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Capt. Chauncey Sears was born on 30 June 1799 in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He died on 10 February 1841 at age 41 in New Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He was buried in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts.

They lived in Lenox, MA.

Francis Bushnell was born on 1 January 1579 in Thatcham, Berkshire County, England. He and Ferris Quynell were married about 1600. He and Joane Kinward were married on 2 June 1629. He died on 13 October 1646 at age 67 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut.

Francis is the son of Francis Bushnell (b. 1550, d. 1625) and Margary (b. 1554). Direct descent is through his son Francis.
His will was probated 2 Jan 1626.
From The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus:
In 1639 a group of emigrants, headed by the Rev. Henry Whitfield, sailed from England. On shipboard the company signed an agreement binding themselves to settle as one community, to be helpful each to the other in every common work, not to desert or leave each other or the plantation without the consent of the majority. This came to be known as the Guilford Covenant since they purchased a tract of land from the Indians and founded the town of Guilford, lying between Saybrook and New Haven, Conn.
FRANCIS BUSHNELL, SENIOR, was one of the party and he has been identified as the Francis Bushnell who married, March 13, 1605, at Horsham, Sussex, England, Ferris Quynell or Quenell (bapt. at Horsham April 17, 1587, daughter of Henry and Beatrix (Carter) Quynell). The baptisms of their eleven children are recorded in the Horsham registers. The first child, Edmund, married in England and perhaps remained there. Francis, Junior, with his wife, came to New England on the ship Planter in 1635. William, John, Richard, Rebecca and Sarah also at one time or another came over. Of the rest of the eleven children, Stephen, Thomas and Mary died young, and Elizabeth, baptized on the 5th of March 1627/8, was buried a few days later with her mother on the 10th of March. The mother was then about forty-one years of age. The next year (June 2, 1629) Francis Bushnell, Senior, married (2) Joane Kinward, and two years later her burial is recorded at Horsham, June 21, 1631. No proof has been found that he had a third wife in New England. He died at Guilford in 1646, about eighteen years after the death of his wife Ferris, the mother of his children.
From Abridged Compendium: BUSHNELL, Francis (d 1646), from Eng. to New Haven Colony, 1638; settled at Guilford, Conn., 1639; m Rebecca Holms(?).
From Sue's Genealogy:
Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #5852, Date of Import: Nov 22, 1996]
References: Bushnell Family Genealogy, Ancestry and Posterity of Francis Bushnell of Horsham, England and Guilford, Connecticut Compiled and written by George Eleazer Bushnell, Nashville, Tennessee 1945
married (2) at Horsham England, 2 June 1629- Joan Kinward (she died 21 June 1631) [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #1068, Date of Import: Nov 10, 1996]
Francis Bushnell, b. Thatcham, Co. Berks, England about 1580 first appears of record at Horsham, Co. Sussex, England on the date of his first marriage and for twenty seven years, he or his children are mentioned in the Church Register. After that time, the name disappears. In 1635, his five living sons left their native shore bound for America, and four years later he followed with his two daughters, Sarah and Rebecca, in the company of Rev. Henry Whitfield on the ship St. John. After they had been at sea about ten days, the company formulated a covenant, sometimes called the "Guilford Covenant" or "The Plantation Covenant," upon which his name appears there. The company landed at Fair Haven, CT between the 10th and 15th of July 1639 and two months later the deed was signed for their new settlement at Menunkatuck, purchased of the Quinipiac Indians, which they named Guilforde after the shire town in Surrey from which some of the emigrants came.
THE GUILFORD COVENANT
We whose names are here under-written, intending by God's gracious permission to establish ourselves in New England, if it may be in the south part about Quinapossack, we faithfully promise, each to each, for ourselves and families and all that belongs to us, that we will, the Lord assisting us, sit down and join ourselves together in one entire plantation and be helpful each to the other in any common work, according to everyman's ability and as need shall require; and we promise not to depart or leave each other on the plantation but with the consent of the rest, or the greater part of those who have entered into this engagement. As for our gathering ourselves in a church way, and the choice of officers and members to be gathered in that way, we do refer ourselves to such time as it please God to settle us in our plantation. In witness whereof we subscribe our hands this first day of June 1639.Signed by Robert Richell, John Bishop, Francis Bushnell, William Crittenden, William Leete, Thomas Jones, John Jurden, William Stone, John Hoadley, John Stone, William Plane, Richard Sutridge, John Housinger, William Dudley, John Parmelee, John Mepham, Thomas Norton, Abraham Crittenden, Francis Chatfield, William Noble, Thomas Neish, Henry Kingston, Henry Doude, Thomas Cooke, Henry Whitfield.
It would appear that Francis was an artisan, perhaps a painter and decorator. His sons were also artisans: His son Francis was a millwright, William a carpenter, John a glazier and later a barber, while his eldest son Edmond was evidently an artisan as well as a farmer.

Damaris died on 13 August 1813 in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.¹ She was buried in New Lenox Cemetery, North Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

James Howland was born on 30 June 1729 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He and Rebecca Hall were married on 21 June 1753 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. He and Penelope Bement were married before 1777 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.¹ He died before 2 March 1790 in Lenox, Massachusetts. He was buried in West Barnstable Cemetery, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

He bought land in Larrabee's Grant, April 1773. James Howland was christened on 30 June 1729 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Rebecca Hall was born on 16 January 1731 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.¹ James Howland and she were married on 21 June 1753 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. She died on 22 May 1774 at age 43 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She was buried in West Barnstable Cemetery, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

She was a descendant of William Brewster. In the William Brewster Silver Book, p. 41, Rebecca Hall is listed in her mother's will.

