Francis Bushnell (abt. 1609 - 1681)

Born about 8 Jan 1609 in Horsham, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Marie (Grombridge) Bushnell — married 27 Jun 1631 in Horsham, Sussex, England

Descendants

Died 4 Dec 1681 at about age 72 in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Francis Bushnell migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 1, p. 510) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Francis Bushnell was born 1608/9 to Francis Bushnell and Ferris (Quenell) Bushnell. He was baptized 8 January 1609 in Horsham, Sussex, England.

He married Mary Grombridge, daughter of Thomas Grombridge, 27 June 1631 in Horsham, Sussex, England. They had eight children - the first two were born in England:

1. Mary 1632;
2. Elizabeth abt 1634;
3. Sarah abt 1636,
4. John abt 1638;
5. Martha abt 1640;
6. Mary abt 1642;
7. Hannah abt 1644;
8. Samuel abt 1646.

The Bushnell family arrived in Boston on the "Planter" in 1635; they appeared on the manifest as Francis Bushnell, age 26; Maria (Mary) Bushnell also 26; and Martha [Elizabeth Bushnell], age 1.

"Theis pties heereunder mentioned are to be transported to New England, imbarqued in the "Planter", Nicholas Trarice, Master, bound thither. They have brought certificates from the Justices of Peace and Minister of the parish that they are conformable to the orders of ye Church of England, and are no subsidy men; they have taken the oath of supremacie and allegeance, die and ano prede."

Francis and Mary lived in Boston, and in Salem, Massachusetts, for a few years before arriving in Guilford. Francis was a carpenter and miller, and eventually had charge of the town mill in Guilford after the death of Thomas Norton in 1648.

Before 1660, he removed to Saybrook and built the first corn mill there. He also became deacon of the Church. When he left Guilford, he deeded his Guilford properties to his son-in-law Deacon William Johnson.

Deacon Francis Bushnell died 4 December 1681 in Saybrook, Connecticut at 72 years of age.

[Did Francis marry Grace Wells or Grace Wells Norton? Proof needed.]

Francis Jr de Bushnell Bourchelles Bourchenelles.

Born 8 Jan 1608/09. Thatcham, Berkshire county, England. ^[1][2]

Died 4 Dec 1681. Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut^[1]

Event: Arrival 1635 Boston, Massachusetts. ^[2] Departure 1635^[1]

Residence Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts^[1] 1660 Saybrook^[1]

Francis Jr de Bushnell Bourchelles Bourchenelles. ^[1][2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999; Page 510-511.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Filby, P. William. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Gale Research, Farmington Hills, MI, USA, 2012)
3. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Book Title: Descendants of William Arnold of Hingham, Mass , & Providence, Rhode Island; also Descendants of Jo

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• Vital Records of Saybrook, 1647-1834 (Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1952) Page 3
• England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Horsham, Sussex, England, 1609. FHL Film Number: 0990247 IT 1. Baptism, Francis, Horsham: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRSP-VLG and https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QQ-KZ1J
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• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. Saybrook Vital Records 1635-1850, Page 22.
• Bushnell, George Eleazer. Bushnell Family Genealogy (Nashville, Tennessee, 1945) Page 29
• Manual of the Congregational Church of Old Saybrook, Conn., 1888 (Charles A. Kirtland, Deep River, Connecticut, 1888) Page 10
• Filby, P. William. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Gale Research, Farmington Hills, MI, USA, 2012) Place: Boston, Massachusetts; Year: 1635; Page Number: 27.
• Shove, Benjamin Jay Family Shove (Ferris Print, New York, 1941) Page 70: "Francis Bushnell, a first settler of Guilford, Conn." (1639)
• Nash, Sylvester. Records of Saybrook, CT., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1850) Vol. 4, Page 20.