1Henry R. Stiles, Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut; Consisting of Volume II of the History of Ancient Wethersfield, p. 174 (1904).
"FAM. 4. JOSEPH,2 (Dea. Richard,1), b. abt. 1648, at Htfd.; sett. in Weth. where he inher. fm. his father, lds. in the South Meadow----(See Chapt. VII, Vol. I); was made a freeman 1668; rem. to and became a ho-hlder. in Rocky Hill dist. Mch., 1670-1; m. (1), before 30 Jan., 1667, Mary (dau. Ens. William) Goodrich; he m. (2) Margaret ------------.* His will, dated 8 July, 1725, and prob. 6 Mch., 1732-3, amt. to £1,000---Htfd. Co. Prob. Rec. and Weth. Ld. Rec., II, 176. He d. Stepney 10 Dec., 1732, ae. 84†; his wid. 1 June, 1735.---Weth. (S.) Ins.
Children:
1. Richard, b. abt. 1688. FAM. 10.
2. Benjamin, b. 1673. FAM. 11.
3. Joseph, Cromwell Ch. Rec. says, "7 Dec., 1740, we had the news of Joseph Butler being drowned at sea"---prob. unm. and without issue.‡
4. Gershom, b. 1685. FAM. 12 )Said to have
5. Charles, b. 1685. FAM. 13 ) been twins.
6. Mary, d. Jan., 1795, ae. 88, therefore, b. abt. 1703; m. David (s. of Josiah & Mary Churchill) Edwards.§ He b. in Southampton, L. I., 6 Apl., 1707; d. 7 Jan., 1795; she d. 10 July, 1786. Issue:
i. Mary (Edwards), b. 1735; m. Moses Hall, 29 July, 1752.
ii. Ann (Edwards), b. 1738; m. Jehiel Williams, 10 Jan., 1757.
iii. Mercy (Edwards), b. 1739; m. Eben Backus, 26 Nov., 1760.
iv. Sarah (Edwards), b. 18 May, 1741; m. Rev. Edward Ells, 27 Jan., 1763.
v. Churchill (Edwards), b. 28 Feb., 1742.
vi. Joseph (Edwards), b. 7 Mch., 1746.
vii. Martha (Edwards), b. 18 Mch., 1746; m. a Ranney.
viii. Hepzibah (Edwards), b. 9 Feb., 1747.
ix. David (Edwards), b. 24 Dec., 1749.
7. Charles (2d), b. 1715. FAM. 13a
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* We may infer that he had two wives, from the following entry in Co. Ct. Recs. (18 Apl., 1677) from which it appears that in a suit against his (Joseph's) "now wife," damages being held at £40, Joseph being prest to go forth in the country's service, trial was deferred until the (next) Sept. Court."
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1Vital Records of Saybrook 1647-1834, p. 10 (1952).
"Mary Bushnell the daughter of John Bushnell born the 20th of February 1672.".2Rev. Sylvester Nash, Records of Saybrook, Ct., NEHGR, Vol. 4, pp. 19, 139 (1850).
WILLIAM MILLER & Mary Bushnell were married, each to other, 19 Aprill, 1693. Child-- William, b. 9 February, 1685/6.".
"Children of JOHN BUSHNELL.--John Bushnell, the son of John Bushnell, was born the 5 of March, 1665; Sarah Bushnell, born the 17th of September, 1668; Hanah Bushnell, born the tenth of November, 1670; Mary Bushnell, the daughter of John Bushnell, born 20th February 1672; Elizabeth Bushnell, born the 23d of December, 1674.
1William Carlos Kozee 1878-1962, Early Families of Eastern and Southeastern Kentucky, and Their Descendants, p. 205, June 1, 1957, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
"She (Sarah Clark) is said to have been of the same family as General George Rogers Clark."
Although there is no record of General George Rogers Clark marrying, this and the following unpublished source suggest otherwise.2Gwen Everman Littleton, 1907-2003, Everman Family History, 1972, Unpublished manuscript, Grayson, Ky.
Copies of Gwen Littleton's handwritten notes were given to Nola Harris Bull by Gwen's niece, Nola's cousin, Anna Lee Elliott Davis, in 1992.
""Sarah Clark was (said to be) a Niece of the explorer, William Clark, of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and a direct descendant of General George Rogers Clark."