Jonathan Churchill, 17241803 (aged 79 years)

Name
Jonathan Churchill
Given names
Jonathan
Surname
Churchill
Name suffix
II
Birth 1724 32 54
Birth of a sisterDorcas Churchill
1724 (aged 0)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Churchill
November 5, 1727 (aged 3 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Churchill
September 22, 1731 (aged 7 years)
Birth of a brotherHezekiah Churchill
September 22, 1731 (aged 7 years)
Death of a sisterDorcas Churchill
before June 3, 1734 (aged 10 years)

MarriageLydia SmithView this family
November 1746 (aged 22 years)

Birth of a sonOliver Churchill
February 14, 1748 (aged 24 years)
Birth of a sonJonathan Churchill
November 25, 1749 (aged 25 years)
Birth of a sonHezekiah Churchill
February 2, 1752 (aged 28 years)
Birth of a sonJosiah Churchill
February 25, 1754 (aged 30 years)
Birth of a daughterLydia Churchill
July 5, 1756 (aged 32 years)
Birth of a sonMoses Churchill
December 1, 1759 (aged 35 years)
Birth of a sonOliver Churchill
April 15, 1762 (aged 38 years)
Birth of a daughterRebeckah Churchill
July 20, 1764 (aged 40 years)
Birth of a daughterAbigail Churchill
December 2, 1766 (aged 42 years)
Birth of a sonAmos Churchill
October 19, 1769 (aged 45 years)
Marriage of a childJonathan ChurchillSarah BurgessView this family
about 1773 (aged 49 years)

Birth of a daughterLydia Churchill
July 5, 1775 (aged 51 years)
Death of a half-sisterHonor Deming
September 3, 1778 (aged 54 years)
Marriage of a childOliver ChurchillEunice BarnsView this family
1788 (aged 64 years)

Death of a brotherWilliam Churchill
1790 (aged 66 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam Deming
January 15, 1792 (aged 68 years)
Marriage of a childAmos ChurchillDeborah ThorntonView this family
October 25, 1795 (aged 71 years)
Marriage of a childJonathan ChurchillComfort WoodcockView this family
before July 1796 (aged 72 years)

Note: Family History Library book 974.6 V2wL v. 23 Notes The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Recor…
Death of a wifeLydia Smith
before 1799 (aged 75 years)
MarriageMary BirdView this family
1799 (aged 75 years)
Death of a wifeMary Bird
February 1, 1803 (aged 79 years)
Death after February 1803 (aged 79 years)
LDS baptism April 30, 1932 (129 years after death)

LDS temple: Manti, Utah, United States

LDS endowment July 14, 1932 (129 years after death)

LDS temple: Manti, Utah, United States

LDS spouse sealingLydia SmithView this family
September 14, 1932 (129 years after death)

LDS temple: Manti, Utah, United States

LDS child sealing June 25, 1973 (170 years after death)

LDS temple: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Reference number
C-12

Unique identifier
8205F790C9954CB4804D36E210932A87A5F9

Last change April 17, 2020

Family with parents
father
1692MDCCXXXIV
Birth: 1692 42 42Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: Ventose 3, MDCCXXXIV (March 7, 3526)Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
mother
1669
Birth: April 1, 1669 46 25Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death:
Marriage
Marriage:
himself
17241803
Birth: 1724 32 54Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: after February 1803Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
12 months
sister
17241734
Birth: 1724 32 54Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: before June 3, 1734
4 years
younger brother
17271790
Birth: November 5, 1727 35 58of Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: 1790Of Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
4 years
younger brother
1731
Birth: September 22, 1731 39 62of Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
0 months
younger brother
1731
Birth: September 22, 1731 39 62of Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death:
Mother’s family with Samuel Deming
step-father
16461709
Birth: 1646 31Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: April 6, 1709Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
mother
1669
Birth: April 1, 1669 46 25Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death:
Marriage
Marriage: March 29, 1694Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
9 months
half-brother
1694
Birth: December 27, 1694 48 25Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death:
2 years
half-brother
1696
Birth: December 29, 1696 50 27Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death:
3 years
half-brother
1699
Birth: June 12, 1699 53 30Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death:
3 years
half-sister
17011778
Birth: November 16, 1701 55 32Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 3, 1778Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
4 years
half-brother
17051792
Birth: May 10, 1705 59 36Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 15, 1792Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Family with Lydia Smith
himself
17241803
Birth: 1724 32 54Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: after February 1803Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
wife
17281799
Birth: July 7, 1728 25 24West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death: before 1799Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: November 1746
16 months
son
17481749
Birth: February 14, 1748 24 19Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: June 2, 1749
22 months
son
17491829
Birth: November 25, 1749 25 21Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: February 6, 1829Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
2 years
son
17521792
Birth: February 2, 1752 28 23Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 29, 1792Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
2 years
son
17541776
Birth: February 25, 1754 30 25Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: 1776Revolutionary, War
2 years
daughter
17561776
Birth: July 5, 1756 32 27Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 5, 1776
3 years
son
1759
Birth: December 1, 1759 35 31Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
2 years
son
17621847
Birth: April 15, 1762 38 33Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 27, 1847Bergen, Genesee, New York, USA
2 years
daughter
1764
Birth: July 20, 1764 40 36Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
2 years
daughter
17661770
Birth: December 2, 1766 42 38Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: 1770
3 years
son
17691857
Birth: October 19, 1769 45 41Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 8, 1857
6 years
daughter
1775
Birth: July 5, 1775 51 46Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
Family with Mary Bird
himself
17241803
Birth: 1724 32 54Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: after February 1803Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
wife
17381803
Birth: 1738
Death: February 1, 1803Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: 1799Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Note

