Descendants of Francis1 Bushnell,

Three Generations.

Specifically through his sons, Francis2 and Richard2, my direct lines.

compiled by

Susan Gascoigne Taylor September 5, 2000

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Table of Contents:

The Descendants of Francis1 Bushnell Generation One....................................... 3 Generation Two....................................... 5 Generation Three..................................... 8 Index................................................ 13 Bibliography.............................................. 15 Endnotes.................................................. 17

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Descendants of Francis Bushnell

Generation One

1. Francis1 BUSHNELL; born circa 1580 in Thatcham, Berkshire, England;1 married Ferris QUENELL, daughter of Henry QUENELL and Beatrix CARTER, 13 May 1605 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England;2,3 married Joan KINWARD 2 Jun 1629 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England;4,5 died 1646 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT;6,7,8 his estate was probated 13 Oct 1646 at the Plantation Court, Guilford, New Haven Co., CT ("his will, attested to by Mr. Henry Whitfield, the first minister, and William Leete, the first Governor, at a session of the Plantation Court, held 13 Oct 1646, was the first document of its kind to be probated there").9 Occupation: artisan: ("perhaps a painter and decorator, for in 1610/11, 'Frauncis Bushnell' was paid ve (five shilligs) for 'cullering the funt' (of the church or alter") in Horsham, co. Sussex, England.10 He was mentioned on 15 Aug 1625 in the will of his father as a beneficiary and executor.11 By 1626 he and his family had "subcribed" to the church at Horsham, Sussex Co., England, for "by a seating list of this church dated 1626... 'a Seate under the new gallary stayers for Pharis Bushnell, the wife of Frauncis Busnell, to belong to him and his heirs for ever.' In 1626/7 he was a church warden, and on 25 Mar. 1636 and 29 Sep. 1637, 'Fra Bushnell' made donations for the 'reparation of St. Pauls in London.'" This seems to indicate this family did "not probably... emigrate because of religious persecutions".12 He immigrated in Jul 1639 to Fair Haven, CT (with his 2 daughters "in the company of Rev. Henry Whitfield, aboard the St. John [from Guilford, England]. 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, while that of the Rev. John Hoadley, who married his daughter Sarah, appears ninth. The company landed at Fair Haven, Connecticut between the 10th and 15th of July 1639 and two months later the deed was signed for their new settlement at Menunkatuck, purchased of the Quinipiac Indians, which they named Guilforde after the shire town in Surrey from which some of the emigrants came").13,14

THE GUILFORD COVENANT "'We whose names are here under-written, intending by God's gracious permission to establish ourselves in New England, if it may be in the south part about Quinapossack (New Haven), we faithfully promise, each to each, for ourselves and families and all that belongs to us, that we will, the Lord assisting us, sit down and join ourselves together in one entire plantation and be helpful each to the other in any common work, according to everyman's ability and as need shall require; and we promise not to depart or leave each other on the plantation but with the consent of the rest, or the greater par of those who have entered unto this engagement. "'As for our gathering ourselves to gether in a church way, and the choice of officers and members to be gathered in that way, we do refer ourselves to such time as it please to settle us in our plantation. "'In witness where of we subscribe our hands this first day of June, 1639.' "Signed by Robert Richell, John Bishop, Francis Bushnell, William Crittenden, William Leete, Thomas Jones, John Jurden, William Stone, John Hoadley, John Stone, William Plane, Richard Sutridge, John Housinger, William Dudley, John Parmelee, John Mepham, Thomas Norton, Abraham Crittenden,Francis Chatfield, William Noble, Thomas Neish, Henry Kingston, Henry Doude,Thomas Cooke, Henry Whitfield".15 He resided between Sep 1639 and 1646 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT ("his home lot of about three and one-half acres, on the N.E. corner of the roads now known as Fair and Broad Streets, was one of the choice locations. When his son Francis, Jr., came to Guilford, he acquired the lot next north of the northwest corner lot, on Fair Street, while the Rev. John Hoadley had a lot on the south side of Broad Street between Fair and River Street." Francis resided here until his death).16,17 Ferris Quenell was born in 1587 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England.18 She was baptized on 17 Apr 1587 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England.19 She died in 1628 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England.20 She was buried on 10 Mar 1627/28 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England, with her daughter Elizabeth.21 Known children of Francis1 BUSHNELL and Ferris QUENELL all born in Horsham, co. Sussex, England, were as follows: 2 i. Edmund2 BUSHNELL was also known as Edward; baptized 27 Apr

1606;22,23 married Martha HALLOR 16 Aug 1627 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England;24,25,26,27 died 28 Mar 1636 in Ten Hills Farm, Medford, Middlesex Co., MA, at age 29.28,29,30,31 Occupation: Steward.32 He immigrated in Sep 1635 to Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, with his wife and children on the ship True Love from London. He arrived "bearing two letters addressed to John Winthrop, Jr., son of Gov. Winthrop, in both of which he is highly recommended".33,34

+ 3 ii. Francis BUSHNELL, born 8 Jan 1608/9; married Mary GROOMBRIDGE; married Grace WELLS.

4 iii. William BUSHNELL; born circa 1611;35 baptized 3 Feb 1610/11;36 married Rebecca CHAPMAN circa 1643 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT;37,38 died 12 Dec 1683 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT, at age 72.39,40 He probably immigrated in 1635 to MA (with his brothers Francis and Richard).41

5 iv. Stephen BUSHNELL; baptized Jan 1612/13;42 buried 12 Mar 1624/25 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England.43

6 v. John BUSHNELL; baptized 23 Apr 1615;44,45 married Jane (--?--) before 1651;46,47,48,49 died 5 Aug 1667 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, at age 52.50,51,52 He immigrated in 1635 (in the ship the Hopewell (Capt. Bundocke)).53,54 Occupation: "glazier" in 1635 in London, Eng.55

7 vi. Thomas BUSHNELL; baptized 31 Aug 1617;56 buried 16 Sep 1617 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England.57

8 vii. Mary BUSHNELL; baptized 25 Dec 1618;58 buried 2 Mar 1628/29 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England.59

9viii. Rebecca BUSHNELL; baptized 15 Apr 1621;60,61 married John LORD, son of Thomas LORD and Dorothy BIRD, circa 1645 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT;62,63,64 died before 11 Feb 1646/47 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT.65,66 She immigrated on 10 Jul 1639 to Fair Haven, CT (on the ship St. John with her father and sister).67

+ 10 ix. Richard BUSHNELL, born 20 Apr 1623; married Mary MARVIN. 11 x. Sarah BUSHNELL; baptized 20 Nov 1625;68 married Rev. John

HOADLEY 14 Jul 1642 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT;69,70 died 1 Nov 1693 in Halstead, co. Kent, England, at age 67.71 She immigrated on 10 Jul 1639 to Fair Haven, CT (on the ship St. John with her father, sister and future husband).72

12 xi. Elizabeth BUSHNELL; baptized 5 Mar 1627/28;73 buried 10 Mar 1627/28 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England (with her mother).74

Joan Kinward died in 1631 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England.75 She was buried on 21 Jun 1631 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England.76 There were no known children of Francis1 BUSHNELL and Joan KINWARD.

