George Church

County. After the Ma n-Dixon survey was com pl ted, all of th prop rty on the outh side of the road was in Cecil County. aryland, and only the northern third of the lots on north side were still in Pennsylvania. The family of John Churchman of Nottingham Monthly Meeting in· eluded surveyors and respected Quaker ministers, both male and female but, oddly. no comprehensive cholarly genealogical treatment of this family has been done. One likely reason is given by descendant James Trimble in one of several hand-written drafts of hi hi tory of East Nottingham Monthly Meeting. The Churchman Family that at one time was numerous and influendal not only in the odety but in public affairs in ottingham (one of whom John Churchman was eminent for hi scientific attainments of whom I may hereafter have occasion to speak) has so far as I am able to ascertain ow~ to the de po ition [sic] of the males to single blessedness become e extinct so far - the name of Churchman at least i concerned. 1 In addition to John Churchman, there were rwo other appar fl~ • grants of the urname in early Chester County-George and Su who appear in the records of ottingham Monthly eeting. GEORGE CHURCH George's first appearance in the minute of was not exemplary: ottingham Monthly requested another viSit. George sent a paper to that meeting, satisfactory, so another visit was requested 1 but there is nothing fu the minutes on the issue. 3 At about the same time, George Chut contributed £ 1 to the construction of the new building for the meeting. 4 George Churchman witnessed a bond for Isaac and Julian Few ter in August 1688. 5 He acquired land by June 1692 when he J tioned as an adjoining landowner of Andrew Job near Chester George was taxed in Chester Township in 1693.7 In 1695 George land, or most of it, to John: 5 January 1695. George Churchman of Chester, weaver, to John Churd1 of Chester, yeoman. 30 acres that George Churchman purchased of Few bounded by Chester Creek and land of George Churchman, plu a f _ { ct George Churchman purchased of w•· J , d Chester Creek, 50 acres total. Witn ---·~ William Coale , Samu 1Jerrom. 8 vision of a settlement in the Susqu--i"'llrin 11 rn control trade. In 1696 he put fo • ev ral hundred individual ub •tt:'S;tar:nts, George Churchman sub cribed utcs of Che,ster Monthly Meeting at the 21), 32-33. 324 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magaztne Vol. 44 John Churchman ub cribed £5. The plan, however, was later abandoned.9 Thi i the last mention of George that has been found. SUSANNAH CHURCHMAN u annah's first appearance at ottingham was 13 8th month [October) 1690 when Joseph Cobourn and Su annah Churchman, "boath belonging to this meeting,"' stated their marriage intentions to the me ting. As ignments for determining dearness were made. The second intentions for Joseph Cobourn and "Hannah" Churchman were presented at the monthly meeting on 3 9th month L ovember). 10 On 26 9th month [ ovember] 1690 Susannah Churchman of Chester Township married Jo ph Coebourn. Thi marriage help e tabli he the relationship among 11 the three, a George and John Churchman both igned as witnes JOHN CHURCHMAN ottingham Monthly Meeting constructed retroactive famlly groups that ometimes give additional information about the individuals, as they do for John Churchman: John Churchman late of Saffron-Walden in Essex and Hannah Cerie daughter of Thomas Cerie "late of Oxford in Oxfordshire" 2nd Sarah his wife were married in Philadelphia County 1696 having migrated in the same vessel about the year 1682 he being then about 17 years old and she about 6. John Churchman departed this life in the year 1724 about fifty seven years of age and was buried in friends graveyard .tt East • ottingharn, the same year the Brick meeting house was built first. Hannah hurchman widow of John Churchman departed this life the 22nd of th 9th month [November} in the year 1759 aged near 82 years, was buried at East ottingham. 12 lt can't be proved what ship John Churchman sailed on, but on 5 April 1682 Thomas Seary hipped goods on the Amity (individual usually ailed on the ame hip as their goods), including: 18 horse collars, 2 ewt. [200 pounds] of cordage, 100 lbs. shoes (presumabty horseshoes), 19 lbs. serge , 4 doz. felt hats, 18 doz. men's, 10 doz. children's woolen hose, 10 goads cottons, cwt. iron, 4 cwt. nails, 2 quarters malt. 13 9 Mary Maples Dunn and Richard S. Dunn, IM Papers of William Penn, 5 volume (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981-87) 6: 671- 73, 676, 677. lO Cope, Chester Monthly Meeting (note 2), 39-41. 