Buried: John was the first person to be buried in the cemetery adjacent to the Brick Meeting House

Notes: John Churchman came to America on the ship Amity on April 23, 1682, with William Penn (founder of Pennsylvania) and other Quakers, including the Seary family. John later married their daughter, Hannah Seary. He joined William Penn in settling the newly formed state of Pennsylvania. In 1704, he and Hannah Seary resided in Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Five of John and Hannah Churchman's children married five member of the Rev. Richard Browne's family. Dinah Churchman married one of his grandsons, Mercer Brown. Susanna, John, and Miriam Churchman each married one of the children of William Brown (grandson of Rev. Richard Browne) and Hester Baker. William Churchman married one of the daughters of Daniel Brown (grandson of Rev. Richard Browne) and Elizabeth Kirk.

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From the Find A Grave page on John Churchman:

Birth: 1665 - Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Death: May 10, 1724 - Nottingham (Chester County, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

(Ben M. Angel notes: Nottingham in Chester County refers to in this case the East Nottingham Friends Meeting, which was located in territory that eventually was found to be south of the Mason Dixon Line in Maryland. The location is actually at Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland.)

• Up until the mid-nineteenth Century, Quakers generally did not erect gravestones to mark the graves of their dead. Headstones were not in keeping the the "plain life". It is believed there may be many thousands of Quakers buried here in unmarked graves. John is one of them.*

John Churchman came to America on the ship Amity on Apr 23, 1682, with William Penn (founder of PA) and other Quakers, including the Seary Family. John was on the advance party with William Penn from Chester Co.,to establish the location of the town of Nottingham, PA. He was granted 1,000 acres of land.

John married Hannah Seary (Cerie) (buried at this cem.) in 1696 in Philadelphia, PA. They had the following children:

• 1. George b. 1697,
• 2. Dinah b. 1699;
• 3. Susanna b. 1701,
• 4. John b. 1703 d. 1703;
• 5. John b. 1705,
• 6. Thomas b. 1708,
• 7. Miriam b. 1710,
• 8. Edward b. 1713,
• 9. Sarah b. 1716, and
• 10. William b. 1721.

The family initially resided in Chester, PA, and then moved to the wilderness of Nottingham--among the first white settlers in that area.

Five of their children married 5 members of the Rev. Richard Browne's family. Dianah Churchman married one of his grandsons, Mercer Brown; Susanna, John, and Miriam Churchman each married one of the children of William Brown (grandson of Rev. Richard Brown) and Elizabeth Kirk.

[Source: http://www.churchmanl.org/1John.htm]

Family links:

Spouse:

• Hannah Seary (Cerie) Churchman (1676 - 1757)

Burial: Brick Meeting House Cemetery, Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland, USA

Maintained by: Mitch Mader

• Originally Created by: Alice Huitt Preston
• Record added: Aug 12, 2005
• Find A Grave Memorial# 11521672