Generation Two

3. Francis2 BUSHNELL (Francis1); born 8 Jan 1609 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England;77,78 baptized 8 Jan 1608/9 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England;79 married Mary GROOMBRIDGE, daughter of Thomas GROOMBRIDGE and Agnes IVE, 27 Jun 1631 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England;80,81,82,83 married Grace WELLS before 1660;84,85 died 4 Dec 1681 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT, at age 72.86,87

He immigrated in 1635 to Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, in the ship the Planter with his wife and daughter Elizabeth. His brother Richard may have been with him.88,89,90 Occupation: Carpenter and Miller.91 Land transaction(s): In the 14 Dec 1635 "division at Boston, 'Francis Bushnell' receivbed twenty-four acres in the shape of a triangle”.92 He was residing circa 1638 in Salem, Essex Co., MA, "admitted an inhabitant ... on 15 April 1639".93,94 He removed in 1639 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT (possibly with three of his brothers).95,96 A undated Guilford LR: "'A terrier of all the lands belonging to Francis Bushnell in Guilford': 'one homelot containing and allowed for two acres'; 'one parcel of upland commonly called Bushnell's Point ... containing eighteen acres & a quarter'; 'one parcel of meadow ... containing ten acres'; 'one parcel of upland with the neck fence containing six acres & three quarters'; 'one parcel of upland beyond & without the said fence containing seventeen acres'; and 'one parcel of marshland ... one acre'".97 He was residing before 1660 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT.98,99 Land transaction(s): After 1660 in Guilford, CT, ".. Francis Bushnell assigned & given unto his son-in-law William Johnson of Guilford all his said homelot, housing and land at the point together with the meadow about it & one acre of meadow".100 Mary Groombridge/Grombridge was born on 7 Jan 1605/6 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England.101,102 She immigrated in Apr 1635 to MA in the ship the "Planter" with her husband and daughter Elizabeth.103,104,105 She died after 1648/49.106 Known children of Francis2 BUSHNELL and Mary GROOMBRIDGE were as follows: 13 i. Mary3 BUSHNELL; baptized 20 Apr 1632 in Horsham, co. Sussex,

England;107,108 buried 17 Jun 1634 in England.109,110 14 ii. Elizabeth BUSHNELL; baptized 2 Feb 1633/34 in Horsham, co.

Sussex, England;111,112 married Deacon William JOHNSON, son of Robert JOHNSON, before 1654 (Conflict on date and place of marriage. <see endnotes>);113,114,115 died 26 Apr 1672 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT, at age 38.116,117 She immigrated in Apr 1635 to MA in the ship the "Planter" with her parents.118,119,120

15 iii. Sarah BUSHNELL; born circa 1636 in Salem?, Essex Co., MA;121,122,123 married Joseph INGHAM 20 Jun 1655 in Saybrook, CT;124,125,126 died before 14 Jan 1689.127

16 iv. John BUSHNELL; born circa 1638 in Guilford?, New Haven Co., CT;128,129 married Sarah SCRANTON, daughter of John SCRANTON, May 1665 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT (William Leete officiated);130,131,132 died circa 1686 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT.133 On 7 Oct 1660 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT, he "sold the tract of land his grandfather had bought from William Hyde... to his 'Kinsman' William Bushnell".134 He was admitted a freeman on 16 Oct 1667 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT.135 He "receive 500 acres of land under the will of a

sister of Joshua, son of Uncas, Sachem of the Mohigan Indians".136

+ 17 v. Martha BUSHNELL, born circa 1640 in Salem?, Essex Co., MA; married Jonathan SMITH.

18 vi. Mary BUSHNELL; born circa 1642 in Guilford?, New Haven Co., CT;137,138 married Capt. Samuel JONES, son of Thomas JONES, 1 Jan 1663 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT;139,140,141,142 died circa 1727 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT.143

19 vii. Hannah BUSHNELL; born circa 1644 in Guilford?, New Haven Co., CT;144,145 married Deacon Stephen HOSMER, son of Thomas HOSMER and Frances (--?--), before 16 Jun 1668.146,147,148,149

20viii. Samuel BUSHNELL; born circa 1646;150 baptized before 1647;151 married Susannah (--?--) after 1676?;152,153 married Ruth SANFORD, daughter of Zachery SANFORD, 17 Apr 1684 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT;154,155,156,157 died 14 Dec 1689 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT (d.s.p).158,159 He was mentioned on 1681 in the will of his father as executor.160 An inventory of his estate was taken on 14 Dec 1689 the day of his death and "mentions his next of kin, Mary Jones; Martha Smith, and Hannah Hosmer, and shows a total valuation of L411-2s-3p".161

Grace Wells married Thomas Norton in May 1631.162,163 There were no known children of Francis2 BUSHNELL and Grace WELLS. 10. Richard2 BUSHNELL (Francis1); baptized 20 Apr 1623 in Horsham, co. Sussex, England;164 married Mary MARVIN, daughter of Matthew MARVIN and Elizabeth GREGORY?, 11 Oct 1648 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT;165,166,167,168,169,170,171 died between 1 Dec 1659 and 17 Jul 1660 in Saybrook or Norwalk, CT.172,173 He probably immigrated in 1635 (at the age of about 12 with his brothers Francis and William and probably resided with his brother Francis in Salem, MA until he removed to CT).174 Military: ("one of John Winthrop's garrison at Saybrook Fort under Lyon Gardiner during the Pequot War").175 Land transaction(s): Circa 1655 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT, "granted a L200 lot next to that of his father-in-law".176 He left a will on 1 Dec 1659 in CT ("divides his est. between his wid[dow] and his four children..., and requests as overseers Matthew Marvin, Nathaniel Richard, and Richard Olmstead. Wits. Alice Kellogg Marvin (2nd wife of Matthew Marvin) and James Cornish." His wife's 2nd husband, Thomas Adgate, "was app[ointed] adm[inistrator] of his est[ate]").177 An inventory of the estate was taken on 17 Jul 1660 in CT.178 Mary Marvin was born in 1628 in England.179,180 She was baptized on 16 Dec 1628 in Great Bentley, England.181 She immigrated in 1635 to New England from London in the "Increase" with her family.182,183,184 She and Deacon Thomas Adgate were residing circa 1660 in Norwich, New London Co., CT.185,186 She married Deacon Thomas Adgate circa 1660.187,188,189,190,191,192 She died on 29 May 1713 in Norwich, New London Co., CT.193,194,195,196 She was buried in Old Burying Ground, Norwich, New London Co., CT.197