Jabez Howland was born on 16 September 1701 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He and Elizabeth Percival were married on 22 December 1727 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.^1,2 He died on 6 July 1758 at age 56. He was buried in West Barnstable Cemetery, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

He died in the French and Indian Wars, where he was a lieutenant.

Elizabeth Percival was born on 22 February 1704 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Jabez Howland and she were married on 22 December 1727 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.^1,2 She died on 18 October 1775 at age 71. She was buried in West Barnstable Cemetery, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Shubael Howland was born on 16 September 1672 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He and Mercy Blossom were married on 13 December 1700 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He died on 17 June 1737 at age 64 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was buried in June 1737 in Mattachee Village, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Shubael Howland had person sources.¹

Mercy Blossom was born in August 1678 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Shubael Howland and she were married on 13 December 1700 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She died on 6 March 1759 at age 80 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

David Dewey was born on 7 April 1752 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He and Seviah Knowlton were married on 25 February 1774 in Pittsfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. He died on 6 January 1835 at age 82 in Hancock, Frank, Massachusetts.

David Dewey was christened on 7 May 1758 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Phebe Burt was born in 1792 in Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Phebe Burt had person sources.¹

John Howland was born after 30 August 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. He and Elizabeth Tilley were married on 25 March 1623 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He died on 31 December 1687 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

John came over on the Mayflower as a servant to John Carver. He later was in charge of the fur trading post at Kennebec, ME, for a brief period in 1633-34.

The Howland line is followed through "John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 2" by Elizabeth Pearson White, (Camden, ME, Picton Press, 1993).

Elizabeth Tilley was born before 30 August 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. John Howland and she were married on 25 March 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. John Howland and she were married on 25 March 1623 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She died on 21 December 1687 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay. She was buried on 23 December 1687 at Ancient Little Neck Cemetery in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

Elizabeth Tilley was buried at Brown lot, Little Neck Cemetery, in Riverside, Rhode Island. She was a passenger on the "Mayflower" with her parents. She had person sources.¹ She was christened on 30 August 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. She signed a will on 17 December 1686 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. She died on 31 December 1687 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. She had her estate probated on 10 January 1688 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Adella Kells was born on 23 June 1869 in Hudson, Columbia County, New York. She died on 14 August 1869 at age 0 in Hudson, Columbia County, New York. She was buried at New Lenox Cemetery in Hudson, New York.

She died of cholera infantum. Adella Kells had person sources.¹

Charity Cleveland Meader was born on 4 March 1795 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Christopher Slocum and she were married on 19 February 1815 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. She died on 13 August 1882 at age 87 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

She was living in New Bedford for the 1840, 1850 and 1860 Censuses as Charity C. Slocum. In the 1869-70 New Bedford City Director, she was listed as a widow living at 59 Fifth. She was still alive in 1880. She's listed in the 1880 Census as widowed, living in New Bedford, mother-in-law in the household of Alden Wordell. Charity Cleveland Meader had person sources.¹

Norman A. Slocum was born on 3 October 1793 in Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts.

Soldier in War of 1812, taken prisoner by the British, and died in Louisiana some years after the War of 1812. Norman A. Slocum had person sources.¹

Susanna N. Slocum was born on 28 July 1801 in Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. She died on 8 June 1862 at age 60 in Bristol, Rhode Island.

RIVR lists Susan as being born in Newport, birth date 1802, birth from death records. CD#215. Susanna N. Slocum had person sources.¹

Julia Slocum was born on 21 February 1803 in Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Hugh Nelson and she were married on 25 June 1832 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts.

Julia Slocum had person sources.¹

Adeline Frances Peters was born in 1835 in Warren Bristol County, Rhode Island. Frederick Sullings Peabodie and she were married on 23 July 1864 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island. RIVR's 64:556. She died on 17 March 1889 at age ~54 in Providece, Rhode Island.

Adelia or Adeline?

Elizabeth R. Cox was born on 14 June 1827 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. Alfred Peabodie and she were married about 1845 in Rhode Island. She died on 14 May 1905 at age 77 in Providence, Rhode Island.¹ She was buried at Lot #1306 in North Burial Ground, Bristol, Rhode Island.

Gravestone says she was born in August 1831 and has her name as Eliza R. Peabodie.

Was she Elizabeth R. Cox or Elizabeth Reynolds or was she first married to a Cox, with Reynolds her maiden name? Source Reynolds as maiden name:, FamilySearch, lists her as Eliza Reynolds Peabodie.

Rhoda Diman was born on 10 December 1790 in Bristol, Rhode Island. Seabury Manchester and she were married on 18 April 1825 in Bristol, Rhode Island. She died on 27 September 1875 at age 84 at #934, Old North Burial Ground, in Bristol, Rhode Island.

She was the widow of Jeremiah Diman.

Harriet Webster McLeish was born on 25 April 1875 in Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa. George Edward Leonard and she were married on 24 December 1898 in Brandon, Buchanan County, Iowa.

Harriet Webster McLeish had person sources.¹

Phebe Goodspeed was born on 28 February 1743/44 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Levi Salisbury and she were married on 23 December 1763. Barnaby Luther and she were married on 12 January 1777 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.¹ She died on 17 October 1797 at age 53 in Warren, Rhode Island.

She was the widow of Levi Salisbury. Records for Swansea have apparently been lost. Granddaughter of Roger Goodspeed and Hannah Phinney? Daughter of Thomas, Isaac, or Joseph? It's unlikely she's the daughter of Oliver Salisbury.

Rebecca Luther was born on 15 June 1783 in Warren, Rhode Island. She died on 21 June 1794 at age 11 in Warren, Rhode Island.¹

Comer Luther was born on 1 October 1786 in Warren, Rhode Island.

He's #378 in Luther Genealogy.