Irene Churchill, 1786–1870 (aged 83 years)

Name
Irene Churchill
Given names
Irene
Surname
Churchill
Name
Rene …
Given names
Rene
Birth February 14, 1786 36 35
Burial of a grandfatherJames Burgess
February 1789 (aged 2 years)
Death of a grandfatherJames Burgess
February 9, 1789 (aged 2 years)
Birth of a sisterPhebe Churchill
February 28, 1791 (aged 5 years)
Death of a motherSarah Burgess
October 6, 1795 (aged 9 years)
Death of a grandmotherSarah Dunk
January 1796 (aged 9 years)
Marriage of a parentJonathan Churchill — Comfort Woodcock — View this family
before July 1796 (aged 10 years)

Note: Family History Library book 974.6 V2wL v. 23 Notes The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Recor…
Birth of a half-brotherDaniel Churchill
November 14, 1798 (aged 12 years)
Death of a grandmotherLydia Smith
before 1799 (aged 12 years)
Death of a grandfatherJonathan Churchill
after February 1803 (aged 16 years)
MarriagePhineas Cook — View this family
about 1806 (aged 19 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAbigail or Nabbe Churchill
July 26, 1806 (aged 20 years)
Birth of a daughterBetsey Cook
July 1807 (aged 21 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMary Emily Churchill
May 13, 1808 (aged 22 years)
Birth of a sonDaniel Cook
November 20, 1808 (aged 22 years)
Death of a sisterPolly Churchill
September 2, 1810 (aged 24 years)
Birth of a daughterEliza Cook
July 7, 1811 (aged 25 years)
Birth of a sonDarius Burgess Cook
January 1, 1815 (aged 28 years)
Note: The date 1 January 1815 appears on his headstone.
Birth of a daughterMary Ann Cook
July 15, 1816 (aged 30 years)
Birth of a sonPhineas Wolcott Cook
August 28, 1819 (aged 33 years)
Death of a sisterSally Churchill
May 5, 1822 (aged 36 years)
Birth of a daughterHarriet Cook
May 11, 1823 (aged 37 years)
Death of a brotherJosiah Churchill
September 3, 1823 (aged 37 years)
Death of a brotherLeman Churchill
July 25, 1825 (aged 39 years)
Burial of a fatherJonathan Churchill
February 1829 (aged 42 years)
Death of a fatherJonathan Churchill
February 6, 1829 (aged 42 years)
Marriage of a childDaniel Cook — Helen Maria King — View this family
September 2, 1830 (aged 44 years)
Marriage of a childSolomon Case Hall — Eliza Cook — View this family
May 12, 1833 (aged 47 years)
Note: "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://fam…
Marriage of a childPhineas Wolcott Cook — Ann Eliza Howland — View this family
January 1, 1840 (aged 53 years)
Note: Kalamazoo County Marriage Records: "On Jan. 1, 1840, Miss Ann Eliza Howland, aged 16 of Ross wa…
Marriage of a childDarius Burgess Cook — Jane Mabel Wadhams — View this family
August 11, 1841 (aged 55 years)
Marriage of a childPhillip Leonard — Mary Ann Cook — View this family
August 25, 1841 (aged 55 years)
Note: MARRIAGE
Marriage of a childGaius C. Fuller — Harriet Cook — View this family
April 16, 1843 (aged 57 years)
Burial of a husbandPhineas Cook
May 1848 (aged 62 years)
Death of a husbandPhineas Cook
May 20, 1848 (aged 62 years)
MarriageMr. Forbes — View this family
about 1850 (aged 63 years)
Marriage of a childPhineas Wolcott Cook — Amanda Polly Savage — View this family
December 18, 1853 (aged 67 years)
Marriage of a childPhineas Wolcott Cook — Catherine McCleve — View this family
December 18, 1853 (aged 67 years)
Death of a half-sisterMary Emily Churchill
April 18, 1857 (aged 71 years)
Death of a sisterLucy Churchill
June 27, 1860 (aged 74 years)
Death of a half-brotherDaniel Churchill
about 1864 (aged 77 years)
Marriage of a childDaniel Cook — Lovica Jane Booram — View this family
April 17, 1868 (aged 82 years)
Death January 3, 1870 (aged 83 years)
LDS baptism June 22, 1886 (16 years after death)

LDS temple: Logan, Utah, United States

LDS endowment June 23, 1886 (16 years after death)

LDS temple: Logan, Utah, United States

LDS spouse sealingPhineas Cook — View this family
June 24, 1887 (17 years after death)

LDS temple: Logan, Utah, United States

LDS child sealing November 1, 1932 (62 years after death)