11 Futhey and Cope. History of Chester County (note 7), 497. The marriage certificate has not been seen. 12 Births and Deaths, Nottingham Monthly Meeting (Swarthmore MR-6176), 18. The interlined text, indicated with"", giving the origin for Thomas Cerie appears to be in the same handwriting. 13 Marion Balderston, "William Penn's Twcnty-Thr"ce Ships with Notes on Some of Their Passenger ," Pennsylvania Genea/.ogtcal Magazine 23(1963): 36. 20o6 1he Churchman Family 325 "Thomas Cerey of the City of Oxford, farrier," was a First Purchaser of 500 acres, which he took up in Oxford Township on a survey returned 19 6th month [August] 1682. 14 Within a year he was dead, his widow later marrying William Busby. Hts estate record confirm hi origin: Forasmuch as Thomas Seary late of Oxford in Old England died in Pennsilvania in America intestate, and Sarah Scary come to me (being the widdow & relict of the aforesaid Thomas Seary) and desired to be admitted as administratrix to the estate of her deceased husband, granted 19 .th month Uunc] 1683. 15 Marion Balderston in her discussion of Penn's fleet identifies only three children of Thomas and Sarah Seary: Richard, Miriam (who married Thomas Kenton), and Mary (who married John Hart). 16 It isn't clear why she erred and omitted Hannah as a daughter. Hannah was indeed Thomas's daughter, as shown by a one-line entry in the Churchman family record at Nottingham Monthly Meeting: Thomas Cerie deceased 1683. 17 If the statements in the Nottingham records that John Churchman was about seventeen when he emigrated and that he came in 1682 are correct, then he was born about 1664 or 1665. If his death record in the family group is correct, he was born about 1667. SAFFRON WALDEN PARISH REGISTER ENTRIES The parish registers of Saffron Walden, Essex, England, 18 have an appropriate match for George's baptism in 1660, for John's in 1664/5, and for their parents' marriage in 1655, with two possibilities for the birth of their father. 19 No match was found for the birth of their mother, although the registers are very faded for that period. Also, no match was found for Susanna ( or Hannah) as a Churchman by either birth or marriage. She wa likely a cousin of John and George from a nearby parish, as the surname is common in the area. Marriages for Churchman grooms from affron 14 Hannah Benner Roach, "The First Purchasers of Pennsylvania," Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684 (Philadelphia: The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania, 1985), 202. 15 Philadelphia Administrations A:250, in "Philadelphia Administration Book 'A', 1683-1702, Pennsylvania Geneal-OgicalMagazine 19(1954):250. 16 Marion Balderston, "William Penn's Twcnty-Tiuec Ships," Pennsylvania Genea• logical Magazine 23(1963):36. 17 Births and Deaths, Nottingham Monthly Meeting ( warthmore MR-8176), 17-18. There is no Ceric family group in the Nottingham regi te.r, so thi appear to be an attempt to pre-serve the death of Thomas Cerie within the retroactive family groups by recording it as pan of llis d~ughter's family group. 18 Saffron Walden Parish Registers (FHL #l,526,933, item 13). 19 If Ro~rt, father of the immigrants., is the son of John and Bridget Cburchm.2n, born in 1625, then he married at age 30; if he is the son of Richard and Mary Churchman, bom in 1633, then he married at age 22. Nothing was found to suppon one over the other. Ricb2rd appears to have lefl an Archdeaconry of Colchester will, but his is in a group that has not been microfilmed. 