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Birth: 31 Dec 1723 Newington / Hartford / CT Death: 29 Oct 1802 Newington / Hartford / CT
Qualifying Service Description:
Captain of the 10th Company, 6th Connecticut Regiment.
Additional References:
Johnston, Henry Phelps, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Services During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783, Connecticut. Harford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1889, pages548, 626
Churchill, Gardner A., and Nathaniel W., The Churchill Family in America, [np]: The Family of Gardner A. Churchill, 1904, pg 338-340.
Mackenzie, George Norbury, Colonial Families of the United States of America, 1607-1775, Volume VI, Churchill Family, Maryland. Baltimore: The Seaforth Press, 1917, pg 147
Two stones: 1) original upright stone; 2) flat V/A stone.
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Located next to Congregational Church, intersection of Cedar and Main Streets, Newington, Connecticut
Author: Paul Howard Burright
This biography was edited and/or augmented by PRS staff.
Charles Churchill was born on 31 December 1723, in Newington Parish, Connecticut, the son of Ensign Samuel and Martha (Boardman) Churchill.1 His father was an Ensign of the local militia company, having been appointed Ensign by the General Assembly in 1746.2
He married Lydia Belden/Belding on 19 November 1747 in Wethersfield, Connecticut.3] Their known children are:1
Hannah was born on 11 January 1749 and died young.
Levi [Patriot P-348434] was born on 20 May 1752 [or 1756] and married Elizabeth Hurlbut.
Mary was born on 22 September 1753 and died young.
Samuel [Patriot P-133022] was born on 5 April 1757 and married Mercy Boardman.
Hannah was born on 28 December 1758 and married 1) Seth Kilbourn and 2) Stephen Webster.
Solomon was born on 29 July 1764 and married 1) Lucretia Marsh and 2) Chloe Deming.
Silas was born on 6 April 1769 and married 1) Rhoda Belden and 2) Sarah Sargent.
A detailed sketch of the life of Charles Churchill is found in the book The Churchill Family in America. SAR policy restricts using previously printed biographical information. However, we can abstract some information and encourage readers to read the source.
In May 1762, at the Connecticut General Assembly, he was appointed the Captain of the Tenth Company or "trainband" in the Sixth Connecticut Regiment, which office he held for twenty years and through most of the American Revolution.
As tensions between the Colonies and Great Britain escalated, Charles served on a committee appointed at the town meeting convened on 6 June 1774 to consider the resolution passed by the Colonial House of Representatives concerning the impending war. The town records and family traditions indicate he worked hard to raise men for military service and procure food and clothing for them and their families while in the field.
It's said that he often entertained his company at his home, where the five baking ovens were all in use, including in the largest oven, roasted a whole ox.
In the book Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, he is listed as Captain of one of the militia companies that participated in repelling Tryon's Invasion of New Haven on 5 July 1779. He also appears in his office as a Captain in active service in the Sixth Regiment.
A family story states that when he was in camp with three of his sons, his wife wrote about her difficulty carrying on the farmwork without them. "But," answered the captain, "I have left you Joseph and Benjamin," meaning his youngest sons, Silas and Solomon, and showing the spirit of the loyal Patriot.
In the years following the Revolution, Charles Churchill, Esquire, served as a Justice of the Peace. In addition to running a one-hundred-and-twenty-acre farm, he had a tannery.1
The Patriot died on 29 October 1802 in Newington, Connecticut, at 78, and was buried in Newington Cemetery in Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut.4
Sources:
Churchill, Gardner A., and Nathaniel W., The Churchill Family in America, [np]: The Family of Gardner A. Churchill, 1904, pages 338-340.
Mackenzie, George Norbury, Colonial Families of the United States of America, 1607-1775, Volume VI, Churchill Family, Maryland. Baltimore: The Seaforth Press, 1917, page 147.
Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Weathersfield, p70.
Find-a-Grave, Memorial #10346344, Capt. Charles Churchill
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