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Thomas Rushmore, of Hempstead, L. I., for disorderly conduct
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on the Sabbath, in the meeting-house, was committed to prison until the Court should see fit to free him, Sept., 1649. The name of Rushmore yet continues on Long Island and in the city of N. York, all of whom, as far as known, originated in Hempstead, and several of them possess the energy and business tact of Thomas, Sen. (See RUSHMORE. Colony and Hempstead Rec.)
BUSHNELL. This name is mentioned by Farmer, at an early period in Mass. Widow Bushnell, of Boston, in 1637. Goodman Bushnell. JOHN, of Boston, in 1665. Several persons of this name are early found at Guilford and Saybrook. FRANCIS is the first of the name in the New Haven Colony, and was one of the signers of the contract to settle Guilford, June 1, 1689. He may have been the Francis Bushnell, aged 26, a carpenter, who with Maria Bush- nell, aged 26, and Martha, one year old, embarked in the Planter, for New England, in 1635. JOHN, mentioned by Farmer, at Boston, in 1665, perhaps and probably was the John Bushnell the glazier, aged 21, who embarked in the Hopewell, for N. England, in 1635, Burdock, master. Francis, who settled at Guilford, lived but a few years, as his will was proved in the Gen. Court, Oct. 13, 1646, to which Rev. H. Whitefield and Gov. Leete were witnesses ? The husband of Rebecca, (daughter of Elder Francis,) of Guilford, pre- sented in Court the inventory of the estate, Feb. 11, 1646, of all such fencing and lands as were remaining in her hands, &c., at her de- cease. FRANCIS, JUN., as he is called, could not have been the son of Francis, aged 26 years, when he embarked for N. England, if the age of Francis, Jun. was 82, at his decease in 1681. In May, (22,) 1648, he was consulted about taking the Guilford Mill, and the same year he removed to Saybrook, where he built a mill on Oyster River, and the town of Saybrook gave him a tract of land, on condi- tion that he should keep up the mill, for the benefit of the proprie- tors of the town. He was chosen a deacon at Saybrook, about 1648 or 9, and held the office until his death, Dec. 4, 1681, aged 82 years, so that he must have been b. in England, in 1599.
Francis, who d. in 1681, m. a sister of Robert Chapman, of Say- brook, and had children, viz.,
1. Elizabeth, m. Wm. Johnson, of Guilford.
2. Samuel, m. Ruth Sanford, and had children, Nath'l, Daniel or David, and Samuel, who d. Oct. 11, 1771.
3. John, m. Sarah Scranton, of Guilford, May 15, 1665, and had issue, John, b. March 5, 1665-6; Sarah, b. 1668; Hannah, b. 1670; Mary, b. 1672, and Eliz'th, b. 1674.
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BUSHNELL, RICHARD, who was at Saybrook about 1644, was probably a brother of Francis, of Guilford. On the 4th of October, 1648, he m. Mary, daughter of Matthew Marvin, then of Hartford. She was born in England, and came to Hartford with her parents, and arrived in Mass. in 1635, when she was about six years of age, and her father continued in Hartford until the settlement of Nor- walk, about 1651, when Matthew and his family removed and set- tled there. (See MARVIN.)
Richard and Mary Bushnell had issue, Richard, b. 1653, and Jo- seph, b. 1651 ; Mary d. 1654 ; second Mary b. 1657. Richard, the father, owned land in Norwalk in 1655, but probably never located his family there. Richard had a £200 lot granted to him at Nor- walk, which lot Robert Stewart (ancestor of I. W. Stuart, Esq.) purchased Jan. 22, 1674. Richard, Sen., probably d. at Saybrook, about 1658, before the settlement of Norwich, and his widow Mary m. for her second husband, Deacon Thomas Adgate, then of Nor- wich, (and before of Wethersfield and Saybrook.) He had two d'rs by his first marriage, b. in 1651 and 3, and his second wife had two sons and two daughters, by her first marriage. The second mar- riage produced three daughters and one son, Thomas, b. 1669; he became a deacon, and died when over 91 years old, and had sons Thomas and Matthew Adgate.
