Francis Bushnell, Deacon

- 1681

• Name	Francis Bushnell, Deacon
  Suffix	Deacon
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	08 Jan 1608/9	Horsham, Sussex, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Died	04 Dec 1681	Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  	"Deacon Francis Bushnell deceased this life December 4th, 1681."
  Notes	Francis BUSHNELL (carpenter, aged 26) embarked from England April 1635 aboard the "Planter" with his wife (Marie Bushnell, aged 26) and daughter Elizabeth (Martha (sic) Bushnell, aged 1). It is likely that his brothers were with them as his household in 1636 consisted of five. Francis BUSHNELL, Jr. was a carpenter and millwright and had charge of the Town mill at Guilford, after the death of Thomas Norton in 1648. About the same time, his name appears among those who took lands at Oyster River quarter in Saybrook. He remained, however, at Guilford some time longer, making arrangements meanwhile for the transfer of his family to Saybrook. In 1662, he was at Saybrook, where he continued to reside until his death. He built the corn mill at Oyster River, the first erected in Saybrook. The town of Saybrook gave him a farm, on condition of keeping up the mill for the benefit of the town. After his death, the farm went to his son-in-law Samuel JONES. It remained a long time after in his family. His home lot contained about five acres and was near his father's. He also owned land at the Point of Rocks, and conveyed all his real estate property in Guilford to his son-in-law, William JOHNSON, when he left Guilford. !NEHGR 53:208
  Person ID	I22598	Bryant
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2003

  
  

  Father	Francis Bushnell, the elder,   b. Abt 1580, Thatcham, Berkshire, England ,   d. Abt 13 Oct 1646, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut
  Mother	Ferris Quenell,   b. Apr 1587, Horsham, Sussex, England ,   d. Mar 1628, Horsham, Sussex, England
  Married	13 Jul 1605	Horsham, Sussex, England   [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F1597	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Marie Grombridge,   d. Aft 1649
  Married	27 Jun 1631	Horsham, Sussex, England   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Mary Bushnell,   d. Jun 1634, Horsham, Sussex, England   2. Elizabeth Bushnell,   d. 26 Apr 1672, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut   3. Sarah Bushnell,   b. Abt 1636, probably, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts ,   d. Abt 1683, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut   4. John Bushnell,   b. Abt 1638, probably, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut ,   d. Abt 1686   5. Martha Bushnell,   b. Abt 1640, probably, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut   6. Mary Bushnell,   b. Abt 1643, probably, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut ,   d. Abt 1727, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut   7. Hannah Bushnell,   b. Abt 1645, probably, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut ,   d. Abt 1715   8. Samuel Bushnell,   b. 1647, probably, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut ,   d. 14 Dec 1689
  Family ID	F1714	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Grace Wells,   b. 1608, England ,   d. Aft 1669, probably, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut
  Married	Bef 1660	probably, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut
  Family ID	F1559	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Baptism - 08 Jan 1608/9 - Horsham, Sussex, England Married - 27 Jun 1631 - Horsham, Sussex, England Married - Bef 1660 - probably, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut Died - 04 Dec 1681 - Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S177] Saunders, Chapman-Thomson, Dorothy Chapman Saunders, Ph.D., (Author, Stuart, FL, 1983), p.57. [S219] Bushnell, Bushnell Family Gen., Bushnell, George Eleazer, (Author, Nashville, TN, 1945), #3. [S312] The Great Migration, Anderson, Robert Charles & George F. Sanborn, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999), p. 510. [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 4:19 (4th). [S173] Gates, Saybrook, Gates, Gilman C., (Wilson H. Lee Co., New Haven, CT, 1935), p.149. [S357] Saybrook Vital Records, (CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Hartford, CT). [S32] TAG, The American Genealogist, (May). [S177] Saunders, Chapman-Thomson, Dorothy Chapman Saunders, Ph.D., (Author, Stuart, FL, 1983), p.57 (July). [S219] Bushnell, Bushnell Family Gen., Bushnell, George Eleazer, (Author, Nashville, TN, 1945), #1.