in 1707; and Joanna, born in 1710, who mar-
ried Joshua Drew.
(V) Thomas Kempton, son of Ephraim (4),
of Plymouth and Dartmouth, married in 1730'
Esther Troop, of Bristol, R. I., and had chil-
dren born as follows: Esther, 1736; Thomas,
1740; Hepsibah, 1743; Ephraim, 1746; Mary,
1750; David, 1753; and Jonathan, 1754.
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(VI) Ephraim Kempton, son of Thomas,
bora Jan. 26, 1745-46, died Jan. 25, 1803. He
married May 8, 1774, Elizabeth Tupper, who
died Nov. 29, 1848, aged ninety-five. Their
children were: Lydia, born in June, 1774,
married May 26, 1795, Peter Foster; Mary,
born in 1777, married Oct. 13, 1805, Paul
Kempton; David, born in 1779, married Dec.
22, 1805, Joanna Maxfield ; Thomas, Esq., born
in 1783, married Feb. 27, 1819, Mary Taber,
and died Dec. 5, 1826; Ephraim, born in 1789,
is mentioned below; Elizabeth, born in 1794,
married Oct. 17, 1813, Alanson Gooding.
(VII) David Kempton, son of Ephraim,
born in 1779, died Aug. 30, 1830. On Dec. 22,
1805, he married Joanna Maxheld, who died
Aug. 26, 1826. Their children were: Fred-
erick, David Batchelder, Susanna (Mrs. Lind-
sey), Ephraim, Elizabeth, Emily, Eoland F.,
Louisa and Rodolphus.
(VIII) David Batcheldek Kempton was
a native of New Bedford, born April 25, 1818,
son of David and Joanna (Maxfield) Kemp-
ton, and a direct descendant of Ephraim
Kempton, of Plymouth, the first American an-
cestor of the family. He attended the schools
of his native town until he reached the age of
twelve years, at which time, his parents having
died, he went to live with his father's brother,
J']phraim Kempton, and learned from him the
house carpenter's trade. He remained with
Kim from that time until he attained his ma-
jority, after which he worked at his trade for
twelve years, ten years of this time doing busi-
ness on his own account. Then he became an
agent or managing ownfr of whaling vessels,
and continued in that business until 1877, a
period of more than a quarter of a century.
That year he visited the countries of the Old
World, traveling extensively over Europe as
far east as Constantinople, and also visiting
the Holy Land. Previously he was connected
with the New Bedford Flour Mill as director
and president, until the destruction of the mill
by fire, Sept. 13, 1870. He became president
of the Pope's Island Manufacturing Corpora-
tion, a director of the Citizens' National Bank,
a director of the New Bedford Gas and Edison
Light Company, and active in other business
ventures. He served his city in various posi-
tions long and well. He was a member of the
city council m 1864-65-66, and the latter year,
at "the beginning of the construction of the New
Bedford waterworks, was elected to the water
board, with William W. Crapo and Warren
Ladd as associate members. In this capacity
he ser\'ed for about two years and was still a
member of the board at the time of his death.
He was warden of Ward Five, New Bedford,
in 1875-76-77. In 1888 and 1890 he repre-
sented the city in the Legislature.
In 1842 Mr. Kempton was married (first)
to Sarah Bates Lindsey, daughter of the late
Benjamin Lindsey, Sr., editor of the New Bed-
ford Mercury, and by her had one son, Francis
H., of Providence. In 1879 David B. Kemp-
ton married (second) Susan H. Jennings,
daughter of Dr. J. H. Jennings. His resi-
dence, built in 1882, on the corner of County
and North streets. New Bedford, is on the spot
where he was born, and which has been occu-
pied by the Kemptons for a period of more
than two hundred and forty years. The land
was originally bought of the Indians, as ap-
pears by a deed dated New Plymouth, Nov. 29,
1652, when the whole township of Dartmouth
was sold by Wesamequen and his son Wamsutta
to John Cook and others. It was bought in
"34 whole parts and no more," in the language
of tlie deed; and parts of this property in Mr.
Ivemptcm's postession had up to 1899 never
been deeded. David Batchelder Kempton died
Maixli 4, 1899. He attended the Unitarian
Churfh, and gave liberally toward its support.
Fraternally he was a 32nd-degree Mason.
