Francis BUSHNELL^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1580 - 1646  (~ 66 years)

• Name	Francis BUSHNELL
  Born	Abt 1580	Thatcham, Berkshire Co. England
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	1639
  _UID	2BE49F756E83174D9808DDC4CD7D9AD06DBC
  Died	13 Oct 1646	Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut
  Person ID	I22987	Branch 005 Josiah Stafford (Stover) 1662 ME
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	Francis BUSHNELL,   b. 1550, Thatcham, Berkshire Co. England ,   d. Aft 15 Aug 1625, Thatcham, Berkshire Co. England  (Age > 75 years)
  Mother	Margery (Francis),   b. 1554, Thatcham, Berkshire Co. England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1575
  Family ID	F9010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ferris QUENELL,   b. 17 Apr 1587, Thatcham, Berkshire Co. England ,   d. 10 Mar 1627, Horsham, Sussex Co. England  (Age 39 years)
  Married	13 May 1605	Horsham, Sussex Co. England
  Children	1. Edmund BUSHNELL,   b. Abt 27 Apr 1606, Horsham, Sussex Co. England ,   d. 28 Mar 1636, Ten Hills Farm, Medford, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 29 years)   2. Francis BUSHNELL, Jr.,   b. Bef 8 Jan 1609, Horsham, Sussex Co. England ,   d. 4 Dec 1681, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut  (Age > 72 years)   3. Lt. William BUSHNELL,   b. 3 Feb 1610, Horsham, Sussex Co. England ,   d. 12 Dec 1683, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut  (Age 73 years)   4. Stephen BUSHNELL,   b. Abt 1613, Horsham, Sussex Co. England ,   d. 12 Mar 1645, Horsham, Sussex Co. England  (Age ~ 32 years)   5. John BUSHNELL,   c. 23 Apr 1615,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Thomas BUSHNELL,   c. 31 Aug 1617,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Age ~ 0 years)   7. Mary BUSHNELL,   b. 25 Sep 1618, Godley Par., Manchester, England ,   d. 2 Mar 1628, Horsham, Sussex Co. England  (Age 9 years)   8. Rebecca BUSHNELL,   b. 15 Apr 1621, Godley Par., Manchester, England ,   d. Bef 11 Feb 1646/7  (Age < 25 years)   9. Richard BUSHNELL,   b. Between 1618 and 1613, Horsham, Sussex Co. England ,   d. 17 Jul 1660, Norwalk, Middlesex Co., Connecticut  (Age ~ 42 years)   10. Sarah BUSHNELL,   c. 20 Nov 1625,   d. 1 Nov 1693, Halstead, Kent Co. England  (Age ~ 67 years)   11. Elizabeth BUSHNELL,   c. 5 Mar 1627/8, Horsham, Sussex Co. England ,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F8591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Joan KINWARD,   d. 1631, Horsham, Sussex Co. England
  Married	2 Jun 1629	Horsham, Sussex Co. England
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F9011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Rebecca HOLME,   b. 1639,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F9250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Occupation: artisan: (perhaps a painter and decorator, for in 1610/11, 'Frauncis Bushnell' was paid five shillings for 'cullering the funt' (of the church or alter) before 1610/11 in Horsham, Sussex Co. England. He was mentioned on 15 Aug 1625 in the will of his father as a beneficiary and executor. In 1626 he and his family had "subscribed? to the church in Horsham, for "by a seating list..; a Seate under the new gallary stayers for Pharis Bushnell, the wife of Frauncis Bushnell, to belong to him and his heirs forever.' In 1626/7 he was a church warder, and on 25 Mar 1636 and 29 Sep 1637, 'Fra Bushnell' made donations for the 'reparation of St. Pauls in London'" This seems to indicate this family did "not probably... emigrate because of religious persecutions'. He immigrated in 1639 with his 2 daughters " in the company of Rev. Henry Whitfield aboard the St. John (from Guilford, England). After they had been at sea for about ten days, the company formulated a covenant, sometimes called the 'Guilford Covenant' or the 'Plantation Covenant' upon which his name appears third, while that of the Rev. John Hoadley who married his daughter Sarah, appears ninth. The company landed at Fair Haven, CT between the 10th and 15th of July 1639 and two months later the deed was signed for their new settlement at Menunkatuck, purchased of the Quinipiac Indians, which they named Guilford after the shire town in Surrey from which some of the emigrants came". He resided between Sep 1639 and 1646 in Guilford, New Haven Co. CT ("...his home lot of about 3 1/2 acres, on the N.E. corner of the the roads now known as Fair and Broad Streets, was one of the choice locations. When his son Francis Jr. came to Guilford he acquired the lot next north of the northwest corner lot, on Fair Street, whicle the Rev. John Hoadley has a lot on the south side of Broad Street between Fair and River Streets: Francis resided here until his death).

  
  

• Sources

  [S4349] Bushnell Family Genealogy. Ancestry and Posterity. [S4663] Stafford Data Branch 14.