LDS temple: Manti, Utah, United States

Burial
Reference number
C-3

Unique identifier
C9A9785563BD49D79EAF69AFEB7A49BC4E86

Last change April 23, 2020

Family with parents
father
1749–1829
Birth: November 25, 1749 25 21 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: February 6, 1829 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
mother
1751–1795
Birth: February 9, 1751 35 35 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: October 6, 1795 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: about 1773 —
3 years
elder sister
1775–1822
Birth: June 18, 1775 25 24 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 5, 1822 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
19 months
elder brother
1777–1823
Birth: January 11, 1777 27 25 — of Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 3, 1823 — Bridgewater, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA
2 years
elder sister
1779–1860
Birth: May 6, 1779 29 28 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: June 27, 1860 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
19 months
elder brother
1780–1825
Birth: December 6, 1780 31 29 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 25, 1825 — Franklin Hill, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA
3 years
elder sister
1784–1810
Birth: April 8, 1784 34 33 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 2, 1810 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
23 months
herself
1786–1870
Birth: February 14, 1786 36 35 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 3, 1870 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
5 years
younger sister
1791–1883
Birth: February 28, 1791 41 40 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: March 12, 1883 — Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan, USA
Father’s family with Comfort Woodcock
father
1749–1829
Birth: November 25, 1749 25 21 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: February 6, 1829 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
step-mother
1766–1832
Birth: September 26, 1766 37 — Swansea, Chester, New Hampshire, USA
Death: January 18, 1832 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: before July 1796 —
2 years
half-brother
1798–1864
Birth: November 14, 1798 48 32 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: about 1864 — Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
8 years
half-sister
1806–1887
Birth: July 26, 1806 56 39 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: August 30, 1887 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
22 months
half-sister
1808–1857
Birth: May 13, 1808 58 41 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: April 18, 1857 — Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan, USA
Family with Phineas Cook
husband
1786–1848
Birth: November 12, 1786 25 28 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 20, 1848 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
herself
1786–1870
Birth: February 14, 1786 36 35 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 3, 1870 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Marriage
Marriage: about 1806 — Prob. Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut
19 months
daughter
1807–1810
Birth: July 1807 20 21 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: October 26, 1810 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
17 months
son
1808–1877
Birth: November 20, 1808 22 22 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: February 18, 1877 — Hastings, Barry, Michigan, United States
3 years
daughter
1811–1888
Birth: July 7, 1811 24 25 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: December 19, 1888 — Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA
4 years
son
1815–1901
Birth: January 1, 1815 28 28 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Death: May 24, 1901 — Niles, Berrien, Michigan, USA
19 months
daughter
1816–1854
Birth: July 15, 1816 29 30 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 3, 1854 — Hastings, Barry, Michigan, United States
3 years
son
1819–1900
Birth: August 28, 1819 32 33 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 24, 1900 — Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, USA
4 years
daughter
1823–1906
Birth: May 11, 1823 36 37 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: November 3, 1906 — Conway, Livingston, Michigan, USA
Family with Mr. Forbes
husband
herself
1786–1870
Birth: February 14, 1786 36 35 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 3, 1870 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Marriage
Marriage: about 1850 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Family with Mr. Bush
partner
herself
1786–1870
Birth: February 14, 1786 36 35 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 3, 1870 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Burial

Buried at Prairie Home Cemetery at Richland.

Note

BIRTH "Irene, daughter to Jonathan & Sarah Churchil b. 14 Feb. 1786, (Town Records of Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1701-1881, 2:133, Family History Library film 1,516,502.) Also cited in Barbour Collection of Litchfield Vital Records, Family History Library book 974.6 V2wL Vol. 23, p. 56: "Irene, d. Jonathan & Sarah Churchill, b. Feb. 14, 1786," citing Litchfield Vital Records, Vol 1, p. 133. "Churchill, Irene, d. Jonathan & Sarah, b. Feb. 14, 1786." Phineas Wolcott Cook, The Diary of Phineas Wolcott Cook, Second Edition (Phineas Wolcott Cook Family Organization, Brigham City, Utah, 1980), FHL 6125663, p. 6. "I shall now state what I know about Mother' father and mother. His name was Jonathan Churchill his place was in Litchfield South Farms Society, mothers mother's name was Burgess" (Also found on https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE222959) From L.D.S. temple records: "Rene Churchill, born 1786 in Connecticut, died 1850," Recorded and submitted by Harriet Betsey Cook Teeples, granddaughter, from records of Phineas Wolcott Cook, Logan Temple Endowments for the Dead, Vol. C, p. 33, #1146, FHL 17797)

