William Rush of Byberry

Biography

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37056278/william-rush

William Rush was the son of Captain John & Susannah (Lucas) Rush; husband of Aurelia Rush and a 2nd wife whose name is unknown.

Children of Aurelia and William Rush:

• 1) Susannah Rush b.12 May 1675 in Hornton, Oxfordshire, England, married (first) John Webster and (second) John Gilbert;
• 2) Elizabeth Rush b.1677 Hornton, Oxfordshire, England, married Timothy Stephenson. (Timothy married 2nd Rachel Peart who was the first wife of Elizabeth's brother James Rush);
• 3) James Rush b.1679 Hornton, Oxfordshire, England, married Rachel Peart (they had 9 children),

James Rush died 16 Mar 1727 and may be buried at the John Hart Burial Ground, along with his wife Aurelia, who died 27 December 1683.

Disambiguation

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rush-81

Another marriage date for John Hart and Susannah Rush is the Fall of 1683 as stated by William Watts Hart Davis in his History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, (Volume 3), The Lewis Pub. Company. Davis also claims that this Susanna Rush is the Susanna Rush, daughter of William and Aurelia Rush, and grand daughter of John Rush, who commanded a troop of horse in Cromwell's army, came to Pennsylvania in 1682 and settled in Byberry. [2] This author has caused some confusion between the two Susanna Rush.

Notes

History of the Hart family, of Warminster, Bucks county, Pennsylvania : to which is added the genealogy of the family, from its first settlement in America by Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910 Publication date 1867. Page 15. < Archive.Org >

Mr. Hart devoted himself to agriculture. He built a comfortable house for the times near the bank of the beautiful Poquessing, and gave the time not devoted to public business or the ministration of religion, to improving his estate. He had not been long in the new world before he selected a partner to share his joys and his sorrows. About this period there settled in Bybery, in the vicinity of Mr. Hart, a reputable family, named Rush, which came over with Penn. William and Aurelia Rush had six children, three sons and three daughters ; and John Hart took one of the latter to wife in the summer or fall of 1683. He married their daughter Susannah.

William and Aurelia Rush were the ancestors of those of that name who have become distinguished in the history of Pennsylvania. John, the father of William Rush, commanded a troop of horse in Cromwell's army. …

The accounts of the number of children William and Aurelia Rush had born to them is conflicting. One statement gives them three sons and three daughters ; a second that they came to America with seven children; while still a third that at his death, in 1699, he left seven sons and three daughters living, which would give three children to be born in America, if the second account be correct. As they had been married thirty-four years when they came to America, it is probable that all their children were born in England.

Disambiguation

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rush-81

Another marriage date for John Hart and Susannah Rush is the Fall of 1683 as stated by William Watts Hart Davis in his History of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time, (Volume 3), The Lewis Pub. Company. Davis also claims that this Susanna Rush is the Susanna Rush, daughter of William and Aurelia Rush, and grand daughter of John Rush, who commanded a troop of horse in Cromwell's army, came to Pennsylvania in 1682 and settled in Byberry. [2] This author has caused some confusion between the two Susanna Rush.

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• Notes for William Rush:
• Ancestral File # 4BFB-1P
• Ancestral File gives 3 marriages, Mrs. William Rush (AFN:P2OJ-MB) Aurelia Unknown (AFN:CMB5-RC), Unknown, no numbers. Also Ancestral file gives death date as August 7, 1688 and burial date as June 7, 1688.Burial location as Hart Burial Ground, Byberry, Philadelphia, PA
• From Family Tree Maker Home Page of David L. Paal:
• "Married first in England and afterwards a second wife between 1832-1688. According to some authorities, Aurelia was the name of the first wife. 1688, He died in Byberry, 5 years after his arrival in the country. Both he and his wife Arelia were buried on John Hart's property.

References

• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26413021/benjamin-rush-family-genea...
• History of the Hart family, of Warminster, Bucks county, Pennsylvania : to which is added the genealogy of the family, from its first settlement in America by Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910 Publication date 1867. Page 15. < Archive.Org >
• Data on findagrave shows: DOB 7-16-1652 and DOD 7-7-1688 and arrived in U.S.A in 1683

*3 children