CHURCHILL Family

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So? Where is Sir Winston Churchill, England's great wartime PM? Look in the Spencer Family. Here's why:

At the end of the 17° century, Charles Spencer, 3° Earl Sunderland, [1675-1722], married Lady Anne Churchill. She was the daughter of John, 1° Duke Marlborough.

One of their great grandchildren, George, 5° Duke Marlborough, [1766-1840], got the idea of honoring his great grandmother Churchill by incorporating her name into his own, calling himself George Spencer-Churchill.

Three more generations and one of his great grand children (Sir Winston's father) dropped the hyphen, becoming the Right Honorable Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill, JP, MP, [1849-95]. Presto! Spencer was relegated to middle name status!

Those Churchills are really Spencers, and are listed in that family.  
 

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	CHURCHILL, Elijah, Sgt. [1755-1841] – American soldier, carpenter CHUR161 17C3
	CHURCHILL, John [1650-1722] – English military commander, 1° Duke Marlborough CHUR41 8C10

This is my working list of candidates to include -- I'm not yet sure if they are related to me! As candidates are eliminated (proven not related) they are marked appropriately (THUS) and an explanation included. They are kept in the list in case future research proves they can be included. (And to keep them from popping up on the list again!) Never discard good research!

Proven candidates' names are marked with an asterisk (*) until they can be added to the database.

CHURCHILL, Charles [1731-1764] English poet and satirist CHURCHILL, Winston [1871-1947] American novelist