Mary Churchill
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.
Life
- 1654Born1 Aug 1654compiledprobable
- by 1675Married Thomas Doty (Doten), son of Edward Dotyby 1675compiledprobable
- 1687Married Henry Churchill8 Feb 1687/8documentedproven
Family
- Father
- John Churchillcompiledprobable
- Mother
- Hannah Pontuscompiledprobable
- Spouse 1
- Thomas Doty (Doten), son of Edward Doty
He made his will 4 Dec 1678, leaving all to "his wife, Mary."
- Spouse 2
- Henry Churchill
"Henery CHURCHILL married Mary DOTY widow 8 Feb. 1687/88" (MD 13:204). Henry was not a son of John Churchill (Merrick).
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Pedigree
Notes
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.
Mollie's typescript
- DisprovenEleazer Churchill married Mary Doty on 8 Feb 1688
8 Feb 1687/8 is the date of Henry Churchill's marriage to "Mary DOTY widow", probably Eleazer's sister Mary, widow of Thomas Doty (p. 64). Eleazer's wife Mary died 11 Dec 1715 "aged 60", so was born about 1655, and Mollie's own list of their children has Stephen born in Feb 1684/5, three years before that wedding.
Read it in the book, p. 60 →
Connections
- In her ancestry
- 1 notable connection →
Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Mary's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to her.