BIRTH "JONATHAN CHURCHILL (Joseph2 Josiah1) Born in 1692. Twin brother of David. Married Mrs. Sarah Deming." <u>First child: Jonathan b. 1724; married Lydia Smith.</u> (Source: <i>The Churchill Family in America</i>, Compiled by Gardner Asaph Churchill and Nathaniel Wiley Churchill, Edited by George M. Madison, Published by the family of George A. Churchill, 1904, <u>https://archive.org/details/churchillfamilyi01church,</u> Family History Library book 929.273/C475c, p. 331.) Jonathan was a twin to Dorcas Churchill.

WOODBURY, LITCHFIELD, CT Jonathan and his brother William came to Woodbury before 1750. William bought land in 1748 and was called "William Churchill of Woodbury" on that record. Jonathan's first land record was in 1750. (Woodbury land records, 8:212, Family History Library film 6152, item 1). Deed dated 26 April 1750, Jonathan Churchill of Woodbury bought twenty seven acres from John Watson of Woodbury.) This was the first acquisition of several for the family farm. It was located in the third tier and twelfth lot of the North Purchase the part of Woodbury that would become the Bethlehem Society, and was about fifty-four acres just south of his brother William’s property. His farm was situated between the present Paddy Hollow Rd. on the North, Arch Bridge Rd. on the South, Carmel Hill Road on the West and Judge Road on the East. Land Records. 1755: Bought Josiah Whittlesey's farm (his wife's first cousin 1R) for 400 pounds (Woodbury Land Records 12:104, Family History Library film 6154, item 1). The farm was located in the third tier and twelfth lot of the North Purchase, the part of Woodbury that would become the Bethlehem Society, and was about fifty-four acres just south of his brother’s property. His farm was situated between the present Paddy Hollow Rd. on the North, Arch Bridge Rd. on the South, Carmel Hill Road on the West and Judge Road on the East. (Bryson C. Cook,"Jonathan Churchill of Litchfield and Goshen, CT," 2011, p. 2)     Bought and sold land in Woodbury 1760 -(14:42, FHL film 6155, item 1) 1793 –(28:87, 28:95, FHL film 6162, item 1) 1794 -(29:210 (FHL film 6162, item 2) 1799 -30:50 (FHL film 6163, item 1)

BETHLEHEM, LITCHFIELD, CT Jonathan and his son Oliver are recorded in adjacent properties in Bethlehem land records Dec 29, 1791: "At a meeting...to make alteration in school districts in the town of Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut: The North (west or next) District beginning at ...to Oliver Churchels district to Jonathan Churchels. (Bethlehem Land Records. Dec 29, 1791 Family History Library film 3796) Jonathan Churchill appeared on the tax list in 1791 in Bethlehem with 45 acres, 10 animals, totaling 52-6-0 L (Bethlehem Town Clerk's Office). He apparently came to Woodbury and Bethlehem with his sons Oliver and Amos. On July 2, 1795 "the wife of Jonathan Churchwell (Churchill)" was received into the church at Bethlehem. (Bethlehem Congregational Church Records, 1738-1850, Family History Library film 3803, Vol. 1, p. 7.) Bethlehem Land records: Bethlehem Land Records, Vol. 2, p. 63 dated 19 March 1793: Jonathan Churchel of Bethlehem sold for 164 pounds to Daniel Strong 54 acres in Bethlehem "the same piece I had of Josiah Whittlesey and John Walron...bounds north and east on highway, south on David Bellamy, west on Hesson." (Family History Library film 3796) The last recorded land recorded land record for him is to Mary Bird, leasing his land to her before their marriage in 1799. (Woodbury Land Records, Vol 29, Family History Library film 6162, item 2, p. 210.)

