Person:Richard Bushnell (14)

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Captain Richard Bushnell
b.26 Jun 1710 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
d.5 Jun 1784 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 9 Jan 1699/00
  1. Ann Bushnell1705 - 1796
  2. Mary Bushnell1707/08 - 1795
  3. Captain Richard Bushnell1710 - 1784
  4. Elizabeth Bushnell1715 - 1742
  5. Abigail Bushnell1718 - 1774
  6. Zipporah Bushnell1721 - 1763
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain Richard Bushnell1710 - 1784
  • W.  Lucy Perkins1713 - 1746
m. 14 Oct 1731
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain Richard Bushnell1710 - 1784
  • W.  Prudence WellesBef 1725 - Aft 1791
m. 25 Oct 1748
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Captain Richard Bushnell
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 26 Jun 1710 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Baptism[3] 16 Mar 1718 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 14 Oct 1731 Lisbon, New London, Connecticut, United Statesto Lucy Perkins
Marriage 25 Oct 1748 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Prudence Welles
Death[1][2] 5 Jun 1784 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Burial[4] Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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)
    120.

    "204. Richard (Bushnell), b. Norwich, Conn. 26 June 1710, d. there 5 June 1784, m. 14 Oct. 1731, Lucy Perkins, b. abt. 1709, d. Norwich, Conn. 25 Mar. 1746, dau. of Jabez and Hannah (Lathrop) Perkins. He m. 2nd, 25 Oct. 1748, Prudence Wells, b. Wethersfield, Conn. 15 July 1716, d. Norwich, Conn. 15 Apr. 1750/1, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Warner) Welles of Wethersfield. She was named in the dist. of her father's est. as 'Mrs. Prudence Bushnell wife of Richard Bushnell of Norwich, Conn.' and in her will, dated 6 Apr. 1791, she mentioned her 'kinswoman Lydia Bushnell, wife of Jabez Bushnell, of Norwich, Conn.' who was a daughter of her brother David Welles of Wethersfield, Conn. … Capt. Richard Bushnell was appointed Quartermaster in 3rd Conn. Regt. 12 Oct. 1749, Cornetist, 7 May 1750, Lieut, and on 9 Feb. 1757, Capt. of a troop of horse in the same Regt. Their children were all b. in Norwich, Conn. and he and his wife Prudence were bur. in the cem. of Christ Episcopal Church there."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Hartford, Conn.: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913)
    1:58, 142.

    "Calib Bufhnell and Ann Leffingwell ware married January 9th 1699/700 …
    Richard Bushnell was born. July: 26th 1710"
    "Capt. Richard Bufhnell Died June 25th 1784."

  3. ↑ Volume 084 Norwich, in Connecticut, United States. Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. (Ancestry.com (database on-line), 2013)
    69.

    "Bushnell, … Richard, Anne, Mary & Elizabeth, children of Caleb, bp. Mar. 16, 1718 [1:75; 2:81]"

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