Bushnell Family Genealogy, 1945
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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. Compiled and written by George Eleazer Bushnell Nashville, Tennessee 1945 Bushnell Genealogy 1 The sudden and untimely death of the family historian, George Eleazer Bushnell, of Nashville, Tennessee, who devoted so many years to the completion of this work, necessitated a complete change in its publication plans and we were required to start anew without familiarity with his painstaking work and vast acquaintance amongst the members of the family. His manuscript, while well arranged, was not yet ready for printing. It has therefore been copied, recopied and edited, However, despite every effort, prepublication funds have not been secured to produce the kind of a book we desire and which Mr. Bushnell's painstaking work deserves. His material is too valuable to be lost in some library's manuscript collection. It is a faithful record of the Bushnell family, more complete than anyone could have anticipated. Time is running out and we have reluctantly decided to make the best use of available funds by producing the "book" by a process of photographic reproduction of the typewritten pages of the revised and edited manuscript. The only deviation from the original consists in slight rearrangement, minor corrections, additional indexing and numbering. We are proud to thus assist in the compiler's labor of love. We are most grateful to those prepublication subscribers listed below, whose faith and patience helped make George Eleazer Bushnell's book thus available to the Bushnell Family. George E. Bushnell, Genealogist Venice, California George E. Bushnell, Trustee Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan Bushnell Gene. 2. Roy O. Bushnell, Ogden, Utah. Calvin Bushnell Roulet, West Hartford, Conn. George Elmore Bushnell, Santa Monica, Calif. T. H. Bushnell, New Philadelphia, Ohio. Faith Bushnell Smith, Shaker Heights, Ohio. Ebenezer Bushnell, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Mrs. Charles F. T. Seaverns, Hartford, Conn. Burdge Ogden Bushnell, Los Angeles, Calif. George H. Bushnell, Mirror Lakes, N.H. Mrs. Hamilton Wende, Buffalo, N.Y. Charles H. Bushnell, Sherrill, N.Y. Mrs. James T. Tinker, Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Dan A. Kellogg, Old Saybrook, Conn. Mary Tales Atkins, Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Edmund S. Parnell, Churchville, N.Y. Horace C. Bushnell, Brooklyn, N.Y. Mrs. Ada H. Armstrong, Emporia, Kans. Mrs. George E. Barton, Long Meadow, Mass. Mrs. Winifred B. White, Oklahoma City, Okla. Mrs. Anson C. Bushnell, Los Angeles, Calif. Mrs. Elsie C. Stockham, Chardon, Ohio. Mrs. John H. C. Church, Great Barrington, Mass. Mrs. Kathryn Houghtelin, Yuma, Ariz. Mark C. Bushnell, Manchester, Mich. Mrs. Cyril Quinn, New York, N.Y. Mrs. Madge Bushnell Hall, East Leroy, Mich. L. V. Adams, Salt Lake City, Utah. C. A. Bushnell, Ogden, Utah. Mrs. Helen Clegg, Louisville, Ky. Bushnell Gene. 3. Mrs. Francis E. Harper, West Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Abbie J. Hart, Pasadena, Calif. H. C. Bushnell, Cut Bank, Mont. Mrs. Armand F. Ketterer, Madison, Wis. Mrs. Nathaniel A. Johnson, Fremont, Neb. Mrs. Harold P. Williams, Cranston, R.I. R. E. Bushnell, Lansing, Mich. Mrs. Carl A. Rock, Jonesville, Mich. Lt. William F. Stewart, Flint, Mich. Francis Edward Bushnell, Los Angeles, Calif. Mrs. A. J. Reinke, Sioux Falls, S.D. F. W. Mould, Williamstown, Vt. Shirley Skousen, Meridan, Idaho. Jesse A. Hawkins, Alexander, N.Y. Ruth B. Brennier, Kingston, N.Y. Mrs. William C. Devine, Tacoma, Wash. William L. Bushnell, Roselle, N.Y. Mrs. E. D. Bushnell, Neward Valley, N.Y. O. A. Plympton, Nutwood, Trumbull county, Ohio. Mrs. K. P. Hintz, Wallingford, Conn. Mrs. E. P. Bushnell, Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. J. P. Majeske, West Allis, Wis. Mrs. Leslie A. Gould, Watertown, N.Y. Mrs. George Murray, Painsville, Ohio. Mrs. Edna R. Wood, Colfax, Wash. Mrs. Minerva E. Bushnell, Los Angeles, Calif. Dr. Lester J. Williams, Baton Rouge, La. J. E. Bushnell, Battleboro, Vt. Charles B. Preacher, Sumpter, S.C. Bushnell Gene. 4 Sue De Lorenzi, Chicago, Ills. Lewis E. Bushnell, Okemah, Okla. Mrs. John E. Bushnell, Wooster, Ohio. Mrs. Allan A. MacLean, Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. John F. Hollenbeck, Springfield, Ohio. Asa S. Bushnell, New York, N.Y. Mrs. Margaret King, Greenwood, S.C. Mrs. Morris L. Cooke, Philadelphia, Penna. Kenneth B. Morgan, New York, N.Y. Mrs. Lucretia G. Lyon Mullinax, Troy, S.C. Lt. Comdr. A. M. Bushnell, Washington, D.C. G. H. Bushnell, Hinckley, Ills. Adelaide F. Bushnell, Bridgeport, Conn. Winslow Bushnell, Glendale, Calif. Mart H. Bushnell, Santa Monica, Calif. W. Freeman Whitman, Nashotah, Wisc. Mrs. J. R. Kelton, Poynette, Wisc. Mrs. Caroline B. Brown, New Orleans, La. Fred Otis Bushnell, Lawndale, Calif. Eugene Bushnell, Lake Odessa, Mich. Frederic N. Bushnell, Brookline, Mass. Almon W. Bushnell, Meredith, N.H. W. R. Bushnell, Philadelphia, Penna. Samuel K. Bushnell, Philadelphia, Penna. Junius R. Judson, Rochester, N.Y. James Howard Bushnell, Los Angeles, Calif. Della O. Bushnell, Newport, Oregon. Mrs. Loretta C. Flynn, Sacramento, California. Bushnell Gene. 2. Abbreviations. * (asterisk) (record appears in m.lic. marriage license following generation). m. married abt. about med. medical acct. account Ms. Manuscript adm. Administrator nunc. nuncupative (oral) adopt. adopted p.