My Descent from John Churchill

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John Churchill-Hannah Pontus
William Churchill-Lydia Bryant
Samuel Churchill-Joanna Bryant
Marcy Churchill-David Darling
Samuel Darling-Margaret Cushing
Samuel Darling (2)-Priscilla Weston
Samuel Darling (3)-Esther Dingley
George Darling-Eliza Duncan
Francis Woods Darling-Anna Evelyn Keene
Laura Keene Darling-Edward Payson True
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John Churchill

Husband:
John Churchill		Born:in England, date unknown.
Died:in Plymouth, MA, 1 January 1662/3.
Parents:unknown.
Wife:
Hannah
Pontus		Born:in Holland, probably in the town of Leyden, after 1622.
Died:in Plymouth, MA, 12 December 1690.
Father:William Pontus.
Mother:Wybra Hanson.
Married:in Plymouth, MA, 18 December 1644.
Hannah (Pontus) Churchill married (2) on 25 June 1669, Giles Richard as his third wife, and survived him by six years.

The first record of John Churchill in America was in Plymouth, MA, when his name appeared in 1643 on the list of male inhabitants between 16 and 60 years old who were able to bear arms. He bought a farm from Richard Higgins on 18 August 1645 and was admitted a freeman on 5 June 1651. On 20 October 1652, he bought 10 acres of upland at Wellingsley in the township of Plymouth. In this deed he was called "Planter."

John and his wife Hannah (Pontus) Churchill had six children, all born in Plymouth, MA:

  • Joseph, b. in 1647; m. Sarah Hicks.
  • Hannah, b. 12 Nov. 1649; m. John Drew.
  • Eleazer, b. 20 April 1652; d. 5 March 1716; m. (1) Mary -----; m. (2) Mary Doty. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 153, pp. 421-422, states that Eleazer Churchill, son of John and Hannah (Pontus) Churchill, possibly married Mary or Mercy Bryant, daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Shaw) Bryant of Plymouth, MA, and that she died 11 Dec. 1715.
  • Mary, b. 1 Aug. 1654; m. Thomas Doty.
  • William, b. in 1656; m. Lydia Bryant.
  • John, Jr., b. in 1657; m. (1) Rebecca Delano; m. (2) Mrs. Hannah Bartlett.
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William Churchill

Husband:
William Churchill		Born:in Plymouth, MA, in 1656.
Died:in Plymton, MA, 5 October 1722.
Father:John Churchill.
Mother:Hannah Pontus.
Wife:
Lydia
Bryant		Born:in Plymouth, MA, 23 October 1662.
Died:probably in Plympton, MA, 6 February 1736.
Father:Stephen Bryant.
Mother:Abigail Shaw.
Married:in Plymouth, MA, 17 January 1683.

William inherited lands in Punkatussett, now Plympton, MA, and was among the first settlers in that part of old Plymouth.

William and his wife Lydia (Bryant) Churchill had eight children, all born in Plympton, MA:

  • William, Jr., b. 2 Aug. 1685; m. Ruth Bryant, daughter of John and Sarah (-----) Bryant.
  • Samuel, b. 15 April 1688; m. (1) Joanna Bryant, daughter of John and Sarah (-----) Bryant; m. (2) Mrs. Marcy Ellis, widow.
  • James, b. 21 Sept. 1690; m. Mary McFarlin.
  • Isaac, b. 16 Sept. 1693; m. Susannah Leach.
  • Benjamin, b. in 1695; m. Mary Shaw.
  • Lydia, b. 16 April 1699; m. John Lorell.
  • Josiah, b. 21 Aug. 1702; .m Jemima Hamblen.
  • Mehitable, m. Elkanah Shaw.
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Samuel Churchill

Husband:
Samuel Churchill		Born:in Plympton, MA, 15 April 1688.
Died:in Plympton, MA, 20 April 1751, aged 63.
Father:William Churchill.
Mother:Lydia Bryant.
First Wife:
Joanna
Bryant		Born:13 November 1690, place unknown.
Died:in Plympton, MA, 15 April 1746.
Father:John Bryant.
Mother:Sarah Bonham.
Married:in Plympton, MA, 6 September 1711.
Second Wife:
Mrs. Mercy (Gibbs) Ellis.		Widow of Samuel Ellis. No other information.

Samuel and Joanna lived in Plympton, MA, where he was a farmer and a deacon of the church.

Samuel's will was dated 17 April 1751 at Plympton and probated 6 May 1751. In it, he names his wife Mary (or Mercy), her daughter, Mercy Ellis, his grandsons Samuel and Joseph Darlin (Darling), his daughter Mehitable Harlow, his grandson James Morton, his son-in-law James Harlow, his daughter Alice Leach, and his son-in-law, Jesse Leach.

Samuel and his first wife Joanna (Bryant) Churchill had at least three children, all born in Plympton, MA:

  • Marcy, b. 1 March 1713/4; m. David Darling.
  • Mehitable, b. 5 November 1716; m. (1) at Plympton, MA, 16 Sept. 1736, James Morton, son of James Morton; m. (2) at Halifax, 14 Aug. 1745, Barnabas Finney; m. (3) at Plympton, 22 June 1749, as his second wife, James Harlow; m. (4) William Bonney.
  • Alice, b. 18 Jan. 1719; m. at Plympton, MA, 26 April 1738, Jesse Leach.
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Marcy Churchill

Wife:
Marcy Churchill		Born:in Plympton, MA, 1 March 1714.
Died:in Plympton, MA, 22 February 1737/8.
Father:Samuel Churchill.
Mother:Joanna Bryant.
Husband:
David
Darling		Born:either in Lynn or Salem, MA, 4 May 1705.
Died:in Pembroke, MA, 29 December 1784.
Father:Benjamin Darling.
Mother:Mary Richards.
Married:in Plympton, MA (intentions filed in Plympton on 6 January 1732).
David Darling married (2) Ruth (Sampson) Faunce, widow of John Faunce.

See the entry for David Darling for details of this family.

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The Churchill Family Bibliography

Hills, Leon Clark, History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters, p. 145.

Smith, D. Alden, The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 153, pp. 421-422, 433-434.

Stratton, Eugene Aubrey, Plymouth Colony, its History and People, 1620-1961, Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pulbishing Co., pp. 264-265.

Winsor, Justin, History of the Town of Duxbury (MA), p. 293.

Author Unknown, The Churchill Family, pp. 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 15, 16.

Links to Sites of Interest

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