1790 CENSUS: Jonathan Churchel in Bethlem, Litchfield, CT. There is one male over 16 and one female in the household, obviously not the younger family of his son Jonathan who was in Litchfield by then. He lives next door to his son Oliver. (Heads of Families, First Census, 1790, Connecticut. Government Printing Office, WA, 1908, Family History Library book 974.6/X2b/1790. Jonathan Churchill p. 56.

1800 CENSUS Jonathan Churchill of Bethlehem was not found, which means he no longer had his own household. He probably was living with a family member because when his third wife died in 1803 he was still alive.

WYOMING, PENNSYLVANIA     "(Jonathan Churchill II) was engaged primarily in farming and had very few land transactions in Bethlehem. He did however speculate in land. His tendency was to follow his brother (William) in these ventures and consequently they became original proprietors of the Susquehanna Company which settled Wyoming, Pennsylvania. This resulted in a land venture that ended badly for most participating Connecticut families." (Bryson C. Cook, "Jonathan Churchill of Litchfield and Goshen,CT," 2011, p. 2)   Jonathan Churchill was at Wyoming, Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. Jonathan Senior's brother William bought land there first, as he had done in Woodbury. Since Jonathan  III was having children in the town of Litchfield at the time his father (Jonathan II) was in Susquehanna and it is known the Jonathan in Pennsylvania was there until 1783, it was almost certainly Jonathan II (b. 1724) in Pennsylvania. This land venture in what was at the time a portion of Litchfield County, CT was a deadly mistake, resulting in the loss of many lives because of the Revolutionary battles in the area and the conflicts with Pennsylvania citizens who also claimed the land.     1. The first reason we believe it was Jonathan II (b. 1724) in Pennsylvania is that Jonathan III (b. 1749) had five children for whom we have vital records in the town of Litchfield from 1775 to 1784. It doesn't make sense he spent time in Pennsylvania too.     2. The second reason is that William Churchill, the brother of Jonathan II was also in Pennsylvania. In a petition dated Nov. 11, 1783 citizens of Wyoming recounted the terrible price they had paid in both Indian raids and in being dispossessed of their homes and lands by the Pennamite Wars. On that petition are the names of Jonathan and William Churchill, making it quite certain it was Jonathan II (b. 1724) at Wyoming with his brother William. (The Susquehannah Company Papers, Vol. VII, Ed. by Robert J. Taylor, Family History Library book 974.8 H2su v. 7 pp. 321-325.)     Jonathan Churchill was found in Wilkes-Barre, PA tax rolls beginning in 1771. (Harvey, A History of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, (Raeder Press, 1909), 732, 751, 877, 947, 952.)     On October 3, 1772 the citizens of “Wilkesbarre on Susquehannah” signed a petition to the State of Connecticut to be annexed to one of the Connecticut counties, so as to come under the protection of the state. On that petition, dated  the Second Thursday in October AD 1772 is the name of Jonathan Churchill, formerly of Woodbury, CT. (The Susquehannah Company Papers, Vol. VII, Ed. by Robert J. Taylor, Family History Library book 974.8 H2su v. 5 pp. 42-43.) His son Jonathan was from the town of Litchfield at that time.     Again on April 3, 1773 the Connecticut settlers at Wilkesbarre petitioned the State of Connecticut for incorporation, recounting both the difficulties with Indians before 1768 and with the “vile incroachments of our neighbours the Pensilvanians” more recently. The name of Jonathan Churchill appears on the petition. (The Susquehannah Company Papers, Vol.VII, Ed. by Robert J. Taylor, Family History Library book 974.8 H2su v. 5 pp. 83-85.)     Jonathan Churchill’s name appears on a petition dated 24 December 1773 from the citizens of Kingston “that there may be a County town Erected on ye west side of the East Branch of ye Susquehannah River as ye line of sd Purchase Extends." (The Susquehannah Company Papers, Vol. VII, Ed. by Robert J.Taylor, Family History Library book 974.8 H2su v. 5 pp. 215-217.)     Tax Lists of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania show Jonathan Churchill in the Plymouth District 1776-1780. (Proceedings and collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, Vol. 5, pp. 213, 223, 235.) (Family History Library film 1,425,653.)     In a petition dated Nov. 11, 1783 citizens of Wyoming recounted the terrible price they had paid in both Indian raids and in being dispossessed of their homes and lands by the Pennamite Wars. On that petition are the names of Jonathan and William Churchill, leading us to believe it was Jonathan II (b.1724) at Wyoming with his brother William. (The Susquehannah Company Papers,Vol. VII, Ed. by Robert J. Taylor, pp. 321-325.) From this we know he didn't return to Woodbury before 1784. He may have served in the Revolutionary War in Wyoming County Pennsylvania, as most of the men did. He is not on enlistment records there, but those records are poor, especially during Indian raids and the Wyoming Massacre of 1778.

