Timothy Childs lived in Deerfield, Massachusetts. He served as a scout in Canada in the latter part of Queen Anne's War (1701-1713), and a lieutenant in Father Rale's War (also known as Dummer's War, 1722-25). He was granted 300 acres of land near Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, for his war service and also owned land near Peskeompskut (now Turners Falls) in Massachusetts. He and his wife had two children. In 1729, the Childs family lost their house in Deerfield to a fire; the following year, they built the home presently on the site.
Childs enslaved four people: Humphry, Caesar, Titus, and Phillis. In 1741, Timothy Childs purchased nine-year-old Phillis for £100 from the estate of deceased Reverend Nehemiah Bull of Westfield, Massachusetts. “Umphry” was baptized in 1762. He purchased three pipes from Elijah Williams's Deerfield store. Dr. Thomas Williams treated Humphrey for ailments including as an injured hand and foot. He dug potatoes for the doctor as credit towards his enslaver's debts. Beginning in 1749, Cesar purchased several items such as shoe buckles and a wool cap at Elijah Williams's store. In addition to enslaving people in his household, Childs also rented enslaved labor, paying John Russell for work by Roswell, and paying the Reverend Jonathan Ashley for labor performed Titus and Cato.
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