326 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 44 Walden were found in the adjoining parishes of Littlebury and Newbury, which were also searched for her, unsuccessfully. Baptismes 1625-Aprlll-Robert the sonne of John Churchman and of Bridget his wife baptised the 3 day Baptismcs- ovcmbcr 1625-Thomas the sonne of Thomas Churchman and of Anne his wife the 13 Bapti mes-December 1628-Richard the sonn of Thomas Churchman and of Anne his wife the 21 Baptismcs-Scptcm~r 1628-Richard the sonn of Richard Churchman and of Mary his wife the 14 Baptisms-December 1630-Joane the daughter of Richard Churchman and of Mary his wife the 21 Baptisms-January 1630[/1]-Franncis the sonne of Thomas Churchman and of Anne his wife the 29 Baptisms-Aprill 1632-Edward the sonne of Nicholas Churchman and of Mary his wife-I Baptlsms--Odober 1633-Robert the sonne of Rtchard Churchman & of Mary his wife-13 Baptisms-Maye 1636-John the sonne of Richard Churchman and of Mary his wife baptized the 29th daye Baptismes-Januarie 1639[/40]-Elizabeth D'ter of Richard Churchman and of Elizabeth his wife the 24 day Baptismes-November 1640-Thomas the sonne of Nicholas Churchman and of Mari his wife ye first day Baptismes-Februarie 1640[/1 ]-Ann the dau'ter of Richard Churchman & of Elizabeth his wife ye 21 day Baptismes-November 1643-Elizabeth ye dauhter [sic] of Richard Churchman & of Elizabeth his wife ye 5 day Baptismes-February [ 1644/5 ]-Elizabeth ye daughter of Nicholas Churchman & of Mary his wife 21th day [Baptisms]-June 1656-Robert son of Robert Churchman & Elizabeth his wife, baptised the 24 day [Baptisms)-March 1656(/7]-James son of James Churchman and of Martha his wife baptized the 18th [Baptism ]-August 1658-Richard son of Robert Churchman & Elizabeth his wife baptised the 28th day (Baptisms )-December 1660-George son of Robert Churchman & Elizabeth his wtfe baptized the 3d day {Baptlsms)-April 1661-Martha daughter of James Churchman & Martha his wife bapt. the 14th (Baptisms)-May 1663-Elizabeth daughter of Robert Churchman & Elizabeth hi wife the 11th [Baptisms )-Frebuarie [sic] 1664[/5] -John Son. of Robert & Elb:abeth Churchman ye 20 day. Baptismes-November I 665-Toomas son of James & Martha Churchman bap ye 1st day Baptismes-Januarie 1667 [/8 ]-Mary daughter of Robert & Elizabeth Churchma[ n] bap ye 17 day Baptisms-April 1672-Elizabeth ye dau of Robard and Elizabeth Churchman ye 29 day Baptismes-Septcmber 1672-Thomas ye son of Robard Churchman ye 30 day 20 20 The bapti.Sms for Elizabeth and Thomas arc only five months apar The registers were rechec.lc:ed and that is clearly what the entries st2tc, which are in the proper chronoJogical place:,suggesting that Elizabeth's baptism was much delayed, that Robard r ._..,..,.,_.. ,·.- ..\t.•J-'>.lh:ubt,~ I parish were married by Mr. am[mfagejustice of peace the 29th day [Marriages]-April 1658-Edward Perry of imbesh & Mary Churchman married the 13th day {Marriages)-January 1662(/3]-Robert Mole and Elizabeth Churchman married ye 25 day Marriages-October 1672-Francis Churchman & Elizabeth himos 13 day Burialls-1635-June-Jone, the daughter of Richard Churchman & of Mary his wife the 18th Burialls this year 1638-Ju)y 1638-Margrct the Daughter of Richard Churchman the first day BuriaJls thi year 1638-Augu t 1638-Thomas Churchman the 11 day Burials 1640-JuJy 1640-Ellzabeth the daughter of Richard Churchman the 16 day Burialls-March 1644-Mary the daughter of Richard Churchman ye 26 day Burialls-May 1644-Blizabcth the wife of Richard Churchman 26 day Burialls-July 1646-Thomas Churchman of orthcnd ye 12 day Burialls--August ( 1648] 22-Edward ye son of Nicholas Churchman ye 20 day (Burials]-ffcbruary 1663-A man Child of Nicholas Churchmans unbaptized the 15 day Burrialls-Februarie 1668{/9]-Eliza.beth dau of Robert & Elizabeth Churchman bu 8day Burrialls-March 1666[/7]-Marie the wife of Richard Churchman buried ye 25 day Burials-January 1681 {/2]-Richard the son of Robert and Eliz: ye 23d da [Recorded tnNewport, Essex]2 3 Marriages-1626ovembcr 28. Richard Churchman ofLitleburic shoemaker and Mary Milton of Newport mar'd [Recorded in Littlebury, Essex}24 Marriagcs-1631-June 9th. Nicholas Churchman of Littleburyc and Mary Bowen of Walden were marri~d Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 328 G Vol. 44 EALOGICALSUMMARY 1. ROBERT"" CHUllCHMAN was probably either the child baptized 3 April 1625 at affron Walden, Essex, son of John and Bridget Churchman, or the child baptized the 13 October 1633, son of Richard and Mary Churchman. His burial wasn't found. 25 He married 29 eptember 1655 at Saffron Walden ELl.zABETH READER. ChJ/dren of Robert and Elizabeth (Reader) Churchman, all events Saffron Walden: i. ROBERTCHUKCHMAN, baptized 24June 1656. ii. RICHARDCHURCHMAN, baptized 28 August 1658; buried 23 January 1681/2. 