John Churchill, Sr.

John ( Churcher ) Churchill Sr. was born in Greenwich,Ct, June 3, 1744.

( was born the year after Thomas Jefferson was born )

He was the second born to Edward ( Churcher ) Churchill & Esther ( Hull ) Churcher. His mother was only 16 years old when he was born. His elder brother James died in infancy ( when his mother was only 14y ).

He lived in Milford Ct for a while , He was there at the time of his brother, Edward Churchill Jr. death ( 1775 ), He served in the Revolutionary War. He was probably living in Milford when he enlisted in the Continental Army ( Dec 12th 1779 ). He was 35 years old. He was in the Second Connecticut Regiment under Col Zebulon Butler. ( Capt Wolcott's Company ). Listed in his possessions at the time of his death was ( One Military Gun & Bayonet ).
He then removed to Northfield Ct where he lived as a farmer. He lived to be 71 years old. His father Edward died at 32 y. and his grandfather Robert at 57y

He was the fourth generation in the Manhattan Churchill ( Churcher ) line and perhaps the first to adopt the name Churchill over "Churcher".

  He was married twice ( both wives named Sarah??? ) He had Five children with the first Wife , Sarah ( Allen ) Churchill.

1) John

2) Sarah

3) Timothy

4) William

5) Elias

... and Two with his second wife.....also Sarah LNU... ( perhaps HULL .. judging by sons name )

6) Hull

7) Garrett ( aka Garry )

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Buried in Northfield Burying Ground , Northfield,Ct

Inscription:John Churchill / died / Nov 16, 1815, in the / 73 year of his age

Epitaph: Now I forbid my carnal hope, My fond desires recall; I give my mortal interest up, And make my God my all.

( from the Hymn "teach me the measure of my days" by Isaac Watts )

JOHN CHURCHILL (Edward,Robert,William ).

Born in Greenwich, Conn., June 2, 1744. 

Lived in Milford, Conn.

He died Nov. 15, 1815. 

Married 1st, _______ Allen ; Married 2d, Sarah _______, born 1748.

First Wife's Children born in Milford, Conn.

I John,' b. Aug. 3, 1770; m. Ruhama Orton. 

II. Sarah, b. March 30. 1772; m. Samuel Oviatt.

III. Timothy, b. June 23, 1776; m. Dorothy Kilborn, Feb. 24, 1803. 

IV. William, b. April 8, 1781 ; m. Keturah Morse.
V. Elias, b. Feb. 15, 1783; d. unmarried Sept. 10, 1828.
Second Wife's Children.

VI. Hull, b. June 17, 1787.

VII. Garrett D. ,  b. April 8, 1793; m. Elizabeth M. Root. 

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Was a Private in Revolutionary War ( source : DAR Patriot Index pg 131 )

Name: John Churcher Location: Fairfield Page #: 54 Commencement of Service (Present Campaign): 12/12/1779 Regiment: Second Connecticut Regt. Of Foot Regiment Command: Butler, Zebulon Col. Company: Wolcott's Company Command: Wolcott, Capt.

Source Information Ancestry.com. Connecticut Revolutionary War Military Lists, 1775-83 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Johnston, Henry P., ed.. Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society Revolution Rolls and Lists, 1775-1783. Vol. VIII. Hartford, CT, USA: Connecticut Historical Society, 1901, 1999.

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The 2nd Connecticut Regiment

was authorized in the Continental Army on 16 September 1776. It was organized between 1 January and April 1777 at Danbury, Connecticut of eight companies from the counties of Fairfield, Windham, and Hartford in the state of Connecticut and assigned on 3 April 1777 to the 1st Connecticut Brigade of the Highlands Department. The regiment was reassigned to McDougall's Brigade on 12 June 1777; then three days later (15 June 1777 it was reassigned to the 2nd Connecticut Brigade. One month later, 10 July 1777 the regiment was reassigned to 1st Connecticut Brigade. On 13 November 1777 the regiment was reassigned to the 2nd Connecticut Brigade of the Main Continental Army. On 1 May 1779 the 2nd Connecticut Brigade was reassigned to the Highlands department and the regiment was re-organized to nine companies on 11 July 1779. The regiment was reassigned to the Main Continental Army on 16 November 1779. It was reassigned to the Highland's department on 27 November 1780. On 1 January 1781 the regiment was merged with 9th Connecticut Regiment, re-organized and re-designated as the 3rd Connecticut Regiment of the 1st Connecticut Brigade. The regiment would see action in the New York Campaign, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth. The regiment was furloughed 15 June 1783 at West Point, New York and disbanded on 15 November 1783.

