Churchill FamilySource: The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul., 1899), pp. 47-50Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and CultureStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915804 .

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WILLIAM AND MAI RY COLLEGE QUARTERLY. 4,

On the margin of an arm of the Yeocomico in Cherry Point, near the old Cox homestead, a broken horizontal slab bears the following words:

Here Lieth the Body of PETER COX (Son of

PETER COX) who was Born July 10th in the Year of our Lord

1744 And departed this Life May 6th

1792 In the 48th year of His Age.

He was in Principle Moderate Calvinist, By Profession a Baptist, And

In Life and Conversation a Real Christian.

In solemn silence let him lie Nor dare disturb his Dust

Till the Archangel rend the sky And wakes the sleeping Dust.

This monument in memory of the Dec'd was Reared by his Widow

JANE COX, Daughter of WILLIAM HARDING, who was

Born September 22nd, 1746.

CHURCHILL FAMILY. (Continued from Vol. VII., page 186.)

"Bushy Park," the home of Col. Churchill, is situated on the Rappahannock, in Middlesex county. On the map of Jefferson and Fry, published in 1751, it appears as "Churchill." It doubt- less got its name from "Bushy Park" on the Thames, the elegant country seat (in 1798) of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clar- ence.

Elizabeth (Armistead) Churchill, widow of Col. William Churchill, died Nov. 11, 1716. Her will was dated Nov. 9, 1716, and was proved Jan. 1, 1716-'17. It names son-in-law Mann Page, grandson Ralph Page, son to Mann Page; son John Wormely, so5] Arinistead Churchill, dau. Priscilla Churchill,

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dau. Elizabeth Churchill, gr. child. Elizabeth and Ralph, children of John Wormely, cousins Judith and Catherine Robinson; de- sires Mr. Bartholomew Yates [minister of Christ Church, Mid- dlesex county, afterwards Professor of Divinity in William and Mary College, and father of William Yates, President of the College] "to instruct my son Armistead in his own house in Latin and Greek."

4. Armistead2 Churchill (William'), born at "Rosegill" [the home of the Wormeleys on the Rappahannock] July 25, 1704, and baptized by Rev. Mr. Yates on August 1st following, was justice of the peace, Colonel of the militia, and Collector for Rap- pahannock river. He married Hannah Harrison, dau. of Col. Nathaniel Harrison, of Wakefield, Surry county. (See will of Col. Nathaniel Harrison, proved in Surry county February 21, 1727.) He had issue, 7, William3, of "Wilton," on the Pianke- tank; 8, John3, b. Dec. 23, 1728; 9, Nathaniel3, b. June 16, 1730, died Dec. 21, 1730; 10, Henry3, who died of pleurisy Dec. 24, 1760; 11, Armistead3, b. Nov. 25, 1733; 12, Benjarini3, who made a deed to his brother William in 1772, sealed with the Churchill coat-of-arms (original at Middlesex Court-house); 13, Mary3, who m. John Armistead in 1749 (IV. p. 118) and had Churchill Armistead, who m. Betsy Boswell in 1775 (VII. p. 182); 14, LuCy3, b. Jan., 1737-'38, married, Dec., 1756, Col. John Gordon, of Urbanna (IV., p. 19), younger brother of Col. James Gordon, one of the most cultivated men of his times; 15, Priscilla3, who m. first in 1759 Richard Spann, secondly, in Feb., 1765, Williamson Ball; 16, Judith3, born Nov. 21, 1743, m1. first Churchill Jones, Nov. 11, 1769, secondly John Blackburn (Hay- den) ; 17, Hannah3, born Sept. 4, 1748; 18, Betty3, born in 1751, mn. Major William. Jones, of Spotsylvania. The deposition of Betty Jones, aged 62, was taken 1813 at the house of William Jones, of Spotsylvania in chancery suit "Carter B. Berkeley, exor. of Edmund Berkeley vs. Roger Blackburn, exor. of Church- ill Blackburn." In this suit there is a bond of Churchill Black- burn, as sheriff of King William county, with Pauline Blackburn as security.

