Spouse: Charlotte BARRY.

Spouse: Jacob DEMING. Dinah CHURCHILL and Jacob DEMING were married on 3 November 1709 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Conn.. Children were: Dinah DEMING, Joseph DEMING, Jacob DEMING, Anna DEMING, Lucia DEMING, Moses DEMING, Joseph DEMING.

Spouse: Henry BUCK. Elizabeth CHURCHILL and Henry BUCK were married on 31 October 1660 in Wethersfield , Hartford, Connecticut. Children were: Mehitable BUCK, Henry BUCK, Samuel BUCK, Martha BUCK, Elizabeth BUCK, Mary BUCK, Sarah BUCK, Ruth BUCK.

Spouse: Samuel ROYCE.

Spouse: William STEDMAN.

Spouse: Elizabeth FOOTE. Elizabeth FOOTE and Joseph CHURCHILL were married about 1638 in Wethersfield, Ct. Children were: Joseph CHURCHILL.

Born in Wethersfield, Conn., Dec 7, 1649. He was one of the beneficiaries named in the will of his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth (Deming) (Foote), widow of Govenor Thomas Welles. In an indenture dated Nov. 30, 1668, he is styled "husbandman." He lived in Wethersfield, on land inherited from his father; probably the home lot described December 1659, as belonging to Josiah Churchill, in terms as follows:

On pece a hom lot wheare on a house standeth containing three ac(acres) more or les the ends abutt against the streat east and Mr. Wells weast the sids against teh Hom lot of Sam Wells South and John Hubburd North.

In the inventory of his estate his home lot is mentioned as consisting of three acres, which would indicate that he passed his life on the homestead bequeathed by his father. That he was a man of ability and influenceis shown by his gradual advancement to places of trust and influence. The Wethersfield records show that at the age of thirty he was chosen one of the town surveyors; three years later he was one of the assessors, and next year, 1684, he was made collector of taxes; in 1689 was chosen constable, assessor again in 1695, and at the annual meeting, held Dec. 27 1697, "Sergt." Joseph Churchell was chosen "Selectman," and again re-elected in 1698, and was still holding that office whwn he died, April 1, 1699, at the age of forty-nine years. The above date of death appears in the heading of his inventory. His estate was valued at four hundred and sixty-one pounds, and his heirs, according to a memorandum at the end of his inventory, were the relict, Mary, Nathaniel, Mary Edwards, Elizabeth Butler, Dinah, Samuel, Joseph, David, Jonathan, and Hannah.

Married at Wethersfield, May 13, 1674, Mary (_______). Long and diligent search by many different investigators has not brought to light the surname of Joseph Churchill's wife. She survived him and lived to advanced age. She is mentioned as "Widow Mary, Senior," in the settlement of her son, Nathaniel's, estate, April 2, 1728. An estate apparently hers, was inventoried July 4, 1738. this indicates she died that year.

Parents: Josiah CHURCHILL and Elizabeth FOOTE.

Children were: Josiah CHURCHILL.

Spouse: Mary CATLIN. Mary CATLIN and Joseph CHURCHILL were married on 13 May 1674 in Wethersfield, Hartford,Connecticut. Children were: Mary CHURCHILL, Nathaniel CHURCHILL, Elizabeth CHURCHILL, Dinah CHURCHILL, Samuel CHURCHILL, Joseph CHURCHILL, Jonathan CHURCHILL, David CHURCHILL, Hannah CHURCHILL.

Spouse: Mary TOUZEY.

Spouse: Mary Catlin TOWZEY. Mary Catlin TOWZEY and Joseph CHURCHILL were married on 13 May 1674 in Wethersfield, Ct. Children were: Nathaniel CHURCHILL.

Spouse: Mrs. CHURCHILL. Mrs. CHURCHILL and Josiah CHURCHILL were married before 1612 in , , Prob. England. Children were: Joseph CHURCHHILL.

Josiah Churchill * (or Churchell, as he himself spelled the name) makes his first appearance in Wethersfield, Conn., on the occasion of his marriage. He may have been there some time before that event and probably had been, but we have found no evidence of his presence until then. We have found no evidence of his parent age, birthplace or previous condition. There is no evidence that he was related to either John of Plymouth, who was near his own age, nor William, the ancestor of the New York branch of the family. Some hints or suggestions of a possible solution of the question of his nativity will find mention in the prefatory part of this volume, but since they are purely speculative, we do not place them here. The first entry relating to his real estate in Wethersfield, CT is the following record:
The 2d month & 28th daie 1641 the lands of Josias Churchell lying in Wethersfield on Connecticut River. One pece whereon his howse standeth con; six acrs more or less the ands (the ends) abutt against the hie waie west & great mea: east the sids against the waie into the great mea: south & the howse of John Jessiope(Jessup) north. (town records B pg 204)
The homestead was on the east side of high street, on the north corner of an ancient road leading to the "Great Meadow" and the river. It faced the southern extremity of the common, which stretched north from his house to the river. But he did not reside here all his life, for, under the date December, 1659, we find this entry in the records:
The hom lot of Josias Churchell which he bought of Mr. Tantor (Taintor) which was Gildersleeves formerly living in Wethersfield, on Connecticut River. (town records B pg 205)
This homestead of Richard Gildersleeves was on the west side of High Street, a few doors south of Mr. Churchill's earlier home.

* The old records have the name Churchell for the first three generations, but we have adopted the later, general form, in this and in other names.

