Nathaniel Churchill Jr. (1773 - aft. 1852)

Born 22 Nov 1773 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Eunice (Kinney) Churchill — married 1797 in Maugerville, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Died after 1852 after age 78 in Townsend, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Rev. Nathaniel Churchill Jr. was born on 22 Nov 1773 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada to parents Nathaniel Churchill Sr. and Elizabeth (Betsey) Rider. He married Eunice Elizabeth Kenney in 1797 in Maugersville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Children: Nathaniel, Jesse, Charles L, Elizabeth, Isaiah, Rhoda Ann, Susanna H, Isaac Bonn, Israel, Elias Winslow, Eunice, Job Mark Freeman, Maria L, Richard Watts, Mary Jane. The family moved to Ontario in 1831.

Nathaniel was listed in the 1851 Canada Census. ^[1] He died after 1852 in Ontario, Canada.

"They made their home in Carlton Co., NB on lot # 21 fronting the west bank of the Saint John River. They had 200 acres. Nathaniel worked in the tannery business operated by his father. Eunice's five sisters settled on lots above and below her on the river. In 1831, they moved to the vicinity of what is now Bealton, Ontario, Canada with most of their sons and daughters."

Attached letter from Nathaniel Churchill to Freidrick Whitfield, April 6, 1832: "Dear children, We embrace this opportunity. We have been in a poor state of health this winter. Your dear mother...was glad to hear from you all..we may say good is the Lord. Our hearts's have often ascended to heaven that the blessed Jesus might keep and preserve you and yours. I think we have felt that God was with my dear children. I hope you will follow after him o my dear children. While I want to see you all I want..I hope you are all well. I understand Jessey has married a nice woman. That gives us comfort. I hope she will be a mother to the dear children... We have had a hard winter...We remain you your loving parents until Death. Nathaniel Churchill, letter goes on Daniel Kinney, Dear brother and sister as father is going to send a few lines to you..I shall be glad of the privelege of writing a few words to you..to let you know that I am well thank you. I am sorry to hear of your trouble since being there..my love to you and no more in particular...Alias Winston Churchill." On another flap Charles Churchill writes Dear brother and sister...hard to read and something also from Eunice Churchill.

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada Census, 1851", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWT8-TNX : 1 October 2021), Nathaniel Churchill, 1851.

• The Churchill Family in America Image. Sixth Generation, p 100. Database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2005.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #128588321

See also:

• Canadian Genealogy Index 1600-1900, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 1827 Census of Nova Scotia
• Census of Canada 1851, Norfolk, Ontario
• Nova Scotia Canada Census Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1827, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
• Edwin W. Bell and Lillan M. B Maxwell. Israel Kenny, his children and their families. (1944) 120p.
• Canadian Genealogy Index