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RESEARCHER: Sherry Kaseberg sent to T.Mason on 7Apr2001.
Notes from The Points of our Compass: Surveying our Ancestors: Bushrod-Hartsell-Glenn-Moss by Frances Osborn Gust and Katharine Shields Melvin, 1988. " Two years before Virginia became a royal colony, Richard and Thomas Bushrod arrived from England. Their surname in earliest times was seen as Bushrode. Of interest is a will of one Henry Bushrode of England dated 12 September 1612 and proved 12 July 1614 in which Bushrode family connections are mentioned. Henry Bushrod mentioned Robert, William and John Bushrode, assumed to be brothers. To the daughters of John Bushrode of Tawnton, late deceased, Henry gave "twentie poundes." Sole executor of his estate is Richard Bushrod, thought to be a nephew and son of John. It is not clear whether he is THE Richard Bushrod born after 17 March 1568/9 and died 1 July 1628 at Sherborne, Dorset, England. This Richard emigrated to America for at least one year, 1622/23, where he resided with his wife, Dorothy Watts, in New England. They were parents of seven children. Of these, sons Thomas and Richard apparently remained in America when the family returned to England."NOTES: Bushrod notes provided by Juliet Fauntleroy & Bill Hailey. Abstracts of wills in England made by Reginald M. Glencross of London.
Will of Henry Busrode of Craford Co., Dorset, yeoman, 10 September 1612 /12 July 1614:
- to be buried in church yard of this parish;
- to said church 6/8, to poor of parish 5 pounds;
- Henry Brushrode [sic] son of Robert Bushrode of Sherborne, late deceased and to his two other sons;
- to youngest of my brother John Bushrode's daughters of Taunton late deceased;
-kinswoman Mary Bushrode;
-cousin William Bushrode;
-children of Robert Rapsham of Sherborne;
-Henry Roberts;
-George Schovell, son of George Schovell;
-children of John Bushrode late of Sherborne;
-Richard Bushrode, Dorchester, to be executor;
-witnesses: Thomas Frampton, George Batt, brother William Bushrode;
-godchildren.Richard Bushrod's will 1628-1629 names:
-sons: Thomas, John, Samuel and Richard, Thomas to be executor;
-daughter Anne.
[It is generally believed that Thomas and Richard, sons of Richard, above, are the Thomas and Richard Bushrods who were immigrants to Virginia.Will of Richard Bushrod of Sherborne, County Dorset, haberdasher, undated will:
-executors: John White, William Whiteway, William Derby, Henry Maniford and brother John Watts, haberdasher;
-monies for charity, maintenance of schoolmaster of Free School at Dorchester, the poor of each parish in Dorchester, town of Shafton;
-sons John, Samuel, Richard, Thomas;
-daughters Anne, Elizabeth, Dorothy;
-brother Robert Bushrod's son William;
-proved 3 January 1628-1629 by Thomas Bushrod, son and executor.Will of Samuel Bushrod in County of Dorset, clothier, 13 April 1646 / 1June 1647:
-daughters Martha;
-wife Martha, executrix;
-brother John Bushrod;
-sister Mary Allambridge;
-cousins Mary Whitfield;
-children of sister Marshall;
-children of cousin John Gilbert;
-children of my brother John Bushrod;
-children of my brother Henry Bushrod;
-brother Richard;
-brother Thomas;
-brother Marshall's children;
-cousins John, Elizabeth and Joseph Scoville;
-kinsman John Bushrod, clothier;
-overseers: John Bushrod, George Cole and brother Scoville;
-witnesses Ri. Scovile, Richard Rapson, Mary Coke.Bushrods in England:
* 1642 Henry Bushrod appointed to keep the key and see that two E gates and gate on Gallows Hill were closed at night;
*1655 John Bushrod was chosen Mayor;
*1658-1659 in January, John Bushrod chosen "burgess for the Parliament now at hand";
* no Bushrod arms in several books, Grantees of Arms, pub. by Herald's College;
*Bushrudd arms of Dorset in Berry's Manual of Heraldry;
*Genealogical Dictionary of New England gives name of Peter Bushrod of Northampton whose name occurs in 1676 and later, and that of Thomas Bushrod who was in Massachusetts in 1639. This most likely was Thomas Bushrod who settled in VA with his brother Richard Bushrod, and Thomas who was a Quaker compelled to leave New England.Bushrod by William B. Marye:
Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills:
Richard Bushrod of Dorchester, haberdasher of hattes, was executor for the will of Edward Vyne of Bloxworth, County Dorset, England.Visitation of Dorset, 1623, page 3: Richard Bushrod, burgess of the borough of Dorchester, 9 August 1623.