1 iii. GEORGE ClruRCHMAN,baptized 3 December 166o; died after 1696 probably in Pennsylvania. Information on George is presented above. iv. ELIZABETH CHuRCHMAN,baptized 11 May 1663; buried 8 February 1668(/9). 2 v. JOHN 1 CHURCHMAN, baptized 20 February 1664(/5); died in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1724; married in Pennsylvania, date unknown, HANNAH CERU:. vi. MAKYCH RCII.MAN,baptized 17 January 1667(/8). vii. ELIZABETH CHuRCHMAN, baptized 29 April 1672. 1 was baptized 20 February 16641/5] at Saffron Walden, Essex. He married in P nnsytvania in 1696 HANNAH CERIF/ SEARY, daughter of Thomas Cerie. Hi death occurred after 7 October 1724. the date on which he wrote his will. His will di tributes over one thousand acres of land to his sons and two older daughters. His inventory, valued at £126.13.00, consists entirely of livestock, farming implements, and farm products. z6 2.JOHN CHURCHMAN "Children of John Churchman and Hannah his wife (late Cerle)," recorded at Nottingham Monthly Meeting: 21 i. GEOllGE 2 CHURCHMAN, born at Chester, Chester County, 13 7th month [September] 16(97]. "George Churchman eldest son of John and Hannah Churchman departed this life the 29th of the 4th month Uune] 1767 aged near 70 years and was buried at East ottingham Graveyard." He apparently never married. George has two Pennsylvania land warrants in Che ter county: 3 October 1734 for 500 acres on Little Creek west ( urvey returne 1 tober 1758 as 384 acres) and 11 February 1737 for 500 acres in 11 25 The regi ters are difficult to read ll microfilmed. 26 Will of John Churchman, probated 10 May 1725; recorded in Che tcr Cou 1:170, 172 (FHL #20,844). His original will, with a shaky signature, and the j arc at the Chester County Historical Society. Images and full transcription origjnaJ will and inventory ace at www.churchmao..org, which also contains information on some of the family members .. 27 Births and Deaths, Nottingham Monthly Meeting (Swarthmore MR-Bl 76), - 2006 The Churchman Family 329 derry (no return). 28 In 1759 the occupation of George Churchman of East Nottingham is given as millwright. 29 2 ii. DI AH CHURCHMAN, born 7 6th month [August] 1699; "MF.ssER BROW (page 140) son of (blank30] and Dinah Churchman daughter of John and Hannah Churchman married in Autumn 1728."3 1 ew Garden Monthly Meeting records the marriage as 2 November, at Nottingham;3 2 MORDECAI JAMES son of George James and Ann married (as his second wife) Dinah (Churchman alias) Brown daughter of John Churchman and Hannah at East Nottingham 4 9th month [November) 1736; Dinah Jame , wife of Mordecai and daughter of John and Hannah Churchman, died 1 1st month Uanuary) I 766, buried at East Nottingham in the 68th year of her agehaving been a lively minister; her first husband was Messer Brown; MordecajJ ames died 15 12th month [February] 1776 in a quiet resigned tate of mind after three days of severe illness with cholick, buried at East otti.ngham on the 17th; he was a man of good under tanding, useful in the meeting and the neighborhood.33 2 Children of Messer Brown and Dinah Churchman, recorded at Nottingham Monthly Meetlng:3 4 1. John Brown, born in 1729; married 21 9th month [November) 1751 Jane Pugh. 2. David Brown, born 16 12th month [February] 1731; married 3 11th month Uanuary] 1757 Sarah Brown. Chtldren of Mordecai James and Dinah 2 Churchman:35 3. MicajahJames, born 6 5th month Uuly] 1737. 4. George James, born 10 10th month [December] 1738. 5. DinahJames, no date of birth. iii. SUSANNA2 CHURCHMAN, born 13 7th month [September} 1701; "WILUAM BROWN son of William and Esther Brown and Susanna daughter of John and Hannah Churchman married at East Nottingham in the year 1728. Susanna Brown widow of William departed this life from 25 to 27 of 8th month 1790 near Bellair in Harford County [Maryland] was buried at Little Falls meetinghouse, aged 89 years (A minister). "36 William Brown III, h~ band of Susanna, lived many years a member of East Nottingham Meeting, then removed to Philadelphia, residing there until 1778, then removed to 28 Pennsylvania Warrant Registers, roll 4. 29 Bryant, Chuter County Land Records (note 5), 5:68. 30 He is aid to be the son of William Brown (Futbey and Cope, History of Chester County [note 7}, 488), but this may not be correct. 3I Birth and Deaths, Nottingham Monthly Meeting (Swanhmore MR-B176), 140. CommentS in square braclcets arc part of the origill21 register. 