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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- 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"
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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.
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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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