Ephraim Bushnell

Biography

Ephraim Bushnell was born 14 Feb 1675/6 in Saybrook, Middlesex, CT, and died 16 Jan 1766 in Westbrook, Middlesex, CT. He was the son of William and Rebecca (Stratton) Bushnell.

He married first on 9 November 1697 at Saybrook to Mary Long, daughter of Sarah Wilcox and Thomas Long. She was born say 1675 and died between 1709 and 1712.

He married second on 16 Oct 1712 to Ann Hill, daughter of James Hull. She was born Bet. 04 Mar 1689 - 1690, and died 1756.

Children of ANN HILL and EPHRAIM BUSHNELL

1. SARAH BUSHNELL, b. 26 Jul 1713, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT; d. Bef. 1763.
2. JEDIDIAH BUSHNELL, b. 23 May 1714, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT.
3. JAMES BUSHNELL, b. 12 Mar 1716, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT; d. 10 May 1762.
4. MARTHA BUSHNELL, b. 12 Aug 1718, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT.
5. ANNA BUSHNELL, b. 24 Oct 1720, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT.
6. THOMAS BUSHNELL, b. 24 Aug 1722, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT; d. 21 May 1771.
7. CHARITY BUSHNELL, b. 1724, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT.
8. REBECCA BUSHNELL, b. 22 Jun 1728, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT.

References

• Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. (Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1952) page 807. < Archive.Org >
• http://news.rootsweb.com/th/read/HILL/2006-09/1157667264 (dead link)