Individual Details
Martha Bushnell
(1635 - Abt, 1705)
Martha was born in England and sailed with her parents on the Planter landing in Boston in 1635. Martha's age is listed as 1. Her family moved from Boston to Salem then to Saybrook where she married Jonathan Smith. She was his 2nd wife, they had at least three children. She died about 1708 around age 70.
Events
| Birth | 1635 | England, United Kingdom | |||
| Arrival | 1635 | on the Planter - Boston, British America |  |  | |
| Marriage | 1663 | Saybrook, British America - Jonathan Smith | | ||
| Death | Abt, 1705 | Boston, British America |
Families
| Spouse | Jonathan Smith (1635 - 1711) |
| Child | Gershom Smith (1679 - 1747) |
| Child | Richard Smith (1677 - 1749) |
| Father | Francis Bushnell (1609 - 1681) |
| Mother | Mary Grombridge (1605 - 1660) |
Notes
Arrival
Birth place and date re estimates: 1635, 1638 or 1640, in England, Guilford, Saybrook or Salem. GM 'Martha b. say 1640' keeping arrival date of 1635.Endnotes
1. (1874). || Page 49 1635.
2. C. Edward Banks , The Planters of the Commonwealth: a study of the emigrants and emigration in colonial times; to which are added lists of passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony, the ships which brought them, their English homes, and the places of their settlement in Massachusetts, 1620-1640 (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1975), Page 143 Francis and family on the Planter with the Olneys 1635.
3. (2008). || Volume 2 page 1399.
4. (2009). || Volume 25 page 129 Richard Smith of Wethersfield begins on page 126.