32 Charlotte Meldrum and Martha Reamy, Eaf'ly Church Records of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Volume 2 (Westminster, Md.: Family Linc Publications, 1997) {hereafter cited as Meldrum and Reamy, Church Records of Chester County J,2: 138. 33 Births and Deaths, Nottingham Monthly Meeting (Swarthmore MR-8176), 43/104; also Alice L. Beard, Births, Deaths, and Marriages of the Nottingham QWJkers, J 6801889 (Wcnminstc.r, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1989), 52-53. 34 Beard, Notttngham Quakers (note 33), 5. 35 Beard, Notttngham Quakers (note 33), 52. 36 Blrths and Deaths, Nottingham Monthly Meeting (Swarthmore MR-Bl76), 57/132. 330 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magartne I. I Harford County, Maryland, where he resided a few years and moved to ottingham again and then died the 29th 5th month Uul • about his 81st year of age. He was a minister of the Gospel, well e~emie<I. many other visits in chat service. He was absent from his family up 4 years. on a visit to Friends in the [probably ·European," i.e., B .1 lands.3 7 William Brown of Wet Nottingham wrote his wm 19 Apt♦I at which time only his daughter Sarah was living.38 Children of Wtlltam Brown and SU$an-naChurchman, recorded at tingham Monthly Meeting:39 1. Sarah Brown, born in the Autumn of 1727; Sarah Bond, w v Samuel Bond and daughter of William and usanna Brown, dled 4th month (April] 1810 at "Bel air," Harford County, Maryland, buried at Little Falls Friends graveyard. 2. Phebe Brown, born about the year 1733; Phebe Merris, wife of I rael Morris and daughter of William and Susanna Brown, died in Philadelphia (no date). 3. Susanna Brown, date of birth not giYen; Susanna Brown, daughter of William and Susanna Brown, died at th house of George Churchman, being with her parents on their removal from PhUadelphia to Harford County, on 27 1st month Uanuary) 1778 and was buried at Friends graveyard :u·Brick Meetinghouse, aged 30 years and upward. iv. JOHN 2 CHURCHMAN,born 29 8th month [October] 1703; "John Churchman son of John and Hannah departed this life 8 9th month [ ovember] 1703 aged about eleven days, buried at Chester, Chester County." v. JOHN 2 CHURCHMAN, "(the ~cond) son of John Churchman and Hannah hi wife was born at Nottingham in the county of Chester the 4th day of the 6th month [August] 1705."40 John Churchman (the second) died 24 7th month Uuly) 1775 near 70 ye"llrsof age, buried the 26th in friends bur• ial ground at East-nottingham, having been a minister and spent upwards of four years in the europian Islands in chat service."'U John Churchman of Nottingham son of John, deceased, married MARGARET BROWN daughter of WilUam, deceased 27 11th month Uanuary] 1729 at Nottingham, recorded at cw Garden. 42 Marg.iret Churchman, wife of John, died 28 7th month [September) 1770, buried at East Nottingham on the 30th, about her 64th year. A Ministcr. 43 John Churchman was appointed "clerke" in the first recorded minutes at Nottingham 20 4th month Uune] 1730. Oppo ite the title page is written ·George Churchman Hi Pen" and opposite the first page is "To Quakers (note 33), 10. 38 Will of William Brown, Chester County Wills 8:62-63 (PHL #20,847). a his •brother in law" William Churchman as one of the executors; it was pr June 1787. 39 Beard, Nottingham Quakers (note 33), 10. 40 Births and Deaths, Nottingham Monthly Meeting (Swarthmore MR-8176), 4 l Births and Deaths, ouingham Monthly Meeting (Swarthmore MR·B176), 42 Meldrum and Reamy, Church Records of Chester County, 2:140. Her m Esther Yearsley. 4 3 Beard, Nottingham Quakers (note 33), 26. 37 Beard.Nottingham 2006 The Churchman Family 331 George Churchman," apparently referring to George 3, son of John. 44 John Churchman wrote an autobiography that was published after his death. 45 His memorial says he was: an able minister of the gospel; in which service he travelled much, ... in the -summer 1742, he perform'd areligious visit to friends in NewEngland, and in the following to New-York and parts adjacent, which he repeated in 1774 ... and spent upwards of four years on a general visit to the meetings of friends in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Holland, and also to the particular families of friends within the compass of divers meetings in different parts of Europe. 