The Connecticut Churchills and the Settling of America
240 pages, 6 x 9", maps, indexed
The book begins with the immigrant ancestor, Josiah Churchill of Wethersfield, Connecticut, and describes generation by generation the movements of the Connecticut Churchills and the stories of their lives. The overeaching purpose of the book is to answer the broad questions of how the Connecticut Churchills ended up where they did as the frontier period came to a close.
The book traces to the end of the nineteenth century all of the male lines from Josiah Churchill. While it thus draws heavily on the landmark 1904 genealogy Churchill Family in America it is not a genealogy in the strict sense, but rather a history.
The book seeks to link the stories of individual Churchills with trends in America history. Even as it tells of the adventures, achievements, and sorrows of individual families, it also provides the whys. These range from frontier history to the movements of other family members to developments in major religious denominations to the impact of the Civil War. The book explores continuities that link the generations of Churchills and are visible in religious affiliations, in the value placed on education, in ties to the broader family, and perhaps in a streadfastness and determination that may cross over into stubborness.
A Family Odyssey provides the basis for further scholarly research through careful citation of sources and extensive footnoting where information is uncertain or contradictory. An example is Josiah Churchill's origins in England and his arrival in Wethersfield. The book is indexed by personal names and place names and contains maps of primary Churchill locations.
The book seeks to link the stories of individual Churchills with the following family names: Churchill, Andrus, Baldwin, Barnes, Belden, Boardman, Cady, Converse, Deming, Fillmore, Foote, Fosdick, Fox, Foster, Griswold, House, Hubbard, Hurlburt, Hurlbut, Johnson, Leach, Palmer, Rowland, Steele, Tilden, Tryon, Tousey, Towsey, Webster, Weeks, Welles, Wilcox, Witt, Wonser, and Woodruff.
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