William Bunnell

Bunnell Family

William Bunnell (b. ca. 1600 probably England) married Ann Wilmot (d. around February 1654). She was the daughter of Benjamin and Ann Wilmot.

In 1630, he served on a jury inquiring into the death of Austin Bratcher at Watertown, Massachusetts. The General Court of the Colony requested that the town of Watertown give William Bunnell a lot in 1640. It is not known if it happened. In 1645, the Court appointed a committee with the power to dispose of his children and gave the committee certain goods to be disposed of to him for his use. William Bunnell returned to England in 1646, and his wife moved to the New Haven Colony where her father lived. One son ended up living with Nicholas Elsy and their daughter, Lydia, lived with Samuel Whitehead. William returned from England and moved to New Haven. In 1650, he was exempt from the poll tax due his poverty, tax, and weakness.

In August 1650, William was fined 5 shillings for not reporting within 3 months the birth of his daughter, Mary. On January 7, 1650/51 O.S., John Thompson won a suit to evict William Bunnell from his house. In October 1651, William unsuccessful sued to get his children back from Nicholas Elsy and Samuel Whitehead. In 1652, the town started to give him an allowance of two schillings a week and William Judson offered him a cow for the apprenticeship of his other son. William refused the latter offer and the town revoked the allowance.

After his wife passed away, he requested on May 1, 1654 O.S. to return to England. The town paid passage on a ship from Milford to Newfoundland and to England.[1] [2]

Children:

Benjamin (ca. 1636-1696 New Haven) married Rebecca Mallory (March 18, 1649 O.S. New Haven-March 12, 1691 O.S. New Haven) around 1665 or 1666. Benjamin married second Elizabeth Post (February 22, 1655 O.S. Saybrook, Connecticut-1715). She was the daughter of John and Hester (Hyde) Post and widow of John Sperry. She married third Edmund Dorman on September 19, 1700 O.S.
Rebecca (January 26, 1667 O.S. New Haven-January 26, 1667 O.S. New Haven)
Rebecca (b. February 11, 1668 O.S. New Haven) married Samuel Burwell on November 27, 1684
Judith (April 13, 1672 O.S. New Haven-July 21, 1746 O.S.) married first Thomas Hodge and second Daniel Bristol.
Benjamin (January 4, 1675 O.S. New Haven-January 8, 1675 O.S. New Haven)
Anna (January 8, 1677 O.S. New Haven-February 23, 1690/1 O.S.)
Benjamin (November 29, 1679 O.S. New Haven-August 20, 1749 O.S. New Milford, Connecticut) married Hannah Plumb (April 15, 1677 O.S. Milford, Connecticut-November 16, 1716 O.S. New Milford, Connecticut). He married second Patience (Wheeler) Miles (June 7, 1679 Milford, Connecticut-1761) on August 27, 1717 O.S. at New Milford, Connecticut.
Hezekiah (March 23, 1681/2 O.S. New Haven-before 1729) married Ruth Plumb (November 29, 1685-ca. 1744)
Rachel (December 16, 1683 O.S. New Haven-July 21, 1728 O.S.) married John Plumb, Jr.
Nathaniel (b. May 1686 O.S. New Haven-May 4, 1732 O.S. Wallingford, Connecticut) married Desire Peck (August 26, 1687 O.S. New Haven-1724 Wallingford, Connecticut) on May 10, 1709 O.S. He married second Mary Brooks (May 14, 1704 O.S. Wallingford, Connecticut-January 11, 1743/44 O.S. Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut) on February 17, 1725/26 O.S. at Walllingford. She married second Joseph Benham.
Israel (b. March 12, 1689/90 O.S. New Haven-1757 West Haven, Connecticut) married Hope Smith
Anna (October 11, 1795 O.S. New Haven-September 15, 1731 O.S.) married Nathaniel Mix, Jr. on January 2, 1723/24.
Lydia (ca. 1638-April 1, 1708 O.S.) married Francis French on April 10, 1661 O.S.
Lydia
Elizabeth
Anna
Mary
Lydia
Samuel
Susannah
Francis
Jane
Nathaniel (see below)
Mary (b. May 4, 1650 O.S. New Haven-July 20, 1724) married Eleazer Peck
Samuel
Abigail
Mary
Martha
Stephen
Eleazer
Eleazor
Nathaniel
Elizabeth
Ebenezer (b. August 28, 1853-d. young)

Nathaniel Bunnell (ca. 1640-2 probably Massachusetts-ca. 1696) married Susannah Whitehead (b. August 5, 1650 O.S. New Haven, Connecticut-February 12, 1733/4 O.S. Connecticut Farms, New Jersey) on January 3, 1665/6 O.S. Susannah was the daughter of Isaac Whitehead.

Nathaniel was left 20 shillings by his maternal grandfather, Benjamin Wilmot, whose will was dated August 7, 1669 O.S

Shortly after their marriage, Nathaniel and Susannah along with some of her family moved to Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He and his father-in-law were two of the sixty-five people who took oath of allegiance at Elizabethtown on February 19, 1665/6 O.S. Isaac Whitehead bought two acres of land from John Davenport Jr. in which he gave a small parcel to Nathaniel with a house on it. Nathaniel gave the land to William Payne. The deed was recorded in court on March 6, 1665/6.

Each associate who settled in Elizabethtown was given a six-acre lot. Nathaniel's lot size was 15 chains by 4 chains with Thomas Price's land on the east, the highway on the south, and his father's-in-law land on the other two sides. He built a house before 1677 which is currently being used by the Elizabethtown Historical Foundation at 1045 East Jersey Street. Nathaniel sold the lot to Benjamin Price on June 15, 1677 O.S.

Nathaniel also purchased 120 acres of land lying on the Elizabethtown Creek and 12 acres lying in the great meadows on John Woodruffe's Creek On April 10, 1676 O.S., he had 180 acres surveyed that were bounded by Matthias Hatfield, Joseph Osborne, and Isaac Whitehead.

