Person:Francis Bushnell (5)

Deacon Francis Bushnell
chr.8 Jan 1608/09 Horsham, Sussex, England
m. 13 May 1605
  1. Edmond Bushnell1606 - 1636
  2. Deacon Francis Bushnell1608/09 - 1681
  3. Lieutenant William Bushnell1610/11 - 1683
  4. Stephen Bushnell1612/13 - 1624/25
  5. John Bushnell1615 - 1667
  6. Thomas Bushnell1617 - 1617
  7. Mary Bushnell1618 - 1628/29
  8. Rebecca Bushnell1621 - Bef 1646/47
  9. Richard Bushnell1623 - Bet 1659 & 1660
  10. Sarah Bushnell1625 - 1693
  11. Elizabeth Bushnell1627/28 - 1627/28
m. 27 Jun 1631
  1. Mary Bushnell1632 - 1634
  2. Elizabeth Bushnell1633/34 - 1672
  3. Sarah BushnellEst 1636 - Bef 1689/90
  4. John BushnellEst 1638 -
  5. Martha BushnellEst 1640 - Aft 1705
  6. Mary BushnellEst 1642 - Est 1727
  7. Hannah BushnellEst 1644 - Aft 1693/94
  8. Samuel BushnellEst 1646 - 1689
Facts and Events
Name[3] Deacon Francis Bushnell
Gender Male
Christening[1][3] 8 Jan 1608/09 Horsham, Sussex, England
Marriage 27 Jun 1631 Horsham, Sussex, Englandto Mary Grombridge
Residence[3] 1635 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Immigration[3] 7 Jun 1635 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesAboard the Planter
Residence[3] Bef 1639 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Residence[3] 1639 Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Residence[3] 1660 Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Occupation[3] Carpenter. Miller.
Death[2][3] 4 Dec 1681 Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

Francis was listed as a carpenter on the Planter passenger list, and as a deacon at his death.

He was at Boston, where he received 24 acres in the December 1635 land division, before moving to Salem then Guilford in 1639, and Saybrook in 1660.

References
  1. Church of England. Parish Church of Horsham (Sussex), and Robert Garraway Rice. The parish register of Horsham in the county of Sussex, 1541-1635. (London, England: Sussex Record Society, 1915).
  2. Saybrook vital records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records.

    Francis, Dea., died Dec 4, 1681

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Francis Bushnell, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    1:510-12.

    ORIGIN: Horsham, Sussex.
    MIGRATION: 1635 on the Planter (On 6 April 1635. "Franc[i]s Bushnell," carpenter, aged 26, "Marie Bushnell," aged 26, and "Martha Bushnell," aged 1, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Planter [Hotten 49]).
    OCCUPATION: Carpenter [Hotten 49]; Miller [SayLR 1:162].
    CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Deacon at Saybrook [SayLR 1:6].
    BIRTH: [Baptized] Horsham, Sussex, 8 January 1608/9 (aged 26 in 1635 [Hotten 49], son on Francis and Ferris (Quenell) Bushnell [Bushnell Anc 2].
    DEATH: Saybrook 4 December 1681, aged 72 years [SayVR 3] ("Deacon Francis Bushnell deceased this lefe December 4th, 1681" [SayLR 1:6]).

The Planter (1635)
Part of the Great Migration. This was the Planter's second voyage to New England under Nicholas Trerise.
Sailed: April 1635 from London, England under Mr. Nicol. Trarice (Nicholas Trerise)
Arrived: 7 Jun 1635 at Boston, Massachusetts.

Passengers: Francis Bushnell family - Nicholas Davis (servants James Hayward, Judith Phippen) - William Fellows - George & Jane Giddings (servant Thomas Carter, Michael Williamson)- Richard Haffield family - Job Hawkins - Francis Newcomb family - Thomas Olney family - Francis Peabody - Thomas Savage - Thomas Stansley - John Tuttle family (servant Nathan Haford) - Richard Tuttell family & mother Isabel - Willm. Tuttell family - Wm Wilcockson family - (among others)
Resources: Primary Sources: Passenger list from Totten Founders of New England, NEHGR 14:302
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