It is difficult to glean biographical material from the meagre and matter of fact records of our forefathers. Inn Hinman's genealogical account of the early Connecticut Settlers, he says Josiah Churchill "He was a gentleman of more than a medium estate for the time in which he lived, and of reputation in the colony." He was active and useful in public affairs, though not holding the highest positions. He was a juror of the Particular Court in 1643, 1649 and 1651, at the Quarter Court 1664 and 1665 and at the County Court 1666, 1670 and 1675. He was chosen a Constable in 1657 and 1670, and was elected one of the two town surveyors in 1666 and 1673.
He executed his will on the 17 th of November, 1683 and died before January 1687. The inventory of his estate was taken January 5 1687 by James Treat and John Buttolph, selectmen of Wethersfield, and was found to amount to 618 pounds, 12 shillings and 6 pence. This inventory shoews that at his death he owned two home lots and two hundred and ten acres of land. He left his son Joseph "that house and home lot he now lives on" together with "all other buildings thereon." He left to Joseph also several other pieces of land, and a fifty acre lot, "at ye west end of Wethersfield bounds" in the newly settled tract which later became the parish of Newington. He left to his son Benjamin a number of pieces of land, and the old homestead at the decease of his mother. According to the custom of the times his daughters were given certain shares of "movable estate." Among the items in the inventory are " a great Chist," and "2 bibells and other books." This "great Chist" probably reappears in the inventory of his son Joseph whis specifies a chest with the initials "J. C." as well as a piece of "Turkie work"
Mention is made of his children Joseph, Benjamin, Mary Church, Elizabeth Buck, Anne Rice and Sarah Wickham.

Josiah Churchill, above mentioned, married Elizabeth Foote, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Deming) (Foote), who died at Wethersfield, Sept, 8, 1700, aged about eighty-four years.
Parents: Joseph CHURCHILL.

Spouse: Elizabeth FOOTE. Elizabeth FOOTE and Josiah CHURCHILL were married in 1638 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Conn.. Children were: Mary CHURCHILL, Elizabeth CHURCHILL, Joseph CHURCHILL, Son CHURCHILL, (Son) CHURCHILL, CHURCHILL, Sarah CHURCHILL, Hannah CHURCHILL, Ann CHURCHILL, Lieutenant Benjamin CHURCHILL, Henry CHURCHILL.

Spouse: Samuel CHURCH. Mary CHURCHILL and Samuel CHURCH were married in 1665/6 in London, Massachusetts.

Spouse: Samuel CHURCH. Mary CHURCHILL and Samuel CHURCH were married in 1665/6 in Of Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. Children were: Josiah CHURCH, Mary CHURCH, John CHURCH, Benjamin CHURCH, Samuel CHURCH, Richard CHURCH, Mehitable CHURCH, Joseph CHURCH.

Spouse: Appleton WOODRUFF. Mehetable CHURCHILL and Appleton WOODRUFF were married on 24 December 1792 in Farmington,Hartford,Connecticut. Children were: Eliza WOODRUFF, Sally WOODRUFF, Aurelius WOODRUFF, Samuel WOODRUFF, Thusa WOODRUFF, Mary WOODRUFF, Betsey M WOODRUFF.

Spouse: Josiah CHURCHILL. Mrs. CHURCHILL and Josiah CHURCHILL were married before 1612 in , , Prob. England. Children were: Joseph CHURCHHILL.

Spouse: Lieutenant Benjamin CHURCHILL.

Spouse: Lieutenant Benjamin CHURCHILL.

Spouse: Mary HURLBURT. Mary HURLBURT and Nathaniel CHURCHILL were married on 9 October 1701. Children were: Nathaniel CHURCHILL.

Spouse: Rebecca GRISWOLD. Rebecca GRISWOLD and Nathaniel CHURCHILL were married in March 1726 in Middletown,Middlesex,Connecticut. Children were: Nathaniel CHURCHILL, Abigail CHURCHILL, Mary CHURCHILL, Nathanial CHURCHILL, Rebecca CHURCHILL, Lucy CHURCHILL, Jannah CHURCHILL, Josiah CHURCHILL, Amos CHURCHILL.

Spouse: Jane BUSHNELL. Jane BUSHNELL and Nathaniel CHURCHILL were married on 16 February 1761 in New Canaan,Fairfield,Connecticut. Children were: Stephen CHURCHILL, Sage CHURCHILL, John CHURCHILL, Solomon CHURCHILL, Sarah CHURCHILL, Jane CHURCHILL, Mehetable CHURCHILL, Alma CHURCHILL, Anna CHURCHILL.

Spouse: Jane BUSHNELL. Children were: Stephen CHURCHILL.

Spouse: Elizabeth MATHER.

Spouse: Thomas WICKHAM.

Spouse: Reuben PECK.

Spouse: Salina HART. Salina HART and Solomon CHURCHILL were married on 30 December 1790 in New Canaan,Fairfield,Connecticut.

Spouse: Polly DEWOLFE.

Spouse: Matthew WHIPPLE. Rose CHUTE and Matthew WHIPPLE were married on 13 November 1646 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.

Spouse: Andrew SEALY. Children were: Richard CILLEY.

Spouse: Eleanor GETCHELL. Eleanor GETCHELL and Benonoi CILLEY were married on 28 August 1703 in Salisbury, Essex, Mass.. Children were: Martha SILLEY.