Handley Bushnell

Brief Life History of Handley

When Handley Bushnell was born in 1731, in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joshua Bushnell II, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Hanley, was 35. He married Chloe Bishop on 19 February 1752. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States for about 20 years. He died on 1 January 1811, in Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Handley Bushnell
1731–1811
Chloe Bishop
1730–1791
Marriage: 19 February 1752
Bishop Bushnell
1754–
Chloe Bushnell
1757–1846
Joshua Bushnell
1771–1864
Hanley Bushnell
1759–1826
Sarah Bushnell
1761–1803
Phebe Bushnell
1761–
Lydia Bushnell
1771–1852
Elsie Bushnell
1773–1856

Sources (12)

  • Handly Bushnell, "United States Census, 1810"
  • Handly Bushnell, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • Handly in entry for Chloe Bushnell, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"

World Events (4)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1785

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

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

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.

Story Highlight

Handley Bushnell

From "Bushell Family Genealogy", compiled and written vy George Eleazer Bushnell, 1945: Handelt Bushnell and his wife were members of the First Church of Saybrook, she being received as a member …

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