Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "John Barker Church (October 30, 1748 – c. May 2, 1818) was a businessman and supplier of the Continental Army in the American Revolution.Church was born in Lowestoft, England, befriended the cause of the American Revolution (while making a fortune as a supplier to the Continental and French armies), was Commissary General of the French Army in America, and financially aided the new government. Returning to England after the war, he was elected a Member of Parliament.The Church family moved back to America for good in 1799, where he became a founding director of the Manhattan Company and a director of the Bank of North America. Church married Angelica Schuyler, a daughter of General Philip Schuyler whose sister Elizabeth married Alexander Hamilton. Their son, Philip Schuyler Church, served as aide de camp to Hamilton; married Anna Matilda Stewart, daughter of General Walter Stewart; and was a founder of the Erie Canal and Erie Railroad. John and Angelica Church befriended many French upper-class refugees from the French Revolution, helping them settle in Allegany County, New York and elsewhere in the United States.In 1800 Church was admitted as an honorary member of the New York Society of the Cincinnati.Belvidere, the Church family estate in rural western New York, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 as a prime example of Federal style architecture.After the death of his wife Church returned to England. He died on 27 April 1818 in London after a short illness, and was buried at St. James, Piccadilly."@en }
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- John_Barker_Church abstract "John Barker Church (October 30, 1748 – c. May 2, 1818) was a businessman and supplier of the Continental Army in the American Revolution.Church was born in Lowestoft, England, befriended the cause of the American Revolution (while making a fortune as a supplier to the Continental and French armies), was Commissary General of the French Army in America, and financially aided the new government. Returning to England after the war, he was elected a Member of Parliament.The Church family moved back to America for good in 1799, where he became a founding director of the Manhattan Company and a director of the Bank of North America. Church married Angelica Schuyler, a daughter of General Philip Schuyler whose sister Elizabeth married Alexander Hamilton. Their son, Philip Schuyler Church, served as aide de camp to Hamilton; married Anna Matilda Stewart, daughter of General Walter Stewart; and was a founder of the Erie Canal and Erie Railroad. John and Angelica Church befriended many French upper-class refugees from the French Revolution, helping them settle in Allegany County, New York and elsewhere in the United States.In 1800 Church was admitted as an honorary member of the New York Society of the Cincinnati.Belvidere, the Church family estate in rural western New York, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 as a prime example of Federal style architecture.After the death of his wife Church returned to England. He died on 27 April 1818 in London after a short illness, and was buried at St. James, Piccadilly.".
- Q6220713 abstract "John Barker Church (October 30, 1748 – c. May 2, 1818) was a businessman and supplier of the Continental Army in the American Revolution.Church was born in Lowestoft, England, befriended the cause of the American Revolution (while making a fortune as a supplier to the Continental and French armies), was Commissary General of the French Army in America, and financially aided the new government. Returning to England after the war, he was elected a Member of Parliament.The Church family moved back to America for good in 1799, where he became a founding director of the Manhattan Company and a director of the Bank of North America. Church married Angelica Schuyler, a daughter of General Philip Schuyler whose sister Elizabeth married Alexander Hamilton. Their son, Philip Schuyler Church, served as aide de camp to Hamilton; married Anna Matilda Stewart, daughter of General Walter Stewart; and was a founder of the Erie Canal and Erie Railroad. John and Angelica Church befriended many French upper-class refugees from the French Revolution, helping them settle in Allegany County, New York and elsewhere in the United States.In 1800 Church was admitted as an honorary member of the New York Society of the Cincinnati.Belvidere, the Church family estate in rural western New York, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 as a prime example of Federal style architecture.After the death of his wife Church returned to England. He died on 27 April 1818 in London after a short illness, and was buried at St. James, Piccadilly.".