1954Charles Bushnell Her mother's identity is unknown.
Born:
unknown
Died:
circa 1771 probably Virginia, although there's no direct evidence
Buried:
unknown
977Mary Bushnell was the daughter of 1954Charles Bushnell, and the wife of 976Thomas Garner, as proven by a 1726 deed.4
This deed dated 22 November 1726 proves that 977Mary's father was 1954Charles Bushnell, and that she was the widow of 976Thomas Garner. Full page.1
For more information on 977Mary's and 976Thomas' lives together as a married couple, see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.
After 976Thomas' death in 1726,2977Mary remarried to Ralph Hughes not long thereafter,3 certainly by 17 January 1732.4
This court record proves that after the death of her first husband 976Thomas, 977Mary remarried to Ralph Hughes.3
977Mary and Ralph probably lived in Prince William County, Virginia, in the same general area where she'd previously lived with her first husband. (Note that a large section of Stafford County became Prince William County in 1731.) In Prince William County on 12 August 1746, Ralph sold some farm animals, furniture, a pot, and a gun.5
977Mary outlived her second husband, too. After his death in 1767, she tried unsuccessfully to reclaim a slave whom her husband Ralph had improperly sold (in contradiction to the will of her first husband 976Thomas); this sparked a lawsuit some years later. 977Mary died in 1771.3
2: Library of Virginia / Chancery Records Index / Fauquier County, index number 1793-012, Thomas Garner etc. vs. executors of Thomas Harrison etc. / images 71-77 of 91, a copy of 976Thomas Garner's will. <https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=061-1793-012>, accessed 21 August 2021. You can read a summary of the will.
3: ibid., image 5 of 91.
4: ibid., image 13 of 91. The record states that on 17 January 1732 Ralph Hughes sold the slave Judy, whom 977Mary had inherited from her first husband 976Thomas. Therefore, we can be sure that Ralph and 977Mary had married by that date.
