Armistead, son of William Churchhill & Elizabeth Armistead, was born on 25 July 1704 and baptised on 1 August 1704 in Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia.[1]
"William’s son Armistead, born in 1705, followed in his father’s footsteps in terms of holding local public office and he may have, for a time at least, increased the family patrimony through the extensive marital relations of the Churchills with other with prominent Virginia families, most notably the Carters, and through his landholdings and dealings and income generating activities as a high ranking office holder. But he did not cut the same high voltage profile as the elder William Churchill, and may not have engaged in any of the merchant and trading activities of his father. Armistead died in 1763, the very year Wilton was completed, his resources apparently diminished, and it may well have been Armistead’s first-born son, William Churchill II, who was the leading force behind the building of Wilton. "... "1733-1760, Armistead Churchill is appointed to the position of Naval Office of the Rappahannock District, a highly remunerative post bringing in as much as 60 pounds a year. It is an office he will hold for 27 years.
1749 Armistead makes a deed of gift to his son, and heir apparent, William Churchill, of 410 acres of land in Middlesex County, the nucleus of William’s later extensive holdings.
1751 “Bushy Park,” the home of Armistead Churchill on the Rappahannock River in Middlesex County, appears as “Churchill” on the Jefferson and Fry map, published this year. On June 7, the marriage is recorded of William Churchill, II, the son of Armistead Churchill, to Elizabeth (Betty) Carter, eldest daughter of Charles Carter of Cleve. The following day Charles Carter pays 1,000 pounds to his new son-in-law.
1758 The will of Armistead Churchill is recorded in the Middlesex County Will Book. He names his sons William, John, Henry, and Armistead as executors. John is to have 2,000 acres of Armistead’s property in Prince William County, Armistead, 2,000 acres of same, and Henry 400 acres with the remainder of that property to go to his daughters Hannah, Lucy, Priscilla, Judith and Betty. Although not named in this document, William, the first born son, is apparently the heir apparent of the bulk of Armistead’s estate, including the land where Wilton is built.
1760 Bushy Park, seat of the Churchill Family, burns to the ground.
1761 Armistead Churchill loses the Naval Office, and writes to William Pitt in London to recover the post, or secure another “since,” according to one contemporary account, “he had fallen on hard times – his house had burned and most of his slaves had perished of a fever.” Thirty-eight prominent Virginians support his petition.
1761 Armistead Churchill successfully sues his sister, Elizabeth Dawson of Williamsburg, for 302 pounds for money owed him by her first husband, Col. William Bassett.
1763 Armistead Churchill dies."[2]
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