The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Churchill · ◉ direct ancestor

⚭ Married more than once

♀Mehitable Churchill

Born 1716, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Died 1797, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Mehitable Churchill (5 November 1716 – 25 May 1797) was a woman of Plympton in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Deacon Samuel Churchill, who married James Morton in 1736. She was the fifth great-grandmother of Frederic Roger Curtis (1928–2007), through her son James Morton (1739–1810). She was married four times in all, to James Morton, Barnabas Phinney, James Harlow and William Bonney.

Early life

Mehitable Churchill was born at Plympton on 5 November 1716. The town book enters her birth under the heading “The Children of Samuel Churchill by Johana his Wife”; her parents were Samuel Churchill, a deacon of the Plympton church, and Joanna Bryant (1690–1746).

Marriage and family

On 16 September 1736, at Plympton, she married James Morton, whose birth a genealogy website gives as 13 May 1714 at Plymouth. The town’s record of the marriage calls her “Mehetabel [int. Mehitable of P.], d. Dea. Samuel”, and gives him as “of Plymouth”; it names her father only by his title and first name, and the surname comes from the town book’s birth heading and from a compiled Massachusetts marriage index, which gives her father as Samuel Churchill. Their son James was born at Plympton on 4 April 1739, and the town clerk entered him as “James, ch. James and Mehetabell”. No other children of the couple are known.

A genealogy website gives James Morton’s death as August 1745 at Plympton, when their son was six. Her mother died at Plympton the following April, and her father on 20 April 1751.

Later marriages

On 14 August 1745 at Halifax, she married Barnabas Phinney. Massachusetts marriage indexes record the bride as “Mehitable Morton”, and the Plympton death entry lists Phinney among her husbands. A church record in the Plympton volume gives the baptism of their son Ichabod Phinney on 6 July 1746.

The town book records the marriage of James Harlow and “Mehitibel Phiney” at Plympton on 22 June 1749. Their son Barnabas Harlow was born on 5 November 1750.

A genealogy website gives her marriage to William Bonney at Plympton on 10 February 1759. The town’s death entry calls her the widow of William Bonney, though it gives no date for the marriage.

Later life and death

The town’s death entry records her death at Plympton on 25 May 1797 as that of the widow of William Bonney, formerly the wife of James Harlow, Barnabas Phinney and James Morton, the mother of Barnabas Harlow and the daughter of Deacon Samuel Churchill. It gives her age as 80 years, 6 months and 9 days, New Style, which counts back to 5 November 1716 (Old Style), her birth date to the day.

Notes

Marriage indexes and a Phinney family history both record the 1745 marriage to Barnabas Phinney at Halifax. The 1759 marriage to William Bonney is known from a genealogy website alone, and that date rests on the website.

Family time line

◉ Mehitable Churchill 1716–1797 ⚭
1st spouse◉ James Morton 1714–bef 1745
Married 16 Sep 1736, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Plympton, Massachusetts Bay Colony
◉ James Morton 1739–aft 1810
2nd spouseBarnabas Phinney
Married 14 Aug 1745, Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Halifax, Massachusetts Bay Colony
○ Ichabod Phinney 1746–
3rd spouseJames Harlow
Married 22 Jun 1749, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Plympton, Massachusetts Bay Colony
○ Barnabas Harlow 1750–
4th spouseWilliam Bonney
Married aft 10 Feb 1759, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Plympton, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth 5 Nov 1716 Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America from a compiled source
Death 25 May 1797 Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States on record
17161797 1730174017501760177017801790