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Additional Info from Probate describing his possessions at the time of his death :

One Hat $0.50

Two Blue Coats $3.34

One Brown Coat $0.75

One Great Coat $7.50

Two Black Silk Vests $3.00

One Blue Vest $0.25

One Pair Velvet Breaches $0.34

One Pair Woolen Pantaloons $0.25

Two Striped Linen Pantaloons $0.62

Three Shirts $1.17

One Pair Light Mixed-Woolen Stockings $0.75

One Pair Dark Mixed-Woolen Stockings $0.34

One Pair White Mixed-Woolen Stockings $0.34

Two Table Clothes $3.00

Two Towels $0.68

One Towel $0.25

Three Towels $0.63

One Feather Bed with Boulsters & Pillows $8.00

One Feather Bed with Boulsters & Pillows $6.00

Two Bedsteads with Cords $1.10

Five Blankets $5.42

Six Pairs Linen Sheets $12.00

One Pair Woolen Sheets $3.00

Five Pillow Cases $2.10

One Boxwood Table $2.00

One White Table $0.34

One Candle Stand $0.25

One Chest with Drawers $1.00

Two Low Chests $0.59

Two Arm Chairs $1.34

Five Kitchen Chairs $0.80

One Shovel & Tongs $0.67

One Pair Cast Iron And Irons $0.50

One Crane with Trammel & Hooks $1.16

One Soup Kettle $3.00

One Dish Kettle $0.67

One Tea Kettle $0.67

One Frying Pan $0.50

One Warming Pan $0.50

Seven Pewters $1.75

One Black Tea Pot $0.17

Four Tea Cups & Saucers $0.17

Three Plates $0.17

Two Earthen Pots $0.17

Three QT Bowls $0.17

Four Knives & Forks $0.50

$78.42

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One Milk Cup

One half-pt Tumbler
One Looking Glass $0.50

One Pair And Irons $0.42

One Tin Candlesticks $0.08

One Tin Pail $0.25

One Wooden Pail $1.68

Four Cider Barrels $1.68

Two Provision Barrels $0.70

Three Hogsheads $1.67

Two Small Tubs $0.34

Three Flour Barrels $0.51

One Cider Barrel $3.00

Twenty Five Barrels Wheat Flour $15.00

Twelve Barrels Rye Flour $1.50

One Bushel Rye $1.00

Eight Bushel Corn in-the-ear $3.36

One Bushel Corn in-the-ear $0.50

Twenty Four Pork $19.20

One Large Spinning Wheel $0.50

One Small Spinning Wheel $1.00

One Small Spinning Wheel $0.25

One Cow $22.00

Two Three-Year Cattle $48.00

Two One-Year Cattle $16.00

Two Horses $22.50

Two Sheep $3.50

One Calf $16.00

One Iron-tooth Barrow $3.00

One Chain 9.5 inch $1.40

Two Pieces Chain 15.5 inch $1.55

One _______Chain $0.34

One Pitch Fork $0.21

One Crow Bar $1.30

One Iron Wedge $0.25

One Small Steelyard $0.17

One Inch Auger $0.17

One Inch Filters $0.50

One Shaving Knife $0.25

One Currying Knife $0.75

One Small Chain for Sleigh $0.25

One Yoke for Sleigh $0.77

Fifteen Shoes for Sleigh $0.25

Seven Scrap Iron $0.21

One Tin lantern $0.25

$192.76

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One Bush Scythe $0.58

One Grindstone & Crank $1.50

One Military Gun & Bayonet $6.00

One Bread Tray $0.25

Corn Fan $0.34

One Man's Saddle $2.50

One Woman's Saddle $0.50

One Horse Collar $0.34

Part Sleigh Harness $0.50

Twelve Bushel Potatoes $3.00

One Bushel Flax $0.14

One Bushel _________ $1.75

76 1/4 Acres of Land $1,464.00 Ten Acres at which the deceased sold to his son Hull Churchill , the use of which was said to be used by the widow during her life at $13/ year
One Small Old Dwelling House $50.00