Known children of Richard2 BUSHNELL and Mary MARVIN were as follows: + 21 i. Joseph3 BUSHNELL, born 2 May 1651 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co.,

CT; married Mary LEFFINGWELL. + 22 ii. Richard BUSHNELL, born Sep 1652 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co.,

CT; married Elizabeth ADGATE. + 23 iii. Mary BUSHNELL, born Jan 1654/55 in Norwalk?, Fairfield Co.,

CT; married Ensign Thomas LEFFINGWELL Jr. + 24 iv. Mercy BUSHNELL, born Mar 1657 in Norwalk?, Fairfield Co., CT;

married Capt. Jonathan RUDD; married Deacon Joseph CARY.

Generation Three

17. Martha3 BUSHNELL (Francis2, Francis1); born circa 1640 in Salem?, Essex Co., MA;198,199,200 married Jonathan SMITH, son of Richard SMITH, 1 Jan 1663 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT;201,202,203,204,205 died after 1705.206 She and Jonathan SMITH were residing on 14 Jan 1689 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.207 Jonathan Smith was born in 1635?.208 He was admitted a freeman in 1657 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.209 He married Hannah Adams, daughter of Jeremy Adams, circa 1660?.210 Land transaction(s): 1. "'James Tappin, Sr. of Middletown, on 13 Mar. 1682/3, sold 9 acres on the east side of "The Great River" to Jonathan Smith, Sr. ... on 15 Jan 1699/1700 Jonathan "asssigned this deed for love" to his son'in-law. 2. "'On 29 Jan 1708, Joshua Gill of Middletown, in consideration of a half mile lot which the grantees purchased from John Clark and his wife of Farmington and also for 4 pounds, sold to John Gill, Sr., George Stocking, William Cornel, Sr., Joseph Warner, Jonathan Smith, Ebenezer Smith, Francis Smith, Joseph Long, Jonathan Stedd, Jonas Wright, Thomas Wright, John Miller, Ephraim Wilcox, James Stanelift, Nathaniel Savage, Samuel Bidwell, Jr., Jacob Cornel, Jr., Thomas Buck, Ebenezer Hurlbutt, Richard Gill, Ebenezer Gill, John Gill, Jr., and the said Joshua Gill, 18 acres on east of Great River 'where all the aboue purchaser do now inhabit and dwell.'(vol. 2, p. 396.)".211 Land transaction(s): From Bates' Gen. of Sarai Stow Ellis the Middletown Land Records researched by Donald Lines Jacobus: "...on 15 Jan. 1699/1700 'Jonathan Smith, Sr., of Glossenbury' assigned this deed for love to 'my son in Law Joseph long of middletown'".212 He was residing in 1699/0 in Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT.213 He died after 1711.214 Known children of Martha3 BUSHNELL and Jonathan SMITH were as follows: 25 i. Jonathan4 SMITH; born 20 Nov 1664 in Wethersfield, Hartford

Co., CT.215 26 ii. Mary SMITH. 216

27 iii. Richard SMITH; born 2 Nov 1667 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.216

28 iv. Samuel SMITH.216 29 v. Joseph SMITH; born 14 Oct 1672 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co.,

CT;217 married Sarah HOUSE 2 Jan 1695/96.218 30 vi. Martha SMITH; born 14 Nov 1674 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co.,

CT;219,220,221 married Joseph LONG, son of Thomas LONG and Sarah WILCOX, before 1699/0 (Bates says they were married c1689, Torrey bef 1701, and according to a land deed of 15 Jan 1699/1700 he was already Jonathan Smith, Sr.'s son-in-law; therefore, I'm entering their DOM as before the DOB of their 1st child. <see footnotes>).222,223

31 vii. Ebenezer SMITH; born 18 Mar 1676 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.224

32viii. Gershom SMITH; born Nov 1679 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT;225 married Hannah JUDD before 1701.226

33 ix. Deborah SMITH; born 23 Sep 1682 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT.227

21. Joseph3 BUSHNELL (Richard2, Francis1); born 2 May 1651 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT;228,229,230 married Mary LEFFINGWELL, daughter of Lt. Thomas LEFFINGWELL and Mary WHITE?, 28 Nov 1673 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;231,232,233,234,235 died 23 Dec 1746 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 95;236,237,238 buried in Old Burying Ground, Norwich, New London Co., CT.239 He and Mary LEFFINGWELL "were among the most prosperous families" in Norwich, New London Co., CT.240 Mary Leffingwell was born on 10 Dec 1654 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT.241,242,243,244 She died on 31 Mar 1745 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 90.245,246,247,248 Known children of Joseph3 BUSHNELL and Mary LEFFINGWELL were: 34 i. Abigail4 BUSHNELL; born 21 Jul 1690 in Haddam, Middlesex Co.,

CT;249,250 married Joseph CARY, son of Deacon Joseph CARY and Hannah (--?--), 4 Jul 1710;251 married second Jacob WARREN;252 died circa 1771.253

