When Mary Bushnell was born on 18 October 1773, in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Alexander Bushnell, was 33 and her mother, Chloe Waite, was 35. She married Calvin Warner Cone on 22 December 1796, in Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 28 June 1831, in Hartford, Trumbull, Ohio, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Hartford Township Cemetery, Hartford, Trumbull, Ohio, 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.
George Washington elected first president of United States.
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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