One Small New Dwelling House $106.25

One Barn with Shed Adjoining $35.00

One Small Barn $7.00

Three & Half Tons Hay $23.34

Eight Bushels Hay $2.32

Half Sack Hay $1.50

$1,706.81

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    We have also distributed to the Widow and heirs of said	 deceased their shares of proportions in the inventoried	 personal estate of said deceased which remain to be distributed by-	 	

To Widow Churchill $56.90

To John Churchill $16.25

To Sally Oviatt $16.25

To Timothy Churchill $16.25

To William Churchill $16.25

To Hull Churchill $16.25

To Elias Churchill $16.25

To Garry Churchill $16.25

$170.60
Dated at Litchfield this 16th day of April 1816

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     We the subscribers appointed by the honorable court of Probate for the District of Litchfield distributors on the Estate of John Churchill late of Litchfield deceased and having taked the oath agreeable to Law have distributed it in the following manner.

    To John Churchill son of the deceased one piece of land lying at the west end of the farm near Benjamin Harts, bounded north on Thomas Stevens land East on land distributed to the widow of the deceased South & West partly on highway and partly on Benjamin Harts land, containing nine acres one road and partly two rods with a small barn standing there on - Also one other piece of land lying on the north east corner of said farm bounded North on Joseph Stevens last East on Ebeneezer Curtis's land south on land we this day set to William Churchill ________ on land we this day set to Sally Oviatt being thereby two rods long and four rods wide containing there Roads & Eight Rods

   To Sally Oviatt daughter of the deceased one piece of land lying north of the road heading from Samuel M. Merwins to Benjamin Harts bounded North on Thomas _____ Stevens land east on land we this day set to John & William Churchill sons of the deceased south on highway, and west on land this day set to John & William Churchill sons of the deceased south on highway, and west on land this day set to Elias Churchill son of the deceased being twenty eight rods fourteen _____ wide and extending the whole width of the farm containing eleven acres Three roads and twenty rods

    To Timothy Churchill son of the deceased one piece of land near Hull Churchill's dwelling house Bounded north on land we this day set to Hull Churchill son of the deceased East on highway, South and West on ____ to to the widow of the deceased containing one acre, one road an twenty two rods with _____  of Barn and Cow house Standing there on eight feet of the North side of the Barn and ten feet of the west end of the Cow house

    To William Churchill son of the deceased a piece of land lying north of the Road heading ____ Samuel M Merwins to Benjamin Harts _________ ____  on land we this day set to John Churchill part and partly on Eleahin Curtiss land East  David Morses land South on highway and west land we this day set to Sally Oviatt daughter of the deceased being Seventeen Rods wide at the south and sixteen roads at north end containing four _____

      To Hull Churchill son of the deceased one piece of land lying where he now lives bounded North of his own land east on highway south on land we this day set to Timothy Churchill and west on land set to the widow of the deceased , containing ____ here with one fourth of the house there on standing and one other piece of land containing one acre and ___ Road being a part of an undivided piece which the deceased and the son Hull owned together

     To Elias Churchill son of the deceased one piece of land lying north of the road heading from Samuel M. Merwins to Benjamin Harts bounded North on Thomas Stevens land east on land we this day set to Sally Oviatt south on highway and ____ on land set to the widow of the deceased containing ___ acres and two Roads. Being Nineteen Rods and ______ links wide and extending the whole width of the farm

     To Garry Churchill son of the deceased  piece of land lying near where he now lives north on land set to the widow of the deceased east of highway south on his own land and west on Samuel M Merwins land being Eight Rods and 1 1/2 links at the east end and Seven rods & thirteen Links to the west and extending the whole length of  farm, containing two acres and eighteen rods also one other piece of wood land lying west of the road heading from Benjamin Harts to Jef___ Stevens bounded north and East on highway, South on Benjamin Harts land west on Thomas Stevens land East on land containing Two acres two Roads and Twenty rods- Also half of the House where he now lives being the _____ of the same with half of the milk room being the south half of the same with the privilege of ______ out and in at the west door and of using the _____ in the will and of _____ing to and from the char___ Also one third part of the barn being eight _____ through the center of the same the whole length, one third of the cow house being the Northeast part of the same.