Joseph and Richard, sons of Richard and Mary (Marvin,) went to Norwich when young, and though under age, were proprietors in Norwich, and lived with their aunt, the wife of John Holmsted, (Olmsted.)
· RICHARD, son of Richard, deceased, of Saybrook, m. Elizabeth Adgate, (a daughter by Mr. Adgate's first wife,) in 1672. His sons were, Caleb, b. 1679, and Benajah, b. in 1681. Mr. Bushnell was a standing justice of the peace in Norwich, for many years, and one of the principal inhabitants there. His brother Joseph appeared be- fore him, and complained of himself for killing a buck, June 3, 1708. Richard, Esq., d. in Norwich in 1727, aged 74 years. CAPT. CA- LIB BUSHNELL, son of Esq. Richard, was also an important man at Norwich, as appears by his tombstone, viz., " Here lyeth what was mortal, of that worthy gentleman, Capt. Caleb Bushnell, son to Capt. Richard Bushnell, Esq., who died Feb. 18, 1724, aged 46 years, 8 months and 23 days."
BUSHNELL, JOSEPH, a brother of Richard, Esq., of Norwich, m. Mary Leffingwell, daughter of Thomas, in 1673. His sons were Joseph, b. 1677; Jonathan, b. 1679 ; Nathan, b. 1686. His wife 38
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d. March 31, 1748, aged 91 years. Joseph, the father, d. Dec. 23, 1748, aged 97 years. The Bushnells of Norwich, have been valua- ble citizens there since the first settlement of the town. (Record, and Miss Caulkins' History of Norwich.)
BUSHNELL, WM., was at Saybrook probably as early as 1644, as his first child was born or recorded there in 1644. Who his wife was is not found. Deputy to Gen. Court, May, 1670. Wm., Sen., d. Aug. 31, 1684. His children were,
1. Joshua, b. May 6, 1644, m. Mary Seymour, May 16, 1684.
2. Samuel, b. middle of Sept., 1645, d. 1727.
3. Rebaka, b. Oct. 5, 1646.
4. Wm., Jun., b. Feb. 15, 1648; ancestor of Dr. Bushnell.
5. Francis, b. Jan. 6, 1649, m. Ruth Sanford, 1684, and settled at Norwalk.
6. Stephen and Thomas, b. Jan. 4, 1653.
7. Judith, b. Jan., 1655, m. Dr. Joseph Seward, of Durham, 1681.
8. Abigail, b. middle of Feb., 1659, m. John Seward, of Guilford, 1679.
In recording the death of the above Wm., Sen., at Saybrook, he is recorded the son of John, Sen., of Boston.
Thomas, b. in 1661; Lydia m. Caleb Seward, of Durham, in 1686.
BUSHNELL, LIEUT. WM., son of Wm .; his wife Rebeckah d. May 14, 1703, and was the mother of his children, viz.,
1. Sarah, b. March 1, 1673-4.
2. Eph'm, b. Feb. 14, 1675.
3. William, b. April 3, 1680.
4. Esther, b. Nov. 2, 1683.
After the death of his wife Rebeckah, May 14, 1703, he m. widow Sarah Sanford, or Bull, June 7, 1705.
BUSHNELL, WM., son of the last Lieut. Wm., b. 1680, mar'd Catherine J., April 16, 1701, and had issue, viz.,
1. Nehemiah, b. April 22, 1701.
2. Wm., b. Oct. 26, 1703.
3. Stephen, b. April 29, 1708.
4. Lydia, b. July 6, 1712.
BUSHNELL, WM., son of the above, b. 1703; wife Mehitabel. Issue, b. at Hartford,
1. Mehitabel, b. Feb. 28, 1726-7.
2. Sarah, b. Jan. 31, 1728-9.
3. Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1730.
4. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 24, 1732-3.