Susannah is buried in the Presbyterian churchyard, Connecticut Farms, Union, New Jersey.[3]

Children:

Nathaniel (see below)
Isaac (1670 Elizabethtown, New Jersey-January 17, 1711/12 O.S.) married Elizabeth.
Isaac (b. ca. 1697 Elizabethtown, New Jersey-February 15, 1736 O.S.)
Lydia (ca. 1699-March 24, 1749) married Joseph Thompson ca. 1717
Abraham (ca. 1700 Elizabethtown, New Jersey-1768 Kingwood, Hunterdon County, New Jersey) married Mary Shinn (b. ca. 1711 Burlington County, New Jersey)
Jacob (b. ca. 1702 Elizabethtown, New Jersey)
John (b. ca. 1704 Elizabethtown, New Jersey)
William (b. ca. 1706 Elizabethtown, New Jersey)
Sarah
Samuel (ca. 1675 Elizabethtown, New Jersey-ca. 1715) married Abigail
Benjamin (b. between 1700 and 1705 Elizabethtown, New Jersey)
Lydia (b. ca. 1680 Elizabethtown, New Jersey) married Samuel Little
Elizabeth
Martha
John
Samuel
Joseph
James
Benjamin
Daniel
David
Jonathan
Sarah
Abigail
Catherine
Nathaniel
Child died young
Child died young
Jane (b. ca. 1680 Elizabethtown, New Jersey) married Ephraim Price
Jane
Lydia
Ephraim
Isaac
James
Samuel
Nathaniel
Ebenezer
Daniel
Benjamin (ca. 1682 Elizabethtown, New Jersey-May 27, 1760 Elizabethtown, New Jersey) married Sarah Potter (ca. 1696-December 17, 1760 Elizabethtown, New Jersey). She was the daughter of Deacon Samuel Potter.
Joseph (ca. 1685 Elizabethtown, New Jersey-March 14 1747/8 O.S.) married first Rebecca Dodd. He married second Martha Frazee (ca. 1679-August 3, 1759). Rebecca was the daughter of Samuel and Martha Dodd and the widow of Samuel Riggs. Martha was the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Osborne) Frazee and the widow of John Clark.
Joseph (ca. 1706 Elizabethtown, New Jersey-November 1761 Elizabethtown, New Jersey) married Sarah
Phebe (b. ca. 1708) married Noadiah Potter
Keziah (1709 or 1710-August 18, 1759) married Ebenezer Sturgis
Nathaniel (ca. 1712 Elizabethtown, New Jersey-March 22, 1744/5 O.S.) married first Phebe Thompson. He married second Martha Day.
Samuel married Phebe
Martha (b. ca. 1712-October 5, 1793) married John Dickinson
David (ca. 1719 Elizabethtown, New Jersey-March 24, 1811 Union Township, Essex County, New Jersey) married first Hannah Thompson (December 3, 1721 O.S.-April 28, 1749 O.S.). He married second Elizabeth Jones (May 1729-October 18, 1819) ca. 1752.

Nathaniel Bonnell (ca. 1670 Elizabethtown, New Jersey-September 4, 1736 O.S. Elizabethtown, New Jersey) married Mary Searing. She was the daughter of John and Susanna (Pine) Searing. He was a carpenter and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He was supposedly involve in roughing up of judges at Newark on September 10, 1700 O.S. On August 2, 1720 O.S., Nathaniel and his brother Joseph were members of a seven-person committee for the disposal of the common lands of the town. He was Essex County collector from 1724 to 1726. He was an Elizabethtown Associate per his signature in the Elizabethtown Book B in 1729.

Nathaniel is buried in the First Presbyterian Church with a gravestone with the inscription, "Here lieth ye Body of Nathaniel Bonnel who Died Sept. ye 4 1736 in ye 67 year of his Age." His will was proved on September 13, 1736 O.S. (see Estate Records of Nathaniel Bonnel)[4]

Children:

Hannah (ca. 1694 Elizabethtown, New Jersey-before June 19, 1736 O.S.) married Richard Broadwell.
John
David
Lydia
Sarah
Rachel
Margaret
Nathaniel (ca. 1696 Elizabethtown, New Jersey-November 18, 1763) married Joanna Miller (ca. 1702 Westfield, New Jersey-February 1, 1793) in August 1719. She was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Riggs) Miller. She married second Deacon Timothy Whitehead. Nathaniel and Joanna are buried in Bottle Hill Presbyterian cemetery, Madison, New Jersey.
daughter married Samuel Crane
Benjamin (b. November 23, 1723 O.S. Elizabethtown, New Jersey-November 10, 1798 East River, New York) married Rachel Van Winkle (December 18, 1727 O.S.-December 18, 1813) ca. 1745. She married second Albert Ackerman
Jane (October 1725-August 2, 1735 O.S.)
Mary (April 3, 1730 O.S.-May 19, 1811) married Elijah Woodruff on June 13, 1751 O.S.
Nathaniel (b. December 29, 1731 O.S. Elizabethtown, New Jersey-July 23, 1809 Chatham, New Jersey) married first Elizabeth Allen (ca. 1736-April 20, 1774) on November 28, 1750 O.S. He married second Mary Simpson (d. September 16, 1813) in November 1775.
Abigail (November 17, 1735 O.S.-June 10, 1824) married first Aaron Allen on November 28, 1750 O.S. She married second Thomas Gardner in 1765.
John (b. September 26, 1737 O.S. Elizabethtown, New Jersey-December 15, 1817 Springfield, New Jersey) married Sarah Carter (ca. 1737-September 2, 1824 Turkey, New Jersey) ca. 1756.
Elizabeth (1737/8-August 1809) married Capt. Israel Ward.
Sarah (1741-October 24, 1822) married Samuel Roberts on September 28, 1761.
Abigail (b. ca. 1699 Elizabethtown, New Jersey) married ______Morris/Norris
Isaac (b. ca. 1702 Elizabethtown, New Jersey)
Hannah (b. October 19, 1735 O.S.)
David (b. February 24, 1739 O.S.)
William (b. November 28, 1740 O.S.)
Sarah (b. July 26, 1740 O.S.-May 15, 1832) married Nathaniel Crane
Isaac (b. December 8, 1743 O.S. Elizabethtown, New Jersey-March 12, 1833 Elizabethtown, New Jersey) married Pugh Abigail Woodruff (ca. 1745-June 13, 1777)
Susan (b. July 12, 1745 O.S.)
Mary (b. September 25, 1748 O.S.)
Samuel (b. October 1, 1750 O.S.-November 18, 1798 Elizabethtown, New Jersey) married ______ (d. August 17, 1788)
Sarah (b. ca. 1704 Elizabethtown, New Jersey) married _________ Thompson
Mary (ca. 1706 Elizabethtown, New Jersey-November 4, 1763) married Samuel Chandler.
Phebe
Mary
Samuel
Abigail
Benjamin
David
Stephen
Sarah
Lydia
James (see below)

James Bonnell (ca. 1710 Elizabeth, New Jersey-September 27, 1788) married Sarah (ca. 1716-March 14, 1791). Sarah may be the daughter of Richard and Hannah (Bonnell) Broadwell. James inherited 140 acres in Scotch Plains, New Jersey from his father in 1736. According to the Elizabeth Township, Westfield Ward, Essex County March 1779 tax list, he owned 80 acres, 4 horses, 6 cattle, 4 pigs, 1 slave and a riding chair. He was taxed on £300 at interest in February 1780.