Municipal Records of the Borough of Dorchester County, Dorset:
Richard Bushrod was bayliff 1621;
John Bushrod was admitted to the Company of Free men 1626;
Thomas Bushrod was appointed to the Common Council in 1629/1630;
There is mention of Thomas Bushrod, merchant, January 1629/1630;
Henry Bushrod was admitted to the Company of Freemen of the Borough in 1632;
John Bushrod was elected a Capital Burgess in 1639.
DESCENDANTS: Denise Coppin [Denise.coppin@btinternet.com] sent e-mail to T.Mason on 30 May 2001 showing her web site in the UK at [HYPERLINK http://www.bushrod.uk.co ]
She married 2nd Dr. Henry Whiting, also of Gloucester County. In 1670 he brought suit in the general court in the right of his wife, Apphia, "the relict of Mr. Richard Bushrod." After her death, Dr. Whiting married 2nd Elizabeth.
The surname Hughes is in the LDS IGI records. There is no identified documentation showing its source.
WILL: Letter from Mary Jo Fite, Cordell, OK, to T Mason; ; dtd 25 Sep 1996; in poss of T Mason; NOTES: Court p. 20 Apr 1698.
CHILDREN-SPOUSE-WILL: Letter from Mary Jo Fite, Cordell, OK, to T Mason; ; dtd 25 Sep 1996; in poss of T Mason; NOTES: On "Cypress Farm" at the head of Garner's Creek, near the site of the early Keene residence, two heavy slabs are to be seen, on of them partly overgrown by a large persimmon tree, one of them has the following inscription, "Here lyeth the body of William Keene, the eldest son of Thomas and Mary Keene. Born in Kent in Maryland the 10th day of March Anno Dom 1642. Who married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Rogers Gent and Ellin his wife in Northumberland in Virginia by whom he had two sons and four daughters, and died ye 8 day of February, 1684 in ye two and fortieth years of age.
Married Well and Often, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800 by Robert K. Headley:
--William Keene, eldest son of Thomas & Mary, born Kent, England 10 March 1642 - Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of Jn. and Ellen Rogers; she m 2nd Thos. Banks.
WILL: Letter from Mary Jo Fite, Cordell, OK, to T Mason; ; dtd 25 Sep 1996; in poss of T Mason; NOTES: p. 15 Mar 1722.
WILL: Northumberland County, VA Will Book 14: Will of Thomas Keene 27 November 1652 - 20 January 1652/53
- sons Thomas, William and Matthew
- daughter Susanna
- wife Mary.
WILL: Northumberland County, VA Will Book 15: Will of Mary Broughton 2 January 1662/63 - 10 February 1662/63
-sons Thomas, William and Matthew
-daughter Susanna Gardner.
LAND: Letter from Mary Jo Fite, Cordell, OK, to T Mason; ; dtd 25 Sep 1996; in poss of T Mason; NOTES: From Virginia - A Guide to the Old Dominion, a Virginia Writer Project, p 554: Richard Bushrod acquired "Bushfield", a large, vine-covered brick house built about the middle of the nineteenth century and left it to his son John, whose widow, Hannah Keene, though twice remarried, was buried here at her request between her first and third husbands.
Lewis of Warner Hall, The Warner Ancestry of the Lewis Family:
"Much is known about the life and family of Hannah (Keene) Bushrod, who was first married to John Bushrod. Her father William Keene was the son of Thomas Keene [will dated Nov. 22, 1652] of Northumberland and his wife Mary [will dated Jan. 2, 1692, proved Feb. 10, 1662]. who married secondly Thomas Broughton. Elizabeth, wife of William Keene, was the daugther of John and Mary (Bird) Rogers of Virginia, and married secondly Thomas Banks of Northumberland [Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol.1].