(VII) Ephraim Kempton, son of Ephraim
and Elizabeth (Tupper) Kempton, born in
1789, died Aug. 19, 1863. He married (first)
Aug. 25, 1811, Mary Hillman, and (second)
July 3, 1845, Elizabeth S. Shulor, daughter
of Welcome M. Chase, of Amsterdam, N. Y.
His children were: Horatio A., born June 27,
1812; and Mary H., born June 30, 1823.
(VIII) Horatio A. Kempton, son of
Ephraim, bom June 27, 1813, died Nov. 2,
1885. On Sept. 21, 1841, he married Caroline
Newhall Thornton, born in Leicester, Mass.,
July 15, 1814, and died Sept. 11, 1862. Their
children were : Clara Earle, born Nov. 27,
1844, married 29th day, 10th month, 1873,
Peleg C. Howland, and died 15th day, 8th
month, 1879; Mary, born March 27, 1848,
died Aug. 29, 1851 ; Elizabeth Thornton, bom
Nov. 1, 1850, married 16th day, lltb month,
1882, Peleg C. Howland, and "died March 7,
1896; and Jane Delano, born Jan. 3, 1854,
died Feb. 12, 1868.
MORSE. The surname Morse is that of an
old English family occurring as early as 1368,
in the time of Edward III., during whose reign
Hugho de, Mors undertook a journey to France
during a truce with that country and the cap-
tivity of her king. The name is found still
earlier in Germany.
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One Eobert Morse, of Stoke next Nayland,
England, made his will Oct. 9, 1552. It was
proved at Bury St. Edmunds Sept. 15, 1553,
bequeathing to wife Agnes and children as fol-
lows : John, the eldest, Thomas, Richard, John,
the younger (two sons of the same name),
Alice, Jane, Margaret and Katherine.
Richard Morse, son presumably of Robert
Morse, and the Richard who was a minor at
the time of his father's death in 1553, married
Eeb. 15, 1586, Margaret Symson, at Dedham,
England. They had a son Samuel.
(I) Samuel Morse, son of Richard Morse,
baptized July 15, 1587, at Dedham, England,
married in England, his wife's name being
Elizabeth. He sailed from England April 15,
1635, in the ship. "Increase." He went to
Dedham, Mass., with the first settlers and his
name was third on the list of signers to the
Dedham compact ; his sons Daniel, Joseph and
John also signed. He was collector of ta.xes
in 1636, member of the first board of selectmen,
and one of the organizers of the first church.
His house was burned by the Indians Feb. 2,
1675. He was admitted a freeman Oct. 8, 1640,
and later removed to the adjoining town of
Medfield, where his descendants have been
among the most prominent citizens. He died
in Dedham April 5, 1654. Mrs. Morse, who
was forty-eight years old when she came to this
country with her husband and children, died
June 20, 1655. Children, born in England:
John, born in 1611; Daniel, born in 1613; Jo-
seph, born about 1615 ; Abigail, married to
Daniel Fisher, of Dedham; Mary, married to
Samuel Bullen ; Jeremiah, who went east, per-
haps to England ; Samuel, who lived in Ded-
ham and who married Mary Bullen.
(II) John Morse, son of Samuel and Eliza-
beth Morse, born in 1611, in England, came
to this country after his parents, and was ad-
mitted a proprietor of Dedham and had a lot
assigned to him in 1637. He became a church
member in 1640. On Aug. 18, 1636, he had a
house lot of two acres granted him, and twelve
acres more from his father. This land he sold
Nov. 27, 1654, and removed to Boston, where
he followed the tailor's trade. He married
Agnas or Agnes Chickering, who died in Sep-
tember, 1691. He died Nov. 16, 1657. His
will, dated Dec. 18. 1655, was proved June 18,
1658. Children: Ruth, born June 3, 1637,
married (first) Joseph Ellis and (second)
on March 3, 1675, John Brackett; John
born June 8, 1639, married Elizabeth Bosworth
and settled in Boston ; Samuel, baptized March
5, 1640, died young; Rachel (twin), baptized
March 5, 1640, died young; Joseph was born
Feb. 3, 1640-41; Ezra was born Feb. 5, 1643;
Abigail, born March 2, 1646, married (first)
Israel Everett and (second) William Jones;
Ephraim was born July 19, 1648; Bethiah,
born March 28, 1651, married Capt. Timothy
Dwight, of Dedham; Nathaniel was born May
2, 1653.
