Michael Rush, Sr.

Alternate place of birth: Somerset, New Jersey

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66758280/michael-rush

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19. MICHAEL RUSH (Peter--William--John--John--John) eldest son of Peter Rush, at the age of twenty-four married a Miss Bisset. His mother, whose name and age are unknown, was possibly of German or Dutch descent, as it is said that when a boy he could speak the German language, but he may have acquired this from their Dutch neighbors. His handwriting is distinctively English. His boyhood days were passed on his father's farm in Bedminister Township. It is said that he was industrious and of temperate habits. After his marriage he migrated to Mendham, Morris Co., N. J., and thence to Roxbury Twp., where he bought a farm. There was iron ore in that locality and a good water-power site on the farm. He built a forge and furnace and engaged in the manufacturing business, but without success. His affidavit, March, 1834, on file in the Pension Office, Washington, D. C., in support of his brother, William Rush's application for a pension as a soldier in the Revolutionary War is as follows: