Benjamin Churchill (1652 - 1730)

Born 16 May 1652 in Wethersfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Churchill — married 8 Jul 1676 (to 1712) in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1730 at about age 77 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Benjamin born 16 May 1652 Wethersfield, CT son of Josiah Churchill... marr 6 July 1676 to Mary [surname unknown].^[1][2][3] Mary died 30 Oct 1712.^[1]

Resident of Wetersfield, surveyor, office of collector, lister, constable, selectman, committee to build the school house in 1677, committee to seat the meeting house 1698.^[1]

Appointed Lt. in the trainband May 8 1701. ^[1]

Married (2) [Buck-153|Sarah (Buck) Deming]] m. (2) ^[4]

LIving April 1728, but not on the 1730 Westherfield tax list.^[1]

Children of Benjamin and Mary:

1. Josiah b 8 Jan 1676/7^[1] marr 8 May 1706 to Elizabeth TOUSEY
2. Prudence b 2 July 1678^[1] marr 1 Dec 1698 to Col David GOODRICH of Wethersfield
3. Abigail b 18 Feb 1680/1^[1] marr 3 Nov 1715 to Thomas WRIGHT
4. Anne. Benjamin Belden "m. Anne Churchel, d. Lieut Benjamin, Jan. 29, 1713/14, by Rev. Stephen Mix "^[5][6]

Marriage

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Stiles, Henry Reed. Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Wethersfield, Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families. Vol II. (1904).At HathiTrust pp 221, 222
2. ↑ Churchill, Gardner Asaph, The Churchill Family in America (1904), p 327
3. ↑ Case, Lafayette Wallace. The Goodrich Family in America (Fergus Printing Co., Chicago, 1889), page 37
4. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Volume 1, page 441. [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/441/426920921/ See record at subscription site.
5. ↑ Wethersfield. Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) (From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.) p. 18.
6. ↑ "Records of Wethersfield" New England Historical and Genealogical Register 15:295 (1861)

• Case, Lafayette Wallace. The Goodrich Family in America (Fergus Printing Co., Chicago, 1889), page 37
• Find A Grave: Memorial #70524384: accessed 24 July 2019), memorial page for Lieut Benjamin Churchill (16 May 1652–1730), citing Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Bill Velde (contributor 47500604) .
• Churchill, Samuel Joseph. Genealogy and Biography of the Connecticut Branch of the Churchill Family in America (Journal Pub. Co., Lawrence, Kansas, 1901) Page 10
• Deming, Judson Keith. 'Genealogy of the Descendants of John Deming of Wethersfield, Connecticut (Mathis-Mets Co., Dubuque, Ia., 1904) Page 12.
• Ancestral File Number: VHDR-Q4
• Wethersfield Vital Records, In Land Records, Vol. 2, The American Genealogist (1933) Vol. 10, Page 105. Marriage record.