Sources

  • Plympton, Massachusetts, town clerk's record book - the Churchill family entries (Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988), pp.516-517 — Birth
  • Geneanet Community Trees Index — Death, name, Marriage (James Morton), Marriage (Barnabas Phinney), Marriage (James Harlow), Marriage (William Bonney)
  • Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1923; archive.org vitalrecordsofpl00plym) — Death, about this person, family with James Morton, Marriage (James Morton), family with Barnabas Phinney, family with James Harlow, Marriage (James Harlow), family with William Bonney
  • Plympton, Massachusetts marriages - Mehitable Churchill and James Morton, 16 Sep 1736 (Mass. Vital Records to 1850, p.286) — about this person, Marriage (James Morton)
  • Plymouth County (Mass.) Probate case 14291 - guardianship of James Morton, minor son of James Morton late of Plympton, 1755 — family with James Morton
  • Vital Records of the Town of Halifax, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1905) (archive.org vitalrecordsofto00hali) — family with Barnabas Phinney, Marriage (Barnabas Phinney)

Borders as they stood about 1715 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

  1. Samuel Churchill 1688–1751
    1. William Churchill 1656–
      1. John Churchill –1662
      2. Hannah Pontus abt 1623–1690
        1. William Pontus –1653
        2. Wybra Hanson
    2. Lydia Bryant 1662–1736
      1. Stephen Bryant abt 1620–
        1. John Bryant 1592–1638
          1. John Bryant 1554–1599
          2. Rose Church 1574–1610
        2. Grace Wayford 1582–1648
          1. George Wayford 1550–
          2. not yet known
      2. Abigail Shaw abt 1624–1694
        1. John Shaw abt 1597–abt 1664 ⚖☘
        2. Alice (surname unknown) –1655
  2. Joanna Bryant 1690–1746
    1. John Bryant 1650–1736
      1. Stephen Bryant abt 1620–
        1. John Bryant 1592–1638
          1. John Bryant 1554–1599
          2. Rose Church 1574–1610
        2. Grace Wayford 1582–1648
          1. George Wayford 1550–
          2. not yet known
      2. Abigail Shaw abt 1624–1694
        1. John Shaw abt 1597–abt 1664 ⚖☘
        2. Alice (surname unknown) –1655
    2. Sarah Bonum 1653–1742
      1. George Bonum –1704
      2. Sarah Morton abt 1620–
        1. George Morton abt 1587–1624 ⚓
        2. Juliana Carpenter abt 1583–1664
          1. Alexander Carpenter
          2. Priscilla (surname unknown) 1560–1653

