Tuesday, June 21, 2011

RICHARD BUSHNELL 1652-1727

[Ancestral Link: Harold William Miller, son of Edward Emerson Miller, son of Anna Hull (Miller), daughter of William Hull, son of Anna Hyde (Hull), daughter of Uriah Hyde, son of Ezra Hyde, son of Anne Bushnell (Hyde), daughter of Richard Bushnell.]



Old Norwichtown Cemetery Norwich New London County Connecticut, USA


Richard Bushnell, died 1727
19 June 2010, Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Old Cemetery Lane, Norwich, Connecticut

Birth: September, 1652 Norwalk, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Death: August 27, 1727 Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Richard was the son of Richard and Mary (Marvin) Bushnell. On December 7, 1672, he married Elizabeth Adgate, daughter of Thomas. Elizabeth was family, since his mother married Thomas Adgate after his father died. (Elizabeth was a daughter of Thomas by his first wife, so there was no blood relationship.) Their children were: Anne, w. William Hyde. Caleb, h. Anne Leffingwell Benajah, h. Zerviah Leffingwell Elizabeh, w. Jabez Hyde
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Parents: Richard Bushnell (1623 - 1660)
Mary Marvin Adgate (1628 - 1713)
Children:
Caleb Bushnell (1679 - 1725)*
Benajah Bushnell (1681 - 1762)*
Spouse: Elizabeth Adgate Bushnell (1651 - 1713)*
Inscription: HERE LIES YE BODY OF CAPT RICHARD BUSHNELL ESQUIRE WHO DIED AUGUST 27TH 1727 IN YE 75 YEARS OF HIS AGE AS YOU ARE SO WAS WE BUT AS WE ARE SO SHALL BE
Burial: Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London County Connecticut, USA
Cemetery name Old Norwichtown Cemetery
Name on headstone Capt. Richard Bushnell
Birth 1652
Death 1727
found on ancestry.com


Captain Richard Bushnell
Richard was the son of Richard and Mary (Marvin) Bushnell. On December 7, 1672, he married Elizabeth Adgate, daughter of Thomas. Elizabeth was family, since his mother married Thomas Adgate after his father died. (Elizabeth was a daughter of Thomas by his first wife, so there was no blood relationship.)
Their children were:
Anne, w. William Hyde.
Caleb, h. Anne Leffingwell
Benajah, h. Zerviah Leffingwell
Elizabeh, w. Jabez Hyde
Inscription: HERE LIES YE BODY OF CAPT RICHARD BUSHNELL ESQUIRE WHO DIED AUGUST 27TH 1727 IN YE 75 YEARS OF HIS AGE AS YOU ARE SO WAS WE BUT AS WE ARE SO SHALL BE
found on ancestry.com


Richard Bushnell (1652 - 1727)
Richard Bushnell married his step-sister, Elizabeth Adgate, the daughter of Thomas Adgate. Richard was a teacher, a Deacon, a Justice of the Peace, and one of the early magistrates of Norwich, Connecticut, and improved the style of writing and spelling of the time.
found on ancestry.com

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