Person:Richard Bushnell (7)
Deacon Richard Bushnell
b.Sep 1652 Connecticut, United States
d.27 Aug 1727 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Oct 1648
  1. Joseph Bushnell1651 - 1746
  2. Deacon Richard Bushnell1652 - 1727
  3. Mary Bushnell1654 - 1745
  4. Mercy Bushnell1657 - 1740/41
Spouse and Children
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m. 7 Dec 1672
  1. Anne Bushnell1674 - 1745
  2. Dr. Caleb Bushnell1679 - 1724/25
  3. Deacon Benajah Bushnell1681 - 1762
  4. Elizabeth Bushnell1685 - 1768
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Deacon Richard Bushnell
Alt Name[1] Captain Richard Bushnell
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] Sep 1652 Connecticut, United StatesBorn at Saybrook or Norwalk; recorded at Norwich.
Marriage 7 Dec 1672 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United StatesRichard Bushnell and Elizabeth Adgate were step-siblings.
to Elizabeth Adgate
Alt Death[2] 27 Feb 1727 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Death[3] 27 Aug 1727 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Alt Death[1] 27 Aug 1728 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Burial[4] Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 45. Richard Bushnell, in Bushnell, George Eleazer. 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. (Santa Monica, Calif.: George E. Bushnell, 1949)
    56-58.

    "45. Richard (Bushnell), b. perhaps in Norwalk, Conn. Sept. 1652, d. Norwich, Conn. 27 Aug. 1728, … Richard Bushnell, b. 1652, perhaps in Saybrook, come to Norwich, Conn. when abt. 8 years old and at the age of 20, … He was a Sergt. in the train band in 1686, and in 1687, was a legatee in the will of his gr-father Matthew Marvin. Was a legatee in the will of his aunt Elizabeth (Marvin [Adgate]) Olmstead who d. 1689, wid. of Dr. John Olmstead, and eldest dau. of Matthew Marvin [sister of Thomas Adgate]]. He was appointed Ensign of the Train band in May 1693, Lieut. in 1698, and Capt. in 1701. … He was almost constantly in the public service, acting as Constable, Town Clerk, Schoolmaster, Justice of the Peace, Townsman, Surveyor, Town Agent, Judge of the New London County Court, and Dea. of the 1st ch. of Norwich, His town records are still extant in neat round handwriting. His headstone is still standing in the old cemetery in Norwichtown, Conn. a suburb of Norwich."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Richard Bushnell, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:318.

    "Richard (Bushnell), Norwich, s. of the preced. m. 7 Dec. 1672, Eliz. d. of Thomas Adgate, had Ann, b. 4 Dec. 1674; Caleb, 26 May 1679, Benajah, 4 May 1681; and Eliz. 31 Jan. 1685; was a capt. and d. 27 Feb. 1727."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Hartford, Conn.: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913)
    1:10, 9.

    "The names & ages of the Children of Richard Bufhnell Deceased who ftand in relation vnto the fecond wife of Thomas Adgate as their mother are as ffolloweth …
    "Richard bufhnell was borne in Sept An 1652"
    "Capt Richard Bufhnell Efqr Died the 27th Day of Auguft, 1727"

  4. ↑ Capt Richard Bushnell, in Find A Grave.
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