(Ill) Joseph Morse, son of John and Agnas
or Agnes (Chickering) Morse, born Feb. 3,
1640-41, married Nov. 12, 1668, Priscilla Col-
burne (or Colburn), and settled in Medfield,
Mass., near what was called "Death's Bridge,"
where he built a house in the time of King
Philip's \far. He died in 1689.
• (IV) Rev. Joseph Morse (8), son of Joseph
and Priscilla (Colburne) Morse, born May 25,
1671, in Medfield, Mass., married Amity Har-
ris, by whom he had six children. Mr. Morse
was graduated from Harvard College in 1695.
After leaving college he went to Providence,
R. I., and while there engaged in teaching
school he met and married Miss Harris. In
1701 he went to Watertown Precinct, where he
also taught school, and gathered a congrega-
tion, who built him a meetinghouse ; and on
July 6, 1702, a call was extended to him to
settle over th'em. He continued his services
with that people until 1706. In January, 1707,
he went to the new village of Canton, where
he preached for a decade and more. He was
ordained as pastor of the church in Dorchester
village in October, 1717. A disaffection be-
tween Rev. Mr. Morse and the church arose and
about 1727 he was dismissed, but remained a
member of the church until the time of his
death, Nov. 29, 1732. "Dec. 1, 1733.— This
day was interred the Rev. Mr. Joseph Morse, a
member of this church, and first pastor of this
church."
(V) Henry Morse, son of Rev. Joseph and
Amity (Harris) Morse, married in Stoughton,
Mass., Abigail Clapp, and they had six chil-
dren, among them Asa, born Nov. 7, 1752.
(VI) Asa Morse, son of Henry and Abigail
(Clapp) Morse, horn Nov. 7. 1752, in Canton,
Mass., married Hannah Griggs, of Roxbury.
He was a resident of Canton, Mass., in 1778.
They had seven children, among them a son
James.
(VII) James Morse, son of Asa and Hannah
(Griggs) Morse, was a hatter by trade and
occupation ; he lived in Dedham, Mass. He
was musically inclined, interested in military
affairs, and at one time was clerk of a local
military company. He married Lucy Whiting.
(VIII) Edward J. W. Morse, son of James
and Lucy (Whiting) Morse, was born April 10,
1809, in Dedham, Mass. He received a com-
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939
mon school education, and conditions putting
him early in the way of caring for himself
from a lad he worked in cotton mills in Ded-
ham and Mansfield, Mass., as mule spinner;
and through his attentive industry, through
the force of a strong individuality and a laud-
ahle ambition, he rose to high financial stand-
ing and to fortune. He went to Easton, Mass.,
-about 1828, to take charge of a cotton cloth
factory as agent and manager, though then but
nineteen years of age. About the year 1833
lie began the manufacture of cotton thread as
a member of the firm E. J. W. Morse & Co.
Mr. Morse ever afterward made his home in
Easton. It is of interest to note that at the
time of his death he was connected with busi-
ness in the same building in which he com-
menced his labors. This business, too, con-
tinued in the family name up to 1900, when
it was sold, it succeeding to sons and grand-
sons. Edward N. Morse, son of the founder
•of the business, succeeded the father. The
•elder Morse established his business in eight
other places, and he himself was a general part-
ner in each manufactory, six of these being in
Easton, one in Kingston, Mass., and one in
Milford, New Hampshire.
Mr. Morse needs no eulogy; one has only to
read between the lines of this brief sketch to
judge of the man. The building up of the
enormous business just outlined in a little more
than a score of years indicates something of his
energy, activity, capacity and ability. He was
uniformly successful in his undertakings. He
lived to be but fifty-six years of age, yet so well
had he wrought that at the close of life he was
the largest land owner in Easton.
In his religious faith he was a Congrega-
tionalist, having united with that denomination
when seventeen years of age and continued in
fellowship to the end of his life. A Whig and
Republican in his political affiliation, he took
BO active part in politics, leaving to those who
cared for them the emoluments and honors of
official place. He had decided musical tastes.
When but eighteen he was a member of the
Medfield brass band, was leader of the church
choir of Easton for years, bought for the church
its first organ, and was its organist, and he
retained the same position when the larger one
was introduced.
While positive in his own convictions Mr.
Morse was very considerate of the opinions of
others, did much to mold public opinion, and
had many warm and stanch friends. He was
liberal to all good objects, social and full of
humor in his associations with others, but while
very aSable and courteous was a man of prompt
decision and resolute character. He could and
would say "no" to all plans or schemes of which
his judgment did not approve.
