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    1. Another Martha Bushnell
    2. Dear Bushnell researchers: I have a separate Martha Bushnell about the same time period as the one we've been discussing in my data: Martha Bushnell b 12 Aug 1718 at Saybrook, daughter of Ephriam Bushnell & Anne Hill. This Martha supposedly married Elijah Stannard, Sr. b 12 July 1715, a Rev. War Vet, who died 20 May 1790. I don't have their marriage or her death info. (Her info is per my DAR-seeking cousin's notes, supposedly from vital records) Martha's father, Ephriam Bushnell, b 15 Feb 1648, is said to be the son of William (Jr.) of Saybrook and Rebecca Stratton; and Ephriam is supposedly grandson of William (Lt.) (the immigrant) and Rebecca Chapman. My cousin's notes also list two generations of Francis Bushnell -- perhaps that's the problem? Francis b circa 1580 at Thatcham Co. Berks, England d 1646 in Guilford married Ferris Quenell 13 May 1605 at Horsham England. Came to Fair Haven Conn July 1639 on ship St. John, with daughters Sarah and Rebecca. That same year he was listed in Guilford as a painter and decorator (sic) Yet in her other notes it says Lt William Bushnell Sr. emmigrated on the "Planter" with brothers Richard and Francis Jr. to Salem, Mass. He was in Guilford in 1639, in Saybrook in 1648 as a carpenter. Also, she does not have parents for Rebecca Chapman, who married Lt William Bushnell at Saybrook about 1643. Her notes have Rebecca born at Hull, England and died at Saybrook, but no dates. She shows Lt. William as baptised 3 Feb 1610/11 at Horsham Susses England and found in Boston in 1635 and Guilford in 1646 and Saybrook in 1648. Can you confirm or correct any of this? Thanks! Martha Byrnes HomeByrnes@aol.com

    05/19/1999 11:48:57