5 and 6. Susannah and Abigail, b. May 12, 1735.
(No sons found.)
BUSHNELL, FRANCIS, b. 1649, son of Wm., Sen., of Say- brook, removed and settled at Norwalk, where he m. Hannah, d'r
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of Tho's Seamer, of Norwalk, Oct. 12, 1675, and had a daughter Hannah, b. Aug. 22, 1676; Mary, b. Dec. 21, 1679. Soon after the birth of Mary, he removed with his family to Danbury, in the early settlement of the town, and where he had five other daughters born. (Records burnt during the war of 1775.) He left no sons. Mary, who was born at Norwalk, had four sisters, who lived to a great age. Mary or Mercy Bushnell, m. Major John Bostwick, of N. Milford, Jan. 3, 1712, (see BOSTWICK,) and among other chil- dren, she was the mother of Rev. David Bostwick, who was b. 1721, who was pastor of a church on L. Island, and afterwards in the city of N. York. After the death of Maj. Bostwick, she m. for her sec- ond husband, Col. James Lockwood, of Norwalk. She d. Nov. 5, 1767, aged 80, and was the youngest of the five old sisters, who were all living in Danbury and Norwalk in 1764. The eldest in 1764, was 87 years old ; the second in her 86th year; the third in her 84th year, the 4th in her 81st year, and the 5th, Mrs. Lockwood, in the 77th year of her age. The eldest of these sisters m. Rev. Seth Shove or Shrove, the first minister of Danbury. (Taylor's Say- brook and Norwalk Rec. )
* The Bushnells of Conn., have been noted for their mechanical ingenuity and talents, and particularly David Bushnell, of Saybrook, (of that part now called Westbrook.) He graduated at Yale College in 1775. He was a great proficient in mathematics while a member of college. He became the inventor of the " American Turtle," a machine to annoy the British vessels which often came near our shores, during the war of the Revolution, which aided to keep them in check. As early as 1776, the Gov. and Council of Conn. requested Mr. Bushnell to appear before them and explain his machine for blowing up ships, which he did. After he retired, they voted that they were under bonds of secrecy, and directed the Dep. Gov. to reward Mr. Bushnell for his attendance, and inform him that the Gov. and Council fully approved of his plan, and de- sired him to proceed and make all necessary preparation and experiments about it, with the ex- pectation of proper public notice and reward. (Col. Rec.) In 1777, David Bushnell, with Col. Huntington, appeared before the Gov. and Council again, upon this subject, and exhibited a new invention for annoying ships, &c. They gave him an order on officers, agents and commissaries, to afford Mr. Bushnell assistance of men, boats, powder, lead, &c., as he should wish, and to be delivered to him without stint. April 3, 1778, the Gov. was desired by the Council to write to the Conn. Delegates in Congress, relative to this inachine, and request them to lay the same be- fore Congress, &c. This gave Mr. Bushnell a high reputation. He was appointed a Captain of a company of sappers and miners, and served until the close of the war. Mr. Bushnell was probably never married, as J. Hill says of him, (Hin. War Rev., Appendix, p. 585,) " He died at an advanced age in the state of Georgia, a few years since, after acquiring a handsome property; which was brought on by his friend, and delivered to the children of his deceased brother Ezra, together with some curious machinery, partly built," &c.
The title of Deacon has been appended to many of this name, viz., Francis, of Saybrook, about 1648 ; Joseph, Dec., 1742, d. aged 88; Samuel, 1771 ; Benjamin, 1786, of Pautapaug, d. aged 77 ; Deacon Jonathan, of Westbrook, 1796, and several others. The Bushnells of Norwich, have been prominent, leading men there since the early settlement of the town. (See Notes p. 88,
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BUSHNELL, SAMUEL, son of Wm., Sen., of Saybrook, m. Pa- tience Rudd, Oct. 7, 1675, and had issue, Abigail, b. July 27, 1677 ; Judith, b. Sept. 14, 1679; Samuel, b. Aug. 21, 1682; Jonathan, b. April 10, 1685 ; Daniel, b. Feb. 20, 1687 ; Nathaniel, b. Feb. 18, 1690 ; Hepzibah, b. Aug. 19, 1701, and Ebenezer, a twin, 1701; Priscilla, b. Dec. 19, 1703, and Josiah, b. June 9, 1706. (Perhaps the four last were children of Samuel, Jun., and Priscilla Pratt, his wife.)