46 John 2 (1705-1775) was the first of three generations of surveyors. He is said to have been almost completely self-educated. His son, George 3 (1730-1814), has been called "probably the most popular and extensive surveyor of the county in his day. 47 George's sons John4, Micajah 4 , and Joseph 4 are all said to have been surveyors, but it was John (29 May 17531805) who had the greatest fame. He drafted a map of the peninsula between the bays of Delaware and Chesapeake in 1778 and published several versions of a magnetic atlas in 1790, 1794, and 1800. 48 The latter was quite innovative and he exchanged correspondence with and visited scientific societies in Europe and Russia on his two visits overseas; the George Washington papers, for example, contain correspondence to, 4 50 from, and about him. 9 His papers are at Swarthmore College. He died 24 July 1805 at sea while returning from an overseas trip; notice of his death appeared in several newspapers: DIED, on 24th of July last, on board the ship William Murdock, Captain Thom, on his passage from London to Philadelphia, John Churchman, in the fifty-third year of his age. About five months before he embarked, being intent on his studies through the night, until five o'clock in the morning, at this lodgings in London, he received a paralytic stroke, which deprived him of the power of speech, and the use of his right hand; the best medical aid and other friendly care being administered, 44 Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Women's and Men's Minutes, 1730-1778; FHL #389,414. 45 John Churchman, An Account of the Gospel Labours and Christian Experiences of a Faithful Minister of Christ, John Churchman, Late of Nottingham in Pennsylvania, Deceased . .. (Philadelphia: J. Crukshank, 1779). 46 A Collection of Memorials Concerning Divers Deceased Ministers and others of the People Called Quakers (Philadelphia:Joseph Crukshank, 1787), 323-31. 47 George Johnston, History of Cecil County, Maryland (Elkton, Md.: G. Johnson, 1881), 526. It is unclear whether the county of reference would have been Chester County, Pennsylvania, or Cecil County, Maryland. 48 John Churchman, An Explanation of the Magnetic Atlas, or Variation Chart, Hereunto Annexed; Projected on a Plan Entirely New, but Which the Magnetic Variation on Any Part of the Globe May Be Precisely Determined for Any Time (Philadelphia; James &Johnson, 1790). 49 George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, American Memories website (memory.toe.gov) 50 John Churchman papers, 1778-1804, Swarthmore College, Friends' Library, Special Collections, SC/019. 332 Pennsylvania Genealogtcal Magazine he in some measure recovered both; at his own desire and by th·· of his friends, his passage was taken, and about eight days after he calmly met the fatal stroke by which the world has lo t a u zen, whose researches into the cause and change of the vari the magnetic needle, were likely to prove very beneficial to n His magnetic charts, for finding the longitude at sea, havi.n brought into use by a considerable number of skillful navtgato in America and Europe, and found to be highly useful in co" their reckonings. 51 Child of]ohn 1 Churchman and Margaret Brown: 52 l. Gcorgc 3 Churchman, born 28 8th month [October] 1730; died 18 11th month (November) 1814, buried at Brick Meetinghouse on the 20th, in his 85th year; George Churchman, on of John and Margaret, of East Nottingham, Chester County, Province of Pennsytvania, married 28 5th month [May] 1752 at a Public Meeting of Friends at East ottingham Hannah James, daughter of Mordecai James and Gainor -?-, deceased, of West Nottingham Township, Che ter County; 5 3 Hannah Churchman wife of George died 16 10th month (December) 1789 tn her 62nd year, an Elder for whom a memorial was sent for• ward. vi. THOMAS 2 CHURCHMAN, born 16 11th month [January] 1707/8; "Thomas Churchman died 8 4th month {April) 1788, buried East Nottingham burying ground on the 10th, aged upward of 80 ycars;,.54 Thomas Churchman, son of John, deceased, and Hannah of East Nottingham Township, Chester County. Province of Pennsylvania, married 5 4th month [June] 1745 at a Public Meeting of Friends at West ottingham; 55 RACHEL (REYNOLDS) PIGG01T, widow of John Piggott of Susquehanna Hundred, Cecil County, Maryland, and daughter of Henry Reynold and Hannah; Rachel Churchman, wife of Thomas, died 31 1st month [January] 1756;56 Thomas Churchman of East Nottingham, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, married 18 10th month [October J 1770 at a Public Meeting of Friends at East Nottingham KATHERJNE JONES, daughter of John and Mary (boch deceased) of Cecil County, Province of Maryland.S7 Thomas Churchman of East Nottingham wrote hi will 18 February 1788, mentioning wife Cath• erine, daughter Hannah wife of Jo eph Gatchell. brother William Church• man, nephew George Churchman, East Nottingham Meeting, daughter Sarah and her husband David Gatchell. 