May be from Dorset, England. per W. Tarble personal genealogy
Churchell, John
State: MA County: Plymouth Co. Page #: 256 Census/Enumeration year: 1643 Census type code: Arm Bearer ListPer Stratton's Plymouth Colony: On 18 August 1645 he bought land from Richard Higgins (Plymouth Colony Records 12:111). On 1 May 1649 the court allowed John Churchill to dispose of the house and land of George Clarake, deceased, for the use of Clarke's daughter, Abigail Clarke (Plymouth Colony Records 2:138). On 5 June 1651 he became a freeman (Plymouth Colony Records/PCR 2:167). . . John Churchill died 1 January 1662/63 (PCR 8:23) He made a nuncupative will, which was exhibited to the cort on 3 March 1662/63, and Abigail Clarke, age about twenty, deposed that on 24 December 1662, hser kinsman John Churchill willed that his sons Joseph and Eleazer should have all his lands except fifty acres which he would give to his son John, and some land at Punckateesett that he would give is son William. His wife would have a lifetime interest in his house and lands, and he named a Hannah (see PCR 8:7 for birth of his daughter Hannah on 12 November 1649). He also mentioned unnamed children, who might include, but not necessarily, some of the above (MD 18:40). PCR 8:16 also shows that he had a daughter Mary born 1 August 1654.
Birth date may be 12th or 22nd.
Per the USGS National Mapping Information Hobbs Hole on the SW shore of Plymouth Harbor 1.8 mile SE of Plymouth; Town of Plymouth; in Plymouth County, MA, is also called Wellingsly. [Lat.415645N, Long.0703848W]
Per Stratton's Plymouth Colony: On 3 May 1664 widow Hannah Churchill was awarded one-half of the land of her deceased father, William Pontus (Plymouth Colony Record 4:58). . . On 25 June 1669 his widow Hannah Churchill married Gyles Rickard, Sr. (PCR 8:32).
of Kyme, Dorsetshire, Eng