Shenandoah Valley Churchman--history

John Churchman, while enroute to America in 1683, became a member of the Thomas Cary (Carey or Corie) family of Saffron Walden, Wessex Co., England. Their daughter Hannah, who at that time was but six years of age, John Churchman being sixteen, later became his wife. John Churchman m. Hannah Cary in 1696 (ten children) William Churchman m. Abigail Bourn of PA (ten children) Elijah Churchman m. Anna Knight (eleven children) Elijah was born in Chester Co, PA, Oct. 20, 1749. He moved to Virginia in 1791 and settled in Augusta Co near New Hope, on what was later known as the Kemper Place. John Knight Churchman m. Ann Cosby Tapp on Nov. 23, 1819 (fourteen children) He became High Sheriff of Augusta Co. He died at Chapel Hill Farm.
John Stevens Churchman m. Frances Maria Crawford. John Stevens was born in Staunton,VA, Feb. 16, 1827. He was a soldier in the Civil War, serving as a private in Company A, 10th Regiment Cavalry. He died at Chapel Hill Farm, Dec. 10, 1884 and was buried in Thornrose Cemetary, Staunton.
John William Churchman m. Annie Goodwin Johnston at Riverside, Botetourt Co., VA, Aug. 27, 1890. The Hon. John Churchman was a distinguished member of the Virginia legislature. (four children). Charles Johnston Churchman, b. Sept. 17, 1891; Frances Crawford Churchman, b. May 8, 1899, m. Simon Seward; Annie Carter Churchman, b. June 30, 1902, d. June 28, 1906; Harriet Trevilian Churchman, b. June 8, 1896, d. Oct. 17,1903. Vincent Tapp Churchman b. Feb. 11, 1824, Staunton, VA m. Margaret Jane Taylor Graham, daughter of Benjamin F. and Susan Graham, in Greenville, VA, Aug. 26, 1851, graduate of VMI in 1845, MD, UVA and Jefferson Med. College, Philadelphia, "physician of considerable prominence. Was one of the organizers of the state Medical Society of Virginia in 1858 and was elected its first Vice President. Was tendered the chair of anatomy in Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, but on account of the war between the North and South had to decline" (record of V. T. Churchman, son) "Pa was not in any command. He organized and equipped Co. E 5th Virginia, and was going to take command, when the citizens of Staunton and Greenville, petitioned him to stay at home. He then gave the command to Captain Newton. This command is what is known today as Stonewall Brigade" as told by Henry J. Churchman. VTC died Jan. 24, 1872 of lobar pneumonia. John Stevens Churchman
Charles Johnston Churchman, b. Sept. 17, 1891 (a lawyer in Staunton, VA, served with distinction as a Captain of Marines in WW I) d. Dec. 5, 1932 in Staunton, He and Elizabeth V. Gilkeson Churchman are buried in Thornrose Cemetary in Staunton. A short memory CJC wrote in his journal in June 2005: "Now to relate what I remember RW told me about my father when I asked him. RW was a teenager, 12 or 13, when Daddy died. At Dodgers Pond, later Shenandoah Acres, Daddy showed RW the deep hole in one buttock where he was wounded the day before the war ended. That kept him in the hospital a year. As for Daddy's law profession, he was known for his clear, exciting trials. Even lawyers who customarily took notes or rested while others were speaking, listened with interest while Charlie Churchman was trying a case. RW remembered that Charlie Churchman had such a clear, well organized grasp of something to be reported that in church he would be the one chosen to deliver report information to the congregation." We have his Croix de Guerre and certificate of honorable service. Their four children were (1)Elizabeth Gilkeson Churchman, b. Richmond, VA, April 19, 1923, m. Sept. 6, 1947 to Merle S. Wick, b. Dec. 7, 1913, former vice-president of the NYSE. She died Nov. 28, 2005. (Their children: Beverly Wick Guise, b. Oct, 23, 1949 m. Curtis Guise--children, Elizabeth and Stephen; Barbara Wick Knopp b. Mar. 15, 1952; m. to Thomas Knopp-- children, Christy, Melissa, Laura, Benjamin, Emily and Wesley.)
(Patricia Wick, married to Darryl Lam deceased June ? 2007; their children David, Kate, Margaret and Carolyn.) Anne Wick, b. Oct. 1, 1961.
(2)Anne Warren Churchman b. Richmond, VA, Nov. 27, 1924 m. Oct. 4, 1952 at Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church d. June 18, 2005. She married David S. Brown, b. Mar. 14, 1925, Staunton, Va., d. Nov. 22, 1995 in Washington. (Their children David Churchman Brown (Kirk) b. Oct. 18, 1953, Two children with his first wife, Ellen– Katherine G. Brown and David C. Brown, Jr.; Anne Carrington Brown, b. Oct. 31, 1954, m. Alex Wise--their children Henry A. Wise, b. June 11, 1982, Anne Churchman Wise, b. Apr. 15, 1988, Margaret Hamilton Wise, b Nov. 6, 1990; James Finley Brown b. Mar. 8, 1957, m. Toni Lynch, b. June 1, 1956. Their children Claiborne, b. Sept. 3, 1984, Martha Finley Brown, b. May 9, 1987.
(3) Margaret Finley Churchman, b. Richmond, VA, June 11, 1926, m. Oct. 20, 1948 at Tinkling Spring. She married Robert W. Moffett, b. April 26, 1919, in Staunton, VA., died May 29, 2008. Their children: Anne Carter Moffett, b. June 17, 1959, m. Brent Douglass. Their children Emily Stewart and Lewis Moffett; Elizabeth Page Moffett, b. Feb. 8, 1954, m. Ronnie Hearn. Their children Robbie, b. Mar. 19, 1982 and Page Hearn, b. Oct. 28, 1983; Robert Moffett, b. July 4, 1960; Margaret Moffett, b. April 9, 1956, m. Steve Kyle, their daughter Ashley; Henry Harris Moffett, b. June 27, 1964, m. Robin Schooley.
(4) Charles Johnston Churchman, Jr., born June 16, 1929, m. Patricia Ann Mack, Sept. 4, 1954, at Tinkling Spring; their children Margaret Elizabeth, b. Aug 22, 1955, m. Dennis W. Trissel, their children Cory, Alison, Elise; John Craig Churchman, b. Sept. 19, 1957, children by first wife, Sharon, Kailie and Travis; remarried to Jennifer Flies, adopted daughter Gabrielle; Charles J. Churchman III, b. Sept 14, 1962; Catherine Houston Churchman, b. March 25, 1967, m. Christopher Dolack, separated; children, Elizabeth, Sara and Cailin.