Stephen Churchill

Stephen was born in 1685. Stephen is the child of Eliezer Churchill and Mary Bryant.

He was a husbandman, ' farmer ' at Plymouth, Mass. Little is recorded of his life.

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Stephen Churchill (1684 - 1750)

Stephen Churchill aka Churchell

Born 16 Feb 1684 in Plymouth, Plymouth, British Colonial Americam

Son of Eleazer Churchill and Mary (Bryant) Churchill

Brother of Joshiah Churchill [half], Hannah Churchill, Joanna Churchill, Abigail (Churchill) Howland, Eleazer Churchill, Jedidah (Churchill) Harlow, Mary (Churchill) Stephens, Elkanah Churchill [half], Elkanah Churchill, John Churchill [half] and Nathaniel Churchill

Husband of Experiance (Ellis) Churchill — married 2 Dec 1708 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Father of Ephraim Churchell, Stephen Churchill and Benjamin Churchill

Died 6 Oct 1750 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Churchill-978 created 13 Oct 2013 | Last modified 13 Mar 2019

1708 - Family History Centre, LDS - Massachusetts Marriages 1695-1910; reference years 1682-1842; microfilm 904579, page 26 - Stephen Churchel & Experience Ellis 02 Dec 1708 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. 1708 - Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: 1708 Sandwich - Marriages " The marriage between Stephen Churchel of Plimouth and Experience Ellis of Sandwich Solomized before Stephen Skeefe Esquire Justice of the Peace at Sandwich the second day of Decemr Anno Domino 1708 " - Vol Sandwich-V1 pages(s) 73.

1727 - History of Plymouth by William Davis - In March of 1727 he was appointed to a committee of the Plimouth Colony to develope a method of controling fires within the settlement. It was decided by the committee in Jan.1728, " that every household should be required to keep at least one if not two ladders at their homes at all times. Also his father Eleizer was required to keep two hogshead of water at his house at Jabez Corner as part of the plan ".

1733 - PCR - He was appointed one of the seven Selectmen to manage the day to day affairs of the Plymouth Colony for the following years: 1733, 1734, 1736, 1737, 1739, 1743 thru 1747.

1742 - Massachusetts Archive Collection 1629-1799 Vol 115, Page 004: 10 Dec 1742 " petition submitted to the Govenor and Council by the Selectmen of Plymouth seeking reimbursement for the support and medical care of Moses Clark, an indigent stranger, from the West Indies. Signed by: Churchill, Stephen ( Churchell ) Clarke, Moses Dudley, William ( WD ) Shirley, William Warren, James

A second request by the Selectman on the following day on page 005 signed by Stephen Churchill et al.

1743 - History of the Town of Plymouth by William T Davis. Stephen Churchill - Selectman - 1743 thru 1747.

1750 - Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - Deaths - Plymouth Vol. V1, page 133; Stephen Churchell 06 Oct 1750. The same book on the following page; " The children of Eleazer Churchell & Mary, his wife, ( This family was entered in the same hand as that of Ebenezer & Marcy Churchill ). Note: Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts by TH Beers; page 1196 - " Stephen Churchill and his wife Experience

( Ellis ), Stephen Churchill (2) and his wife ( Hannah Barnes ), and Stephen Churchill (3) and his wife Lucy (Burbank), Stephen being Lieutenant in Command at the Lexington alarm, later lieutenant and captain in other organizations during the Revolution up to almost its close. "

Death

Death: Y
Date: 6 OCT 1750
Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Age: 66

Sources

Churchill Family in America by Gardner Asaph Churchill, 1904 published by Heritage Books. - Churchill Family in America
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Acknowledgments

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