Zerriah
Zerviah
Bushnell
formerly Leffingwell
Born in Norwich, New London, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Leffingwell II
and Maria (Bushnell) Leffingwell
Sister of
Thomas Leffingwell III, Elizabeth (Leffingwell) Tracy, Anne (Leffingwell) Bushnell, Mary (Leffingwell) Tracy, John Leffingwell, Abigail (Leffingwell) Tracy and Benajah Leffingwell
Wife of
Benajah Bushnell
— married
24 Nov 1709 in Norwich, Connecticut
Descendants 
Died
at age 83
in Norwich, New London, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Apr 2009
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Biography
Thomas Leffingwell and Mary Bushnell Leffingwell were the parents of Zerviah Leffingwell, who was born at Norwich, New Haven, Connecticut on October 16, 1770. She married Benajah Bushnell. There were 8 siblings in the family. The Leffingwell and Bushnell families were prominent in Connecticut.
Sources
- Published Vital Records of Norwich, Connecticut (Online as a Google Book) for the birth and marriage.
- Perkins, Mary E., Old Houses of the Antient Town of Norwich, Norwich Connecticut, 1895. (can be downloaded as an E-Book)
- Article in American Ancestors Magazine Vol. 13, published in August, 2012
(available on NEHGR website, premium required)
- Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1, Page 534
Acknowledgements
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H11a, FTDNA kit #B394590, MitoYDNA ID T18248 [compare]
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