Francis Bushnell and Ferris Quenall

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Husband Francis Bushnell ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1580 - Thatcham, County Berks, England 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1646 - Connecticut 1 2
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 13 May 1605 - Horsham, England 1

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Wife Ferris Quenall ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 17 Apr 1587 - Horsham, England
           Died: 10 Mar 1627 - Horsham, England 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: Henry Quenall (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Beatrix Carter (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Edmond Bushnell

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           Born: 
     Christened: 27 Apr 1606
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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2 M Francis Bushnell

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           Born: 
     Christened: 8 Jan 1609
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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3 M William Bushnell

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           Born: 
     Christened: 3 Feb 1611
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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4 M Stephen Bushnell

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           Born: 
     Christened: Jan 1613
           Died: 12 Mar 1625
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M John Bushnell

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           Born: 
     Christened: 23 Apr 1615
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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6 M Thomas Bushnell

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           Born: 
     Christened: 31 Aug 1617
           Died: 16 Sep 1617
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 F Mary Bushnell

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           Born: 
     Christened: 25 Dec 1618
           Died: 2 Mar 1628
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 F Rebecca Bushnell

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           Born: 
     Christened: 15 Apr 1621
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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9 M Richard Bushnell ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 20 Apr 1622 or 1623 - England
           Died: 1659 or 1660 - Hartford, Hartford Co, CT
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Marvin (1629-1713) 1 2 3
           Marr: 11 Oct 1648 2

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10 F Sarah Bushnell

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           Born: 
     Christened: 20 Nov 1625
           Died: 
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         Spouse: Rev. John Hoadley (      -      )

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General Notes: Husband - Francis Bushnell

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In 1635, his five living sons left their native shore bound for America, and four years later he followed with his two daughters, aboard the St. John. After they had been at sea about ten days, the company formulated a covenant, sometimes called "The Plantation Covenant," upon which his name appears third. The company landed at Fair Haven, Connecticut, between the 10th and the 15th of July 1639, and two months later the deed was signed for their new settlement at Menunkatuck, purchased of the Quinipiac Indians. They named the new settlement Guilford after the shire town in Surrey from which some of the emigrants came. He does not seem to have been very active in the affairs of the colony, although his home lot of about three and one-half acres, on the N.E. corner of the roads now known as Fair and Broad Sts., was one of the choice locations. [Allison Genealogy, 34]

Ye Elder Francis Bushnell, the progenitor of the Bushnell family in America; married Rebekah Holmes; they were of Horsted in Surrey, Eng.
They sailed from London in 1639, in the company of Rev. Henry Whitfield. During the voyage the passengers formulated the plantation covenant and Francis Bushnell was among the twenty-five signers. The company reached New Haven in July, purchased lands from the Indians, and established a plantation which remained independent until 1643, when it was admitted to the New Haven Colony and named Guildforde. Frances Bushnell died 1646; his will was the first probated at Guildford, Conn. [GGSOPF, 191]

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General Notes: Wife - Ferris Quenall

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She died in childbirth.

1 Ralph Edward Allison, Allison Genealogy (Hilo, HI: Self-published, 1985), Pg 34.

2 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 191.

3 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 370.