BUSHNELL, STEPHEN, son of William and Catherine, of Say- brook, and brother of Nehemiah, born in 1708, d. at Farmington in 1750, and his brother Nehemiah gave bonds for Temperance, relict of Stephen, to administer on the estate. Stephen, at the time of his death, had £12 in real estate at Saybrook. He left children, Ste- phen, b. Sept. 18, 1743 ; Abraham, b. Dec. 27, 1744 ; Temperance, three years, and Catherine, about one year old. His two sons were b. at Saybrook. His real estate valued at about £300.
BUSHNELL, STEPHEN, son of Stephen, of Farmington, and brother of Ab'm, settled at Whitestown, N. Y., where he raised a family and became wealthy.
BUSHNELL, AB'M, (above,) son of Stephen, was the grand- father of Dr. Horace Bushnell, of Hartford. He resided at Canaan Falls, Conn., and m. Miss Ensign, of Salisbury, and had twelve children, who all lived to mature age, viz., Polly, Samuel, Ensign, . Esq., (the father of Dr. H. Bushnell,) John, Lois, Electa, Sedgwick, James, Myron, Alvira and Harleyet, &c.
BUSHNELL, ENSIGN, Esq., the second son of Ab'm, removed to Starksborough, Vt., when about 21 years of age. He afterward returned to Litchfield, Conn., where his son, Dr. Horace Bushnell, of Hartford, was born. About two years after, he removed with his family to New Preston, in Washington, where he remained several years, and then removed to the state of New York. The children of Ensign Bushnell were Horace, D. D., Rev. George, &c.
BUSHNELL, HORACE, son of Ensign, graduated at Yale Col- lege in 1827, with a high reputation as a scholar, and was appointed a tutor at Yale in 1829, where he continued about two years. He · afterward, for a time edited a paper in the city of N. York. After he was thoroughly prepared for the pulpit, he was ordained over the North Congregational Church at Hartford, May 22, 1833; where in all the agitation which has been raised against him, out of the pale of his own Church and Society, his parishioners have sustained him through good and evil report, which is the most powerful evidence
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of their attachment to him, his principles and demeanor as a clergy- man. His reasoning powers, aided by a finished education, in gen- eral literature, and particularly in theology, have placed him at the head of his profession, not only in the state, but the country. Dr. Bushnell, in early life, m. Miss Mary Apthorp, of N. Haven, and has had five children, three of whom are living. The line of de- scent to Dr. Bushnell, from the first settler, has been, John, of Bos- ton ; William, of Saybrook ; Wm. 2d, of Saybrook ; Stephen, of Far- mington ; Abraham, of Canaan Falls ; Ensign, of New Preston, and Horace Bushnell, D. D., of Hartford.
Francis Bushnell, a carpenter, aged 26, and Marie Bushnell, (probably his wife,) aged 26, and Martha, an infant, aged one year, embarked for New England in the Planter, April 6, 1635. (Mass. His Col., vol. 8.) Francis was certified by the Minister of St. Al- bans, Hertfordshire, England. Lord Bacon had a Secretary by the name of Bushnell, at St. Albans.
BUSHNELL, JOSHUA, son of William, son of John, of Boston, m. Mary Seymour, in May, 1682. (Ch. Rec.) Children, Thank- ful, b. Jan. 3, 1686 ; Joshua, Jun., b. Nov. 18, 1690; Hannah, b. 1693. His son JOSHUA, b. 1690, m. Margaret Chapman, Jan. 21, 1713 ; she d. 1716, and he m. Elizabeth Hawley, Feb. 23, 1717, and had issue, b. at Saybrook, Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1714, by his first wife, and Phineas, b. April 23, 1718, by his second wife, and per- haps others. Joshua Bushnell gave a deed dated 1778, of eighty acres of land on the west side of a swamp to Samuel Chipman, " now late of Salisbury."