Descendants

  1. James Morton 1739–aft 1810
    1. Josiah Morton 1767–1842
      1. Lucy Morton 1798–
      2. Josiah Morton 1802–1883
        1. William H Morton 1829–1863
        2. George Edward Morton 1838–1916
        3. Lydia Ann Morton 1847–
      3. Levi S. Morton 1807–1894
        1. Ellen Morton 1830–1893
        2. Sophronia Morton 1832–1892
        3. Emily Morton 1835–1912
        4. Elizabeth Morton 1840–1889
    2. Mary Morton 1768–1816
      1. John Curtis 1792–1792 ✧
      2. Waterman Curtis 1793–1859
        1. Thomas Day Curtis 1824–1896 ☘⚭
        2. Almira Curtis abt 1826–
        3. Jerusha Curtis 1828–1900
        4. Maria Curtis abt 1831–
        5. Jeremiah Curtis 1833–1856
        6. Lauren Curtis 1835–1865
        7. Alfred Curtis 1839–
        8. Junia Curtis abt 1841–1912 ☘
      3. Junia Curtis 1795–1809 ✧
      4. Truman Curtis 1804–1885 ⚭
        1. Sylvia Ann Curtis abt 1826–1893
        2. Lawren T. Curtis 1832–1905
        3. Sophia Curtis 1840–1918
        4. Melissa A. Curtis 1845–1911
        5. George L. Curtis 1852–1935
        6. Charles Curtis abt 1857–
        7. Albert Curtis abt 1859–
        8. Ella M. Curtis 1861–1902
        9. John L. Curtis 1867–1953
      5. Electa Curtis 1811–1888
        1. Leander Berry 1832–1919
        2. Justus Berry 1833–1914
        3. Truman C. Berry 1835–1914
        4. Mary E. Berry abt 1838–
        5. Lester A. Berry 1840–1913
        6. Olive Berry abt 1842–
        7. Edgar Leroy Berry 1843–1929
        8. Arthur Berry 1846–1918
        9. Dalesky Berry 1848–1907
        10. Herbert W. Berry 1856–1883
    3. Mehitabel Morton 1774–1846
      1. Sally Stanton 1794–1865
        1. Harriet Delia Coates 1815–1911
        2. Elizabeth Coates 1824–1901
        3. Mary Coates 1826–
        4. David F. Coates 1828–1860
        5. Amasiah Coates 1830–1910
        6. Russell W. Coates 1833–1913
        7. James Coates 1838–1909
      2. Amos Stanton 1796–1883
        1. Nelson Robert Stanton 1821–1883
        2. Luther Warren Stanton 1823–1842
        3. Stephen Leroy Stanton 1825–1909
        4. Lewis B. Stanton 1827–1907
        5. Deborah Emeline Stanton 1829–1911
        6. Edward E Stanton 1832–1891
        7. Adelia Harriet Stanton 1834–1917
        8. Johnson Eliphelet Stanton 1837–
        9. Luther Myron Stanton 1841–1908
      3. Lucinda Stanton 1800–1868
        1. Lucinda A Belden 1821–
        2. Marcelia Belden 1827–
        3. Jason I Belden 1833–
        4. Daniel I Belden 1838–
        5. Mary E Belden 1844–
      4. Warren Stanton 1802–1874
        1. Nancy Stanton abt 1828–1897
        2. Augusta Stanton abt 1832–1911
        3. Lewis W Stanton 1835–1880
        4. James Stanton 1837–1899
        5. George Henry Stanton 1841–1905 ⚭
        6. Luther Stanton 1844–1912
        7. Almira Stanton abt 1848–1911
        8. Emily Amelia Stanton 1851–1908
      5. Eunice Stanton 1804–1877
        1. Eliza French 1823–
        2. Asher D French 1827–1884
        3. Marthia A. French 1829–1855
        4. Calvin W. French 1832–1920
        5. Erastus D. French –1851
      6. Belinda Stanton 1806–1885
        1. Emily C Pierce 1830–
        2. Duane L. Pierce 1833–1923 ⚭
        3. Margaret Memory Pierce 1836–
      7. Robert Stanton 1808–1865
        1. Daniel Stanton 1831–
        2. Martha A Stanton 1834–
        3. Sarah Stanton abt 1836–
        4. Porter Stanton abt 1842–
      8. Laura Stanton 1810–1872
        1. Cyrus V Lewis 1832–1914
        2. Sidney W Lewis 1834–1872
        3. Charity L Lewis 1836–1923
        4. Harriet E Lewis 1838–1903
        5. James S Lewis 1840–1909
        6. Alfred Romaine Lewis 1843–1918
        7. Adaline Delta Lewis 1846–1914
        8. Caroline J Lewis 1848–1883
        9. Franklin M Lewis 1852–1895
      9. Eliza Stanton 1814–1814 ✧
      10. Lovina Stanton 1817–1877
        1. James DeVer Clark 1845–1908
        2. Emily E Clark 1847–1889
        3. Harriet Prudence Clark 1850–1927