FAMILY JONATHAN CHURCHILL (Jonathan3, Joseph2,Josiah1)  Born at Wethersfield, Conn. 1724. Married Lydia Smith. Children of Jonathan and Lydia (Smith) Churchill 1.      OLIVER b. Feb. 14, 1748; d. Jan. 2, 1749 2.      JONATHAN b. Nov. 25, 1749; m. 1st Sarah Burgess; m. 2nd Comfort Woodcock 3.      HEZEKIAH b. Feb. 2, 1752; name of wife not received. 4.      JOSIAH b. Feb. 25, 1754. Died during the war of the Revolution. 5.      LYDIA b. July 5, 1756 6.      MOSES b. Dec, 1, 1759; m. Mary Crosby 7.      OLIVER b. April 15, 1762; m. Eunice Barnes 8.      REBECCA b. July 20, 1764; m. Solomon Ranney 9.      ABIGAIL b. Dec. 2, 1766; d. at four years of age. 10.  AMOS b. Oct. 19, 1769; m. Deborah Thornton  (Source: <i>The Churchill Family in America</i>, Compiled by Gardner Asaph Churchill and Nathaniel Wiley Churchill, Edited by George M. Madison, Published by the family of George A. Churchill, 1904, <u>https://archive.org/details/churchillfamilyi01church,</u> Family History Library book 929.273/C475c, p. 344.)

DEATH: In 1799 Jonathan Churchill leased his lands in Woodbury to his future bride, Mary Bird. She died 1 Feb. 1803 and was noted to be "the wife of Jonathan Churchill," so he was still alive then. See marriage documentation for a complete transcription of this land record. (Woodbury Land Records, Vol 29, Family History Library film 6162, item 2, p. 210.) However, his death was not recorded.

MARRIAGE (1) Married Nov. 1746 to Lydia Smith at Hartford County, Connecticut. She was born 28 July 1728 at West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, daughter of Ebenezer Smith and Mary Whittlesey MARRIAGE DOCUMENTATION (<i>The Churchill Family of America</i>, Family History Library book 929.273/C475c)  "Nov. 1746 Jonathan Churchill and Lydia Smith married at Farmington, Conn." (White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.)   MARRIAGE (2) About 1799 at Woodbury, Litchfield Connecticut To Mary Bird Marriage Documentation: There is no marriage record because vital records weren't well kept at that time in Woodbury. However, we know they married about 1799 from the following and from Mary's death record.      “Mary Bird’s lease from Jonathan Churchill, 1799: Know all men by these presents that I Jonathan Churchill of Woodbury in the county of Litchfield and state of Connecticut for the consideration of the love and sincere affection I have for Mary Bird of the town of Bethlem in the county and state aforesaid whom I expect to marry and being desirous if she should live beyond my appointed time of life that she may have some comfortable expectation of support in her old age..."  Marriage record has not been found. (Woodbury Land Records, Vol 29, Family History Library film 6162, item 2, p. 210.)

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There is no marriage record because vital records weren't well kept at that time in Woodbury. However, we know they married about 1799 from the following and from Mary's death record. “Mary Bird’s lease from Jonathan Churchill, 1799: Know all men by these presents that I Jonathan Churchill of Woodbury in the county of Litchfield and state of Connecticut for the consideration of the love and sincere affection I have for Mary Bird of the town of Bethlem in the county and state aforesaid whom I expect to marry and being desirous if she should live beyond my appointed time of life that she may have some comfortable expectation of support in her old age..." Marriage record has not been found. (Woodbury Land Records, Vol 29, FHL film 6162, item 2, p. 210.)

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