BUSHNELL, JOHN, son of Francis, of Saybrook, m. Sarah Scranton, and had issue, John, b. March 5, 1665; Sarah, b. Sept. 17, 1668 ; Hannah, b. Nov. 10, 1670 ; Mary, b. Feb. 20, 1672, and Eliz'h, b. Dec. 23, 1674. John was selectman at Saybrook in 1686.
BUSHNELL, JOHN, of Saybrook, m. Rebeccah Coalle, (Cole, ) May 10, 1692, and had children, John, b. Nov. 2, 1695; Francis, b. Nov. 17, 1697 ; Samuel, b. March 12, 1700; Amos, b. Jan. 18, 1702; Rebeccah, b. Sept. 18, 1704; Sarah, b. Dec. 19, 1706 ; Ben- jamin and Lemuel.
BUSHNELL, JOHN, of Saybrook, m. Catherine Kelsey, June 18, 1724, and had issue, John, b. March 4, 1725, d. 1731; Ira,* b. Oct. 19, 1727, (perhaps 13.)
NOTE .- "This was rit by Ira Bushnell, in the year 1791, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. Let the same be continued for a memorandum to my children and children's children. Note that."
"About the year 1662, old Deacon Francis Bushnell builded the mill that I now own. It hath 38
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BUSHNELL, EPH'M, son of Wm. and Rebecca, m. Mary Lay, Nov. 19, 1697, and had issue, b. at Saybrook, viz., Mary, b. Aug.
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been in the possession of several of his posterity ever since. In the year 1636, Wmn. Finnek, -ord Say and Seale, and Robert Lord Brook, laid the foundation settlement of Saybrook. The account of the family of Bushnell, from what part of England they came, I could never learn. Some of the oldest men of the family of the Bushnells, was of the mind that their fathers came rom the north ; others said they came from the west of England. As for their family or pedi- gree, I know nothing, as their parentage is lost and to me unknown. Whether there be any of the name of Bushnell now in England, I cannot tell or find out by any enquiry that I have made. As for the name of the Bushnells, it might probably arise from some occupation or office; some learned men think the word Bushnell derived from n man that preserved or pruned the young wood, in copies or forista, for the change of an R for an L, was common in the old English words, as cudgel, hovel, cotherel, &c. The old English language is now much altered from what it was 300 years ago. 'The older account I can get is, that abought the year 1638, when the In- dependents in England were persecuted so violently, on account of their religion, by some hot- headed Bishops that were truly more Papists than Protestants, they persecuted all but their own sect. Then on account of enjoying their religion, and civil liberties, there came from England six brothers of the family of Bushnells. After they had made some stay at the Massachusetts Bay, where they first landed, four of them come that remained. They first stopped at Long Island, but not liking Long Island for settlement, they come over to Gullford about the year 1648. Mr, Robert Chapman prevailed with three of them to remove to Saybrook, their trade being much wanted in Saybrook at that time, they being carpenters, and Wm. Bushnell had m. Robert Chapman's sister. Three of them, viz., Francis, and William and Richard. There was an Isaac ; he was unfortunate, as it was said, in getting a bad wife. He left her and returned home to England with his effects, he being a merchant and owned a considerable estate.
