Disputed Parents/Origins
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Previously shown on this profile was the claim that Francis Bushnell was born about 1580 at Thatcham, Berkshire, England, the son of Francis Bushnell Sr. (abt.1550-1625) and Margery (Unknown) Bushnell (he has been disconnected from that couple). The source for the information was most likely the Bushnell Family Genealogy.[1] In the same book, G. E. Bushnell asserted that the fourth child of Francis Bushnell (d. 1625) was "Francis, who rem. to Horsham, Sussex Co., and later to America, where he settled in Guilford, Conn."[2]
More recent research by Patricia Metsch, publicly posted in 2007,[3] and material published by Legacy Family History, Inc (LFH) in 2022,[4] both cite the "Parish Register of Thatcham, Berkshire, 1250-1992" showing that Francis was baptised on 15 June 1598.[5] They come to the same conclusion: that if Francis the emigrant was having children as early as 1606, he could not have been the son of Francis (d. 1625) born in 1598, as he would have only been about 8 in 1606.
Metsch proposes that his birth location was probably closer to the place of his marriage, Horsham, in Sussex, than Thatcham. She indicates that Mayfield, Sussex, was about 50 miles closer and had a Bushnell family who were glaziers, as were Francis and his son, John.[6]
Francis Bushnell, of Guilford has been detached as son of Francis Bushnell, of Thatcham & Margery Margaret Bushnell
He’s not the same as Francis Bushnell, 2nd, of Thatcham
If there is evidence otherwise, the parent connection could be restored.
