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in Wethersfield. John Belden was the
father of Josiah Belden.
Captain Samuel Churchill, third son of
Captain Charles and Lydia (Belden)
Churchill, was born April 15, 1757, in
Newington Parish, baptized the next day,
was a farmer, living opposite his father,
was a man of great piety, and died December
10, 1834. He married, July 16,
1778, Mercy Boardman, born August 2,
1757, in Rocky Hill, died January 24,
1834, daughter of Jonathan and Martha
(Cole) Boardman. Jonathan Boardman
was a soldier of the French War, descended
from Samuel Boardman, who
was baptized August 20, 1615, in Ban-
bury, Oxfordshire, England, was in Ips-
wich, Massachusetts, in 1639, and settled
at Wethersfield in 1641. He married
Mary Betts, daughter of John and Mary
Betts, of Claydon, Oxfordshire. He was
descended from William Boreman, of
Banbury, born 1525, father of Thomas
Boreman, of Claydon, born 1546, died
1579, whose son, Thomas Boreman, married,
in 1580, Dorothy Gregory. Their
son, Christopher Boardman, was born
1581, died 1640, married Julia, daughter of
Felix Carter, and they were the parents
of Samuel Boardman, the pioneer of
Wethersfield. His son, Jonathan Boardman,
born February 4, 1660, was a prom-
inent citizen of Wethersfield, married,
October 22, 1685, Mercy, daughter of
John and Mary (Merriam) Hubbard, of
Hatfield, Massachusetts, granddaughter
of George Hubbard, early in Wethersfield.
Mercy Hubbard was born February
23, 1664. Her son, Jonathan Boardman,
born May 16, 1697, in Wethersfield, was
deacon of the church, lieutenant of the
militia, married, June 30, 1725, Mabel
Holmes, who was born May 24, 1693, died
November 15, 1741, daughter of Jonas
and Sarah Holmes, of Wethersfield.
Cheslieu Churchill, son of Captain
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Samuel Churchill, was born December 4,
1779, baptized on the 17th in Newington,
where he passed his life, and died July 9,
1857. He married, March 31, 1806, Ce-
linda Hurlburt, of Portland, Connecticut,
who was born January 12, 1786, and died
November 27, 1863.
Their youngest child, Samuel Seymour
Churchill, was born February 28. 1825,
on the home farm in Newington, where
he was a farmer, and died April 2, 1900.
He married, November 11, 1846, Louisa
Hunt, of Vernon, Connecticut, who died
September 19, 1894.
George Edward Churchill, son of Samuel
Seymour and Louisa (Hunt) Church-
ill was born December 11, 1858, on the
farm where he now resides, in the same
house where his father was born, and on the
same farm which was tilled by his father.
In boyhood he attended the public schools
of Newington, and also pursued his stud-
ies at home, having been born with a
thirst for knowledge and having ambition
to improve his mind. From 1880 to 1884
he taught school in the old Bell School
House in Newington, which was burned
in 1888. Since 1884 Mr. Churchill has
devoted his time to agriculture and to the
public service. Since his father's death
he has occupied the paternal homestead,
on which he erected his present residence
and various modern farm buildings. He
is an active member of the Congregational
church of Newington, and has been
for some time president of the Christian
Endeavor Society connected therewith.
He is a man of the highest character, of
genial nature, and friendly manners, and
enjoys the esteem and friendship of all
his contemporaries. He is the friend of
good government, acts with the Republi-
can party, and has been chosen to fill
various offices of trust and responsibility.
For some time he served as a member of
the School Board, Board of Visitors, as