My great grandfather's father Francis, lived in Saybrook about 33 years, and was deacon of the church in Saybrook, being what was called Independents. Deacon Francis Bushnell died Dec. 4, 1681, about 82 years of nge. His brother Richard removed to Norwich soon after that town was settled. Deacon Francis Bushnell was father to John Bushnell, and one Samuel Bushnell. He had 5 daughters; one of them was m. to a Johnson, of Guilford, and was mother to a good credible family of the Johnsons. Mr. Johnson, the church minister of Stratford, was her grandchild. Another of his daughters m. to one Hosmore or Osmore, at Windsor or Hart- ford. Que of her children was minister at East Haddam. Another m. a Jones, and another m. one Joseph Ingham, and one m. a Smith, at Glastonbury. My great-grandfather had but one son, named John. My great-grandfather d. in the year 1686, nbout 54 years of age. His brother Samuel d. Dec. 16, 1689 ; he left no children. My grandfather, John Bushnell, m. Rebeccah Cole. She was born in Hartford. My grandfather had seven sons and two daughters; my father was the oldest of his sons that lived to grow up. My father's name John, next Francis, the third Samuel, the fourth Amos, the fifth Benjamin, the sixth Lemuel. My grandfather had a son before my father ; he d. before he was two years. His daughter's names, Rebeccah and Sarah ; they left no children. My grandfather d. March 10, 1724, aged 63 years wanting two days. My father, John Bushnell, was m. to Catherine Kelsey, of Killingworth, June 18, 1724, in the 28th year of his age. My father had a son John, born March 4, 1725, and lived till six years and 8 months and 16 days old. He d. Nov. the 20, 1731. This 2d son was born Oct. 13 1727. My father d. Jan. 16, 1738, In the 42d year of his nge.
My uncle Francia had two sons, Francis and John, both d. young. He had five daughters who lived to have families, and two that d. young. My uncle, Samuel Bushnell, had three sons who lived to grow up, and several that d. young, and one daughter. He d. in Oct, 1772, in the 72d year of his age. My uncle, Amos Bushnell, d. in the year 1733. He never m. and d. in the 28th or 29th year of his age. My uncle, Benjamin Hushnell, had three sons and one dau'r, but only his son Francis lived to marry and have children. He d. In the year 1786, in the 78th
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8, 1698; David or Daniel, b. Nov. 8, 1699; Martha, b. May 16, 1701 ; Eph'm, b. Sept. 27, 1702 ; Sarah, b. April 21, 1704 ; Jede- diah, b. March 5, 1705, d. His wife d. and he m. Anne Hail or
year of his age. July, 1790, my uncle Francis d. in the 92d year of his age. My uncle, Lem- uel Bushnell, is now alive, and is now in the 80th year of his age. He hath had four sons and four daughters, but two of his sons d . young ; only Daniel and Lemuel lived to grow up, and have children. My mother d. April 10, 1761, in the 74th year of her age; she was the daughter of Daniel Kelsey, of Killingworth; her mother was Jane Chalker, daughter of Alexander Chalker, of Saybrook. [See CHALKER.] Ira Bushnell, (the writer,) b. Oct. 19, 1727-8, was m. to Pa- tience Bushnell, d'r of Capt. Samuel Bushnell, Oct. 28, 1750. My wife Patience lived with me till June 28, 1764, (and d. in her 39th year.) My first d'r Catherine, was b. Aug. 11, old stile, 1751. My d'r Patience was born Nov. 4, 1754. My d'r Hannah, born Feb. 18, 1756. My son Ira was born Dec. 24, 1757. My d'r Eunice, b. Aug. 17, 1760. My first son, Auryulus, was b. June 10, 1766, [should be 1764,] he died Aug. 16, 1764. My wife Patience d. June 28, 1764, in the 39th year of her age. I, Ira Bushnell, was m. to Mabel Chapman, the d'r of Benjamin Chapman, son of Robert Chapman, the son of Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Say- brook, My 2d son Augustus was b. July 6, 1766. My son Richard, b. Aug. 2, 1768. My d'r Mable, b. March 26, 1770. My oldest d'r Catherine was m. to Asa Kirtland, son of Capt. John Kirtland ; he was b. Dec. 7, 1746, and m. May 18, 1775, in the 29th year of his age, and she in the 24th year. John Kirtland, the son of Asa and Katherine Kirtland, was b. May 29, 1776 ; Asa, 2d son, b. Feb. 25, 1778 ; 3d son, Joseph, b. Oct. 5, 1779 ; 4th son, Bushnell, b. Oct. 9, 1781 ; d'r Almira, b. Sept. 9, 1783 ; Catherine, b. Sept. 1, 1785 ; 5th son, Ezra , b. March 27, 1789 ; 6th son, Gilbert, b. April 25, 1793. (The mother of Ira d. Jan. 5.)
