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Benjamin Churchill

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Death: 1730 (77-78)
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Josiah Churchill, of Wethersfield and Elizabeth Churchill
Husband of Mary “Mercy” Churchill and Sarah Jane Churchill
Father of Josiah Churchill, I; Prudence Goodrich; Abigail Wright and Anne Belding
Brother of Elizabeth Buck; William Churchill; Hannah “Ann” Royce “Rice”; Sgt. Joseph Churchill; Unnamed son of Josiah Churchill, (Died young) and 2 others

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About Lieut. Benjamin Churchill

Lieut. Benjamin Churchill

  • Born - 16 May 1652 - Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
  • Death: 1730 - Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
  • Parents: Josiah Churchill, Elizabeth Foote
  • Married: Mary; Sarah Buck, widow of Samuel Deming

At the age of 23 Benjamin was elected a surveyor, and thereafter during a public life of unusual activity his services in that capacity were in constant requistion.

On 8 Jul 1676 when Benjamin was 24, he married Mary [Foote] in Wethersfield, CT. Born ca 1652, Mary died on 30 Oct 1712.

"Benjamin and Mary had Prudence, b. 2 Jul 1678, and two other ch. but no more is kn.27"

Benjamin born 16 May 1652 Wethersfield, CT son of Josiah Churchill... marr 6 July 1676 to Mary [surname unknown].[1]

Children of Benjamin and Mary:

  • Josiah b 8 Jan 1676/7 marr 8 May 1706 to Elizabeth TOUSEY
  • Prudence b 2 July 1678 marr 1 Dec 1698 to Col David GOODRICH of Wethersfield
  • Abigail b 18 Feb 1680 marr 3 Nov 1715 to Thomas WRIGHT
  • Anne marr 29 Jan 1713/14 to Benjamin BELDEN

Benj. Churchill. [2]

Notes

  1. Torrey identified the 2nd husband of Sarah Buck b 1669, widow of Samuel Deming (1646-1706). Other researchers have that 2nd husband as Capt. Jonathan Churchill

Sources

  1. Wethersfield (CT) Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, 1634-1868. "Beniamen, son Josias & Elizabeth, b May 16, 1652. Beniamin, m Mary ______, July 8, 1676. Josiah, son Beniamin & Mary, b Jan 28, 1676. Josiah, m Elizabeth TOWSEY, dau Thomas, May 8, 1706, by Rev Stephen Mix"
  2. 27. Joseph Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Little Brown, Boston, 1860, http://archive.org/details/agenealogicaldi00unkngoog
  3. 75. Genealogies and Biographies of Ancient Wethersfield.
  4. 278. Abram W. Foote, Foote Family comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Conn. and his descendants, Tuttle, Rutland, VT, 1907, http://archive.org/details/footefamilyorde01goodgoog.
  5. Foote family: comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City, Volume 1 (Google eBook) Abram William Foote. Marble City Press, The Tuttle Co., 1907. Page 23. "(6) CHURCHILL, Benjamin, b May 16, 1652; m 1677, Mary _____. She was b about 1652, d Oct 30, 1712. Ch: 3."
  6. Find A Grave Memorial# 70524384
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Lieut. Benjamin Churchill's Timeline

1652
May 16, 1652
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1676
January 28, 1676
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1678
July 2, 1678
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America
1680
February 18, 1680
Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
1692
1692
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America
1694
1694
Age 41
Wethersfield , Hartford Co., CT
1694
Age 41
Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States
1730
1730
Age 77
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America