58 She was probably the atherine 5l Poulson's American Daily Advertiser, 13 September 180'.S (America's H Newspapers, 1690-1876). 52 Beard, Nottingham Quakers (note 33), 26-27. 53 Beard, Nottingham Quakers(notc 33), 26-27, 1S2. 54 Births and Death . ottingham Monthly MecUng (SWartbmore MR-B176), 55 Beard, Nottingham Quakers (note 33), 81, 143. Her d~th date match Reynolds b.mily group at West Nottingham and the Churchman family gro ottingham. 56 Beard, Nottingham Quakers (note 33), 26. 57 Beard, Nottingham Quakers (note 33), 174. 5S Will of Thomas Churchman, Chester County Wills 8:208-13 (FHL 120, will was drafted by George Churchman; Thomas igncd with his x mark 18 urchman Famay • l1.J4fflliU' _,u.,, 1n ham Township, Chester County, Penn • nu th [December) 1796 at a Public Me m William Rogers of East Nottingham ff ....,......- -··-'hman and Rachel (Reynolds) Piggott. 60 ... ui_,, born 7 2nd month [April] 1746; rn 14 12th month [February] 1747; • I 1747 . .). .Rlltsalll.Alift Cbu1rdl.ma:n, born 17 6th month [August} 17 49; 1 J. 10th month [December] 1758. 4. Sarah' Churchman, born 13 1st month [March} 175_; married David Gatchell. 2 vii. MIRIAM CHUllCHMAN, bom 25 8th month [October] 1710~JAMESBROWN of East Nottingham, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, son of William (deceased) of MaryJand, married 4 10th month [December] 1734 at a Public Meeting of Friends in East ouingham Miriam Churchman, daughter of John (deceased) of East Nottingbam. 61 Miriam Brown, the first wife of James Brown, died 19 9th month [ ovember] 1750, aged 40 years 22 days.62 Children of James Broum and Miriam Churchman: 63 1. Edward Brown, born 20 7th month [September) 1735; married before 17 4th month Uunc] 1756 (by a justice) Sarah Oldham. 2. Hannah Brown, born 22 7th month [September] 1737; Hannah Ferris, wife of Benjamin Fems and daughter of James and Miriam Brown, died in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1767. 3. Elijah Brown, born 12 3rd month [May] 1740; died 11 Augu t 1810; married 1761 Mary A.nnitt, daughter of Joseph Armitt and Elizabeth Lisle; she died 18July 1825.64 4. Esther Brown, born 7 8th month [October] 1742 near midnight; "Esther Brown daughter of James and Miriam Brown departed this life the 22nd day of the 5th month [May] 1757.about 7 in the afternoon[new handwriting] The above mentioned Esther Brown recei\red her death in the house of William ChandJcc in East-nottingham by a shock of electrical Fluid from the Clouds and was buried at E. Nott[ingha]m 33 Pennsylvania Genealogtcal Magazine Vol. 44 about two days after. A olemn Meeting was held on the occasion. John Hunt a minister from Great Britain anended."65 5. WW_iamBi-own. born 20 2nd month [April] 1746 near 4am. 2 viii. EDWARD CUURCHMAN, born 4 9th month (November] 1713. "Edward Churchman died of the smallpox about the 12th month [February] 1732/3 a.gcd about nineteen years, and was buried at East ottingham." ix. SAllAH2 CHUllCHMAN,born 17 3rd month [May) 1716; djed 8 2nd month [April] 1750; married 3111th month Uanuary] 1744/SJOSEPHTllEMBLE. Children of Joseph Tremble and Sarall Churchman: 1. William. Tremble, "son of Joseph Tremble & Sarah his wife was born the 1st day of the 10th month [December] 1745; recorded at East ottingham Monthly Meeting; 66 "William Tremble son of Joseph deceased in Baltimore the 30th of the 5th month [May] 1819 in the 74th year of his age," recorded at East Nottingham Monthly_ Meeting; 67 married Mary McMWlan, daughter of James McMillian. They resided about 1776 in Berkeley County, [West] Virginia.. moving to Fort Boonesboro, Kentucky, in 1779. 