        4. Minerva Clark –1875
    4. Abigil Morton 1780–
      1. Quartus Angell 1800–1842
      2. Stephen Angell 1802–1884
        1. Edwin A. Angell 1837–1893
        2. Albert W. Angell 1842–1868
      3. Ira Angell 1803–1885
        1. Martha A Angell 1838–
      4. Laura Angell 1805–1807 ✧
      5. Diadema Angell 1806–1831
      6. Jedediah Angell 1807–1809 ✧
      7. Laura Angell 1810–1854
        1. Newton Damon 1838–1897
        2. Mary A Damon 1839–1861
        3. James H Damon 1842–1914
        4. Hannah F Damon 1843–1930
        5. Martha E Damon 1846–1859 ✧
        6. Emily E Damon 1847–1861 ✧
        7. Henry Stephen Damon 1848–1927
        8. Levi A Damon 1850–1905
        9. Susan M Damon 1852–1853 ✧
      8. Mary H. Angell 1812–1867
      9. James Morton Angell 1817–1896 ⚭
        1. Martha A Angell 1848–1850 ✧
        2. Francis Morton Angell 1850–1869
        3. Charles Willet Angell 1851–1852 ✧
        4. Jennie A Angell 1861–1893
      10. Henry A. Angell 1818–1889
        1. Alonzo Henry Angell 1849–1905
        2. Alma F. Angell 1850–1922
        3. Sarah Angell 1854–
        4. Laura Angell 1855–
        5. Lillian Angell 1859–
        6. Carrie Angell 1863–
        7. Freddie Angell 1866–
        8. Scott L. Angell 1867–
      11. Minerva Abigail Angell 1820–1871
        1. Henry Augustus Weeks 1840–1915 ⚭
        2. Susan Armenia Weeks 1842–
        3. Laura Weeks 1843–
        4. Alice D Weeks 1849–
        5. Eliza Ann Weeks 1851–1936
        6. Lewis A. Weeks 1857–1931
        7. Lucy Weeks 1857–1858 ✧
        8. Louisa Weeks
      12. Levi Angell 1823–1912
        1. Mary A. Angell 1853–1940
        2. Willard L. Angell 1856–1943
        3. Hartwell Ira Angell 1857–1928
        4. Martha A. Angell 1859–1877
        5. Channing Levi Angell 1863–1907
        6. Newell Levi Angell 1865–1943
        7. Nellie F. Angell 1870–1940
    5. James Morton 1782–
    6. Jonathan Holmes Morton 1790–
      1. Arvilla Morton 1814–1900
        1. Arvilla Coonrod 1840–
        2. Nathan Jonathan Coonrod 1842–1918
      2. Sarah Morton 1815–1898
        1. Hannah M Rowley 1837–
        2. Harriet Jane Rowley 1841–1881
        3. Christiana Adelaide Rowley 1848–
        4. Sally A. Rowley 1850–
        5. Rosepha E Rowley 1851–1910
      3. Jonathan Holmes Morton 1817–1897
        1. Alvira Theodotia Morton 1838–1919
        2. Leander Holmes Morton 1840–1920
        3. Charles Spencer Morton 1841–1864
        4. Mary Mehetable Morton 1842–1906
        5. John Ames Morton 1843–1923
        6. Sarah Christiana Morton 1846–1923
        7. William Deloss Morton 1847–1932
        8. Alice Lovina Morton 1848–1940
        9. Emma Arvilla Morton 1851–1928
        10. George Washington Morton 1853–1939
        11. Evangeline Diantha Morton 1854–1935
        12. Baby Boy Morton 1856–1856 ✧
        13. Ida Ann Morton 1858–1927
        14. Warren Wesley Morton 1861–1931
      4. Charles S Morton 1820–1902
        1. John Tracy Morton 1842–1865
        2. Eliphalet Morton 1845–1906
        3. Charles Henry Morton 1850–1928
        4. Lydia Adelaide Morton 1851–1932
        5. Emma Lovina Morton 1861–1940
      5. Mary Christiana Morton 1822–1889
        1. Charles G Newton 1847–1890
        2. Adelbert D Newton 1850–1891
        3. Selden David Newton 1856–1928
        4. Mary Arvilla Newton 1860–1889
      6. William Leslie Morton 1825–1904
        1. William C Morton 1847–1897
        2. Cecilia Morton 1851–
        3. Emma Josephine Morton 1851–1901
      7. Betsy Ann Morton 1827–1877
        1. Charles C Moody 1852–
        2. John Moody 1854–
        3. Dwight Moody 1858–
        4. Morton Frink 1867–1928
      8. Lovina A Morton 1829–1874
        1. Mary Roselie Potter 1850–1922
        2. Martha Potter 1854–1932
        3. Alice L Potter 1856–
        4. Esther E. Knowles 1862–1939
        5. Minnie A. Knowles 1866–1920
  2. Ichabod Phinney 1746–
  3. Barnabas Harlow 1750–