Individual Details

Event

Mr. Bunnell lived for six years (1828-34), in the towns of Ossian and Burns on a tract of 1100 acres which he stocked with a thousand head of merino and Saxony sheep. He was while residing there supervisor for two years of Ossian, a captain and major in the militia, and an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Burns.

Event

He removed in the fall of 1833 to Bridgeport, Ct, and in 1834 heexchanged his farm and stock for an interest in " The Pequonnock Manufacturing Company," or " Bunnell's Mills " (cotton and woolen), two miles uorth of Bridgeport, Ct., on the Pequonnock river. Of these hetook charge personally and with two of his brothers and his uncle Dr.Thomas Fitch of Philadelphia, carried them on until 1846, when heretired from business

Marriage

Mr. Bunnell's two wives were third cousins to each other. Joseph Strong, the great grandfather of Cornelia Sterling, and Selah Strong the great grandfather of Sarah Haight were brothers, and sons of Selah Strong of Setauket, L. I. Through Thomas Strong (as shown in the preceding pages), he is fourth cousin to both of his wives and through Jedediah Strong, brother of Thomas, and both sons of Elder John Strong,he is their fifth cousin