1731 - 1770 (39 years)
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Name |
Benjamin Bunnell |
Birth |
7 March 1731 |
Milford, CT [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Baptism |
12 March 1731 |
First Church of Milford [2] |
Death |
5 November 1770 |
Derby, CT [3] |
Notes |
- Bunnell, Benjamin of Waterbury, late of Derby, d. Nov. 5, 1770 Derby Vital Records Vol. TM 1 Page 48 Barbour Index cards.
The most recent compilation of the Bunnell Family provides the following information for Benjamin Bunnell. The Bunnell/Bonnell Family in America, second edition, Volume I revised and Volume 2; William Bunnell of Massachusetts Bay and New Haven Colonies, Compiled by William R. Austin, Heritage Books, 2007:
Benjamin Bunnell 5 (Benjamin 4, Benjamin 4, Benjamin 4, William 1) was born 7 March 17 1731 at Milford, New Haven Co., CT. He was baptized 12 March 1731 in the Milford Congregational Church. He was married 10 October 1752 by Rev. Jonathan Lyman at Derby, New Haven, CT. to Ruth Smith, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Smith. She was born about 1737.
Benjamin and Ruth were admitted to full communion in the Congregational church of Oxford, New Haven, Co. CT, on 5 April 1753. In June 1761 Benjamin advertised in the Connecticut Gazette offering a reward for the prehension of a runaway named Daniel Wording, aged about 35 years, who was apprenticed to him after he paided to save Wording from jail.
Benjamin and his family became members of Episcopal Church in the parish of Oxford when it was established in 1764 by the labors of Rev. Richard Mansfield. On 22 December 1766 Joseph Davis, of Derby, in the parish of Oxford, granted to the parishioners of the Church of England in Oxford, a meeting=house lot of about five acres “to have and to hold to the said Abel Gunn, Benjamin Bunnell, and to all the rest of the professors of the Church of England, in said Oxford.”
Benjamin died 5 November 1770 either at Waterbury (or Derby), New Haven County, Connecticut. His estate was probated in Waterbury in 1771. HIs widow Ruth served as administratrix, and she was appointed guardian of the children. Ruth appears in the 1800 census in Oxford, Connecticut, living alone. She died in Oxford at the of 72. [2]
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Person ID |
I78674 |
Schirado |
Last Modified |
12 August 2018 |
Father |
Benjamin Bunnell, b. 30 April 1704, New Haven, CT d. after 1762 (Age > 59 years) |
Mother |
Mehitable Baldwin, b. 25 February 1705, Milford, CT d. 14 February 1765, Oxford, CT (Age 59 years) |
Marriage |
13 April 1726 |
Milford, CT [1] |
- Benj[ami]n Bunnell m. Mehetabeel Baldwin, Apr. 13, 1726, by Jon[a]th[an} Law
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Family ID |
F24784 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family/Spouse |
Ruth Smith, b. say 1734, Oxford, CT d. 1809, Oxford, CT (Age ~ 75 years) |
Marriage |
10 October 1752 |
Derby, CT [3] |
- Benjamin Bunnel, Jr, m. Ruth Smith, both of Derby, married by Rev. Jonathan Lyman
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Children |
+ | 1. Charles Bunnell, b. 19 January 1759, Derby, CT d. 17 March 1838, Oxford, CT (Age 79 years) |
+ | 2. Benjamin Bunnell, b. 19 July 1763, Derby, CT d. 20 September 1840, Oxford, CT (Age 77 years) |
+ | 3. Reuben Bunnell, b. 24 December 1765, Derby, CT d. 31 January 1853, Oxford, CT (Age 87 years) |
+ | 4. Elizabeth Ann Bunnell, b. 12 April 1771, Derby, CT d. 22 August 1828, Wakeman, Huron County, Ohio (Age 57 years) |
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Family ID |
F52793 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S287] (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1917).
- [S534] William R. Austin, (Heritage Books, 2007).
- [S312] Derby Vital Records.
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