Eleazer Churchill

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name
Eleazer Churchill
aka
[Eleazar Churchell, Eliezer Churchel]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Of Plymouth, where he was born in 1652, probably the son of John Churchill and Hannah Pontus. He had one wife, Mary, the mother of all eleven of his children, and was probably the father of Mary, wife of Edward Stephens, through whom he was an ancestor of Phebe (Stephens) Ellis.
born
date
20 Apr 1652
place
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[records-plymouth-colony]
note
PCR 8:15.
died
date
8 Mar 1716
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[vital-records-plymouth]
note
As given in the master tree. The printed Plymouth VR death list has "Eleazar CHURCHILL decd. March 8th 1716." His gravestone says 25 March (see Open questions).
buried
place
Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[gravestones-burial-hill-plymouth]
note
"Here lyes ye body of Mr ELEAZAR CHURCHELL died March ye 25th 1716 in ye 64th year of his age" (Kingman no. 36).
events
what
Delegate, Middleborough
date
26 Dec 1694
place
Middleborough, Massachusetts
sources
[typescript-mollie-pfeiffer-holbrook-low, church-records-plymouth]
note
Sent by the Plymouth church with its pastor to the founding of Middleborough's church (Mollie p. 64).
what
Delegate, Marshfield
date
14 Oct 1696
place
Marshfield, Massachusetts
sources
[typescript-mollie-pfeiffer-holbrook-low, church-records-plymouth]
note
Chosen again to go with the Plymouth pastor, this time to the ordination at Marshfield (Mollie p. 64).
father
id
john-churchill-d1663
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[records-plymouth-colony, book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
research
research/freeman-ellis/Freeman_Ellis_Master_Family_Tree.md
note
His birth is in PCR 8:15, but the research does not quote the entry or say whom it names as parents.
mother
id
hannah-pontus-1624
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
note
Born during John Churchill's marriage to Hannah Pontus (1644-1662/3).
spouses
id
mary-churchill-d1715
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-plymouth, gravestones-burial-hill-plymouth]
note
"The children of Eleazer Churchell & Mary his wife"; her stone calls her "wife to Mr Eleazar Churchell."

Son of John Churchill and Hannah Pontus. He had one wife, Mary, the mother of all eleven of his children ("The children of Eleazer Churchell & Mary his wife," Plymouth VR p. 13). Ancestor of Phebe (Stephens) Ellis through his daughter Mary, wife of Edward Stephens.

The VR entry names Hannah, Joanna, Abigail, Eleazer, Stephen, Jedidah, Mary, Elkanah, Nathaniel, Josiah and Jonathan; in the printed text every birth date is blank except Stephen's (Feb 1684/5). The Churchill Family in America (1904) gives the years: Hannah 1676, Joanna 1678, Abigail 1680, Eleazer 1682, Stephen 1685, Jedidah 1687, Mary 1688, Elkanah 1691, Nathaniel 1693, Josiah 1694 and John 1698.

He was a member of the Plymouth church. When Middleborough gathered its church on 26 Dec 1694 and ordained Samuel Fuller its teacher, the Plymouth church sent its pastor with "Deac: Faunce, Deac: George Morton, Bro: Eliezer Churchel & Bro: Ephraim Morton." In 1696 he was again one of the brethren chosen to go with the pastor, this time to the ordination of Edward Thompson as pastor at Marshfield on 14 October (Plymouth Church Records, CSM 22).

After his death his son Eleazer fenced in some common land at "obery." In 1716/17 the town gave up its claim to it, "only his Brother Elkana haveing his part of it according to their fathers will and Testament," and the son gave thirty shillings "for the scole" (Plymouth Town Records 2:171-172; record).

The Churchill Family in America (1904, p. 7) and Mollie Pfeiffer gave him a wife "Mary Doty," daughter of Edward Doty of the Mayflower and Faith Clarke, married 8 Feb 1688. The record is "Henery CHURCHILL married Mary DOTY widow 8 Feb. 1687/88" (MD 13:204): that was his brother-in-law Henry's marriage to the widow of Thomas Doty. On Merrick's reading (TAG 71, 1996) that widow was Eleazer's own sister Mary, Thomas Doty's widow [compiled]; she was living in 1722 as "widow of Henry Churchill of Plimton" (Doty-Doten Family, 1897). There is no Doty or Clarke descent in this line.

