Elijah Churchill
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|birth_place = Newington, Connecticut
|death_date = {{death date and age|1841|04|11|1755|09|05}}
|death_place = Massachusetts
|placeofburial = Bell Cemetery at Middlefield, Massachusetts
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|allegiance = United States
|branch = Continental Army
|serviceyears = 1775–1783
|rank = Sergeant
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|battles = American Revolutionary War
|awards = Badge of Military Merit
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|spouse = Elinor Nooney (m. 1777 – 1846)
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- Sophia (1782–1782)
- Elijah Jr. (1784–1796)
- James (b. 1785)
- Eleanor (1788–1790)
- Eleanor (b. 1790)
- Giles (b. 1793)
- Charles (b. 1796)
- Sophia (b. 1798)
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Elijah Churchill (September 5, 1755 – April 11, 1841) was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Early life
Elijah Churchill was born on September 5, 1755, in Newington, Connecticut. His father was named Giles.{{Cite web | url=http://www.revolutionarywararchives.org/churchill.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215122732/http://www.revolutionarywararchives.org/churchill.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=December 15, 2007 | title=Sergeant Elijah Churchill of the Continental Light Dragoons | last=Moran | first=Donald | date=April 2007 | newspaper=Liberty Tree Newsletter | publisher=Cons of the American Revolution | access-date=December 19, 2018}}
Military career
Churchill entered the 8th Connecticut Regiment as a private on 7 July 1775. On 7 May 1777, he re-enlisted for the duration of the war as a corporal in the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons, later the 2nd Legionary Corps, and was promoted to sergeant on 2 October 1780. He was cited for gallantry in action at Fort St. George near Brookhaven, New York on Long Island, in November 1780, at Tarrytown, New York, in July 1781, and at Fort Slongo (now known as Fort Salonga, also on Long Island) on October 2, 1781. He was awarded the Badge of Military Merit for his actions, one of only three soldiers to receive the award.
Later life and death
Once the American Revolutionary War was completed, Churchill moved to Massachusetts. In 1784 he lived in Enfield.Churchill (1904), p. 348 He died on April 11, 1841.
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References
- {{Cite book | last1=Churchill | first1=Gardner | last2=Churchill | first2=Nathaniel | url=https://archive.org/details/churchillfamilyi01chur/page/n5 | title=The Churchill Family in America | publisher=The Family of Gardner Churchill | oclc=1041789673 | year=1904| isbn=9785873933464 }}
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Category:Continental Army soldiers