22. Richard3 BUSHNELL (Richard2, Francis1); born Sep 1652 "perhaps" in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT;254,255,256,257 married Elizabeth ADGATE, daughter of Deacon Thomas ADGATE and (--?--) (--?--), 7 Dec 1672 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;258,259,260,261 died 27 Feb 1727 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 74.262,263,264,265 Military: in Norwich, New London Co., CT (Sargent in the "train band" in 1686 & 1687; Ensign in May 1693, lieutenant in 1698 and captain in 1701).266 Office(s) held: (Deputy to the General Court: 1691-1699; Clerk: 1702-1711 except in 1706; Speaker of the House in Hartford: 1712-1720; member of the Governor's Council; Representative in the Mason controversy; on "the Commission appointed by Royal authority to settle the Morgan

incidents, the meetings of which were held in his home;" Constable; town clerk; schoolmaster; Justice of the Peace; Townsman; Surveyor; Town agent; Judge of the New London County Court; "and his popularity as a Justice of the Peace brought cases from most of the surrounding towns, including Windham, Plainfield, Canterbury, Killingly, Preston, North Groton, North Stonington, etc. His town records are still extant in neat round handwriting").267 Land transaction(s): "The deed for his home lot in Norwich is dated 1698, and in the same year he was a legatee in the will of Owenoco, Sachem of the Mohigan Indians, who gve him 400 acres of land, 'in consideration of the kind and free entertainment I have had for many years received of my loving friend Richard Bushnell of Norwick.' The deed was given 20 Dec. 1708 for a tract lying between Labanon and Colchester, and was recorded 24 Mar. 1709, and bears the signatures of Thomas Leffingwell and Samuel Allen as witnesses. In 1669 he received from the Proprietors of Lebanon, of which he was one, 100 acres of land, 'for setting up of the place, and surveying the town lines,' and in May of the same year he established the line between Norwich and New London by survey".268 On 5 Mar 1724/25 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, "Deacon Christopher Huntington Isaac Huntington and John Renols, personall appeared..." before Richard, JP to swear to the authenticity of Joshua ABELL's will.269 Elizabeth Adgate was born on 10 Oct 1651 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT.270,271,272,273,274 Known children of Richard3 BUSHNELL and Elizabeth ADGATE were: 35 i. Dr. Caleb4 BUSHNELL; born 26 May 1679 in Norwich, New London

Co., CT;275,276 married Anne LEFFINGWELL, daughter of Ensign Thomas LEFFINGWELL Jr. and Mary BUSHNELL, 9 Jan 1699/0 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;277,278,279 died 18 Feb 1724/25 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 45.280,281

23. Mary3 BUSHNELL (Richard2, Francis1); born Jan 1654/55 possibly in Norwalk?, Fairfield Co., CT, where the family was living in 1655;282,283,284,285 married Ensign Thomas LEFFINGWELL Jr., son of Lt. Thomas LEFFINGWELL and Mary WHITE?, Sep 1672 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;286,287,288,289,290,291 died 2 Dec 1745 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 90;292,293,294,295 buried in Old Burying Ground, Norwich, New London Co., CT (her tombstone was still standing as late as 1896).296 Ensign Thomas Leffingwell Jr was born on 27 Aug 1649 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT.297,298,299,300,301 Military (Ensign in the Norwich Militia).302 He removed with his father in 1671 in Norwich, New London Co., CT.303 He was admitted a freeman in 1671 ("by the General Court at Hartford").304,305 In 1700 "his house, located near that of his father became the ordinary of the town. At this period only the best of citizens were permitted to 'enterteign' strangers. It was also one of the places where ammunition was stored for emergencies".306 An inventory of his estate after his death showed his estate "valued at L9793 9s 11d: Miss Caulkins in her History of

Norwich says, 'it is doubtful whether any other ext. in the town equalled this in value'".307 He died on 5 Mar 1723/24 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 74.308,309,310,311 Known children of Mary3 BUSHNELL and Ensign Thomas LEFFINGWELL Jr. all born in Norwich, New London Co., CT, were as follows: 36 i. Thomas4 LEFFINGWELL; born 11 Mar 1674;312,313,314 married Lydia

TRACY, daughter of Dr. Solomon TRACY and Sarah HUNTINGTON, 31 Mar 1698 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;315,316,317,318 died 18 Jul 1733 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 59.319,320,321 Occupation: cordwainer, merchant and charge of the public house in Norwich, New London Co., CT.322

37 ii. Elizabeth LEFFINGWELL; born Nov 1676;323,324 married John TRACY, son of John TRACY and Mary WINSLOW, 10 May 1697 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;325,326,327 died 25 Oct 1739 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 62.328,329,330

38 iii. Anne LEFFINGWELL; born 25 Jan 1680;331,332 married Dr. Caleb BUSHNELL, son of Richard BUSHNELL and Elizabeth ADGATE, 9 Jan 1699/0 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;333,334,335 died circa 1782 in Norwich, New London Co., CT.336

39 iv. Mary LEFFINGWELL; born 11 Mar 1682;337,338 married Simon TRACY, son of Dr. Solomon TRACY and Sarah HUNTINGTON, 14 Jan 1707/8 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;339,340,341 died 22 Sep 1770 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 88.342,343 She and Simon TRACY resided in Norwich, New London Co., CT.344

40 v. Zerviah LEFFINGWELL; born 7 Oct 1686;345,346 married Benajah BUSHNELL 24 Nov 1709 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;347,348 died 15 Mar 1770 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 83;349,350 buried in Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Norwich, New London Co., CT.351 She joined in 1718 the First Congregational Church, Norwich, New London Co., CT, but with her husband "later transferred their membership to the Episcopal Church".352

41 vi. Capt. John LEFFINGWELL; born 2 Feb 1688;353,354 married Sarah ABELL, daughter of Joshua ABELL and Bethia GAGER, 26 Sep 1710 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;355,356,357 married Mary HART, daughter of Capt. John HART, 17 Nov 1730 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;358,359 died 16 Aug 1775 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 87.360,361 He was mentioned on 6 Nov 1722 in the will of his father-in-law Joshua ABELL of Norwich, New London Co., CT.362

42 vii. Abigail LEFFINGWELL; born 14 Sep 1691;363,364 married Daniel TRACY, son of Daniel TRACY and Abigail ADGATE, 14 Mar 1710/11 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;365,366 died 16 Mar 1777 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 85.367,368

43viii. Benajah LEFFINGWELL; born 9 Aug 1693;369,370 married Joanna CHRISTOPHER, daughter of Richard CHRISTOPHER and Grace TURNER, 24 Aug 1726 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;371 died 8 Jun 1756 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 62.372

44 ix. Hezekiah LEFFINGWELL; born 18 Nov 1695;373,374 died 24 Apr 1699 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 3.375,376