1850 CENSUS There is no Irene Cook, Irene Forbes, she is not living with any of her children.

1860 CENSUS There is no Irene Cook, Irene Forbes, she is not living with any of her children.

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MICHIGAN LAND RECORDS: Her (2) married name of Forbes appears in a land record: Kalamazoo Co. Deeds, 21:609, FHL 983,379, item 1 "Warranty deed recorded Nov. 18, 1850: Know all men by these presents that we Salmon C. Hall and Eliza C. Hall his wife of the township of Hastings, Barry County, State of Michigan for and in consideration of the sum of $1,200 to us paid by Irene Forbes of Kalamazoo County, State of Michigan, the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge have given, granted bargained sold alienated released conveyed confirmed and by these presents do give grant bargain sell alien release convey and confirm to the said Irene Forbes for and during her natural life and to the heirs of her body begotten by Phineas Cook, deceased by her late husband of whom the said Eliza C. Hall is one, in fee simple All that certain tract of land situate lying and being in the Township of Richland in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan described as follows: Beginning at a point Thirty rods South of the North West corner of Section numbered Eleven in Township numbered 1."

HER GRANDMOTHER'S PROBATE: Sarah Dunk Burgess (Found by Bryson C. Cook at the Litchfield County Courthouse Nov. 2010). Dated January, 1796: "Heirs named, each to receive £8.13.1: James Burgess, Ebenezer Burgess, Mary Troop, Hannah Lovejoy, Irene Lemmon. Sarah was not named because she had already died, but her children were named as Grand heirs, each to receive £1.4.10: Sarah, Josiah, Leman, Lucy, Polly, Irene and Phebe "Churchel." (Litchfield Probate Records on Family History Library film 1022330.)

DEATH Kalamazoo Public Library, Local History Room, Vital Records card file: Cemetery Records for Prairie Home Cemetery, Richland, Michigan: "Cook, Irene, wife Phineas Cook d. Jan 3, 1870, Richland, age 84y." Peterson, Ann Weber, Cemetery Records: Prairie Home Cemetery, Richland Michigan. "Cook, Irene, wife of Phineas Cook, d. Jan. 3, 1870, Richland, age 84 y." (FHL book 977.417/R1 V8p, p. 35.) Columbian Register, New Haven, Connecticut, published 12 Feb. 1870.

DEATHS "In Richland, Michigan, Jan. 3rd, Mrs. Irene Bush, former wife of Phineas Cook, formerly of Goshen, CT, aged 84 years." (Ancestry.com, submitted by Dana Dancy.) A search of probates in Kalamazoo revealed nothing for Irene Cook or Forbes.

THE FAMILY FARM After Irene's death, the home place was sold by the family to Lucy Spencer, daughter of Eliza (Cook) and Solomon Hall. Deeds are recorded in Kalamazoo County Deeds from Daniel and Lovica J. Cook, Darius and Jane M. Cook, Harriet and Gaius Fuller and Phineas W. Cook and Ann Eliza Cook to Lucy Spencer of Richland. All siblings sold their portion of their parents' land inheritance to Lucy Spencer, their niece. (Kalamazoo County Deeds 38:211, Family History Library film 983,387, item 2, p. 212, 213, and 508, dated 1870-1874.)

MARRIAGE (1) To Phineas Cook about 1806, probably at the town of Litchfield, although it was not recorded.

MARRIAGE (2) To Mr. Forbes, who must have died before 1870.

MARRIAGE (3) To Mr. Bush (I believe it is an error) MARRIAGE DOCUMENTATION (3) Columbian Register, New Haven, Connecticut, published 12 Feb. 1870, DEATHS: "In Richland, Michigan, Jan. 3rd, Mrs. Irene Bush, former wife of Phineas Cook, formerly of Goshen, CT, aged 84 years." (Columbian Register, New Haven, Connecticut, published 12 Feb. 1870, Ancestry.com, submitted by Dana Dancy.)

Note

"History of the town of Goshen, Connecticut : with genealogies and biographies based upon the records of Deacon Lewis Mills Norton," by a. G. Hibbard (Main Author) and Lewis M. Norton, Family History Library book 974.61/G1 H2h, p. 451. "Phineas, b.___; m. Irene Churchill." Also, Gardner Asaph Churchill, The Churchill Family in America (United States: Published by the family of Gardner A. Churchill, 1904), Family History Library film 873835 Item 1, p. 367. No record exists for this marriage. It was after 1800 because Phineas was in that census in the household of his father Daniel Cook, listed in Litchfield Town, but living in Goshen. It was before 1807 because their first child was born in July of 1807. I have assigned the date of 1806 as their marriage date. Both Litchfield and Goshen Church and Vital records have been searched, but there is no record of the marriage. (JSP)

Note

Irene's (2) married name of Forbes appears in a land record: Kalamazoo Co. Deeds, 21:609, FHL 983,379, item 1 Warranty deed recorded Nov. 18, 1850. It is the only record found showing her marriage. An extensive search of local records has failed to prove who Mr. Forbes was. (JSP 2011)

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