An abstract of his will in New Jersey Calendar of Wills 1786-1790 states:

"1788, May 28. Bonnell, James, of Essex Co., yeoman: will of. Wife, Sarah, households goods and riding chair, and use of my negro. Sons, Stephen, Abraham and Daniel, plantation where I live: Stephen's part to be along land of John Smith Shotwell, of 80 acres; Abraham is to come next, and the Daniel. Grandson, Jonathan Price, land I bought of my son, Abraham, April 29, 1760. Grandson, Jacob Hearty, a note I have against David Broadwell, dated April 17, 1781. Granddaughter, Joanna Price, £10. Daughters, Jemima Hearty, Sarah Wilson, Abigail Blackford and Mary Blackford, £20 each. Residue to my said children. Executor--friend, William Darby, and my son, Abraham. Witnesses--William Elstun, John Marsh, William Coles. Proved Oct. 16, 1788."

On October 1, an inventory of James Bonnell's estate was made by John Darby and William Elstun totaling £289.18.5. (Lib. 36, p. 482)

James and Sarah are buried in the Baptist cemetery at Scotch Plains, New Jersey.[5]

Children:

Stephen (July 6, 1731 O.S. Scotch Plains, New Jersey-1812 or 1813 Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio) married Mary Daniels. They moved to Mays Lick, Mason County, Virginia (now Kentucky) around 1788. They moved to Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio about 1808. He left most of his estate to his daughter, Mary. (see Estate Records of Stephen Bunnel) Stephen and Mary are buried in Clearcreek Baptist Cemetery.
James (ca. 1765 Essex County, New Jersey-before February 8, 1812 Highland County, Ohio)
Stephen (June 25, 1767 Essex County, New Jersey-May 4, 1857 Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio) married Freelove Williams (February 24, 1769 Virginia-October 7, 1850 or 1855 Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio) on March 1 or 3, 1795. He moved to Kentucky after the Revolutionary War. He moved to Warren County, Ohio around 1806-1808 they moved to Clear Creek Township, Warren County, Ohio. They are buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery near Ridgeville, Ohio.
Jonas (ca. 1769 Essex County, New Jersey-1819 Clark County, Ohio) married first Sarah Tomlin (d. ca. 1808 Clermont County, Ohio) ca. 1790 in Mason County, Virginia (now Kentucky). He married second Elizabeth Coleman/Betsy Hathaway (d. ca. 1816 Madison County, Ohio) in Clermont County, Ohio ca. 1810. He married third Nancy Willis in Warren County, Ohio. He and Sarah moved from Kentucky to east of Cincinnati for about a year around 1808. During the War of 1812, he moved to Clark County, Ohio.[6]
William. He lived in Missouri.
John
Sytha married _____ Hayes. They lived in Indiana.
George E. (b. March 15, 1802 Bourbon County, Kentucky) married Sallie Peck (b. August 29, 1799 Kentucky) on March 15, 1821. She was a daughter of John and Mary Peck. When he moved to Warren County, Ohio, he lived with an older brother. They lived near Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio for about three years.
America married _____ Huggins. They lived in Kentucky.
Brazilla (ca. 1771 Essex County, New Jersey-1796)
David (b. ca. 1773 Essex County, New Jersey-February 10, 1816 Warren County, Ohio) married Elizabeth Price (b. January 1768 Frederick County, Maryland) on March 19, 1796 in Mason County, Kentucky. She married second her brother-in-law Nathaniel Bunnell.
Rhoda (b. ca. 1777) married Amos Hart.
Nathaniel (b. July 3, 1778 Essex County, New Jersey-April 14, 1850 Big creek Township, White County, Indiana) married first Elizabeth Donovan on January 15, 1800 in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky. He married second Elizabeth (Price) Bunnell on November 6, 1821 in Warren County, Ohio. He married third Nancy Bunnell (d. June 18, 1886) on March 10, 1835 Monticello, White County, Indiana.
Mary (ca. 1779-March 28, 1828) married Ephraim Blackford
Joanna (b. 1746) married Jonathan Price
Jonathan
Joanna
Abraham (b. September 3, 1736 O.S. Scotch Plains, New Jersey-February 5, 1820) married Jane Jenkins (ca. 1745-July 5, 1819 Scotch Plains, New Jersey). They are buried in the Scotch Plains Baptist Churchyard.
Rebecca/Mary married ________ Blackford
Susannah (February 15, 1765-May 24, 1836) married James Bishop on August 31, 1783.
Nathaniel (1766-November 3, 1776)
James (b. 1772 Scotch Plains, New Jersey)
Sarah (1772-November 3, 1776)
Abraham (d. in infancy)
Abraham
Elizabeth (b. ca. 1780) married _______ Whitehead.
Samuel (b. 1781)
William (b. December 25, 1782)
Esther (ca. 1786-December 27, 1804) married Aaron Faitout.
Stephen (b. ca. 1789)
Jemima (1737 or ca. 1744-February 20, 1811) married ca. 1763 Dennis Harty
Anne
Jacob
Phoebe
Joseph
Lydia
Daniel
Rebecca
Jane
Sarah (b. 1739) married Joshua Wilson on February 18, 1768
Abigail (October 2, 1741 O.S.-April 7, 1839) married Isaiah Blackford in 1771
Mary Bonnell
Susanna
Isaiah Martin
Sarah
Zephaniah
Abigail
Mary (b. October 3, 1743 O.S.) married Benjamin Blackford on November 21, 1773.
Mary Elizabeth
Daniel (see below)

Daniel Bonnell (March 30, 1751 Scotch Plains, Westfield, Elizabethtown, Essex County, New Jersey-October 25, 1798 Ohio River[7]) married Martha Hughes (June 14, 1761 New Jersey-May 20, 1838 Warren County, Ohio) at Westfield Presbyterian Church on June 20, 1779. She married second Samuel Foote. Daniel served with the Eastern Battalion of Morris County, New Jersey Militia in the American Revolution. He was a private in Moses Munson's Company. He was listed on the tax list for Westfield Ward, Elizabeth Township in March 1779, February 1780, and 1781. He belonged to the Scotch Plains Baptist Church in 1786 and was listed in the roster of the Essex County militia in 1793.