Open questions

  • His death date. The page keeps the master tree's 8 Mar 1716, which matches the Plymouth VR death list. The Holbrook-Low colonial tree gives 25 Mar 1716 from his Burial Hill stone, "died March ye 25th 1716 in ye 64th year of his age" (Kingman no. 36). One of the two is probably a misreading or a slip; the VR page image and the stone would settle it.
  • His eleventh child: "Jonathan" in the printed Plymouth VR, "John, b. Sept. 12, 1698" in The Churchill Family in America, which the colonial tree follows.
  1. ---
  2. name: Eleazer Churchill
  3. aka: [Eleazar Churchell, Eliezer Churchel]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Of Plymouth, where he was born in 1652, probably the son of John Churchill and Hannah Pontus. He
  8. had one wife, Mary, the mother of all eleven of his children, and was probably the father of
  9. Mary, wife of Edward Stephens, through whom he was an ancestor of Phebe (Stephens) Ellis.
  10. born:
  11. date: 20 Apr 1652
  12. place: Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  13. basis: documented
  14. confidence: proven
  15. sources: [records-plymouth-colony]
  16. note: PCR 8:15.
  17. died:
  18. date: 8 Mar 1716
  19. basis: documented
  20. confidence: probable
  21. sources: [vital-records-plymouth]
  22. note: "As given in the master tree. The printed Plymouth VR death list has \"Eleazar CHURCHILL decd. March 8th 1716.\" His gravestone says 25 March (see Open questions)."
  23. buried:
  24. place: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  25. basis: documented
  26. confidence: proven
  27. sources: [gravestones-burial-hill-plymouth]
  28. note: "\"Here lyes ye body of Mr ELEAZAR CHURCHELL died March ye 25th 1716 in ye 64th year of his age\" (Kingman no. 36)."
  29. events:
  30. - what: Delegate, Middleborough
  31. date: "26 Dec 1694"
  32. place: Middleborough, Massachusetts
  33. sources: [typescript-mollie-pfeiffer-holbrook-low, church-records-plymouth]
  34. note: "Sent by the Plymouth church with its pastor to the founding of Middleborough's church (Mollie p. 64)."
  35. - what: Delegate, Marshfield
  36. date: "14 Oct 1696"
  37. place: Marshfield, Massachusetts
  38. sources: [typescript-mollie-pfeiffer-holbrook-low, church-records-plymouth]
  39. note: "Chosen again to go with the Plymouth pastor, this time to the ordination at Marshfield (Mollie p. 64)."
  40. father:
  41. id: john-churchill-d1663
  42. basis: compiled
  43. confidence: probable
  44. sources: [records-plymouth-colony, book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
  45. research: research/freeman-ellis/Freeman_Ellis_Master_Family_Tree.md
  46. note: His birth is in PCR 8:15, but the research does not quote the entry or say whom it names as parents.
  47. mother:
  48. id: hannah-pontus-1624
  49. basis: compiled
  50. confidence: probable
  51. sources: [book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
  52. note: Born during John Churchill's marriage to Hannah Pontus (1644-1662/3).
  53. spouses:
  54. - id: mary-churchill-d1715
  55. basis: documented
  56. confidence: proven
  57. sources: [vital-records-plymouth, gravestones-burial-hill-plymouth]
  58. note: "\"The children of Eleazer Churchell & Mary his wife\"; her stone calls her \"wife to Mr Eleazar Churchell.\""
  59. ---
  61. Son of John Churchill and Hannah Pontus. He had one wife, Mary, the mother of all eleven of his
  62. children ("The children of Eleazer Churchell & Mary his wife," Plymouth VR p. 13). Ancestor of Phebe
  63. (Stephens) Ellis through his daughter Mary, wife of Edward Stephens.
  65. The VR entry names Hannah, Joanna, Abigail, Eleazer, Stephen, Jedidah, Mary, Elkanah, Nathaniel,
  66. Josiah and Jonathan; in the printed text every birth date is blank except Stephen's (Feb 1684/5).
  67. *The Churchill Family in America* (1904) gives the years: Hannah 1676, Joanna 1678, Abigail 1680,
  68. Eleazer 1682, Stephen 1685, Jedidah 1687, Mary 1688, Elkanah 1691, Nathaniel 1693, Josiah 1694 and
  69. John 1698.
  71. He was a member of the Plymouth church. When Middleborough gathered its church on 26 Dec 1694 and
  72. ordained Samuel Fuller its teacher, the Plymouth church sent its pastor with "Deac: Faunce, Deac:
  73. George Morton, Bro: Eliezer Churchel & Bro: Ephraim Morton." In 1696 he was again one of the
  74. brethren chosen to go with the pastor, this time to the ordination of Edward Thompson as pastor at
  75. Marshfield on 14 October (Plymouth Church Records, CSM 22).
  77. After his death his son Eleazer fenced in some common land at "obery." In 1716/17 the town gave up
  78. its claim to it, "only his Brother Elkana haveing his part of it according to their fathers will and
  79. Testament," and the son gave thirty shillings "for the scole" (Plymouth Town Records 2:171-172;
  80. [record](/files/sources/records-town-of-plymouth/)).
  82. *The Churchill Family in America* (1904, p. 7) and Mollie Pfeiffer gave him a wife "Mary Doty,"
  83. daughter of Edward Doty of the *Mayflower* and Faith Clarke, married 8 Feb 1688. The record is
  84. "Henery CHURCHILL married Mary DOTY widow 8 Feb. 1687/88" (MD 13:204): that was his brother-in-law
  85. Henry's marriage to the widow of Thomas Doty. On Merrick's reading (TAG 71, 1996) that widow was
  86. Eleazer's own sister Mary, Thomas Doty's widow [compiled]; she was living in 1722 as "widow of Henry
  87. Churchill of Plimton" ([Doty-Doten Family, 1897](/files/sources/book-doty-1897-doty-doten-family/)). There
  88. is no Doty or Clarke descent in this line.
  90. ## Open questions
  92. - His death date. The page keeps the master tree's 8 Mar 1716, which matches the Plymouth VR death
  93. list. The Holbrook-Low colonial tree gives 25 Mar 1716 from his Burial Hill stone, "died March ye
  94. 25th 1716 in ye 64th year of his age" (Kingman no. 36). One of the two is probably a misreading or
  95. a slip; the VR page image and the stone would settle it.
  96. - His eleventh child: "Jonathan" in the printed Plymouth VR, "John, b. Sept. 12, 1698" in *The
  97. Churchill Family in America*, which the colonial tree follows.
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