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Benjamin DOWD

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin DOWDBenjamin DOWD was born on 4 Mar 1725 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Azubah (Elizabeth) HILDRIDGE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Jerusha DOWD  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1749; died on 24 Jul 1829 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jerusha DOWDJerusha DOWD Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benjamin1) was born about 1749; died on 24 Jul 1829 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT.

    Jerusha married Deacon Israel BUNNELL on 12 Dec 1770 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA. Deacon (son of Ens. Ebenezer BUNNELL and Lydia (Lidea) CLARK) was born on 17 Mar 1747 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA; was christened in 1747 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died on 21 May 1813 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Hannah BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Dec 1771 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA; died on 9 May 1827.
    2. 4. Nathaniel BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jan 1775 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA; was christened on 29 Jan 1775 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died on 4 Jan 1811 in , , Connecticut, USA.
    3. 5. Rufus BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Mar 1777 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA; was christened on 4 May 1779 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died on 11 Jul 1826.
    4. 6. Jerusha BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Dec 1779 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA; was christened on 12 Dec 1779 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died after 1828.
    5. 7. Israel BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Aug 1782 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; was christened on 18 Aug 1782 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died on 20 Mar 1785 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT.
    6. 8. Virgil BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Sep 1784 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; was christened on 7 Nov 1784 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; and died.
    7. 9. Israel BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Apr 1787; was christened on 17 Jun 1787 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died on 9 Sep 1852.
    8. 10. Jairus BUNNEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jul 1789 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; was christened on 6 Sep 1789 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died on 10 Mar 1860 in West Haven, New Haven, CT, USA.
    9. 11. Ebenezer BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jan 1792; was christened on 18 Mar 1792 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; and died.
    10. 12. Dennis Dowd BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Aug 1794 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; was christened on 28 Sep 1794 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died on 3 Mar 1850.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Hannah BUNNELLHannah BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 4 Dec 1771 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA; died on 9 May 1827.

    Family/Spouse: John SMITH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 4.  Nathaniel BUNNELLNathaniel BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 21 Jan 1775 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA; was christened on 29 Jan 1775 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died on 4 Jan 1811 in , , Connecticut, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Thankful BRISTOL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 5.  Rufus BUNNELLRufus BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 19 Mar 1777 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA; was christened on 4 May 1779 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died on 11 Jul 1826.

    Family/Spouse: Dianthia FITCH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 6.  Jerusha BUNNELLJerusha BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 9 Dec 1779 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT, USA; was christened on 12 Dec 1779 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died after 1828.

    Family/Spouse: Pierce Elizabeth BRANDIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Henry CADWELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 7.  Israel BUNNELLIsrael BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 14 Aug 1782 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; was christened on 18 Aug 1782 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died on 20 Mar 1785 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT.

  6. 8.  Virgil BUNNELLVirgil BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 21 Sep 1784 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; was christened on 7 Nov 1784 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; and died.

  7. 9.  Israel BUNNELLIsrael BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 25 Apr 1787; was christened on 17 Jun 1787 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died on 9 Sep 1852.

    Family/Spouse: Beulah HITCHCOCK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 10.  Jairus BUNNELJairus BUNNEL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 21 Jul 1789 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; was christened on 6 Sep 1789 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died on 10 Mar 1860 in West Haven, New Haven, CT, USA.

    Notes:

    The bible belonging to this Jarius Bunnel is in the current possession of Hal and Libby (Elizabeth Corrigan) Swenson. I have seen it and they have copied it for me. The first page is inscribed "Jarus (Jarius?) Bunnel's Book, Cheshire, June 1811" (F-315) Since it is stated he is the Jarius of Cheshire (Conn) in 1811, it is likely that at least some of his children were born in Cheshire as he and his wife were raising a family starting in 1812. Note that his name is written consistently by he or his family with only one l. Jarius is probably the Jarius listed in the 1820 Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut Census records on page 228. This record still needs to be located. (F-429)

    Jairus married Martha LINCOLN on 26 Sep 1810 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT. Martha (daughter of J. LINCOLN and E. UNKNOWN) was born on 21 Jun 1790 in , , Vermont, USA; died on 23 Nov 1872 in Harlem, District Of Manhattan Borough, NY, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Jarius Edwin BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 May 1812; died on 2 Oct 1845.
    2. 14. Cyrus Brooks BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Nov 1813; and died.
    3. 15. Dennis (Doud Or David) BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Oct 1815; died on 3 Nov 1852.
    4. 16. Martha Elizabeth BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Nov 1818; died on 12 Sep 1824.
    5. 17. Diantha (Elizabeth) Fitch BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jul 1826 in West Haven Conn; died on 29 Nov 1902 in Mt. Vernon, West Chester, NY, USA; was buried about 2 Dec 1902 in , New Haven, CT, USA.
    6. 18. Martha Elizabeth BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Sep 1829; died on 3 Sep 1849 in , New Haven, CT, USA; was buried about 6 Sep 1849 in , , Connecticut, USA.
    7. 19. Mary Jerusha BUNNELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Sep 1834 in , New Haven, CT, USA; died on 17 Sep 1901; was buried on 20 Dec 1901.