According to his great great granddaughter (and daughter of Thomas Aaron Bounnell), the family moved to Lexington County in about 1794 or 1795. He then bought land in Ohio and built a log cabin. He then returned to Kentucky and then to New Jersey to sell his land. On the way back, he was murdered. Martha and her 4 daughters and 5 sons moved to Ohio after his death.[8] [9] [10]

According to the Saturday, October 27, 1798 issue of the Cincinnati Freeman's Journal,

"Thursday last a man by the name of Daniel Bunnel, who formerly lived at Columbia, was picked up in the Ohio, a small distance above that place, drowned: he lay in 3 or 4 inches of water, beside a skiff in which he was descending the river--an inquest was held on the body, their verdict accidental death. He had some whiskey on board which, probably he drank too freely, and being alone fell a victim to his own discretion."

Columbia mentioned above is probably Columbia Township, Hamilton County, Ohio even though his great great granddaughter believed he bought land in Butler County.

His widow, Martha, and Ephraim Blackford were appointed administrators of his estate in Hamilton County on November 7, 1798. His inventory was presented on April 10, 1799 to the Probate Court. George Harrisbarger was chosen by Noah and Daniel for their guardian and George was appointed guardian for Catherine while Adam Keefer was chosen by Samuel in February 1811 in Warren County, Ohio.

Martha (Hughes) Bonnell Foote was buried in Springboro Cemetery in Warren County, Ohio.

Children:

James. He is listed as a child of Daniel and Martha with birth date and place of March 27, 1780 and New Jersey according to LDS Family Group Records. (No source is provided) No other information is given, but the birth date matches what is on James Bonnel tombstone. Also Daniel Bonnell's great great granddaughter mentioned he had 4 daughters and 5 sons which is one less son than the LDS records list, but The Bunnell/Bonnell Family in America only lists 7 children. James, John, and Sarah are mentioned in the former but not in the latter. (see below)
Mary (b. June 30, 1783 New Jersey-1851) married Shobal Vail in September 1799.
Matthew (August 7, 1785 Westfield, Essex County, New Jersey-March 6, 1863 Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana) married Ruth Flora (January 27, 1788 Maryland-April 11, 1870 Clinton County, Indiana) on January 27, 1788 in Warren County, Ohio. They lived in Lemon Township, Butler County, Ohio. He served in the War of 1812. In 1828, they moved to Jackson Township, Clinton County, Indiana. They are buried in the Bunnell Cemetery in Center Township.[11] [12]
John F. (September 15, 1809-September 3, 1830)
Abigail April 22, 1811-August 27, 1842) married Albert C. Ayres on April 4, 1833.
Daniel (April 27, 1813-August 15, 1833)
Amy (June 30, 1815-September 3, 1868) married Joseph Wallace.
John U.
Mary Ann (August 12, 1817-March 30, 1909) married William Crips on August 27, 1836.
Sarah Ann (May 17, 1819-January 14, 1846) married John Berryhill on February 21, 1839.
Matthew Hugh (November 12, 1822-March 23, 1896) married first Mary Louise Kilgore on September 19, 1844. He married second Elizabeth Heath on May 27, 1863.
Thomas Aaron
India J.
William Heath
Harry Matthew
Emery Guy
Jesse (April 13, 1826-August 24, 1826)
Aaron (March 11, 1828-July 14, 1884) married Anne Jane Gutrey on February 27, 1849.
Elizabeth
Edward M.
Eva May
Charles M.
Sarah (b. June 29, 1787 New Jersey)
John (b. September 11, 1789 New Jersey)
Abigail (b. January 9, 1792 New Jersey-December 25, 1852) married George Keever on March 24, 1808. She is buried in Springboro Cemetery, Warren County, Ohio.
Martin
Moses H.
Noah (b. April 2, 1793 Westfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey-1871 Clinton County, Indiana) married Catherine Conley (ca. 1800 Maryland-1875) on December 18, 1820 in Warren County, Ohio. She was the daughter of James Y. Conley. He served in the War of 1812. He was a wheelwright. In 1828, they moved to Clinton County, Indiana.[13] [14]
Harriet (ca. 1822-before 1913) married Henry Chaney on January 16, 1839.
Daniel James (January 1824-before 1913) married Mary Ann Kennard on June 3, 1846.
Seneca (ca. 1826-before 1913) married first Temperance Brown on April 4, 1849. He married second Amanda Crane on September 9, 1854.
James Herbert
Alonzo
Julia E.
Harry Thomas
Mary Ann
Osenia
Catherine
Simeon
Howard Brenton
Mary (ca. 1828-before 1913)
Noah Livy (January 20, 1834-January 9, 1920) married Julia Ann Bell on January 7, 1857.
Mary C.
James W.
Elver D.
William Clyde
Thomas C.
Daniel (b. October 23, 1794 or October 25, 1796 Lexington County, Kentucky-September 10, 1876 Warren County, Missouri) married first Alice Albaugh (d. ca. 1833) on March 12, 1818 in Xenia, Ohio. He married second Alma Larew (b. ca. 1804 New York) on January 21, 1834 in Xenia, Ohio. He was a stonecutter and received a patent in 1835 for mills for sawing stones.[15]
Samuel F. (ca. 1819-after 1880) married first Eliza Conwell on September 24, 1839. He married second Sarah Jane Krone on February 3, 1859.
Oscar Orlando
Norina Marietta
Huldah Alice
Abraham Lincoln
Florence
Samuel
Ned
Ray
Noah Thomas (September 23, 1822-July 31, 1898) married Sarah Martha Heaton on March 10, 1846.
Thomas Corwin
Daniel Marion
Martha Alice
John Henry
Nettie Musgrove
George William
Ida Sarah
Edward Fuller
Elmer Ellsworth
Clara May
Charles Vesa
Daniel Claybourne (b. ca. 1824) married Savilla Bowers on June 15, 1848.
John M. (b. ca. 1827)
Alice A. (b. ca. 1830) married John M. Seldomridge on May 31, 1850.
George H. (December 23, 1837-after 1880) married Mary L. Beeman on 1863.
Alma
Bonnie
Maude
Moses Leander (August 8, 1840-November 28, 1914) married first Amelia Sweet in January 1868. He married second Emma Stout on January 2, 1871. He married third Eliza Hannah (Brown) Merrill on October 24, 1895. His first two marriages ended in divorce.
Henrietta (ca. 1843-after 1870)
Caroline A. (ca. 1848-after March 1915) married ______ Young.
Samuel (b. October 23 or 25, 1796 Lexington County, Kentucky-after 1870 Middletown, Butler County, Ohio) married Elizabeth Dickey (b. ca. 1799 Pennsylvania) on May 20, 1819 in Butler County, Ohio. He served in War of 1812. They lived in Lemon Township, Butler County, Ohio.[16]
James (April 30, 1821-August 17, 1849)
John Carrolton (ca. 1824-March 20, 1891) married first Mary Ann Vail on January 26, 1848. He married second Amanda E. Fisher on June 26, 1879.
James Vail
Ferdinand (June 14, 1826-August 15, 1847)
Mary Ann (b. ca. 1828) married John L. Reed on December 24, 1851.
William (July 22, 1830-February 3, 1883)
George (ca. 1832-after 1850)
Adam (ca. 1835-after 1850)
Daniel V. (August 16, 1837-July 2, 1903) married Sarah T. Jones on March 31, 1870.
Edward F.
Charles A.
Mary Ann
Samuel (May 1840-after 1900)
Sarah Elizabeth (b. ca. 1843) married to John N. Harris on April 10, 1864.
Catherine (b. March 25, 1799 New Jersey-January 3, 1859) married John Milton Bunnell on November 19, 1815.

