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Note: Caleb rem. from Hingham about 1668 to Dedham and there engaged in
business as miller and millwright. Amoung the earliest records of
Oxford, Mass. is a contract with Caleb to build a mill there. The town
of Dedham had reserved 20 acres of land for a millage and sold a part to
Caleb in 1677. About this time he went to Watertown, mass., where,
besides milling, he was licensed to keep an inn, which he did until
1711. He sold the inn in 1712 to Thomas Learned, who kept a tavern there
for 50 years. Mar. 22, 1705-06, Caleb mortgaged 12 acres of pasture land
known a the "Dirty Green." He was received into full communion 4 Mar.,
1687, but did not become freeman until 22 Mar., 1713. His purchase of
the water power at Fall River has been mentioned, but he soon sold his
half to his brother Benjamin for L100. (History of Bridgewater, of
Hingham and Watertown; Records of Hingham, Dedham and Watertown.)
Caleb Church, was of Dedham in 1672; admitted freeman of Watertown, 22
March, 1689-90, where he was selectman, 1692, 1698-1702 and 1713, and
representative to the General Court of Massachusettes in 1713. He m.
1st, 16 Dec., 1667, Joanna, dau. of William Sprague of Hingham, by his
wife Millicent Eames, b. 1644; d. 11 July, 1678; m. 2d, 6 Oct 1691,
Rebecca Scotto of Watertown.
from "Descendents of The Mayflower"
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