Deacon
Benajah
Bushnell
Born in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Richard Bushnell II
and Elizabeth (Adgate) Bushnell
Husband of
Zerriah Zerviah (Leffingwell) Bushnell
— married
24 Nov 1709 in Norwich, Connecticut
Descendants 
Died
at age 80
in Norwich, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Apr 2009
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Biography
Benajah Bushnell was born in 1681. He passed away in 1751.
Sources
- Smith, R. D., Francis Bushnell of Guilford, Conn. and His Descendants, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1899) Vol. 53, Page 212.
- Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1, Page 534
- Published Vital Records of Norwich, Connecticut (Online as a Google Book) for the marriage and death.
- Perkins, Mary E., Old Houses of the Ancient Town of Norwich, Norwich Connecticut, 1895.
- Article in American Ancestors Magazine Vol. 13, published in August, 2012, (available on NEHGR website, premium required)
- Porter, George. Inscriptions From Gravestones in Christ Church, Norwich, Conn., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1906) Vol. 60, Page 16
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Jillaine Smith
Jillaine Smith
Becky and Ralph, any need to keep this project-protected? If so, we need to find a project to co-manage it. (There is a connecticut project)
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Bushnell-291 and Bushnell-2 appear to represent the same person because: Please merge with this profile that has no manager
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Benajah is 15 degrees from Isaac Asimov, 22 degrees from David Attenborough, 16 degrees from Bill Bryson, 19 degrees from Richard Dawkins, 27 degrees from Bengt Feldreich, 25 degrees from Ruth Gates, 18 degrees from Stephen Hawking, 16 degrees from Julius Miller, 14 degrees from Bill Nye, 23 degrees from Magnus Pyke, 21 degrees from Carl Sagan and 13 degrees from David Randall on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.