Gravestone of James Bunnel Union Chapel Cemetery
James Bonnel (March 27, 1780-August 21, 1836 Marion County, Indiana) married Elizabeth Ellis (November 10, 1789-December 27, 1845 Marion County, Indiana) on December 26, 1806 in Montgomery County, Ohio by Philip Gunckel, JP (German Township). According to the 1814 Montgomery County Tax List, James Bonnel owned land in range 4, township 4, section 6 in Jefferson Township that was originally patented to John Murphy. The deed transaction was not recorded until 1815 and signed by John and Stacy Murphy of Warren County and witnessed by Joseph Scofield and David Murphy (Deed Book D, pages 269-271).[17] [18] [19] [20]

Gravestone of Elizabeth Bunnel Union Chapel Cemetery
James Bonnel won the additional Jefferson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio Justice of the Peace January 5, 1811 election against Robert Harding 31 votes to 11 votes. He also won the January 22, 1814 election against Jacob Wirick 15 votes to 1 vote, but lost the May 15, 1815 election to Samuel Kinnamon 15 votes to 25 votes.[21]

He is listed on the 1816 through 1819 Jackson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio Tax Lists and from 1819 to 1823 on the Washington Township, Preble County, Ohio Tax Lists.

Starting in 1823, James Bunnel purchased seven tracts of land in Indiana from the U.S. Government totaling almost 550 acres. (see Bunnell Indiana Land Patents) The land was in Boone, Hamilton, Marion, and Montgomery Counties. The eighty acres he bought in Adams Township, Hamilton County, he sold to his son-in-law, John Metsker, shortly before James died. (see Bunnell Indiana Land Records)

His will was written on June 7, 1836 and proved on September 16, 1836. (see Estate Records of James Bounel) Both are buried at Union Chapel Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Children:

Ellis (d. November 22, 1849 Marion County, Indiana) married on March 8, 1831 to Elizabeth Ball (b. 1811/2 Kentucky) in Marion County, Indiana. Elizabeth and her children were living in Washington Township, Marion County during the 1850 Census.
Aaron (b. 1831/2 Indiana)
James (b. 1832/3 Indiana)
Reuben (b. 1834/5 Indiana)
Margaret (b. 1835/6 Indiana)
Mary (b. 1837/8 Indiana)
Elizabeth (b. 1842/3 Indiana)
Martha married on March 2, 1828 to John Metsker in Marion County, Indiana (see Metsker).
Frances (September 18, 1815 Ohio-December 1, 1884 Marion County, Indiana) married on March 15, 1832 to Aaron Watts (March 26, 1809 Ohio-April 20, 1885 Marion County, Indiana) in Marion County, Indiana. He was a farmer in Washington Township.
Charles (b. 1832/1833 Indiana)
Elisabeth (b. 1834/1835 Indiana)
Elisa (b. 1836/1837 Indiana)
Ezra (b. 1839/1840 Indiana)
John (b. 1840/1841 Indiana)
James (b. 1847 Indiana)
Francis (b. 1849 Indiana)
A. Johnson (b. 1852/1853 Indiana)
Cyrus C. (b. 1854 Indiana-1930 Marion County, Indiana)
Mary Ann (August 22, 1818 Ohio-May 31, 1847 Hamilton County, Indiana) married on November 18, 1839 to Henry Metsker (see Metsker)
Ezra (January 1, 1821 Washington County, Preble County, Ohio-November 18, 1851 Marion County, Indiana) married on March 14, 1843 to Susan Ellis (b. 1820 Kentucky-1920 Howard County, Indiana). She married second Benjamin Thompson.
Martha (1844-1871) married Oliver Gard
John A. (December 12, 1844-September 25, 1845 Marion County, Indiana)
Harriet (1847-1923) married Joseph Franklin Brandon in 1867.
James Ellis (1851 Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana-1880)
Edward (b. March 1884 Michigan) married Elsie (b. 1886 Michigan). He lived in Crauson Township, Branch County, Michigan in 1900 and Burr Oak Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan in 1910 and 1920.
Catherine (b. 1913)
Getrude (b. August 1918)
George (b. March 1886 Michigan)
Clarence (b. June 1897 Michigan)
Harry (March 31, 1900 Michigan-December 30, 1989 Burr Oak, St. Joseph County, Michigan)
Claude (b. 1905 Michigan)

[1] Austin. Bunnell/Bonnell Family in America, pages 27-30.

[2] Murray. Bunnell and Allied Families.

[3] Austin. Bunnell/Bonnell Family in America, pages 42-46.

[4] Austin. Bunnell/Bonnell Family in America, pages 52-55.

[5] Austin. Bunnell/Bonnell Family in America, pages 83-84.

[6] History of Warren County, Ohio, pages 894-895.

[7] The Abstact of Book 1 & Book A Probate Record 1791-1826 Hamilton County says that page 112 has Aug. 1802 Daniel Bunnell decd. without any other information give. The Hamilton County courthouse had three separate fires in 1814, 1849, and 1884, in which many records were destroyed.

[8] Bunnell/Bonnell Newsletter, October 1996, page 44

[9] Austin. Bunnell/Bonnell Family in America, pages 160-161.

[10] LDS records Bunnell (http://www.familysearch.org)

[11] Austin. Bunnell/Bonnell Family in America, pages 411-412.

[12] History of Clinton County, pages 598-599.

[13] Austin. Bunnell/Bonnell Family in America, pages 413.

[14] History of Clinton County, pages 598.

[15] Austin. Bunnell/Bonnell Family in America, pages 415-416.

[16] Austin. Bunnell/Bonnell Family in America, pages 414-415.

