187. Rev
Silas Churchill was born on Apr 5 1769 in Newington, CT.
NOTE:Born in Newington, Conn., April 5, 1769. Graduated at Yale College in the
class of 1787, studied theology with his father-in-law to be, and settled in
the ministry in the Presbyterian church in New Lebanon, N. Y. He served in this,
his only pastorate, faithfully for almost fifty years. He died in New Lebanon,
March 1, 1854. Married 1st, Oct 12, 1797, Rhoda Belden, daughter of rev. Joshua,
of Newington. She was born May 29, 1766, and died May 28, 1823. He married 2d,
Sarah Sargent, 1825.
He was married
to Rhoda Belden (daughter of Rev Joshua Belden) on Oct 12 1797.
Rhoda Belden was born on May 29 1766 in Newington Parish, CT. She died on May
28 1823. Rev Silas Churchill and Rhoda Belden had the following children:
453 i. Joshua Belden Churchill
was born on Nov 2 1798 in New Lebanon, NY.
NOTE:He was a farmer in Oregon; died there, unmarried, 1874.
+454 ii. Silas
Churchill.
455 iii. Clarissa Churchill
was born on May 2 1802. She died about 1806.
456 iv. Mary Ann Churchill
was born in 1804 in New Lebanon, NY.
NOTE:Unmarried.
+457 v. Rhoda
Churchill.
458 vi. Charles Churchill was
born on Sep 2 1808 in New Lebanon, NY.
Rev Silas
Churchill and Sarah Sargent had the following children:
459 i. Sarah
Churchill was born in May 1829.
460 ii. John Churchill was
born in 1832.