On May 17, 1830, Mr. Morse married Eliza
Copeland, who was born at Warren, Maine,
Aug. 25, 1805, daughter of Daniel and Cather-
ine (Storer) Newcomb, of Mansfield, Mass., he
a direct descendant of Francis Newcomb, an
Englishman who came to New England in
April, 1635, then aged thirty years, with his
wife Rachel, aged twenty, and their two chil-
dren, and lived in Boston some three years,
when he settled in what was later Braintree,
Mass., that part now Quincy ; from whom his
descent is through Peter, Jonathan, Jonathan
(2) and Jonathan (3). Shortly after her mar-
riage — she going to Easton on her wedding
day — Mrs. Morse united with the Congrega-
tional Church there, with which she was in
communion for many years, until her death,
April 9, 1883, at the advanced age of seventy-
seven years. Two children blessed this mar-
riage : Edward N. and Caroline E. The daugh-
ter, born July 7, 1834, died Oct. 24, 1856.
Edward J. W. Morse died at Saratoga, N.
Y., Aug. 17, 1865, and is buried in South
Easton cemetery.
(IX) Edwaed Newcomb Morse, son of Ed-
ward J. W. and Eliza Copeland (Newcomb)
Morse, was born Oct. 12, 1831. He succeeded
his father in manufacturing. He married Oct.
4, 1854, Hannah Alice Bryant, born Jan. 18,
1833, daughter of Deacon John and Elizabeth
(Bassett) Bryant, of New Bedford, Mass., and
they had the following children : Caroline Alice,
born in Easton Oct. 24, 1856, who became the
wife of Abner J. Tower, of Boston ; Edward
John Whiting, born Oct. 5, 1858, who died
Jan. 2, 1907; Gertrude Bassett, born Oct. 5,
1858 (twin), who married Eugene C. Belcher,
of Newtonville, Mass. ; Alfred Bryant, born
Dec. 29, 1861 ; Grace Newcomb, born July 2,
1867. who died Aug. 27, 1868; Justin Neu-
hert, born March 9, 1869 ; and Florence Wini-
fred, born Jan. 27, 1876, wife of J. Cheney
Wells, of Southbridge, Massachusetts.
Mr. Morse died Dec. 23, 1889, aged fifty-
eight years; his wife died Dec. 14, 1883, aged
fifty years.
(X) Alfred Bryant Morse, son of Edward
Newcomb and Hannah Alice (Bryant) Morse,
was born in Easton, Mass., Dec. 29. 1861. He
was educated principally in the public schools
of Easton, finishing at a private Latin school
on Charles street, Boston. He succeeded to
this business of his father and grandfather in
the manufacture of cotton thread, continuing
same up to 1900, when he sold out to the thread
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trust, and he has since been engaged in the Samuel and Esther, was born Feb. 8, 1680, and
manufacture of automobiles and textile ma- died July 24, 1761.
chinery, having extensive plants for the pur- (IV) Deacon Thomas Man, son of Theodore
pose at South Easton. Altogether, he has and Abigail, was born Oct. 11, 1721, and died
taken out eighty patents on automobile, textile March 19, 1807. He and his wife Mary, who
and electric machinery, etc. died Oct. 29, 1812, had children born as fol-
Mr. Morse married June 4, 1885, Julia Alice, lows: Hannah, Oct. 16, 1746; Ariel, June 20,
daughter of Jacob Brownell and Julia Eansted 1748 (died Jan. 4, 1777) ; Moses, Feb. 18,
(Palmer) Mann, of Stoughton and Easton, 1749-50; Aaron, Jan. 31, 1752 (N. S.) ; Jacob,
Mass., and they have three children: Dorris March 12, 1754; David, Feb. 6, 1756; Eunice,
Brownell, born March 8, 1891; Neubert Bas- Oct. 12, 1758; Lois, July 6, 1760 (died 1812);
sett, born Aug. 7, 1896; and Alice Lucile, born Mary, March 18, 1764 (died May 3, 1764).