[17] Commerative Biographical Record of Prominent & representative Men of Indianapolis, page 1090

[18] Darlington. Marion County, Indiana Complete Probate Records, page 55

[19] Darlington. Marion County, Indiana Records Miscellanea

[20] Mikesell. Early Settlers of Montgomery County, Ohio

[21] Mikesell. Early Settlers of Montgomery County, Ohio, Volume III

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Ancestral Files of William Kinsey Koerber
Added to Geni by Janet Milburn
William Bunnell is my/our 10th great grandfather.

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Information from Tom E. FLEMING of Springfield, Virginia says he was born 1610 or 1617. Also:

"William Bonnell (Bunnell) came from England to New Haven, Conn. after 1635 and before April 13, 1650. He returned to England in May, 1654 after the death of his wife and youngest child, after which he returned to New Haven.

Ref: Jacobus, Donald L. "Families of Ancient New Haven" Vol II pgs 358-360" All his children are listed as "BUNNELL".

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He emigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony prior to September 28, 1630, and removed to New Haven about 1640.

"A Potter-Richardson Memorial" states that town records convey a sordid picture of his life. [Wonder what that means?]

It also states his death occured about 1660/1.

"The Ancestry of William Francis Joseph Boardman" states that his death occured bef 1669.

"Ward and Allied Families" states that he made one trip to England before October 1651, and returned to New Haven, but, in May of 1654, his wife and youngest child (Ebenezer) having died, he returned to England.

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From: http://www.concentric.net/~pvb/GEN/nbonn.html

The eldest Nathaniel Bonnell* (1648-1696) was the son of William Bonnell* (b. c1610) and Anne Wilmot*, daughter of Benjamin Wilmot* and Anne Ladd*. According to the Virkus reference, William was born in Cheshire County, England, and came to Massachusetts on the ship James in 1630. The Coate Duduck reference indicates that he was a Juror in Watertown MA in 1630, implying that he was at least 20 years of age and thus probably born in 1610 or earlier.

It may also be questionable that he was born in Cheshire, because his parents (as indicated in many references - see below) were in London. There may be confusion with an old neighborhood of New Haven, known as Cheshire CT, in which he may have lived. He subsequently joined a settlement in New Haven CT in 1638. New Haven was first settled by a Puritan group under Reverend John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton, who founded the Colony of New Haven in 1638. However, this Puritan group of 500 settlers arrived in Boston on the ship Hector in 1637. See: A New Look at Old New Haven. In any event, William and Anne Bonnell may have been among the very earliest settlers of New Haven CT. See the History of New Haven. William Bonnell, described by the Virkus reference as a "farmer and tanner", married Anne Wilmot, in 1640 in New Haven CT. However, the Coate Dudick reference indicates that William and Anne were married in about 1635 in Wallingford CT (about 10 miles upriver from New Haven). However, Wallingford was not settled until 1669. It is not known where Anne was born (most probably in Europe) and when and where she arrived. It might be supposed that Anne was also in the Puritan group which settled New Haven. However, it is also possible that she arrived on the ship Elizabeth and Ann to Boston in 1639, and subsequently moved to New Haven.

In Jan. 1650/1, William Bunnell* and his family were apparently facing poverty and he sought to return to England, possibly to find financial support. He left his wife and children with his father-in-law and returned to England. Meanwhile, back in New Haven, his two oldest children, Benjamin (age about 9) and Lydia (age about 8), were apprenticed as child laborers by his impoversihed wife and father-in-law, while Nathaniel* and Mary, were only about 6 and 1, respectively, or less in age.

William* returned to his family in New Haven before Mar. 11, 1651/2 and sought to have his children returned to him. The town court apparently refused to break the apprenticeships and offered 2 shillings per week to compensate him for their loss. The town also offered an appreticeship for his second son, Nathaniel Bonnell* (1645-1696), who was then about 7 years old to pay for the cost of a cow. William refused to put Nathaniel into apprenticeship indicating that he had some small degree of success in finding enough funds while in England to afford the cow.

In 1654, William's wife, Anne*, took ill, and both she and her newly born son, Ebenezer (b. 1653), died. William and his two youngest children, Nathaniel* and Mary, may have moved to Elizabethtown NJ after Anne and Ebenezer died. It is possible that they went first to Newfoundland, Canada, or to New London CT. William Bonnell* (b. c1610-7, d. 1669), was from England, but his parentage is unproven. According to the Virkus reference (and others), he was born to Benjamin Bonnel* (b. c1570), who was born in Flanders, the son of Thomas Bonnel* of Ypres and Jacque Marie Bygote. This Benjamin (c. c1570) was married to Rebecca Brooks*, who was most probably English in birth. Benjamin died in London, England. This account is refuted by the Coate Dudick reference, however no alternative is suggested by Coate Dudick, but that: "at least a dozen parents fit the names and time lines for this William Bunnel".

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From: http://ancestrees.com/pedigree/63.htm

What we know about William Bunnell is that he shows up in Watertown, MA by 1630 as a juror in a murder trial. This means that he would have been of age by 1630, and was probably born in 1610 or earlier. His early arrival in our country, has made his descendants eligible for entry into the "Order of Founders and Patriots." (F-32)

He apparently moved to New Haven, CT by 1638. He is in the General Court Meeting Records of New Haven, CT. On April 3, 1650 (when he would have been about 40+), "the Court freed old Goodman Bunill from paying his poll money to ye towne, because of his poverty, age and weakness." In Jan. 1650/51, his landlord told him he'd give him a years rent if he would peaceably leave the premises. He asked the court for assistance in getting William Bunill to move out. The court gave William 3 weeks to find a new residence. He finally left, apparently to England, about 4 weeks after this court decision.

While he was in England, his wife and father-in-law apprenticed his son to Nico Elsy and his daughter to Sam Whitehead. William had returned to America by Oct. 7, 1651 as he was in court on said day to get his children back because he needed their help. This violated the terms of the apprenticeship. William's wife had only done what was proper, considering she had no money to care for them. The court did decide to pay William a sum of 2 shillings a week to help compensate for the loss of his children. On March 11, 1651/52, the court asked William if they could "put forth his boy" (second oldest son) so that the "Towne may be at as little charge as may be." His apprenticeship was to be paid for by a townsman with a cow. The boy was to be in service to him for several years to pay off the cost of the cow and to learn discipline as he was "spoyled for want of govermt." William refused to have his son apprenticed out. The court therefore withdrew his 2 shilling stipend for his family.

A year and a half later, Feb. 27, 1653/4, Goodwife Bunnil was in the court records as being very ill. The town decided it had done as much as it could for her, and that it was time to have her two youngest children "put out" so as to receive an education and lesson the burden of the town.

