7. Lieutenant
Benjamin Churchill was born on May 16 1652 in Wethersfield, CT. He died
in 1730 in Wethersfield, CT.
NOTE: NOTE: Born in Wethersfield, May 16, 1652, and lived there. The records
of his native town show that Mr. Churchill was early recognized as of ability
and enterprise. At the age of twenty-three he was elected a surveyor, and soon
after held successively the offices of collector, assessor, and constable. At
the age of thirty-seven years he was chosen selectman, and for years served
in that office. He was a surveyor of some note beyond his own town and often
served on committees of survey for other towns by appointment of the General
Assembly. May 8, 1701, he was elected lieutenant of the "Trainband," for the
north precinct of Wethersfield. He was living in April, 1728, but the tax-list
of 1730 does not contain his name, and the probability is that he died before
1730, though the date of his death is not found on the records. Married, July
6, (pg 327) 1676, Mary (_________). The surname of the wife of Benjamin as well
as that of his brother Joseph's wife has been a matter of much careful research
without avail.
He was married
to Mary Towsey on Jul 6 1676 in Wethersfield, CT.
Mary Towsey was born about 1652. She was buried in 1712 in Old First Church,
?. She died on Oct 30 1712. Lieutenant Benjamin Churchill and Mary Towsey had
the following children:
+43 i. Josiah
Churchill.
+44 ii. Prudence
Churchill.
+45 iii. Abigail
Churchill.
+46 iv. Anne
Churchill.
