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William CHURCHILL Col.

2 Dec 1649 - 1710

Repository ID Number: I806

RESIDENCE: North Aston, Oxfordshire, ENG; Middlesex Co., VA
BIRTH: 2 Dec 1649, North Aston, Oxfordshire, ENG ^[S5]
DEATH: 1710, Prob Bushy Park, Middlesex Co., VA
RESOURCES: See: ^[S2] ^[S5]

Father: John CHURCHILL Of North Aston
Mother: Dorothy

MARRIAGE: 5 Oct 1703, Prob Rosegill, Middlesex Co., VA ^[S5]

Notes

William came to Virginia circa 1672, received land in Middlesex Co.; in 1696 and was a Clerk of the county for many years. He appears as Sheriff in Middlesex County in 1674 and a member of the Council in 1705. According to his own disposition and will, he was born in 1649 in North Aston. The arms of the family as represented on a wax seal attached to a deed of his son, Armistead, identify him as belonging to the family of Churchill settled in the Counties of Devon, Somerset and Dorset, during the reigns of King John, Henry III, and Edward I. The will of William Churchill bears the date of 18 Nov 1710, and prov.10 Mar 1710/11 in Middlesex Co., VA. He required his burial to be "without any great doeings, save a sermon to admonish the living upon the words, ‘Set thine house in order, for thou shalt dye and not live,' in Second Kings, 20 chapter, and the latter part of the first verse." He gave L100 sterling to the vestry of Christ Church Parish, for interest of which was to be given to the minister "for preaching four quarterly sermons against the four reigning vices of atheism and irreligion, swearing and cursing, fornication and adultery, and drunkenness, " and the interest of L25 sterling bestowed on the clerk for attending to said sermons. To the poor of the parish of Christ Church, in London, he gave L10 sterling, and the same amount to the poor of North Aston in Oxfordshire the place of his nativity. To his wife, Elizabeth, he gave a gold watch and L1,000 sterling and her part of his negroes for life, and after her death, to his son, Armistead; he gave her besides "my new calash I expect out of England." To his daughter, Priscilla, L1,000 sterling, and to his daughter, Elizabeth, L100, leaving his wife to advance her fortune out of her own. To Armistead Churchill, his son and heir, he gave the bulk of his estate in Virginia and England and made executors of his wife, his son and daughters, his kinsmen Nicholas and John Goodwin, of London, his "son-in-law" (step-son) Ralph Wormeley,and overseers of his will his brothers, Mr. William Armistead and Mr. Harry Armistead and friends, Mr. Nathaniel Burwell, Mr. John Holloway and Mr. John Clayton. Elizabeth's will was proved 1 Jan 1716. It names my brother Mr. Henry Armistead.

                                                                  _Richard CHURCHILL Of North Aston_
                                                                 | (1524 - 1592)                    
                                 _Henry CHURCHILL Of North Aston_|
                                | (1565 - 1628) m 1589           |
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 _John CHURCHILL Of North Aston_|
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|                                 (1565 - 1625) m 1589           |
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|--William CHURCHILL Col.
|  (1649 - 1710)
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|_Dorothy_______________________|
  (1590 - ....) m 1626          |
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John M. FREEMAN

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Repository ID Number: I26091

Original Submitter (General Source): ^[S1040] Father: George W. FREEMAN
Mother: Mary D. DODD

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 _George W. FREEMAN __|
| (1812 - 1890) m 1831|
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|--John M. FREEMAN 
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|                                            _Uzal DODD __________+
|                                           | (1759 - 1827) m 1783
|                      _Samuel Morris DODD _|
|                     | (1788 - 1831) m 1811|
|                     |                     |_Phebe FREEMAN ______+
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|_Mary D. DODD _______|
  (1812 - 1908) m 1831|
                      |                      _Samuel CONDIT ______+
                      |                     | (1761 - 1822) m 1785
                      |_Jemima CONDIT ______|
                        (1791 - 1882) m 1811|
                                            |_Hannah HARRISON ____+
                                              (1764 - 1855) m 1785