The Ancestry Files of the LDS suggests an extensive line for Sarah Hicks, the wife of Joseph Churchill and mother of Barnabas Churchill of Plymouth. If accurate, her line stretches back as far as the 1130's in England to ancestors with French surnames.
Sarah's grandmother was Margaret Winslow, half sister of the famous Gov. Edward Winslow of Plymouth. The Winslows appear to have come from Droitwich in Worcestershire. The Winslow line has been documented somewhat extensively and there is some disagreement about their roots.
What appears below is the direct line of Barnabas Churchill as stated in the LDS Ancestry File.
 | William Durvassal (b abt 1134) = ? ? (b abt 1138) |
| John Durvassal (b abt 1166 Coughton, Warwickshire, Eng) = ?? (b abt 1170 Coughton) |
| Roger Durvassal (b abt 1193 Coughton, Warwickshire) = Eva De Ewenlode (b 1192 Coughton) |
| Phillip Durvassal (b abt 1215 Coughton, Warwickshire) = Felicia De Camville (b abt 1217 Coughton) |
| Thomas Durvassal (b abt 1239 Coughton, Warwickshire) = Margeria ? (b abt 1242 Coughton) |
| John Durvassal (b abt 1272 Coughton, Warwickshire) = Sybil Corbicon (b abt 1276 Studley, Warwickshire)......Sybil's father was Peter Corbicon (b abt 1244) |
| Nicholas Durvassal (b abt 1303 Coughton, Warwickshire) = Rose De Montford (b abt 1308 Coughton)......Rose's parents were William De Montford (b 1276) = Angela Holt (b 1280) both of Coughton. |
| Alianore Durvassal (b abt 1328 Yardley, Warwickshire) = John Holt (b abt 1324 Yardley) Married abt 1351 |
| Katherine Holt (b 1354 Cocton, Eng) = Guy De La Spine [Baron Coughton] (b 1350 Cocton)....Guy's parents were William De La Spine [Sir Knight] = Alice Burley or Bruley. Cocton is an ancient spelling of Coughton. De La Spine may have been a latinized version of Spine. |
| Eleanor De La Spine (b abt 1385 Coughton, Warwickshire d aft 1466) = John Throckmorton [Sir Knight] (b abt 1382 Coughton d 12 Apr 1445)....John's Throckmorton line stretches back nine generations to 1146. |
| Agnes Throckmorton (b abt 1420 Coughton, Warwickshire) = John Wyncelow (b 1400)....John's parents were William Wyncelow (b 1375) = ?? (b 1378) |
| Thomas Winslow Esq. (b 1452 Burton, Oxford, Eng) = Cecilia Lady Agnes Tansley |
| William Winslow (living 1529 Kempsey, Worcestershire) = Mary Bucke d aft 1560) |
| Kenelm Winslow (b 1533/44 Droitwich, Worcestershire d 9 Nov 1607) = Catherine Bucke (b abt 1532 Droitwich d 4 Apr 1607) |
| Edward Winslow (b 17 Oct 1560 Droitwich, Worcestershire) = Eleanor Pelham (b 1564 Droitwich d abt 1589) |
| Margaret Winslow (b 1589 d 1665 Plymouth, Ma.) = Robert Hicks (b 1570 Southwich, , England d 24 Mar 1647 Plymouth, Ma) |
| Samual Hicks (b Aug 1611 Southwich, , Eng d 11 Sep 1645, Plymouth, Ma) = Lydia Doane (b 1629 d 1672/82) |
| Sarah Hicks (b 1646 Plymouth, Ma d 2 Nov 1688 Plymouth) = Joseph Churchill (b 1646 Plymouth d aft 1715 Plymouth) |
| Barnabas Churchill (b 3 Jul 1686 Plymouth, m 5 Feb 1714)....See the link below for more information on Churchills at Plymouth Colony. |
The name Churchill may have been derived from the French surname DeCourcile of DeCorcelle. This family is said to have fought with William the Conquerer according an 1874 book "Norman People", which also indicates that Wallace of Scotland is a branch of the DeCourcile family. This book also states that the Churchills of Dorset "are traceable, by ordinary heralds' pedigree, to the reigh of Henry VII.
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