Feb. 24, 1898. (V) Jacob Man, son of Thomas and Mary,
(X) Justin Neubert MoKSE, son of Edward died March 4, 1825. He married Mary
Newcomb and Hannah Alice (Bryant) Morse, Brownell, daughter of Jonathan and Patience
was born in Easton March 9, 1869. He was Brownell, and she died Sept. 3, 1831. They
educated in the public schools of his native had three children: (1) Nancy, born Sept.
town, at Berkley School, Boston, and Harvard 26, 1782, died Feb. 28, 1815. She married
College. He began his business career in the Isaac Hall, and they had children as follows:
cotton thread manufacturing business with his Isaac, born Oct. 6, 1805 ; Oliver Wendall, born
brothers E. J. W. and A. B. Morse, at South Jan. 2, 1807; Mary Ann, born Aug. 28, 1808;
Easton, in 1891, continuing thus until 1900, Nancy Man, born May 19, 1812, who died July
and has since been connected with the Rich- 29, 1829; a son, born Jan. 31, 1814, who died
mend Lace Works, Easton Machine Company Feb. 1, 1814; and a daughter, born Feb. 25^
and other concerns, in which he holds the posi- 1815, who died the same day. (2) Adonlram
tion of treasurer. His first marriage, on June Judson is mentioned below. (3) Brownell,
12, 1901, was to Herberta Whipple-Gunton, born Sept. 24, 1787, died Oct. 6, 1810.
daughter of Edward and Amelia (Austin) (VI) Adoniram Judson Man, son of Jacob
Whipple, of Cambridge, N. Y. By her he had and Mary, was born Dec. 20, 1784, and died
one daughter, Herberta Austin. Mrs. Morse Sept. 30, 1831. He and his wife Lydia, who
died in 1902, and he married (second) Olive died Oct. 4, 1827, had children as follows:
M., daughter of Charles H. and Sarah (Wood) Angeline, born March 31, 1811; Lydia Ann,
Mandeville, of Rochester, N. Y. Mr. Morse is born Dec. 7, 1812, who died Sept. 19, 1813;
a member of the Boston Art Club, Massachu- Julia Ann, born Aug. 4, 1814; Lucy Maria
setts Automobile Club, Corinthian Yacht Club and Jacob Brownell, twins, born July 5, 1817;
and Eeybiirn Country Club. Politically he is a Lemuel Shephard, born May 17, 1819, who
Republican. married Lucy Hastings, and had one son,
(X) Gertrude Bassett Morse, daughter of Charles Shephard, born Feb. 2, 1847; and
Edward N. and Hannah A. (Bryant) Morse, Lydia Newell, born Sept. 9, 1820.
was born in Easton Oct. 5, 1858, and married (VII) Jacob Brownell Mann, son of Adon-
June 4, 1885, Eugene C. Belcher, son of James iram Judson, was the father of Mrs. Alfred
Monroe and Angeline (Sylvester) Belcher, of Bryant Morse. A native of Wrentham, Mass.,
Easton, a direct descendant of Jeremiah Bel- born July 5, 1817, he was for a number of
cher, of Ipswich, Mass., in 1634. Mr. and Mrs. years engaged in the manufacture of boot and
Belcher have three children, Gregory, Clifford shoe tools in Stoughton and later in Brockton
and Dorothy. They have resided in Newton- and Easton. He died in South Easton Nov.
ville, Mass., since 1895. Mr. Belcher has been 14^ 1901. He married Julia Ransted Palmer,
a member of the publishing house of Dana, who was born May 18, 1822, daughter of Moses
Estes & Co., Boston, since 1872. Palmer (born Feb. 16, 1800, died Nov. 3, 1846)
and his wife Sally Jaquith (born Sept. 18,
1796, died Feb. 2, 1869). Mrs. Mann died in
Mann. (I) William Man, born 1607, the South Easton Jan. 1, 1906., Mr. and Mrs.
first of the name who emigrated from the Mann had three children : William Brownell,
County of Kent, England, settled at Cambridge, born Dec. 3, 1846, of Whitman, Mass., married
Mass., in 1632. Anna Beals; Frank Palmer, born July 15,
(II) Rev. Samuel Man, son of William and 1856, of South Easton, now following the
Mary, was born in July, 1647, and died May business of his father, married Mary Grady
22, 1719. (she is deceased) ; Julia Alice, born May 5,
(III) Deacon Theodore Man, son of Rev. 1862, is the wife of Alfred Bryant Morse.
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
941
CHURCHILL. One representative of this
ancient Massachusetts family now living in
East Bridgewater is Newton Churchill, select-
man of that towTi, and identified with busi-
ness interests as traveling salesman for the
United Shoe Machinery Company of Boston.