  9. 11.  Ebenezer BUNNELLEbenezer BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 29 Jan 1792; was christened on 18 Mar 1792 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Abigail HOTCHKISS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 12.  Dennis Dowd BUNNELLDennis Dowd BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 6 Aug 1794 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; was christened on 28 Sep 1794 in Cheshire, New Haven, CT; died on 3 Mar 1850.

    Family/Spouse: Eliza UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 13.  Jarius Edwin BUNNELLJarius Edwin BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jairus3, 2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 13 May 1812; died on 2 Oct 1845.

    Family/Spouse: Zilla M. MORGAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 14.  Cyrus Brooks BUNNELLCyrus Brooks BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jairus3, 2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 29 Nov 1813; and died.

    Notes:

    Cyrus is listed as a book keeper in the 1850 CT census for New Haven City, CT. He had a wife named Sarah, age 22 and no children at the time. (F-455)

    Cyrus married Sarah A. HART on 30 Nov 1848 in , New Haven, CT, USA. Sarah was born about 1828; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 15.  Dennis (Doud Or David) BUNNELLDennis (Doud Or David) BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jairus3, 2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 29 Oct 1815; died on 3 Nov 1852.

    Notes:

    In the 1850 New Haven City Census, he was a sailor living next to his brother Dennis. He and his wife had a son James (age 9) and daughter Ellen (age 3) at that time. (F-455) Dennis became a ship's captain during his lifetime. (F-320, 396)

    Family/Spouse: Eliza WARD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 16.  Martha Elizabeth BUNNELLMartha Elizabeth BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jairus3, 2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 13 Nov 1818; died on 12 Sep 1824.

  5. 17.  Diantha (Elizabeth) Fitch BUNNELLDiantha (Elizabeth) Fitch BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jairus3, 2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 28 Jul 1826 in West Haven Conn; died on 29 Nov 1902 in Mt. Vernon, West Chester, NY, USA; was buried about 2 Dec 1902 in , New Haven, CT, USA.

    Notes:

    There are 6 spoons in existence belonging to Edward and Diantha Forte with the initials E.D.F. on them. As far as I know these are still in existence with Hank and Ray Forte. They were trademarked in 1801, and as such, were made well before Diantha and Edward were born. (F-4) There is a tin type photo of Diantha in Linda Dudick's care thanks to Bill and Ann Forte. Diantha was employed as a house mother for a local college during some of her life. (F-17)

    When her husband was murdered in Mexico, she did not have the money to care for her children. They therefore went to live with relatives at fairly young ages. Leslie, Elizabeth and Henry Lincoln went to live with relatives in Philadelphia, PA and son Edward C. went to live with his mother's cousin, Marie Amelia Bunnell and her husband Zera Patterson in Fenton, Michigan. Her three children in Philadelphia were raised as Catholics. Edward was raised an Episcopalian. That must have been a very difficult decision to make and live with. Much of this information is from an interview with Margaret Bennett, Diantha's great granddaughter. She believed that Diantha attended St. Paul's Church in Mount Vernon, West Chester Co., NY near the end of her life.

    Diantha married Edward Cyrus FORTE on 24 Oct 1842 in New Haven, New Haven, CT, USA. Edward (son of Christopher FORTE and Mary Ann LAMMING) was born on 7 Mar 1821 in , , Barbados; was christened on 22 Sep 1822 in , St. Thomas Parish, , Barbados; died on 14 Jun 1858 in Minatitlan, Tehuantepec, , Mexico; was buried about Jul 1858 in New Haven, New Haven, CT, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Leslie (Lester) Baldwin FORTE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Apr 1844 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT, USA; died on 8 Jan 1911 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, CT, USA; was buried in New Haven, New Haven, CT.
    2. 21. Elizabeth Anna FORTE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Feb 1846 in , New Haven, CT, USA; died on 24 Feb 1870 in New Haven, New Haven, CT, USA.
    3. 22. Edward (Eddie) Cyrus FORTE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Nov 1851 in , New Haven, CT, USA; died on 10 Jun 1942 in Fenton, Genesee, MI, USA; was buried in Fenton, Genesee County, Michigan, United States of America.
    4. 23. Henry Lincoln FORTE, I  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Apr 1855 in Orange, New Haven Co, CT, USA; died on 28 Sep 1936 in Glenside, Montgomery Co, PA, USA.

  6. 18.  Martha Elizabeth BUNNELLMartha Elizabeth BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jairus3, 2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 12 Sep 1829; died on 3 Sep 1849 in , New Haven, CT, USA; was buried about 6 Sep 1849 in , , Connecticut, USA.

  7. 19.  Mary Jerusha BUNNELLMary Jerusha BUNNELL Descendancy chart to this point (10.Jairus3, 2.Jerusha2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 20 Sep 1834 in , New Haven, CT, USA; died on 17 Sep 1901; was buried on 20 Dec 1901.

    Family/Spouse: Thomas B. POST. Thomas died on 18 Oct 1903 in Tallmadge, Summit, OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



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