"William and Mary Willmott of Woodbury conveyed 12 June 1769, to Benajah Bushnell, their right from the distribution of Thomas Morehouse’s Estate [Land Rec. Saybrook, 8: 85]. Bushnell also bought from other heirs, John and Andrew Morehouse of Dutchess County, N. Y., and Stiles Steevens and Elizabeth his wife of Killingworth, Conn.—D. L. Jacobus."