- pp. page ae. aged P.G.C. prerogative Court of aft. after Canterbury amt. Amount Pres. President app. appointed prob. probate, probably Arch. Archdeacon Prof. Professor auth. author (ity) prov. proved. b. born pub. published bapt. baptized (R- ) reference number ____ bef. before rec. recorded Berks. Berkshire reg. register bet. between Regt. Regiment biog. biography ref. reference bro. brother rem. removed bur. buried Rep. Representative cem. cemetery res. reside ch. church res. residuary ch. yd. churchyard sig. signed co. county sis. sister coll. college supt. Superintendent comm. committee soc. society d. died tw. twin d.y. died young tp.-twp. township dau. daughter unm. unmarried Dea. Deacon vide see text dec'd deceased vit. vital disch. discharged vol. volume, volunteer dist. distribution wid. widow do. ditto wit. witness ed. edition Eng. England enl. enlisted ent. entered est. estate exec. executor FR kept or submitted Family Record gen. genealogy Gen. General Gov. Governor gr. grand grad. graduated gt. great hist. history inf. infant inv. inventory jr. junior leg. legatee Bushnell Gene. 3 Abbreviations. Note: At the time of the first English settlements in New England, the New Year began on March 25th (Annunciation or Ladies Day), and a date written as "10th day of the second month" referred to 10 April, and not February. From 1671 to 1686, the New Year began on March 1st and in the next year, 1667, it began on January 1st as at the present, but the change was not made in England until many years later. During these periods a form of designating the years was employed consisting of a double date 1649/1650 (1649 old style, 1650 new style). The first time this form was used by the General Court of Connecticut was on 20 March 1649/50. (Ref. Handbook of Genealogy, by Henry R. Stiles, pp. 52). Note: In early colonial times Clergymen, graduates of colleges, members of the General Court, and planters of good families, were called, "Gentlemen" and addressed as Mr. Those without these advantages, including those of respectable character, and who owned lands, and the better class of laborers and tenants were called "Yeomen" and addressed as "Goodman" and the wife as "Goodwife," or sometimes "Goody." (Lyman Beecher's Autobiography, Vol. 1, pp. 11). Bushnell Gene. 4 Bushnell Arms and Crest Bushnell Arms and Crest Arms: Argent five fusils in fesse, gules, in chief three molets, sable. Crest: On a Ducal coronet, or, a wyven sans feet. Motto: Mes droits ou la mort. Bushnell Gene. 6. Preface. PREFACE In presenting, at this time, this manuscript of the Bushnell Families, I do so with the knowledge that It is incomplete, but advancing years, and the lack of adequate facilities for carrying on the required research and correspondence, and the desire that what has been accumulated shall not be lost, have impelled me to present this compilation now, with the hope that future research will amend its deficiencies. The data herein presented is the result of some thirty-five years of research and has been culled from official records of Church and State, Bible records, grave-stone inscriptions, published and unpublished compilations of Bushnell and co-related families, and from many hundreds of letters written by those interested in preserving the data of their branches, and others whose interest in genealogical studies has induced them to devote many tedious hours to research. Only one other attempt, to the writer's knowledge, has been made in the past to cover this ground, and that by Rev. Fred Chapman, formerly of Rocky Hill, Conn., who in the early 1870's began a general compilation for a genealogy of the Bushnell Families, but his early demise brought an end to the work, and such material as he had accumulated passed into other hands, and has not been available for assistance in this work. Because the writer has not had the opportunity to verify the data from original sources, it is expected that errors will be found, however he has endeavored to use his best judgement in the attempt to have the matter as free from errors as possible, but it must not be overlooked that original records frequently conflict. Where such instances have been noted, the writer has chosen that one, which in his judgement appeared to be the most reliable, and has attempted to give full references; also it has been discovered that in a few instances, certain family lines have heretofore been erroneously allocated, and these with the light of a more comprehensive study, have been amended.