Person:Josiah Churchill (3)

Josiah Churchill
b.Abt 1615
  • HJosiah ChurchillAbt 1615 - Abt 1686/87
  • WElizabeth Foote1617/18 - 1700
m. Abt 1638
  1. Mary Churchill1639/40 - 1690
  2. Elizabeth Churchill1642 -
  3. Hannah Churchill1644 - Bef 1692
  4. Ann Churchill1647 -
  5. Sgt Joseph Churchill1649 - 1699
  6. Lieut. Benjamin Churchill1652 - 1730
  7. Sarah Churchill1657 - 1730
  8. Henry ChurchillEst 1659 - Est 1660
Facts and Events
Name Josiah Churchill
Gender Male
Birth[2] Abt 1615
Marriage Abt 1638 to Elizabeth Foote
Will[2] 17 Nov 1683 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[2][3] Abt Jan 1686/87 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesbased on date of inventory
Estate Inventory[2] 5 Jan 1686/87 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesInventory by James Treat & John Buttolph
Probate[2] 5 Mar 1686/87 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
References
  1.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:387, 1862.

    "JOSIAH, Wethersfield, m. 1638, Elizabeth d. of Nathaniel Foote, had Mary, b. 24 Mar. 1639; Elizabeth 15 May 1642; Hannah, 1 Nov. 1644, wh. prob. d. bef. her f. at least is not nam. in his will; Ann, 1647; Joseph, 2 Dec. 1649; Benjamin, 16 May 1642; and Sarah, 14 Nov. 1657; and he d. 1 Jan. 1686, all these ch. exc. Hannah, being then liv. His wid. d. 8 Sept. 1700, aged a. 84. Elizabeth m. 31 Oct. 1660, Henry Buck; Sarah m. 11 June 1673, Thomas Wickham of Wethersfield, and from their f.'s will, we see that Mary m. a Church, perhaps Samuel; and Ann m. a Rice."

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Churchill, Samuel Joseph. Genealogy and biography of the Connecticut branch of the Churchill family in America: containing eleven generations and eighty portraits of the families. (Lawrence, Kansas: Journal Pub., 1901)
    pa 10.

    Readable & printable copy of book found at:
    http://www.archive.org

    This book gives his death date as 1 Jan 1686, which may be accurate or may be an approximation based on the date of inventory - the probate record (Manwaring) does not give a death date.

  3. Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:287.

    'Churchill, Josiah, Wethersfield. Invt. ... Taken 5 January, 1686-7. ... Will dated 17 November, 1683.'

  4.   Newington Cemetery, in Find A Grave.