Mary Churchill

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name
Mary Churchill
aka
[Mary Doty, Mary Doten]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Probably a daughter of John Churchill and Hannah Pontus of Plymouth, born in 1654, and a sister of Sgt. John Churchill Jr. and Eleazer Churchill, so an aunt of both Churchill women in the ancestry of Nancy (Ellis) Holbrook. Fined in 1671/2 over a child by Thomas Doty, she later married him, and as his widow married Henry Churchill in 1687/8; she was living at Plympton in 1722.
born
date
1 Aug 1654
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
father
id
john-churchill-d1663
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
mother
id
hannah-pontus-1624
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
spouses
name
Thomas Doty (Doten), son of Edward Doty
married
date
by 1675
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[records-plymouth-colony]
note
He made his will 4 Dec 1678, leaving all to "his wife, Mary."
name
Henry Churchill
married
date
8 Feb 1687/8
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-plymouth]
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-plymouth]
note
"Henery CHURCHILL married Mary DOTY widow 8 Feb. 1687/88" (MD 13:204). Henry was not a son of John Churchill (Merrick).

Sister of Sgt. John Churchill Jr. and of Eleazer Churchill, so an aunt of both Churchill women in Nancy Ellis's ancestry. In 1671/2 she was fined £6 "for comitting fornication, as shee saith, with Thomas Doten," and sued him because "Thomas Doten, haueing begotten her with child, is departed the gou'ment"; her brother Joseph and brother-in-law John Drew stood bond (PCR 5:83, 94). She married Thomas Doty, and as his widow married Henry Churchill in 1687/8; she was living in 1722 as "widow of Henry Churchill of Plimton." That 1687/8 marriage is the source of the mistaken "Mary Doty" wife of Eleazer Churchill in The Churchill Family in America and Mollie's typescript.

That the widow of 1678 was this Mary Churchill is Merrick's reading (TAG 71, 1996); Barclay (TAG 36, 1960) thought Thomas Doty married two women named Mary.

  1. ---
  2. name: Mary Churchill
  3. aka: [Mary Doty, Mary Doten]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Probably a daughter of John Churchill and Hannah Pontus of Plymouth, born in 1654, and a sister of
  8. Sgt. John Churchill Jr. and Eleazer Churchill, so an aunt of both Churchill women in the ancestry
  9. of Nancy (Ellis) Holbrook. Fined in 1671/2 over a child by Thomas Doty, she later married him, and
  10. as his widow married Henry Churchill in 1687/8; she was living at Plympton in 1722.
  11. born:
  12. date: 1 Aug 1654
  13. basis: compiled
  14. confidence: probable
  15. sources: [book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
  16. father:
  17. id: john-churchill-d1663
  18. basis: compiled
  19. confidence: probable
  20. sources: [book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
  21. mother:
  22. id: hannah-pontus-1624
  23. basis: compiled
  24. confidence: probable
  25. sources: [book-churchill-1904-churchill-family]
  26. spouses:
  27. - name: Thomas Doty (Doten), son of Edward Doty
  28. married:
  29. date: by 1675
  30. basis: compiled
  31. confidence: probable
  32. basis: compiled
  33. confidence: probable
  34. sources: [records-plymouth-colony]
  35. note: "He made his will 4 Dec 1678, leaving all to \"his wife, Mary.\""
  36. - name: Henry Churchill
  37. married:
  38. date: 8 Feb 1687/8
  39. basis: documented
  40. confidence: proven
  41. sources: [vital-records-plymouth]
  42. basis: documented
  43. confidence: proven
  44. sources: [vital-records-plymouth]
  45. note: "\"Henery CHURCHILL married Mary DOTY widow 8 Feb. 1687/88\" (MD 13:204). Henry was not a son of John Churchill (Merrick)."
  46. ---
  48. Sister of Sgt. John Churchill Jr. and of Eleazer Churchill, so an aunt of both Churchill women in
  49. Nancy Ellis's ancestry. In 1671/2 she was fined £6 "for comitting fornication, as shee saith, with
  50. Thomas Doten," and sued him because "Thomas Doten, haueing begotten her with child, is departed the
  51. gou'ment"; her brother Joseph and brother-in-law John Drew stood bond (PCR 5:83, 94). She married
  52. Thomas Doty, and as his widow married Henry Churchill in 1687/8; she was living in 1722 as "widow of
  53. Henry Churchill of Plimton." That 1687/8 marriage is the source of the mistaken "Mary Doty" wife of
  54. Eleazer Churchill in *The Churchill Family in America* and Mollie's typescript.
  56. That the widow of 1678 was this Mary Churchill is Merrick's reading (TAG 71, 1996); Barclay (TAG 36,
  57. 1960) thought Thomas Doty married two women named Mary.
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