By May 1, 1654, Goodwife Bunill and one of her children had died. In this court session, William asked the court to return him to England. "The court ordered that the Townsmen and Treasurer should help him gain passage on a ship bound from Milford to Newfoundland. He said he had friends in England to care for him. This is the last record of him in the New Haven Town Records, Vol. I, (1649-1662) by Franklin Bowditch Dexter, New Haven Historical Society, 1917. (F-136)

William's birth date and death date are not by any means known. The dates above are only second hand sources that might not apply to this William Bunnell of New Haven, Connecticut.

A commonly but erroneously printed parentage for William Bunnell of New Haven, is Thomas Bonnel (or Boonell) who fled from Ypres, France (Flanders) about 1577-79. He settled in Norwich, England. He married twice, the first wife being unknown. He had 4 sons by the first wife, one still recorded by name as Benjamin (b. before 1595). His second wife was Jaque Marie Bygote. This marriage brought forth 2 sons and 4 daughters. Four of their names are known: Elizabeth (chr. Aug. 10, 1595), Abraham (chr. April 15, 1599), Isaac (chr. 1601), and Judge (chr. Mar.1605/06). Benjamin, son of Thomas, might have been born in Flanders and died after 1607 in London. He and an unknown wife, had a son named William, born about 1610. (F-136) This theory has pretty much been dispelled as it came from an early 20th century researcher, Carolyn Syron Valentine, who only found one Bunnel in England at the time, and so she connected it, stating clearly that it was a guess. People have since taken it as truth, when in current records, at least a dozen parents fit the names and time lines for this William Bunnel. (F-410)

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From Iva Norton: William Bunnel left his family . Leaving his wife and children. To live with her parents it is believed that he is the William Bunnel that died in Barbadoes; at that time it was a debter state for those that owed England

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Came to United States in 1638 and settled in New Haven, Conn.

Five children

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Served on a jury to inquire into the death of Austin Bratcher at Watertown, MA, 1630, and in other Watertown records through 1646.

Moved to New Haven, CT, c. 1649-50.

http://www.bunnellfamily.com/pubpages/Immigrants/william.php

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Some references note that William Bunnell came to America about 1630.

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William arrived in New England with the Winthrop Fleet of 1630. According to the Bunnell Annex website, he had trouble caring for his family, and was considered a burden on society. He eventually abandoned his wife and children and went back to England. He did return and reconcile with his wife eventually, but then went back to England for the remainder of his life.

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http://www.houseofproctor.org/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=10351...

The progenitor of the Bonnell family in America was William Bunnell who settled in New Haven, Connecticut in 1638." --- Register of Ancestors, The Hugenot Society of New Jersey, Inc. 1975.

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Historians have written of the first Bunnells in New Haven (William, Soloman and Benjamin) as "being without exception men of character and peity, who used every opportunity to promote education and religion, and were the first in all history to adopt a written constitution and to refuse compensation for public service." When the first census was taken in 1790 in the Thirtenn Colonies, there were Bunnells recorded in every state, and their descendants are wide spread. ---Connecticut, 1600s-1800s Local Families and Histories: New England Families, Vol. I, Genealogies and Memorials, Page 66.

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Notes for WILLIAM BUNNELL: (The following was compiled by William R. Austin, March 5, 1999) WILLIAM BUNNELL was certainly born in England, although no evidence showing the date or place of his birth has been found. From circumstantial evidence, I have concluded that he was born "about l600." William appears first in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he was selected on 28 September 1630 to be a juror in an inquiry concerning the death of one Austen Bratcher. Therefore, we can suppose that he was one of the settlers who arrived in New England in the great Winthrop fleet of 1630. (Charles Edward Banks, in his book THE WINTHROP FLEET OF 1630, identified this juror with the William Burnell who died at Boston in 1660/1. However, the name is clearly Bunnell in the record, and there seems to be no reason to assume it was spelled wrong.) William Bunnell does not appear in the records again for the next ten years. In the meantime he married ANN WILMOT, daughter of Benjamin and Ann Wilmot. Presumably they were married at Massachusetts Bay, although I have found no record of the Wilmot family in Massachusetts. Benjamin Wilmot was one of the early settlers of New Haven Colony, where he signed the covenant some time after June 1639. No earlier record of him has turned up anywhere in the colonies, but it can be shown that most, if not all, the early settlers of New Haven first came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where they lived anywhere from nine months to ten years before moving to New Haven in 1638-43. I will assume that the Wilmots followed this pattern unless conflicting evidence can be found. The first three children of William and Ann Bunnell must have been born at Massachusetts Bay. The order of birth given below is the traditional one, followed by Donald Lines Jacobus in FAMILIES OF ANCIENT NEW HAVEN, although no record seems to exist which mentions the age at any time of any of the three. In 1640 we find the first of the numerous records of the public assistance provided to William Bunnell and his family, when the General Court of the Colony requested the town of Watertown to provide William Bunnell with a lot, which the Colony would pay for if William could not. If the lot was actually provided, no record of it has been found. In 1645 the General Court appointed a committee with power to dispose of the children of Goodman Bunnell, "if their grandfather will not take care of them" (The grandfather Benjamin Wilmot, had moved to New Haven Colony several years before.) On the same day the Court provided that certain goods be delivered to the same committee "to be disposed of to Goodman Bunnell & his use." Six months later, in May 1646, William Bunnell returned to England, and the Court agreed to pay for 30 shillings worth of clothing for him when he arrived there. There is nothing to show why William went back to England or where in England he went, but he seems to have simply abandoned his family. In a court action in New Haven several years later his wife testified that "he left little or nothing to maintain them, and she asked him what she should do with them; he said they were hers as well as his, and he left them with her." One of the sons, presumably Benjamin, testified that "he remembers his father did say so to his mother." With no alternative, Ann Bunnell took the three children and moved to New Haven to live with her parents. Her father could not support such a large addition to his family, and they decided "to put forth the children." Nicholas Elsy took one of the boys, presumably the elder (Benjamin, in the traditional order), and Samuel Whitehead took Lydia. By the middle of 1649, or earlier, William Bunnell returned from England and followed his family to New Haven. On 3 April 1650 he makes his first appearance in the New Haven records, when "The Court freed old Goodman Bunill from paying his poll money to the town, because of his poverty, age and weakness." This is the only reference to William's age in any record. I find it difficult to believe that he was less than 50 years old at the time this statement was made. On 4 May 1650 Ann Bunnell gave birth to another daughter, Mary, and in August of that year William was fined 5 shillings for failure to report the birth within three months. A few months later he was in trouble again. On 7 January 1650/51 John Tompson sought the help of the Court to make William Bunnell move out of Tompson's house. Tompson said he was willing to give him a year's rent if he would move peaceably out. This probably means that the Bunnells were at least a year behind in their rent payments, which Tompson would forgive if they would simply vacate. The Court ordered William to move, and gave him two or three weeks to do so. A month later John Tompson was back in Court again asking that William Bunnell be put out of his house. This time Stephen Goodyear undertook to guarantee the move if Tompson would let the Bunnells stay for another week. John Tompson expressed himself satisfied with that arrangement, and apparently it was successful, since the issue did not come before the Court again. In October 1651 it was William's turn to sue, when he asked the Court to revoke the apprentice agreements Ann and her father had made with Nicholas Elsy and Samuel Whitehead. The Court refused to do so. During the next six or eight months the Town authorities had to "consider of the charge which old Bunill hath been to the Town, and how it migt be lessened." The first step was to give him an allowance of two shillings a week, "provided that he and his family do what they can towards their maintenance." Then they took up the problem of the son who was still at home (presumably Nathaniel). The Townsmen felt that the boy should be put out to apprenticeship, both to reduce the charge to the Town, and for the good of the boy, "who now for want of due nurture grows rude and offensive." William Judson offered the Bunnells a cow if he could take the boy for "such a number of years as might answer it." When William Bunnell refused to accept this arrangement, the Townsmen retaliated by withdrawing the weekly allowance. On 28 August 1653 another son, Ebenezer, was born to the Bunnells. He seems to have died very soon. The following February it was reported that Ann Bunnell was sick, and the authorities were still concerned about how much public support was proper and how to make sure that the two remaining children (Nathaniel and Mary) were put out "both for the good of the children (who are not educated as they should) & for the easing the Town of charge." Ann Bunnell died soon after and on the first of May 1654 William told the Town he wanted to go to old England where "he hath some friends to take care of him." The Townsmen and Treasurer were authorized to negotiate his passage on a ship bound from Milford to Newfoundland (and presumably from there to old England). Their conclusion was that this "might free the Town from some charge, though they made some present disbursement for his passage and other necessaries for him." That is William Bunnell's last appearance in the records of New Haven. We can assume that he boarded the ship and returned to England. He left his four children in New Haven. No record exists to show whether the two younger children were "put out" or if so to whom. Perhaps their grandparents or their maternal uncles assumed responsibility for them. Benjamin Wilmot, in his will dated 7 August 1669, left 20 shillings to each of his Bunnell grandchildren. William Bunnell probably died in England if he ever arrived there. It is sometimes asserted that he died on the island of Barbados in the West Indies, since a man of that name was buried in the parish of St. Michaels, Barbados, 5 August 1678. This seems very unlikely, since William would have been around 80 years old and would have made at least five crossings of the Atlantic Ocean.

