Family of Thomas LEFFINGWELL and Mary BUSHNELL

Husband:	Thomas LEFFINGWELL (1649-1724)
Wife:	Mary BUSHNELL (1655-1745)
Children:	Deborah LEFFINGWELL (c. 1674-c. 1733)
	Thomas LEFFINGWELL (1674-1733)
	Elizabeth LEFFINGWELL (1676-1737)
	Anne LEFFINGWELL (1679-1762)
	Zerviah LEFFINGWELL (1686-1770)
	John C LEFFINGWELL (1688-1773)
	Benajah LEFFINGWELL (1693-1756)
Marriage	Sep 7, 1672	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA¹

Husband: Thomas LEFFINGWELL

Thomas LEFFINGWELL

Name:	Thomas LEFFINGWELL^1,2
Sex:	Male
Nickname:	Ensign
Father:	Thomas LEFFINGWELL (1624-1714)
Mother:	Mary WHITE (1624-1711)
Birth	Aug 27, 1649	Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA²
Birth	Aug 27, 1649	Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA¹
Death	Mar 5, 1724 (age 74)	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA²
Death	Mar 5, 1724 (age 74)	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA¹

Wife: Mary BUSHNELL

Mary BUSHNELL

Name:	Mary BUSHNELL^1,2,3
Sex:	Female
Father:	Richard BUSHNELL (1623-1657)
Mother:	Marie Mary MARVIN (1628-1713)
Birth	Jan 4, 1655	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA^2,3
Birth	Jan 4, 1655	Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA¹
Residence		USA³
Residence		USA³
Death	Dec 2, 1745 (age 90)	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA^2,3
Death	Dec 2, 1745 (age 90)	Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA¹

Child 1: Deborah LEFFINGWELL

Name:	Deborah LEFFINGWELL^2,4,5
Sex:	Female
Spouse 1:	Nathaniel CROW (c. 1675-1732)
Spouse 2:	Andrew WARNER (1675-c. 1732)
Birth	c. 1674	East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA^2,4,5
Death	c. 1733 (age 58-59)	Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut, USA^2,4,5

Child 2: Thomas LEFFINGWELL

Thomas LEFFINGWELL

Spouse: Lydia TRACY

Name:	Thomas LEFFINGWELL
Sex:	Male
Name Prefix:	Deacon
Spouse:	Lydia TRACY (1677-1757)
Birth	Mar 11, 1674	New London, Connecticut, USA
Death	Jun 18, 1733 (age 59)	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA

Child 3: Elizabeth LEFFINGWELL

Spouse: John TRACY

Name:	Elizabeth LEFFINGWELL
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	John TRACY (1673-1726)
Birth	Nov, 1676	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA
Death	Oct 25, 1737 (age 60)	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA

Child 4: Anne LEFFINGWELL

Spouse: Caleb BUSHNELL

Name:	Anne LEFFINGWELL
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Caleb BUSHNELL (1679-1725)
Birth	Jan 25, 1679	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA
Death	1762 (age 82-83)	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA

Child 5: Zerviah LEFFINGWELL

Zerviah LEFFINGWELL

Name:	Zerviah LEFFINGWELL¹
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Benajah BUSHNELL (1681-1762)
Birth	Oct 17, 1686	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA¹
Death	Mar 5, 1770 (age 83)	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA¹

Child 6: John C LEFFINGWELL

John C LEFFINGWELL

Spouse: Sarah ABELL

Name:	John C LEFFINGWELL
Sex:	Male
Name Prefix:	Capt
Spouse:	Sarah ABELL (c. 1690-1730)
Birth	Feb 2, 1688	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA
Death	Aug 16, 1773 (age 85)	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA

Child 7: Benajah LEFFINGWELL

Benajah LEFFINGWELL

Name:	Benajah LEFFINGWELL
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Joanna CHRISTOPHERS (1706-1784)
Birth	Aug 9, 1693	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA
Death	Jun 8, 1756 (age 62)	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA

Note on Husband: Thomas LEFFINGWELL

Ensign Thomas LEFFINGWELL was born to Lieutenant Thomas LEFFINGWELL and Mary WHITE on 27 August 1649 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

Thomas moved with his family in 1660 to the new settlement of Norwich, New London County, Connecticut where he spent the rest of his life.

