 Abt 1580 - Abt 1646
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| Name |
Francis Bushnell, the elder |
| Suffix |
the elder |
| Born |
Abt 1580 |
Thatcham, Berkshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Abt 13 Oct 1646 |
Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut |
| Notes |
- In 1635, the five living sons of Francis BUSHNELL left bound for America. Four years later, Francis (the elder) followed with his two daughters Sarah and Rebecca, in the company of Rev. Henry Whitfield, aboard the "St. John." After they had been at sea about ten days, the company formulated a covenant, sometimes called the "Guilford Covenant" or "the Plantation Covenant," upon which his name appears third. They landed at Fair Haven, CT, between the 10th and the 15th of July, 1639. Two months later the deed was signed for their new settlement at Menunkatuck, purchased of the Quinipiac Indians, which they named Guilforde after the shiretown in Surrey from which some of the emmigrants came.
Francis does not seem to have been very active in colony affairs, although his home lot of about three and a half acres on the northeast corner of roads now known as Fair and Broad Streets, was one of the choice locations. Here he resided until his death in 1646. His will was the first such document of its kind to be probated there. !BUSHNELL Family Genealogy, #001
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| Person ID |
I22599 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
18 Feb 2001 |
| Family 1 |
Ferris Quenell, b. Apr 1587, Horsham, Sussex, England , d. Mar 1628, Horsham, Sussex, England |
| Married |
13 Jul 1605 |
Horsham, Sussex, England [1, 2, 3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Edmund Bushnell, d. 28 Mar 1636, Ten Hills Farm, Medford, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts |
| | 2. Francis Bushnell, Deacon, d. 04 Dec 1681, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| | 3. William Bushnell, d. 12 Nov 1683, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| | 4. Stephen Bushnell, d. Bef 12 Mar 1625, Horsham, Sussex, England |
| | 5. John Bushnell, d. 05 Aug 1667, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts |
| | 6. Thomas Bushnell, d. Bef 16 Sep 1617, Horsham, Sussex, England |
| | 7. Mary Bushnell, d. Bef 02 Mar 1629, Horsham, Sussex, England |
| | 8. Rebecca Bushnell, d. Bef 11 Feb 1647, Guilford, New Haven Co, Connecticut |
| | 9. Richard Bushnell, d. Bef 17 Jul 1660, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut |
| | 10. Sarah Bushnell, d. 28 Jul 1668, Rolvenden, Kent, England |
| | 11. Elizabeth Bushnell, d. Bef 10 Mar 1628, Horsham, Sussex, England |
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| Family ID |
F1597 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 2 |
Joan Kinward, d. Bef 21 Jun 1631, Horsham, Sussex, England |
| Married |
02 Jun 1629 |
Horsham, Sussex, England [3, 4] |
| Family ID |
F1720 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [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.
- [S177] Saunders, Chapman-Thomson, Dorothy Chapman Saunders, Ph.D., (Author, Stuart, FL, 1983), p.57.
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