Dinah Churchman

Notes: Dinah married Mercer Brown, Sr., son of William Brown and Anne Mercer (See Notes for John Churchman). Mercer Brown had 6 children by a previous marriage to Jane Richards. These children were Catherine, Hannah, Mercer Jr., Jane, Mary, and Ann. Mercer, Jr. later married and built a house near the center of his father's property that still stands near Calvert, Maryland. Click here for pictures of the Mercer Brown house.

After Mercer Browne's death, Dinah married Mordecai James.

Mordecai James's first wife was Gainor Lloyd. Gainor was born February 5, 1705 and died on September 3, 1728, only 18 months after they were married. Mordecai and Gainor had only one child, Hannah James. (Hannah also married into the Churchman family -- see George Churchman). Mordecai married Dinah on September 4, 1736. Their "residence was four miles south of Oxford and 2 miles northwest from Churchman Mansion near the head of the Dam belonging to the Mill of the Cate D. Stubbs." Mordecai and Dinah were married for 30 years before she died in 1766. Mordecai married a third time to Susanna Passmore on December 31, 1767. Mordecai "was a man of good understanding, useful in Meetings, and in the neighborhood". He "died in a quiet resigned state of mind after three days of severe illness with Colic".

Father: John Churchman, b. ca. 1665 in Saffron-Walden, England

Mother: Hannah Seary (Cerie), b. ca. 1676 in Oxford, England

Family 1: Mercer Brown(e), b. December 27, 1685 in Nottingham, Chester County, PA -- d. 1733

Family 2: Mordecia James, b. December 6, 1705 in Welch Colony of Josheu, PA. -- d. December 15, 1776 in East Nottingham

Sources:

Marshall Genealogy Page by John Marshall
Brown Family Page
Research by Velma Churchman
"Descendants of Sarah Lloyd and Gainor Lloyd" by John J. Parker, The Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, PA.
Pictures contributed by Everett and Anna Churchman

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