Bushnell, Ira, 2d, b. Dec. 24, 1757, m. Martha Parker, (b. April 24, 1756.) Issue, Sophia, a d'r, b. April 4, 1780 ; Martha, b. Oct. 6, 1781 ; Henry, b. Aug. 21, 1783 ; Charles, b. April 15, 1785 ; Wm., b. March 22, 1787 ; Ira, b. July 14, 1790 ; Richard, b. Nov. 19, 1791. Bushnell, John, son of Ira, b. Nov. 23, 1752, m. Lydia Chapman, Dec. 2, 1779, he being then in his 28th year, and his wife Lydia in the 18th year of her age. Issue, Martha, b. Nov. 3, 1780; Polly, b. Feb. 23, 1783 ; Lydia, b. June 4, 1785 ; Betsey, b. Aug. 2, 1787. His oldest son John, b. June 16, 1791. His 5th d'r Nancy, b. Nov. 1, 1792. BUSHNELL, EUNICE, daughter of Ira, m. Martin Kirtland, Nov. 30, 1781, and had issue, Fanny, b. March 10, 1783; Eunice, b. Sept. 12, 1785 ; Sally, b June 25, 1788 ; Martin, Jun. b. July 15, 1790.
BUSHNELL, LEMUEL'S wife, (maiden name, Ruth Web,) d. April 16, 1791, aged about 84 years.
BUSHNELL, HANNAII, d'r of Ira, m. Samuel W. Gladding, May 15, 1789, and her oldest son, Samuel Bushnell. b. May 24, 1790. (Samuel Wise Gladding was 24 years old when m'd.) Hannah Wealth Parmale, b. Dec. 29, 1791.
BUSHNELL, PATIENCE, daughter of Ira, m. Joseph Bushnell, Jan., 1786, in her 37th year. Her oldest d'r Cynthia, b. July 10, 1786 ; her oldest son Titus, b. March 19, 1788 ; d'r Jennet, b. Nov. 21, 1791.
BUSHNELL. AUGUSTUS, m. Ethelinda Jows, Feb. 21, 1796, and had issue, Ethelinda, b. Nov. 30, 1796 ; Mable, b. Jan. 21, 1799; Elizabeth, b. March 19, 1801 ; Augustus, b. March 18, 1804, Augustus d. Aug. 30, 1805, aged over one year ; Lovinia, b. Aug. 8, 1806 ; Augusta, b. July 2, 1809 ; 2d son Augustus, b. Sept. 30, 1812 ; Jackson J., b. Feb. 19, 1815. The mother who was the widow of Ezekel Jows, d. Jan. 15, 1815, aged 84 years. Catherine d. aged 79. May 19, 1831. Ethelinda m. David Hays, of the County of Chenango, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1833." Most of the foregoing is a literal transcript from the family record of Ira Bushnell, of Saybrook. who d. Aug. 16, 1794, in the 67th year of his age, and b. Oct. 19, 1727, old style, and supplied by Rev. Wmn. Chapman, of Glastenbury. The facts are probably as correct as any other ac- count of the original family of Bushnells.
Eight by this name have graduated at Yale College, and two at Williams.
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Hill, Oct. 16, 1712, and had second Sarah, b. July 26, 1713 ; second Jedediah, b. May 23, 1714; James, b. March 12, 1716; second Martha, b. Aug. 12, 1718 ; Anne, b. Oct. 24, 1720 ; Tho's, b. Aug. 24, 1722 ; Rebeckah, b. June 22, 1728.
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