He is a descendant in the eighth generation of
John Churchill, the emigrant ancestor. Some
account of the family in the Old World will
be found in another Churchill sketch. We
give herewith a brief record of the forefathers
of Newton Churchill.
(I) John Churchill, the emigrant ancestor,
was a native of England and first appeared at
Plymouth in New England in 1643. Here at
Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 18, 1644, he married
Hannah Pontus; bought a farm in 1645; was
admitted freeman in 1651; in subsequent deeds
he is called "planter." Mr. Churchill settled
at Hobb's Hole, where he lived and died, his
death occurring Jan. 1, 1662-63. His estate
fell into the hands of his son Eleazer. He had
acquired, by grant or purchase, quite a large
land property. His wife Hannah was the
'daughter of William Pontus, who was at Ply-
mouth as early as 1623, and was born in Hol-
land or England in 1623. William Pontus was
a citizen of some prominence and influence in
the Colony; and a member of the Court, 1636-
1638, inclusive. The children of John and
Hannah (Pontus) Churchill were: Joseph,
Hannah, Eliezer, Mary, William and John.
(II) William Churchill, son of John, born
in 1656, in Plymouth, married there Jan. 17,
1683, Lydia, daughter of Stephen and Abigail
(Shaw) Bryant, who died Feb. 6. 1736, in the
seventy-fourth year of her age. Mr. Churchill
inherited lands in what is now Plympton and
was among the first settlers of the town, where
he lived and died. He was the progenitor of
the Plympton branch of the Chyrchill family.
He and his wife were members of the church
in Plymouth. Their children born in Plymp-
ton were: William,, born Aug. 2, 1685; Sam-
uel, born April 15, 1688; James, born Sept.
21, 1690: Isaac, born Sept. 16, 1693; Benja-
min, born in 1695 ; Lydia, born April 16, 1699 ;
Josiah, born Aug. 21, 1702; and Mehetabel.
(III) William Churchill (2), son of Wil-
liam, born Aug. 2, 1685, in Plympton, Mass.,
married Jan. 4, 1704, Ruth, daughter of John
Bryant, who died May 15, 1757. in Plympton,
aged seventy-two. Mr. Churchill lived at what
w'as known as "Rocky Gutter" in Plympton.
Both he and his wife were members of the
Plympton Church. He was a man of character
and influence in the town, was several times
representative to the General Court. He died
Feb. 3, 1760. Their children were all b.orn
in Plympton, as follows: Ebenezer, born Oct.
8, 1705; Hannah, born Oct. 23, 1707; David,
born Nov. 4, 1709; Rebecca, born Jan. 8,
1712; William, born Dec. 15, 1714; Ruth, born
Sept. 14, 1716; Nathaniel, born May 11, 1718;
Abigail, born July 11, 1720; Ichabod, born
Sept. 24, 1722; Sarah, born Feb. 7, 1725; and
Joanna, born May 22, 1727 (died April 16,
1728).
(IV) David Churchill, son of William (2),
born Nov. 4, 1709, in Plympton, Mass., married
in 1729 Mary Magoon, who died May 18, 1785.
They lived in Plympton, where he is said to
have built the house where, in 1827, William
Bradford lived. He died Sept. 27, 1785. Their
children, all born in Plympton, were: David,
born Aug. 9, 1729; Hannah, born June 17,
1733 (died March 17, 1744) ; William, born
Nov. 28, 1739 (married Sarah Rider) ; Elias,
born Aug. 7, 1742 (died June 3, 1751); and
James, born May 29, 1746 (married Priscilla
Soule).
(V) David Churchill (2), son of David,
born Aug. 9, 1729, in Plympton, married
(first) Feb. 30, 1750, Jane Ellis, who died
Aug. 21, 1775. He married (second) Lurana
McFarland. He lived in Plympton, and, late
in life, in Hingham. He was one of the "min-
ute-men" of the Revolution, serving in Capt.
Thomas Loring's Company, which marched to
Marshfield on the alarm of April 19, 1775. He
lived to be eighty-two years of age, and died
Feb. 23, 1812. His children, all born in
Plympton, were: Hannah, born June 14, 1752,
married Elkanah Cushman ; Molly, born July
21, 1754, married Shadrach Standish, of
Plympton; Jane, born Aug. 30, 1756, married