history → includesPerson → Benjamin Church ⓘ
Entertaining Passages relating to Philip's War → author → Benjamin Church ⓘ
Entertaining Passages relating to Philip's War → narrator → Benjamin Church ⓘ
Entertaining Passages relating to Philip's War → hasCentralFigure → Benjamin Church ⓘ