Fine Needlework Family Record Sampler, Betsy Churchill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, dated 1835

Worked in silk and paint on linen (paper glued to the linen with birth record of Catherine Churchill in 1839), signed Wrought by Betsy R. Churchill, aged 12 Years AD 1835.

American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty Ring at the Museum of American Folk Art (p. 15, fig. 23)

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Betsy Russell Churchill (b. 1823) was the daughter of Charles Churchill (1792-1874) of Plymouth. In 1854, she married, as his second wife, Nathaniel Wood (1814-1888) who owned a nail factory. They had one son.

Betsy Russell Churchill (1823-1909) was one of five children born to Charles Churchill and Abigail Russell. (Additional information provided by Carol and Stephen Huber).