Mary Churchill

1654 - 1725  (71 years)

• Name	Mary Churchill
  Birth	1 Aug 1654	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  History	birth to death	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  On 30 October 1672, "Mary Churchill coniplaineth that Thomas Doten is departed the gourinent, and it is doubtful whether hee will returne againe and hauing left her in a poor deplored condition and hath sued out an attachment on such goods and chatties and all dues and rights appertaining to the said Doten to be for her support." The jury, finding in her favor, she thereupon attached "Item. Thomas Dotens third of a boate in ptenorship with Lift. Morton and Thomas Howes: his third likewise of a psell of netts in the same ptenorship. with his third of the roads ankers and sailes apjiertainiug to the said boats: as alsoe a gun in the costody of Ephraim Morton: a rapier at George Mortons: forty shillings for the hier of the boate due from Richard Willis, and a psell of boards in the costody of dluers psons." [5, 6] On 5 June 1672, she was fined £6. [5] On 30 October 1672, Mary sued Thomas for having begotten her with child and she was awarded all of his property. [5]
  Death	After 21 Oct 1725	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Siblings	4 brothers and 1 sister
  > 1. Hannah Churchill,   b. 12 Nov 1649, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ▻ John Drew   2. Joseph Churchill   3. Eleazer Churchill,   b. 20 Apr 1652, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. + 4. Mary Churchill,   b. 1 Aug 1654, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. After 21 Oct 1725, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 71 years) ▻ Thomas Doty,  m. Between 30 Oct 1672 and Mar 1674/75 ;   Henry Churchill   5. John Churchill   6. William Churchill
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Churchill   (Father)  Wybra Hanson  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I2405	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2020

  
  

• Notes

  2ed Marriage: MacKenzie has her marrying Jonathan Delano on 12 January 1699. [7]

  
  

Father	John Churchill
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Hannah Pontus   d. 22 Dec 1690, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F1871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner 1	Thomas Doty,   b. 1641, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Between 4 Dec 1678 and 5 Dec 1678, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 37 years)
Marriage	Between 30 Oct 1672 and Mar 1674/75	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 3, 4, 8]
Age at Marriage	She : 18 years and 2 months - He : ~ 31 years and 10 months.
Notes	Marriages: The question of whether Thomas Doty had one wife or two, has been a matter of conjecture for many years. An examination of all the many court documents proves that Thomas Doty had only one wife, Mary Churchill. [1]
Children	1 son and 2 daughters
>   1. Martha Doty,   b. Apr 1672-May 1672, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] ▻ John White +   2. Hannah Doty,   b. 16 Dec 1675, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 12 Apr 1754 (Age 78 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Jonathan Delano  m. 12 Jan 1698 >   3. Thomas Doty,   b. 22 Jul 1679, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Elizabeth Harlow  m. 24 Feb 1702/03;   Mercy Ellis  m. 18 Apr 1705
Family ID	F1865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	1 Aug 2021




Spouse / Partner 2	Henry Churchill  [1, 2, 5, 6, 7]
Marriage	They had no issue. [6]
Notes	Doty (1897) Incorrectly gives the date as “8 December 1687/8, [5, 6]
Family ID	F8343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	30 Jan 2020




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Mary Churchill(1654 – 1725) 2John Churchill 4 5 3Hannah Pontus( – 1690) 6William Pontus 7Wybra Hanson

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 Aug 1654 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - birth to death - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - Between 30 Oct 1672 and Mar 1674/75 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - After 21 Oct 1725 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1824] Merrick, Barbara Lambert. Doty and Churchill of Plymouth Colony: The Two Claimed Wives of Thomas Doty, (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, Volume 71, 1996). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). [S793] Norris, D. W. and H.A. Feldman. The Wells Family , (Milwaukee: Cramer-Krasselt Company, 1942). [S1239] Pratt, Melvyn. Report to Eddy Family Reunion 1999, (Polo Alto, California: manuscript, 1999). [S1756] Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Increasings 2ed Edition, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1989). [S1818] Doty, Ethan Allen. Doty-Doten Family in America: Descendants of Edward Doty, an Emigrant by the Mayflower, 1620, (Brooklyn, New York: Ethan Allen Doty, 1897). [S1821] MacKenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America Volume 4, (New York: George Norbury MacKenzie, 1914). [S934] Landis, John T. Mayflower Descendants and their Marriages for Two Generations after the Landing, (Washington, DC: Bureau of Military and Civic Achievement, 1922).