68 2. John Tremble, "son of Joseph Tremble & Sarah hi wife was born r.he 16th day of the 12th month (February] 1746," recorded at East Not• tingham Monthly Meedng; 69 died about 1809 near Chillicothe, Ohio; married first 10 12th month [December] 1772 at East ottingham cathcrine Wilson, daughter of Samuel and Catherine of the same place; 70 John Trimble, on of Jo eph and Sa.rah Tremble, deceased married second Rachel Ridgeway, daughter of Richard Ridgway, deceas'd and Charity his wife, both of the County of Frederick in Virginia 10th day 4th month {April] 1788 at their Publick Meeting house.7 1 3. Mary Tremble, "daughter of Joseph Tremble & Sarah hl wife was born the 11th day of the 7th month [September] 1746," recorded at East Nottingham Monthly Meeting.72 x. Wll.LIAM?ClluRCHMAN, born 29 11th month Uanuary] 1720; William Churchman, son of John Churchman decea cd and Hannah of East Nottingham, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania, married ABIGAIL BRO-wN,daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Brown of the same place 8 10th month (December) 1743 at a Public Meeting of Friends at East Nottingham;73 Abigail hurchman, wife of William and daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Kirk) Brown, died 14 2nd month (February] 1796, buried at 65 Births and Deaths, Nottingham Monthly Meeting MR-8176,page 54. 66 East Nottingham Monthly Meeting, 93/203 (Swarthmore MR-Bl 76). 67 East ottingham Monthly Meeting. 9-3/203 (Swarthmore MR-B176). 68 John Farley Trimble, Trimble Fam.{l{es of America (Parsons, W.V.:McClain Printing Company, 1973). 161-62. 69 East ottingham Monthly Meeting, 93/203 (Swarthmore MR-B176). 70 Beard, Nottingham Quakers (note 33), 175, gives certificate with all witnesses. 71 Hopewell Friends History, 1734-1934, Frederick CounJy, Virginia (Baltimore: Genealogical Publi hiQg Company, 1975), 291. There were no Trimble witnesses, but five Rjdgway witnesses. 72 East Nottingham Monthly Meeting, 93/203 (Swarthmore MR-B176). 73 Beard, Nottingham .Quaker.s (note 33), I 40-41. 2006 The Churchman Famtly 335 East ottingham on the 16th, about 9 weeks [sic] before her hu band;7 4 William Churchman wrote his will 26 March 1798, naming children Hannah Gatchel, John, Elijah, Miriam Brown, Dinah, Abigale, Oeboraugh, Thomas, David, and grandchildren. 75 He traveled to England, Ireland, and Holland, and to other Amcrian colonies, visiting with leaders and groups of Friends, as shown by reference throughout the ottingham minutes. Children of William Churchman and Abigail Brown, recorded at Notting~ ham Monthly Meettng. 7 6 1. Hannah 3 Churchman, born 15 10th month [December) 1745; married -?-Gatchell. 2. John 3 Churchman, born 2110th month [December] 1747. 3. Elijah 3 Church.man, born 10 10th month [December] 1749. 4. Miriam 3 Churchman, born 15 8th month [October) 1751; Miriam Brown, Widow of Isaiah Brown and daughter of William and Abigail Churchman, died 13 4th month [April] 1825, buried 14th at Little Britain, in her 74th year. "Isiah" Brown. son of Joshua and Hannah, died 6 8th month (August] 1805 of dysenury.77 5. D1nah3 Churchman, born 14 11th month [ ovember] 1753; Dinah Churchman, daughter of William and Abigail, buried 22 3rd month [March] 1827 at Little Britain in her 74th year. 6. Abigail 3 Churchman, born 12 11th month [January] 1755; Abigail Perry, wife of Rowland Perry and daughter of William and Abigail Churchman, died 28 8th month [October] 1829 in her 74th ye-ar. 7. William 3 Churchman, born 22 11th month [November] 1757; not named in father's 1798 will. 8. Dcborah 3 Churchman, born 20 2nd month (February] 1759. 9. Enoch 3 Churchman, born 2 11th month { ovember] 1762; not name~ in father's 1798 will; Enoch Churchman and Martha orri received marriage license 11 February 1792 in Harford county, Maryland.7 8 10. Th.omas 3 Churchman, born 18 2nd month [February) 1764. 11. David' Churchman, born 15 12th month [December] 1766; son of William and Abigail, died 17 6th month [June] 1850 [sic, 1852?] in the 8th District of Cecil County, Maryland, aged 85 years 6 months, 2 days. 74 Beard, Nottingham Quakers (note 33), 28. 75 Will of William Churchman of East ottingham, probated 7 May 1798, Chester County Wills 10:45-47 (FHL #20,848). 76 Be-ard.,Nottingham Quakers (note 33), 28. 77 Beard, Nottingham Quakers (note 33), 6- 7. 78 Joseph Brown Turner, •Maniagc Licen cs 1 ued in Harford County, Maryland, 1779-1838, Pennsylvania Genealogtca.I Magazine 8(1922): 154.