Thomas was a very enterprising business man and probably one of the most successful in town. Thomas was made a freeman by the General Court in 1671 at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut./ He was also a representative of Norwich at least once.

Thomas' larded interests were large. In his deeds of land he signed himself "Thomas Leffingwell of Norwich in the County of New London, in the colony of Connecticut in New England, Marchant." Some confusion exists in the records of the town soon after 1680, from the fact that both father and son were of the same name; both were religious men; both were large landowners; and both connected with the military company of the town. The difficulty increases when a third Thomas appears on the stage a little later. But when these three names occur together as in the list of Freemen, 1700, they are distinguished as "Lieut. Leffingwell," "Sargt. Thomas Leffingwell," and "Thomas Leffingwell, younger.".

Thomas Leffingwell the second settled and always lived near his father. The following record indicates somewhat the locality:.

"Granted, Dec. 26, 1679, to Thomas Leffingwell, Jr. one acker where he hath built his house, a small pees the quantity being about an acker more or less joyning to his father's home lot, and lying between the cold spring and the brooke.".

In 1700, Thomas bought the Inn, which was built in 1675 and has become known as the Leffingwell Inn. Today, it still stands today as the most historic building in the region). His 1700 house, located near his father's, became the ordinary of the town. At this period only the best of citizens were permitted to "enterteiyn" strangers. It was also one of the places where ammunition was stored for emergency. The inventory of his property made in 1724 shows that he was richly furnished not only with the household comforts and conveniences of that era, but even with articles of luxury and elegance. He had furniture and linen in abundance, wooden ware, and utensils of all kinds..

In the old burial ground of Norwich town, the tombstones of this Thomas Leffingwell and his wife were seen still standing in 1896. The inscription:

HERE LYES YE BODY.

Of Mr. THOMAS LEFFINGWELL.

Deces't March ye 5, 1724

and in ye 75 year of

his age.

Source: The Leffingwell Record, Albert Leffingwell and Charles Wesley Leffingwell, 1897.

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Thomas married Mary BUSHNELL, daughter of Richard BUSHNELL and Mary MARVIN in September 1672 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.

He died at age 74 years, 6 months and 7 days on 5 March 1724 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. He was buried in the Old Burying Ground in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.

His tombstone says he died "in 75th year of his age.".

FROM: Harriette Hyde Wells, Several Ancesteral Lines of Moses Hyde and his Wife Sarah Dana, Married at Ashford, CT., June 5, 1757 (Albany, N.Y.,1904):.

Thomas seems to have been a man of good ability and successful in business. The inventory of his estate, in 1724, shows that he was richly furnished with the household comforts and conveniences of that period, also with articles of luxury and elegance. He had furniture and linen in abundance, wooden ware and utensils of iron, tin, pewter and silver." "Wearing apparel valued at 27 lbs., wig 20S., walking staff with silver head 20s., rapier with silver hilt and belt, oe6, French gun 3 lbs, silver watch.

5 lbs, 3 tankards, 2 dram cups, one with two handles, copper pennies and surabians (a small gold coin), 6 lbs., 18s. 7d. "Total valuation of estate, 9793lbs. 9s. 11d." It is doubtful whether at that time any other estate in the town equaled this in value." Thomas and Mary lived together fifty-one years. They had three sons and five daughters, the latter all married to Bushnells and Tracys.

Mrs. Mary Leffingwell survived her husband, as the following epitaph shows:

IN MEMORY

of an aged nursing.

Mother of GOD'S New-.

english Israel, viz. Mrs.

Mary Leffingwell, wife.

to Ensign Thomas Lef-.

fingwell, Gent who died.

Sept. ye 2d A. D.

1745. Aged 91 years..