William Churchman

William and Abigail Churchman's house Built in 1763 near Oxford,PA in the countryside near PA/MD border

Side view of Wm. Churchman's home

Current interior of house prev. owned by William and Abigail

• Sex: M
• Born: January 29, 1721 in Nottingham, Pennsylvania
• Died: April,1798 in Nottingham, Pennsylvania
• Buried: In the Brick Meeting House graveyard, Friends Graveyard, at East Nottingham, Pennsylvania
• Notes: In the 1790 Census of Head of Household for Chester County, Pennsylvania, William and his son, John (b. 1748), were both listed as heads of household. Abigail Brown is the daughter of Daniel Brown and Elizabeth Kirk.
  
  Today, the Brick Meeting House is in the vicinity of Calvert, Maryland. A traveler going north towards Chrome, Pennsylvania from Calvert, Maryland will drive about two miles through the share of Nottingham Lots owned by John Churchman (b. 1665). There are two houses built by John's sons that are still standing. One of them was built by William in 1763. The keystone in the peak of William's home has etched in it:
  A flower, a capital "C", letters "W&A", date 1763
  "C" is for Churchman family, "W" is for William, "A" is for Abigail, and date 1763 is date built.

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

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

Family 1: Abigail Brown, b. 1724 -- d. February 14, 1798 -- buried at East Nottingham, PA -- daughter of Daniel Brown and Elizabeth Kirk

• Married: December 8, 1743 in E. Nottingham Meeting, Cecil County, MD

1. Hannah Churchman, b. October 15, 1745
2. John Churchman, b. December 21, 1747
3. Elijah Churchman, b. October 10, 1749
4. William C. Churchman, b. March 22, 1751
5. Dinah Churchman, b. November 14, 1753 -- d. March 22, 1827 in Little Britain
6. Thomas Churchman, b. February 18, 1755
7. Miriam Churchman, b. August 15, 1757
8. Deborah Churchman, b. February 20, 1759
9. Enoch Churchman, b. November 2, 1762
10. Abigail Churchman, b. November 12, 1764 -- d. August 28, 1829
11. David Churchman, b. February 15, 1766 -- d. June 17, 1850 in the 8th District of Cecil County, MD

Sources:

1. Family History Library Catalog by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( in the Knoxville Library in Knoxville, Tennessee)
2. Broderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #0680, Date of Import: 3/12/1998
3. Marshall Genealogy Page by John Marshall
4. "Churchmans of Kentucky" by Charles R. Churchman.
5. Pictures contributed by Everett and Anna Churchman