24. Mercy3 BUSHNELL (Richard2, Francis1) was also known as Mary/Marcy/Marcia/Maria; born Mar 1657 possibly in Norwalk?, Fairfield Co., CT, where the family was living in 1655;377,378,379,380 married Capt. Jonathan RUDD, son of Lt. Jonathan RUDD and Mary METCALF?, 19 Dec 1676;381,382 married Deacon Joseph CARY before 1693;383,384 died 1741 possibly in Preston, New London Co., CT.385,386 Capt. Jonathan Rudd was born in 1648?.387 He died in 1689 possibly in Preston, New London Co., CT.388 Known children of Mercy3 BUSHNELL and Capt. Jonathan RUDD were as follows: 45 i. Mercy4 RUDD; born 8 Oct 1679;389 married Nathaniel

LEFFINGWELL, son of Nathaniel LEFFINGWELL and Mary SMITH, 19 Jun 1707 in Norwich, New London Co., CT;390,391 married Capt. James NORMAN after Jan 1709/10;392 died 21 Oct 1734 in Norwich, New London Co., CT, at age 55.393,394

46 ii. Jonathan RUDD; born 22 Mar 1682.395 47 iii. Capt. Nathaniel RUDD; born 22 May 1684 in CT;396 married

Rebecca WALDO 27 Dec 1709 in Windham, Windham Co., CT;397,398 married Esther BURMAN 18 Apr 1728 in Windham, Windham Co., CT;399 died 20 Feb 1760 in Windham, Windham Co., CT.400,401

Deacon Joseph Cary was born on 18 Apr 1663.402,403 He married Hannah (--?--) before 1689.404,405 He died on 10 Jan 1722 in Windham, Windham Co., CT, at age 58.406,407 Known children of Mercy3 BUSHNELL and Deacon Joseph CARY were as follows: <I have just found that the Barbour Collection of the town of Windham, CT, on-line <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/4791/barbourcollectionwindhamcadyand.html> has Hannah, the first wife of Joseph CARY, as mother of the following children. Torrey has Hannah dead c1691 and Mercy and Joseph married before 1693. I haven’t had a chance to

check out other sources. > 48 i. Hannah4 CARY; born 4 Mar 1693.408 49 ii. John CARY; born 23 Jan 1695.409 50 iii. Seth CARY; born 29 Jul 1697.410 51 iv. Elizabeth CARY; born 17 Apr 1700.411

Index

(--?--) (--?--), 9 Frances, 7 Hannah, 9, 12 Jane, 5 Susannah, 7

Abell Joshua, 11 Sarah, 11

Adams Hannah, 8 Jeremy, 8

Adgate Abigail, 11 Elizabeth, 8, 9, 10, 11 Thomas (Deacon), 7, 9

Bird Dorothy, 5

Burman Esther, 12

Bushnell Abigail, 9 Benajah, 11 Caleb (Dr.), 10, 11 Edmund, 4 Edward, 4 Elizabeth, 5, 6 Francis, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Hannah, 7 John, 5, 6 Joseph, 8, 9 Martha, 7, 8 Mary, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 Mary/Marcy/Marcia/Maria, 12 Mercy, 8, 12 Rebecca, 5 Richard, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Samuel, 7 Sarah, 5, 6 Stephen, 5 Thomas, 5 William, 5

Carter Beatrix, 3

Cary Elizabeth, 12 Hannah, 12

John, 12 Joseph, 9 Joseph (Deacon), 8, 9, 12 Seth, 12

Chapman Rebecca, 5

Christopher Joanna, 12 Richard, 12

Gager Bethia, 11

Gregory? Elizabeth, 7

Grombridge Mary, 6

Groombridge Mary, 5, 6 Thomas, 5

Hallor Martha, 4

Hart John (Capt.), 11 Mary, 11

Hoadley John (Rev.), 5

Hosmer Stephen (Deacon), 7 Thomas, 7

House Sarah, 9

Huntington Sarah, 11

Ingham Joseph, 6

Ive Agnes, 5

Johnson Robert, 6 William (Deacon), 6

Jones Samuel (Capt.), 7 Thomas, 7

Judd Hannah, 9

Kinward Joan, 3, 5

Leffingwell

Abigail, 11 Anne, 10, 11 Benajah, 12 Elizabeth, 11 Hezekiah, 12 John (Capt.), 11 Mary, 8, 9, 11 Nathaniel, 12 Thomas, 11 Thomas (Lt.), 9, 10 Thomas Jr. (Ensign), 8, 10, 11 Zerviah, 11

Long Joseph, 9 Thomas, 9

Lord John, 5 Thomas, 5

Marvin Mary, 5, 7, 8 Matthew, 7

Metcalf? Mary, 12

Norman James (Capt.), 12

Norton Thomas, 7

Quenell Ferris, 3, 4 Henry, 3

Rudd Jonathan, 12 Jonathan (Capt.), 8, 12 Jonathan (Lt.), 12 Mercy, 12 Nathaniel (Capt.), 12

Sanford Ruth, 7 Zachery, 7

Scranton John, 6 Sarah, 6

Smith Deborah, 9 Ebenezer, 9 Gershom, 9 Jonathan, 7, 8 Joseph, 9 Martha, 9 Mary, 8, 12 Richard, 8, 9 Samuel, 9