The Virginia Gazette for Sept. 21, 1776, has a notice of the death of "Mrs. Hannah Churchill, of Bushy Park in Middlesex county, relict of Armistead Churchill, Esq., in the 70th year of

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her age." The will of Hannah Churchill, Jr., was proved in Middlesex, May 23, 1774, and she leaves legacies to Sarah Gor- (ion and Jaimres Gordon, dau. and son of John and Luey Gordon and to Churehill Jones, of Fauquier. Witnesses, Win. Jones and I/2o. Layton.

rlice following is the will of Col. Armistead Churchill, as recorded at the Court-house:

Will of Armistewi Chtiuchill. ITn the name of God, Amlen. I, Armestead Churchill, of the county of

Middlesex, in the Colony of Virginia, being in perfect mnind and under- standing, do make this m-ly last will and testament. In the first place, I desire all my just debts may be paid by my executors hereafter named, that is my b)eloved sons, William Chlurchill, Jolin Churchill, ltenry CUltirehill and Arinestead Clhuirchill, and if my debts can be paid without elllng mry tract of land in Prince William county, my -will and desire is

that it should [be] divided as follows: My son John Churchill to have 2000 acres, my son Armestead Churchill 2000 acres, my son Benj. Clhrclilll 2000 acres, my son Henry 400 acres, if he should choose to live there, and the remainder of the tract to be equally divided between mv ditaugaters, that is to say, Hannalh, Lucy, Priscilla, Judith and 1Betty. Iin testimony hereof I have sett mly hand and affixed my seal this twenty-first day of August, 1738. (Proved August, 1763.)

7. C1OL. Wll ti tAM CnvItCIuLI; (Armistead', William'), born Feb). 24, 17 ,was for mfany years clerk of Middlesex Co. He lived at a l)lace iii Middlesex on the Pianlketani,, called "Wilton," op- posite to "Windsor," the home of the Claytous, which was situ- ated on the other side of the Pianl7eetanle, in Gloucester county. The house has the form of a T, being, a building of two stories, with four rooms to a story. On a brick in the outside wall is cut in large figures the year of its erection-1762. In 1760 Col. Gordon noted in his diary that "Col. Churchill's house with all its contents had been destroyed by fire." This probably had reference to "Bushv Park," and "Wilton" was probably built as a result. "Wilton House" in England was the magnificent coun- try seat of the Earls of Pembroke, in which was a superb collec- tioni of pictures, statuary, etc. In King George county is re- corded the marriage contract of William Churchill, "son and heir apparent of Armistead Churchill, with Betty Carter, eldest daiio>hter of Charles Carter, of 'Cleve,' " dated June 7, 1751. By his will Charles Carter gave each of his daughters ?1000 current

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money at his death in 1764. Col. Churchill married secondly Elizabeth , who survived him. His will was dated Mlav 15 1782, and was proved in Middlesex county April 22, 1799. In it he names so11 Thomas and five daus., Hannah, Betty Carter, Priscilla, Sarah and Lucy Harrison; to Sarah and Lucy HIar- rison two negroes that came by my wife Elizabeth (second wife); if son Thomas should die without all heir, then my land shall be equally divided between the soils of my brothers John and Armis- tead Churchill, they paying my daus. each of them 2000 pounds, and if they do not choose to take the land on these terms, then if my son should die, the land must be equally divided between all my daus., except 200 acres which I have given to my brother Ben Churchill; nmakes exors. of his will Edmund BerkEeley, Philip Luciwell Grymes and Ralph Wormelev, Esqs.

Issue of William Churchill by his first wife Elizabeth Carter: 19, Hannah4, who im. Benjamin Robinson Oct., 1771; 20, Betty4 Carter, who married 11ev. James Maury Fontaine (born 1738) in Dec., 1 77 (Quartcrly, VII., p. 193) ; 21, Priscilla4. Issue by second wife Elizabeth , daughter of . 22 Thomas E.4; 23, Sarah4, who died unmarried in 1799, leavinlg legacies to her "mother Mrs. Elizabeth Churchill," her brother Thomas Churchill and half-sister Hannah Robinson, and to her niece Elizabeth Churchill Derby (under age), and to Mrs. Lucy Derby, her niece's mother and John Derby, her father; 24, Lucy Harrison4, who in. John Derby (his first wife), and had Eliza C. Derby, born Nov. 7, 1795.

Elizabeth Spotswood, by her will dated July 11, 1782, and proved Jan 24-, 1791, gave legacies to Sarah and Lucy Harrison Churchill, and divided all her cattle between Priscilla, Sarah and Lucy Harrison Churchill, daus. of William Churchill, Esq.

TTioMAvs E.4 CIuLrITILL (William3, Armistead2, William'), married on May 28, IS1, Eliza B. Berkeley, dau. of Edmund Berkeley, Esq., of "Barn Elmns," adjoining "Wilton." He had issue, one child, Elizabeth Edmonia. He married secondly Lucy Burwell Lilly, who survived him, and was second wife of John Derby. No issue by her.

(To be Continued.)

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