SOURCES: Records of the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay, edited by N. B. Shurtleff, 1853, Vols. 1 & 2. Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven from 1638 to 1649, edited by C. J. Hoadley, 1857, vol. I. New Haven Town Records, 1649-1662, edited by Franklin B. Dexter! Vol. I. Vital Records of New Haven, Conn., to 1850. The Winthrop Fleet of 1630, by C. E. Banks, 1930. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, etc., edited by J. C. Hotten, 1874. Families of Ancient New Haven, compiled by D. L. Jacobus. "Lieutenant William French and His Descendants," in the New England HistorIcal and Genealogical Register, Vol. 44. One Bassett Family in America, by Buell B. Bassette, 1926.

More About William Bunnell: Fact 3: He was a landowner, farmer and tanner..

More About William Bunnell and Ann Wilmot: Marriage: 1640

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A brief history of William Bunnell take from "Roots & Shoots of he Bunnell Family" by Dot Bunnell Ray (Compiler) 1991.

Thomas Bunnell let France and settled in Norwich, England were he died in 1607. He was the father of Benjamin, who was the father of William, the American imigrant who was born on England about 1600. The first reference to him which appears in public record is dated 28 September 1630. on that date he was seleced to be a huror in an inquiry concerning the death of one Austen Bratcher at Massachusetts Bay. Therefor, he was probably one of the first settlers who arrived in New England in the great Winthrop fleet of 1630. About 1635 or perhaps earlier, probably at Massachusetts Bay, he married Ann Wilmot, daughter of Benjamin and Ann Willmot. Their first three children (Lydia, Benjamin and Nathaniel) were probably born at Massachusetts Bay. William returned to England, leaving his wife and children to fend for themselves. His wife then took her children to New Haven, CT. to join her father, who had settled ther about 1839. The elder son, Benjamin, was aprenticed there to nicholas Elsey and the daughter, Lydia, to Samuel Whitehead, since Benjamin Wilmot was not in a position to support this addition to his family. William Bunnell return from England sometime before the end of 1649 and joined his family in New Haven. His two younger children, Mary and Ebenezer, were born there. in October 1651, William Bunnell sued for the return of his two apprenticed children, but the court ruled against him. Ann Wilmot Bunnell and her infant son died in 1654. Shortly thereafter, William again retrned to England. Nothing is further known about him. William Bunnell has two sons to carry on the family name. Benjamin Bunnel born about 1636, remained in Connecticut, as did his descendants for several generations. Most of all of Benjamin's decendants spelled their name with a "u". Nathaniel Bunnel, born about 1640/42 removed to Elizabethtown, New Jersey in 1665. Most of his descendants have spelled their name with an "o", although some large branches of the family returned to the se of the "u".

Titus Jefferson Bunnell and his brother Asa, were born in Farmington, CT., sons of Titus and Sybil (Yale) Bunnell moved to orth carolina about 1815 or 1820 and founded a large branch of the family in that state. William Bunnell, the American imigrant was a farmer and tanner. Our family descent stems from William and Ann Wilmot Bunnell as follows: William Bunnell: born 1600 (M) Ann Wilmot Benjamin Bunnell born 1636 (M) Rebecca Mallory Hezekiah Bunnell born 1681 (M) Ruth Plumb Hezekiah Bunnell born 1702 (M) Esther Bristol Titus Bunnell born 1735 (M) Sybil Yale Asa Bunnell born 1776 (M) Martha Smith George Washington Bunnell born 1830 (M) Winnie Jane Smith Daniel Milton Bunnell born 1859 (M) Lllie Ann Freeman & Kate Bryant Parker Thomas Jefferson Bunnell born 1892 (M) Elizabeth Owen Furmage William Curtis Bunnell born 1914 (M) Pearl Barker James Thomas Bunnell born 1954 (M) Evangelina Warner