After the death of John Bushrod, Hannah (Keene) Bushrod married successively Col. Willoughby Allerton (died 1724) and John Cooper (died 1735). The will of Col. Willoughby Allerton [Wills of Westmoreland County by Fothergill] mentions his son Isaac and daughter Elizabeth, both of whom were probably children of Hannah Keene; and the will of John Cooper mentions a married daughter, but she could hardly have been the child of Hannah Keene during their short married life. Hannah Keene outlived all three of her husbands; her will was dated December 26, 1738 and probated in Westmoreland on May 29, 1739 under the name of Hannah Cooper; it mentions her children including her son-in-law and daughter William and Apphia Fauntleroy."WILL: Westmoreland County, VA Wills 1654-1800:
Cooper, Hannah, 26 Dec. 1738; 1739 May 29. Bushrod Thomas; William Sanford son of my sister Elizabeth decd. of Richmond Co. 2500 lbs. of tobacco; my dau. Elizabeth Meriwether a gold ring; dau. Sarah Berryman a gold ring; son John Bushrod a ring; dau. Hannah Neale; my late husband Col. Willoughby Allerton who gave his bond for my dau. Hannah Neale, by name of Hannah Bushrod; son in law William Fauntleroy and his wife Apphia; son Richard Bushrod land purchased of John Jewel and his wife Elizabeth; I desire my son Richard Bushrod to bury me between his father and Mr. Cooper and put pedestals to Thomas Bushrod's grave stone; son Richard exr.
LAND: Letter from Mary Jo Fite, Cordell, OK, to T Mason; ; dtd 25 Sep 1996; in poss of T Mason; NOTES: From Virginia - A Guide to the Old Dominion, a Virginia Writer Project, p 554: Richard Bushrod acquired "Bushfield", a large, vine-covered brick house built about the middle of the nineteenth century and left it to his son John, whose widow, Hannah Keene, though twice remarried, was buried here at her request between her first and third husbands.
Lewis of Warner Hall, The Warner Ancestry of the Lewis Family:
"Much is known about the life and family of Hannah (Keene) Bushrod, who was first married to John Bushrod. Her father William Keene was the son of Thomas Keene [will dated Nov. 22, 1652] of Northumberland and his wife Mary [will dated Jan. 2, 1692, proved Feb. 10, 1662]. who married secondly Thomas Broughton. Elizabeth, wife of William Keene, was the daugther of John and Mary (Bird) Rogers of Virginia, and married secondly Thomas Banks of Northumberland [Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol.1].
After the death of John Bushrod, Hannah (Keene) Bushrod married successively Col. Willoughby Allerton (died 1724) and John Cooper (died 1735). The will of Col. Willoughby Allerton [Wills of Westmoreland County by Fothergill] mentions his son Isaac and daughter Elizabeth, both of whom were probably children of Hannah Keene; and the will of John Cooper mentions a married daughter, but she could hardly have been the child of Hannah Keene during their short married life. Hannah Keene outlived all three of her husbands; her will was dated December 26, 1738 and probated in Westmoreland on May 29, 1739 under the name of Hannah Cooper; it mentions her children including her son-in-law and daughter William and Apphia Fauntleroy."WILL: Westmoreland County, VA Wills 1654-1800:
Cooper, Hannah, 26 Dec. 1738; 1739 May 29. Bushrod Thomas; William Sanford son of my sister Elizabeth decd. of Richmond Co. 2500 lbs. of tobacco; my dau. Elizabeth Meriwether a gold ring; dau. Sarah Berryman a gold ring; son John Bushrod a ring; dau. Hannah Neale; my late husband Col. Willoughby Allerton who gave his bond for my dau. Hannah Neale, by name of Hannah Bushrod; son in law William Fauntleroy and his wife Apphia; son Richard Bushrod land purchased of John Jewel and his wife Elizabeth; I desire my son Richard Bushrod to bury me between his father and Mr. Cooper and put pedestals to Thomas Bushrod's grave stone; son Richard exr.
In 1872 the following was published in the Alexandria Gazette. It was addressed to William Fauntleroy, Sr. "Winchester, May, 20, 1752"
"Sir: I should have been down long before this but my business in Frederick Co. detained me somewhat longer than I expected, and immediatrely upon my return from there I was taken with a violent pleurisy, which has reduced me very low, but propose as soon as I recover my strength to wait on Miss Betsy, in hopes of a revocation of the former cruel sentence, and see if I can meet with any alteration in my favour. I have enclosed a letter to her which I should be much obliged to you for the delivery of it. I have nothing to add but my best respects to your good lady and family, and that I am Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
George Washington".
In 1872 the following was published in the Alexandria Gazette. It was addressed to William Fauntleroy, Sr. "Winchester, May, 20, 1752"
"Sir: I should have been down long before this but my business in Frederick Co. detained me somewhat longer than I expected, and immediatrely upon my return from there I was taken with a violent pleurisy, which has reduced me very low, but propose as soon as I recover my strength to wait on Miss Betsy, in hopes of a revocation of the former cruel sentence, and see if I can meet with any alteration in my favour. I have enclosed a letter to her which I should be much obliged to you for the delivery of it. I have nothing to add but my best respects to your good lady and family, and that I am Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
George Washington".