Richard Bushnell II (1652 - 1727)

Born Sep 1652 in Middlesex, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Adgate) Bushnell — married about 7 Dec 1672 in Norwich, Connecticut [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1727 at age 74 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Son of Richard I & Unknown Marvin Bushnell - Married Elizabeth Adgate

RICHARD⁵ BUSHNELL (MARY⁴ MARVIN, MATTHEW³, EDWARD², REINOLD¹) was born Sep 1652 in Saybrook, and died 1727. He married ELIZABETH ADGATE 07 Dec 1672 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, daughter of THOMAS ADGATE and UNKNOWN. She was born 10 Oct 1651 in Saybrook.

Notes for ELIZABETH ADGATE: --Richard Bushnell's step sister

Children of RICHARD BUSHNELL and ELIZABETH ADGATE:

1. ANNE6 BUSHNELL, b. 04 Dec 1674, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; d. Jul 1745.
2. CALEB BUSHNELL, b. 1679; d. Abt. 1725.
3. BENAJAH BUSHNELL, b. 1681; d. 1762.
4. ELIZABETH BUSHNELL, b. 31 Jan 1686; d. 21 Aug 1768.

Recorded in the Norwich, Conn. Vital Records^[1]

• Richard bufhnell was borne in Sept An 1652 - note recorded after the fact in a list of the children of Richard (1) Bushnell.
  
• Richard Bufhnell & Elisabeth Adgate weare Maryed Anno Domi Defember 7th 1672
  
• Ann Bufhnell The Daughter of Richard Bufhnell & Elisa beth his wife was borne Defembr the 4th Anno Dom : 1674
  
• Caleb bufhnell the Son of Richard Bufhnell & his wife Elisabeth was borne Anno Domini 1679 upon May 26th
  
• Benajah Bufhnell the fon of Richard bufhnell & Elisabeth his wife was borne may the fourth Anno Domi 1681
  
• Elizabeth Bufhnell the Daughter of Richard Bufhnell and his wife Elizabeth was Born in january. 31 : 1685
  
• Capt Richard Bufhnell Efqr Died the 27th Day of Auguft, 1727
  

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Norwich 1659-1848, Part I. Hartford: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913. (Part of the “Barbour collection.”)

• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1, Page 534.
• Brainerd, Dwight. Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal, Quebec, 1948) Page 9: "Richard, was a prominent man of Norwich."
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Granberry Family and Allied Families (E.F. Waterman, Hartford, Conn., 1945) Page 145.
• Smith, R. D., Francis Bushnell of Guilford, Conn. and His Descendants, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1899) Vol. 53, Page 210.

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