and family were pensioned by the British government. Popular culture In the video game Assassin's Creed III, Church is portrayed as member of the antagonistic Templars. He later betrays the Templars by supplying information to the British, counter to the Order's current plans. Church appears as a character in the novel Thieftaker by D. B. Jackson in which he examines the titular character. See also Intelligence in the American Revolutionary War Intelligence operations in the American Revolutionary War List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea References Further reading Nagy, John A. Dr. Benjamin Church, Spy: A Case of Espionage on the Eve of the American Revolution. 2013. . Parts of this article were originally based on public domain text produced by the U.S. government. Allen French, General Gage's Informers (1932). 1770s missing person cases 1778 deaths 18th-century American physicians American Loyalists from Massachusetts British spies during the American Revolution Continental Army personnel who were court-martialed Continental Army staff officers Expelled members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Harvard College alumni Harvard College Loyalists in the American Revolution People from colonial Boston People lost at sea Physicians in the American Revolution Prisoners and detainees of Connecticut Surgeons General of the United States Army