Tracy Daniel, 11 John, 11 Lydia, 11 Simon, 11 Solomon (Dr.), 11

Turner Grace, 12

Waldo Rebecca, 12

Warren Jacob, 9

Wells Grace, 5, 7

White? Mary, 9, 10

Wilcox Sarah, 9

Winslow Mary, 11

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Endnotes

1George Eleazer Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, Ancestry and Posterity of Francis Bushnell (1580-1646) of Horsham, England and Guilford, Connecticut, Including Genealogical Notes of other Bushnell Families, whose connections with this branch of the family tree have not been determined (Nashville, TN: George Eleazer Bushnell, 1945), pp. 20, 25. 2Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985), p. 125. Hereinafter cited as Torrey. 3Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 25 [Source: Transcript of the Horsham Church Register, by E.G. Rice, Sussex Record Society Pub., vol. 21]. 4Torrey, p. 125. 5Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 25. 6Torrey, p. 125. 7Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, pp. 20, 25. 8James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register, Vol. I (1st Edition; Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860), Repository: The University of Miss. Library, p. 317. 9Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 25 [Source: Guilford Probate Recs., Vol. A, p. 15]. 10ibid, p. 20 [Source: Transcript of the Horsham Church Register, by E.G. Rice, Sussex Record Society Pub., vol. 21, 1915]. 11ibid, p. 19 [Source: Archd. Berks]. 12ibid, pp. 20-21 [Source: Transcript of the Horsham Church Register, by E.G. Rice, Sussex Record Society Pub., vol. 21, 1915]. 13ibid, p. 25 [Source: History of New Haven, CT by Edward A. Atwater]. 14Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. I (A-B) (Boston: NEHGS, 1999), pp. 508, 511, 514. Hereinafter cited as GM 1634-1635. 15Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 23 [Source: "Hartford Times, Oct. 11, 1947; Copy of the social compact signed on board the ship from Guilford, England, by settlers of Guilford, Connecticut; Ref. Wadsworth Memorial by EdwardBrown, A.M., 1875"]. 16ibid, p. 25. 17Savage, Vol. I, p. 317. 18Torrey, p. 125. 19Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 25 [Source: Transcript of the Horsham Church Register, by E.G. Rice, Sussex Record Society Pub., vol. 21]. 20Torrey, p. 125. 21Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 25, "10 Mar. 1637/8," year is an error but is correctly stated on p. 26 as "10 Mar. 1627/8, bur..". 22ibid, pp. 26, 29 [Source: Transcript of the Horsham Church Register, by E.G. Rice, Sussex Record Society Pub., vol. 21]. 23GM 1634-1635, I:507 [Source: Bushnell Anc 2].

24Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 29 [Source: Transcript of the Horsham Church Register, by E.G. Rice, Sussex Record Society Pub., vol. 21]. 25Torrey, p. 55 [Listed in BEAMSLEY, William entry]; p. 26, "?Edmund/?Edward?/?John... b 1632". 26GM 1634-1635, I:508 [Source: Bushnell Anc 2]. 27Savage, Vol. I, p. 318 [Given name of BUSHNELL not given]. 28Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 29 [Source: Life and Letters of John Winthrop]. 29Torrey, p. 126, "?Edmund/?Edward/?John" "1636, Boston". 30GM 1634-1635, I:507 [Source: WP 3:240, 256]. 31Savage, Vol. I, p. 318 [Given name of Edmund not given]. 32GM 1634-1635, I:507. 33Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 29 [Source: Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, vol. iv, p. 103, and vol. v. pp. 519-521]. 34GM 1634-1635, I:507. 35Torrey, p. 126. 36Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, pp. 26, 34 [Source: Transcript of the Horsham Church Register, by E.G. Rice, Sussex Record Society Pub., vol. 21]. 37ibid, p. 34 [Source: Chapman Genealogy]. 38Torrey, p. 126. 39ibid. 40Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 34. 41ibid. 42ibid, p. 26. 43ibid. 44ibid, pp. 26, 37 [Source: Transcript of the Horsham Church Register, by E.G. Rice, Sussex Record Society Pub., vol. 21]. 45GM 1634-1635, I:513 [Source: Bushnell Anc 2]. 46ibid, I:513, "by 1651". 47Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 37, "abt 1650". 48Torrey, p. 125, "b 1641". 49Savage, Vol. I, p. 317. 50Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 37. 51Torrey, p. 125. 52GM 1634-1635, I:513 [Source: SPR 5:64]. 53Savage, Vol. I, p. 317. 54GM 1634-1635, I:512. 55ibid, I:512, 514. 56Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 26.

57ibid. 58ibid. 59ibid. 60ibid. 61Torrey, p. 473. 62ibid, p. 473, "ca 1645". 63Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 26, "abt 1646". 64Savage, Vol. I, p. 317. 65Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 26. 66Torrey, p. 473. 67Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 26. 68ibid. 69ibid. 70Torrey, p. 376. 71Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 26. 72ibid. 73ibid. 74ibid. 75ibid, p. 25. 76ibid. 77Torrey, p. 125. 78GM 1634-1635, I:511 [Source: Hotten 49]. 79Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, pp. 26, 31. 80ibid, p. 31 [Source: Transcript of the Horsham Church Register, by E.G. Rice, Sussex Record Society Pub., vol. 21]. 81Torrey, p. 125. 82GM 1634-1635, I:511 [Source: Hotten 49]. 83Savage, Vol. I, p. 317. 84Torrey, p. 125. 85Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 32. 86ibid, p. 31 [Sources: NEHGR and VRs Saybrook, CT]. 87GM 1634-1635, I:511 [Source: SayVR 3, 1:6]. 88Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 31 [Source: Hottons Lists of Emigrants]. 89Savage, Vol. I, p. 317. 90GM 1634-1635, I:510. 91ibid.

92ibid, I:511 [Source: BTR 1:24]. 93ibid, I:510. 94Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 31, "on Feb. 1637... granted a tract of land of 24 acres at Muddy River". 95GM 1634-1635, I:510, "1639". 96Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 31, "1646". 97GM 1634-1635, I:511 [Source: GuiLR 1:9]. 98ibid, I:510, "1660". 99Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 31. 100GM 1634-1635, I:511 [Source: GuilLR 1:9]. 101Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 31. 102GM 1634-1635, I:511 [Source: Hotten 49]. 103Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 31 [Source: Hottons Lists of Emigrants]. 104Savage, Vol. I, p. 317. 105GM 1634-1635, I:512 [Source: Hotten 49]. 106Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 31. 107ibid, p. 32. 108GM 1634-1635, I:511. 109Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 32. 110GM 1634-1635, I:511. 111Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 32. 112GM 1634-1635, I:511. 113ibid, I:511, "by 1654" [Source: "TAG 13:89, citing Guilford TR A:60]. (Secondary sources state that this marriage took place at Guilford on 2 July 1651, but the source for this date has not been found.)". 114Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 32, "Guilford, Conn. 2 Jul 1651". 115Torrey, p. 423, "3 Jul 1651". 116Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 32. 117Torrey, p. 423. 118Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 31 [Source: Hottons Lists of Emigrants]. 119Savage, Vol. I, p. 317. 120GM 1634-1635, I:511, "(erroneously called "MARTHA" in the passenger list, aged 1 in 1635 [Hotten 49]". 121Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 33, "b. Salem, Mass. (?), abt. 1639". 122GM 1634-1635, I:511, "say 1636". 123Torrey, p. 410, "?1639". 124Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 33. 125Torrey, p. 410.

