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About Samuel Bushnell

  • 27. Samuel, b. Guilford, Conn?, middle of Sept. 1645, d. there, 9 Nov. 1727

m. 1st, 7 Oct. 1675, Patience Rudd, b. abt. 1645, dau. of Jonathan Rudd (R-4).

He m. 2nd, 19 Apr. 1700, Priscilla Pratt (R-4), dau. of John Pratt, of Medfield, Suffolk Co., Mass. (R-15).

Samuel Bushnell was a husbandman, or farmer, of Saybrook, and had over 200 acres of land there in several tracts (R-13). On 17 June 1710, he, as only surviving adm. of the est. of his father, Lt. William Bushnell of Saybrook, dec'd, called upon Robert Chapman and John Clark, to pass judgement on the value of a 1500 acre tract of land at Hebron, Conn. probably the same land which came to the est. under the will of Uncas, 500 acres of which went to Samuel's sisters, Judith, Abigail, and Lydia Seward. He was appointed adm. of the est. of his brother Stephen, who d. 1 Aug. 172*, but was too aged and infirm to serve; the Court accepted in his behalf, the inv. of his son Nathaniel. On 14 Mar. 1727, he had given his son Daniel a tract of land in Hebron, probably a portion of the 1500 acres, and on 20 June following, he gave to his son Josiah "All land or lands, or rights of lands, now in the care of his brother John Pratt, of Reding, Middlesex Co. Province of Mass. Bay, adm. of the est. of our honored father John Pratt, late dec'd, of Medfield, Co. Suffolk and Province aforesaid," this document was signed by a mark (R-13).

An indenture (date unknown), was signed by the following children: Samuel, Daniel, Ebenezer, Josiah, Edward Rutty and wife Judith, Priscilla, Daniel Boen and wife Jerusha, and gr-dau. Abigail Hall. For many years he was a Dea. in the ch. at Saybrook (R-15), and after his death, his son Samuel was appointed adm. and filed an inv. on 21 Mar. 1728.

Children, 11, (R-4):

56. i. Abigail, b. 27 July 1677, d. 20 Feb. 1708, m. 30 May 1705, Eliphalet Hall, of Guilford, Conn. b. 13 Jan. 1681, son of John and Elizabeth (Smith) Hall, he m. 2nd, 1710, Mary Grimes. Children, 4, 2 by each marriage...

57. ii. Judith, b. 14 Sept. 1679, d. Durham, Conn. (or Mass.), 11 Mar. 1715/16, m. 10 Dec. 1707 James Wright, Jr., son of James and Sarah (Wise) Wright (or his 2nd wife, Hannah ( ), who d. 1 Nov. 1748, ae. 70); she m. 2nd, Edward Rutty, Children, 1...

58*. iii. Samuel, b. 21 Aug. 1682,

59. iv. Jonathan, b. 10 Apr. 1685, d. Stratford, Conn. 7 Apr. 1706 (R-14),

60*. v. Daniel, b. 20 Feb. 1687,

61*. vi. Nathaniel, b. 8 Feb. 1690,

62. vii. Hepzibah, b. 19 Aug. 1701, (abt. an hour after sunset, Twin),

63*. viii. Ebenezer, b. 19 Aug. 1701, (abt. 5 hours after sunset, Twin),

64. ix. Priscilla, b. 19 Dec. 1703,

65*. x. Josiah, b. 9 June 1706,

66. xi. Jerusha, m. Daniel Boen.

-- From the Bushnell Family Genealogy compiled by George Eleazer Bushnell, revised and maintained by Irving E. Bushnell Jr. at http://www.bushnellfam.com


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Samuel Bushnell's Timeline

1645
September 15, 1645
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
1677
July 27, 1677
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
1679
September 14, 1679
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
1682
August 21, 1682
Old Saybrook, CT, United States
1685
April 10, 1685
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
1687
February 20, 1687
Old Saybrook, CT, United States
1690
February 8, 1690
Old Saybrook, CT, United States
1701
August 19, 1701
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
August 19, 1701
Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States