236. Rev
Samuel Churchill was born on Apr 18 1775 in Litchfield, CT.
NOTE: NOTE: Born at Litchfield, Conn., April 18, 1775. He early showed a strong
desire for a liberal education, and at fourteen years attracted the attention
of Dr. Rice, of Litchfield, who took him to his home where his education was
completed. He became a fine scholar, especially in the classic languages and
Hebrew. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1797 and preached several
years in Connecticut, before his settlement in Whiting, Vt. Somewhere about
1814 he removed to Elizabethtown, N. Y., where he preached thirteen years. In
1827 he removed to Williamsville, N. Y., and thence, in a year, to the town
of Louth, Canada, and thence two years later to Springfield, PA., and thence
in 1838 to Hayfield, where he filled out his last pastorate, and died, Feb.
18,1842. Married, at Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 22, 1798, Rebecca St. John, daughter
of Peter St. John, of Norwalk, Conn. She died in Louth, Canada, Oct 29, 1828.
He was married
to Rebecca St. John (daughter of Peter St. John) on Feb 22 1798 in Norwalk,
Ct. Rebecca St. John died on Oct 29 1828 in Louth, Canada. Rev Samuel Churchill
and Rebecca St. John had the following children:
+646 i. Betsey
Churchill.
647 ii. Ezekiel St. John Churchill
was born in 1802. He died in 1811. aged nine years
+648 iii. Almira
Churchill.
+649 iv. James
Hoit Churchill.
+650 v. Rebecca
Churchill.
+651 vi. Irene
Rich Churchill.
652 vii. Sarah Ann Churchill
was born on Nov 3 1816. She died on Jul 21 1835.
+653 viii. Nancy
Judson Churchill.
+654 ix. Adoniram
Judson Churchill.
655 x. Samuel Stillman Churchill
was born on May 1 1825. He died in 1854. Unmarried