126GM 1634-1635, I:511. 127Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 33. 128ibid, pp. 32, 44; "b. Guilford (?), Conn. abt. 1641". 129GM 1634-1635, I:511, "say 1638". 130Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 44. 131Torrey, p. 125. 132GM 1634-1635, I:511 [Source(s): Guilford VR Barbour 36]. 133Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 44. 134ibid. 135ibid. 136ibid. 137ibid, p. 33, "b. Guilford (?), Conn. abt. 1643". 138GM 1634-1635, I:511, "b. say 1642". 139ibid, I:511, "1 January 1663[/4]" [Source: SayVR 7]. 140Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 33, "m. Guilford, Conn. 1 Jan. or June, 1666". 141Torrey, p. 426, "1 Jan 1663, 1666?". 142Rev. Sylvester Nash, comp., "Records of Saybrook, Ct" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, IV (1850) (CD-ROM; Boston: NEHGS & Broderbund Software, Inc., 1996), p. 138, "1st January, 1663". Hereinafter cited as NEHGR IV, "Saybrook." 143Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 32. 144ibid, p. 33, "b. Guilford (?), Conn. abt. 1645". 145GM 1634-1635, I:511, "b. say 1644". 146Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 33, "abt. 1668". 147Torrey, p. 390, "ca 1670". 148Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vols. I-III (Boston: NEHGS, 1995), II:1004 [Source: WMJ 820]. Hereinafter cited asGMB 1620-1633. 149GM 1634-1635, I:511, "by June 1668" [Source: GMB 2:1004]. 150ibid, I:511, "b. say 1646". 151Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 33, "bapt. abt. 1647". 152ibid, p. 33. 153Torrey, p. 126. 154GM 1634-1635, I:511 [Source: SayVR 12]. 155Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 34. 156Torrey, p. 126. 157NEHGR IV, "Saybrook", p. 19. 158Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 33.

159Torrey, p. 126. 160GM 1634-1635, I:511. 161Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 34. 162Torrey, p. 540. 163Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, pp. 31, 32; "...in Ockley, co. Sussex, Eng. when he m. Grace Wells in 1625". 164ibid, pp. 26, 38 [Source: Transcript of the horsham Church Register, by E.G. Rich, Sussex Record Society Publ., vol. 21]. 165Torrey, p. 126. 166Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 38. 167Savage, Vol. I, pp. 18, 318. 168Huntington Family Association, The Huntington Family in America, A Genealogical Memoir of the Known Descendants of Simon Huntington from 1633 to 1915 (Hartford: Huntington Family Association, 1915), p. 78. 169James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register, Vol. III (1st Edition; Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860), Repository: The University of Miss. Library, p. 164. 170Lucius M. Boltwood, "Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Hartford, Ct, contained in the volume lettered `Original Distribution of the Town of Hartford (Ct.) among the Settlers, 1639'"The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, XIII (1859), p. 141. 171Lucius Barbour, Williston Walker and Winslow Tracy Williams, comps., Vital Records of Norwich 1659-1848, 2 vols (NEHGS Photoduplication 1997; Hartford: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913), I:10. Hereinafter cited as: Norwich VR (published). 172Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 38, "Saybrook or Norfolk". 173Torrey, p. 291, last residence "Saybrook, CT". 174Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, pp. 25, 39. 175ibid, p. 39 [Source: General Register of Society of Colonial Wars]. 176ibid, p. 39. 177ibid, pp. 38, 39 [Source: Early Conn. Probate Records; Mainwaring]. 178ibid, p. 39 [Source: Early Conn. Probate Records; Mainwaring]. 179Torrey, p. 6. 180Savage, Vol. III, p. 164 [Date calculated from age/yr. at emmigration, 1635 age 6]. 181Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 38 [Source: NEHGR]. 182Savage, Vol. III, p. 164. 183Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39. 184William T.R. Marvin, A.M., "Matthew Marvin and his Second Wife, Widow Alice Bouton" in The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. 51 (1897) (CD; Boston: NEHGR & Broderbund Software, Inc., 1996), p. 330. Hereinafter cited as NEHGR 51, "Marvin." 185Savage, Vol. I, p. 18. 186Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 38. 187Torrey, p. 6.

188Savage, Vol. I, pp. 18, 318. 189Huntington, Huntington Family in America, p. 78. 190Savage, Vol. III, p. 164, "1680". 191NEHGR 51, "Marvin", p. 331. 192Norwich VR (published), I:10. 193Torrey, p. 6. 194Norwich VR (published), I:11. 195Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 38. 196Savage, Vol. III, p. 164. 197Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 38. 198GM 1634-1635, I:511, "say 1640". 199Torrey, p. 685, "ca 1644". 200Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 33, "b. Salem (?), Mass. abt. 1637. 201GM 1634-1635, I:511 [Source: SayVR7]. 202Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 33. 203Torrey, p. 685. 204NEHGR IV, "Saybrook", p. 141. 205James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register, Vol. IV (1st Edition; Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1862), Repository: The University of Miss. Library, p. 124. 206Torrey, p. 685. 207Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 33, "Savage says they moved to Middletown, Conn. but they were in Wethersfield on 14 Jan. 1689". 208Torrey, p. 685. 209Savage, Vol. IV, p. 124. 210Torrey, p. 685. 211Mary Wood Bates, comp., Genealogy of Sarai Stow Ellis, A Direct Descendant of John Stowe of Roxbury, Mass (Evanston, IL: s.p., 1935), Repository: NEHGS, pp. 66-70 [Source: Middletown Land Record Vol. 1, p. 124, per Donald Lines Jacobus]. 212ibid, p. 65. 213ibid, p. 68. 214Torrey, p. 685. 215Hon. R.R. Hinman, comp., "Records of Wethersfield, Connecticut" in The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, XX (1866) (CD; Boston: NEHGS & Broderbund Software, Inc., 1996), p. 125. Hereinafter cited as NEHGR XX, "Wethersfield." 216ibid. 217ibid.

218Torrey, p. 686. 219ibid, p. 471. 220Bates, Genealogy Sarai Stow Ellis, p. 70. 221NEHGR XX, "Wethersfield", p. 125. 222Torrey, p. 471. 223Bates, Genealogy Sarai Stow Ellis, pp. 65, 66; "about 1689" [Source: Middletown Land Recs. researched by Donald Lines Jacobus]; p. 68. 224NEHGR XX, "Wethersfield", p. 125. 225Savage, Vol. IV, p. 124. 226Torrey, p. 681. 227Savage, Vol. IV, p. 124. 228Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, pp. 39, 53. 229Savage, Vol. I, p. 318. 230Norwich VR (published), I:10. 231ibid, I:24. 232Torrey, p. 125. 233Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 53. 234Arthur Meredyth Burke, ed., The Prominent Families of the United States of America (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991; originally 1908), p. 258. 235Savage, Vol. I, p. 317. 236Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 53. 237Norwich VR (published), I:24. 238Savage, Vol. I, p. 318. 239Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 53. 240ibid. 241ibid. 242Burke, Prominent Families, p. 258. 243Savage, Vol. III, p. 76. 244NEHGR IV, "Saybrook", p. 139. 245Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 53. 246Norwich VR (published), I:24. 247Burke, Prominent Families, p. 258. 248Savage, Vol. I, p. 318. 249Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 54. 250Norwich VR (published), I:24. 251Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 54.

