Ancestry of
Harry Chapin

Singer and Songwriter

William Bushnell

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Harry Chapin — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1344 
  • Father:
  • Francis Bushnell 
  • Mother:
  • Ferris Quenell   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 3 Feb 1610/1611 
  • Christening Location:
  • Horsham, Sussex, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 12 Nov 1683 
  • Death Location:
  • Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rebecca -----
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1643 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Joshua Bushnell

  William Bushnell Jr. (Ahnentafel No:672 )

  • Notes: 

  • William Bushnell's wife is believed by some to be named Rebecca, possibly even Rebecca Chapman, but evidence is needed to support this claim.

• Sources for William Bushnell

  • ¹ Anderson, Robert Charles and others, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. I, A-B, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1999), 509.
  • ² Bartlett, J. Gardner, The Ancestry of Daniel Bushnell, Boston: Press of the Murray Printing Co. (1918), 2, 5.
  • ³ Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Cuneo Press (1931), Vol. 2, pp. 164-167, 736.
  • ⁴ Jones, Matt Bushnell, History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, Lowell, Massachusetts: Courier-Citizen Company (1909), 251-252.

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