Francis Bushnell, 2nd, of Thatcham

Disputed Identity

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It had previously been thought that their son Francis was Francis Bushnell (abt.1580-bef.1646) the emigrant to America, as based on Bushnell Family Genealogy.[1]. Based on more research by Patricia Metsch in 2007,[2] and Legacy Family History, Inc (LFH) in 2022,[3] which both cited "Parish Register of Thatcham, Berkshire, 1250-1992"[4] shows both researchers coming to the same conclusion, as cited by Metsch from the parish records: "Ffrancis the sonne of Ffrancis Busshnell was baptized the xvth [15th] daye of June [1598]." If Francis the emigrant was having children as early as 1606, he could not have been the son of Francis (d. 1625) as he would have only been about 8.