252ibid, p. 55. 253ibid, p. 54. 254ibid, pp. 39, 56. 255Torrey, p. 126. 256Savage, Vol. I, p. 318. 257Norwich VR (published), I:10. 258Torrey, p. 126. 259Norwich VR (published), I:9. 260Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 56. 261Savage, Vol. I, pp. 18, 318. 262Norwich VR (published), I:9. 263Torrey, p. 126. 264Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 56, "... 27 Aug 1728". 265Savage, Vol. I, p. 318. 266Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 56. 267ibid. 268ibid, p. 56 [Sources: Lebanon, CT, Land records]. 269Horace A. Abell and Lewis P. Abell, The Abell Family in America, Robert Abell of Rehoboth, Mass. His English Ancestry and his Descendants other Abell Families and Immigrants Abell Families in England (Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., 1940), p. 54. 270Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 56. 271Torrey, p. 126. 272Savage, Vol. I, p. 18. 273NEHGR IV, "Saybrook", p. 19. 274Norwich VR (published), I:10. 275ibid, I:9. 276Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 76. 277Torrey, p. 125. 278Norwich VR (published), I:58. 279Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, pp. 40, 76, "24 July 1699/1700". 280Norwich VR (published), I:58. 281Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 76. 282Torrey, p. 460. 283Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39, "Jan. 1654". 284Savage, Vol. I, p. 318. 285Norwich VR (published), I:10.

286ibid, I:27. 287Torrey, p. 460. 288Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39. 289Huntington, Huntington Family in America, p. 420. 290Burke, Prominent Families, p. 258. 291Savage, Vol. I, p. 318. 292Norwich VR (published), I:27. 293Torrey, p. 460. 294Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39. 295Burke, Prominent Families, p. 258, "2 Sept. 1745" [This date is in error for she seems to have been buried in Dec. 1745]. 296Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39. 297Torrey, p. 460. 298Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39. 299Burke, Prominent Families, p. 258. 300Savage, Vol. III, p. 76. 301NEHGR IV, "Saybrook", p. 139. 302Burke, Prominent Families, p. 258. 303Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39. 304ibid. 305Burke, Prominent Families, p. 258. 306Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39. 307ibid. 308Norwich VR (published), I:27. 309Burke, Prominent Families, p. 258, "5 March 1724". 310Torrey, p. 460, "1732". 311Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39, "March 5, 1732". 312Torrey, p. 460. 313Norwich VR (published), I:27. 314Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39. 315Torrey, p. 460. 316Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39. 317Huntington, Huntington Family in America, p. 420. 318Norwich VR (published), I:57. 319Torrey, p. 460. 320Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39.

321Norwich VR (published), I:57. 322Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39. 323Norwich VR (published), I:27. 324Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39. 325Norwich VR (published), I:38. 326Torrey, p. 751. 327Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39. 328Norwich VR (published), I:38. 329Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 39. 330Torrey, p. 751, "1739". 331Norwich VR (published), I:27. 332Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, pp. 40, 76. 333Torrey, p. 125. 334Norwich VR (published), I:58. 335Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, pp. 40, 76, "24 July 1699/1700". 336ibid, p. 76. 337Norwich VR (published), I:27. 338Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 40. 339Norwich VR (published), I:62. 340Huntington, Huntington Family in America, pp. 231, 420. 341Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 40. 342Norwich VR (published), I:63. 343Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 40. 344ibid. 345Norwich VR (published), I:27. 346Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, pp. 40, 79. 347ibid. 348Norwich VR (published), I:67. 349Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 79. 350Norwich VR (published), I:67. 351Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 79. 352ibid. 353Norwich VR (published), I:27. 354Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 40, "Feb. 2, 1690". 355Norwich VR (published), I:71.

356Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 40. 357Abell, Abell Family, pp. 53-54 [Source: her father's will]. 358Norwich VR (published), I:71, "This may Certifie whome it May Concern that on: the 17 day of this Inftant Nouember in ye year 1730. Capt John Leffingwell of Norwich & Mary Hart of Farmington in the Colony of Connecticutt, were then joyned in marriage by me Samll Whitinan, Entred ye 29th day of Aprill 1731". 359Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 40. 360Norwich VR (published), I:100. 361Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 40. 362Abell, Abell Family, pp. 53-54. 363Norwich VR (published), I:27. 364Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41. 365Norwich VR (published), I:72. 366Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41. 367Norwich VR (published), I:72. 368Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41. 369Norwich VR (published), I:27. 370Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41. 371Norwich VR (published), I:47. 372ibid, I:252. 373ibid, I:27. 374Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41. 375Norwich VR (published), I:27. 376Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41. 377Torrey, p. 641. 378Norwich VR (published), I:10. 379Savage, Vol. I, p. 318. 380Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41. 381ibid. 382Torrey, pp. 134, 641. 383ibid. 384Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41. 385ibid, p. 41, "1741". 386Torrey, pp. 134, "1731"- probably a typo error; p. 641; "1741". 387ibid, p. 641. 388ibid. 389Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41.

390ibid. 391Norwich VR (published), p. 61. 392Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41. 393ibid. 394Norwich VR (published), p. 116. 395Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41. 396ibid. 397ibid. 398Lucius Barbour, comp., Connecticut Vital Records, Windham, Births-Marriages-Deaths, 1692-1850, Barbour Collection (Hartford: Connecticut State Library, 1920), p. 220. Hereinafter cited as BarWindham. 399ibid, p. 220; VR 1:48. 400Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41, “20 Feb. 1769”. 401BarWindham, p. 220, "d. Feb.20, 1760, in the 76th y. of his age; VR 1:48. 402Torrey, p. 134. 403Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41. 404Torrey, p. 134. 405Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41. 406Torrey, p. 134. 407Bushnell, Bushnell Family Genealogy, p. 41. 408ibid. 409ibid. 410ibid. 411ibid.