When Jonathan Bushnell was born on 11 September 1744, in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jonathan Bushnell, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Shipman, was 28. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Margaret Parker. He died on 11 April 1821, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Old Burying Ground, Westbrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
DLESEX COUNTY was incorporated by an act of the Legislature passed at the May session, 1785, and at that time consisted of six towns. Of these, Mifldletown, Chatham, Haddam, and East Haddam were taken from the county of Hartford, and Saybrook and Killingworth from New London coun
English: habitational name from Bushnells Green in Bucklebury (Berkshire), early recorded as Bushenell or Busshendhill.
History: Francis Bushnell came to New Haven, CT, in 1639, and was a founder of Guilford, CT.
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