William Churchill (burgess)

His business was importing merchandise and servants, and exporting tobacco, and within a decade he hired his own factor to collect debts owed him.

[1] After his marriage to Elizabeth Armistead Wormeley, he lived at Rosegill plantation, which he administered pursuant to a prenuptial contract discussed below.

[3] Within a decade, in addition to acting as a lawyer on behalf of the London merchant Jeffreys, Churchill hired a factor to assist him in collecting debts.

Churchill signed a prenuptual agreement protecting her children's inheritance (from her father, John Armistead, as well as from Wormeley).

[3] Churchill had been married to a woman named Mary in 1683, but no documentation has yet been found concerning their marriage date, her former surname, nor death.

[1] In 1703, Churchill married the widow Elizabeth Armistead Wormeley and raised not only her children, but was the guardian for the offspring of former burgess and Councillor Christopher Robinson.

The boy, Armistead Churchill (1704–1763), inherited his father's estate, held various local offices and began construction of "Wilton" manor house, which remains today.

[1] His daughter Elizabeth Churchill (1709–1779) married burgess and later Councillor William Bassett (1709–1744) of Eltham plantation in New Kent County.

[1] Because Churchill may have contracted his final illness in the colonial capital, he may have died there, or managed to return to Bushy Park.

His son and principal heir, Armistead Churchill (1704-1763) completed his education, married into the gentry and continued operating his plantations using enslaved labor.