Individual Details
John RUSH
(1 Mar 1659/60 - Bef 1 May 1690)
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Unverified
Also: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/u/s/David-W-Rush/BOOK-0001/0023-0002.html
This starts with the purported parents of John Rush, again unverified unless otherwise noted:
Descendants of Thomas Rush
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN2 RUSH, CAPT. (THOMAS1) was born 1623 in Hortan, Oxfordshire, England, and died May 1699 in Byberry, Pennsylvania. He married SUSANNAH LUCAS June 08, 1648 in Hortun, Oxfordshire, England, daughter of JOHN LUCAS and ANN. She was born January 29, 1627/28 in Guilsborough, Norfolk, England, and died Bef. 1723.
Notes for JOHN RUSH, CAPT.:
Captain John Rush was one of the founders of the Rush family in North America. He was to have command of one of Cromwell's horse troops in the militia army. After he married Susannah Lucas, they emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1683 and settled near Philadelphia.
During the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell fought to assert the power of parliament as opposed to the absolute power of
the king. Born of country gentry, he succeeded in persuading many of England's greatest families to follow him. His reign
(1649-1659), however, was characterized by the support of a strong strain of
religious Dissenters which included zealous Puritan elements.
The Rushes were Separatists who supported Cromwell while in England and the cause of independence here in America. Capt.
John Rush commanded a horse troop in the Puritan army under Cromwell. Family legend indicates that Cromwell judged him
among his best officers and he was given the name "Old Trooper".
After the war John began farming and rearing a family. In about 1660 he became a Quaker, holding that persuasion throughout
the Restoration, a harsh time for those who refused to conform to the Church of England. When William Penn opened his "holy
experiment" for settlement, the Old Trooper, then age sixty three, sold all his holdings.
Like a second Noah, he and his wife, Susanna, gathered together their many grown children and grandchildren, and in 1683
boarded the ship, WELCOME, for America. They settled northeast of Philadelphia in the Quaker community of Byberry,
founded by William Penn as sanctuary for this persecuted religious minority.
The number of Quakers grew rapidly and included many of the higher classes, including ministers of the Established Church,
army officers and justices. Most notable were Robert Barclay and William Penn. In 1682 Penn created an asylum for this
group in the colony of Pennsylvania and thousands of Quakers quickly settled there.
Rush arrived in Byberry just a year later. By 1697, however, the family had become Baptist. Their 500-acre farm in Byberry
Township was located twelve miles up the Delaware River from Philadelphia on Poquessing Creek. This was to become the
family home for the next five generations.
John was a member of a separatist group of Friends known as the "Christian Quakers," at a time when the Quakers faced
much persecution for not joining the Church of England, and (after reaching America) from the Puritans.
Gr.-Gr.-Grandson, Benjamin Rush later wrote
It is sufficient gratification to me to know that he fought for liberty, and migrated into a remote wilderness in the
evening of his life in order to enjoy the priviledge of worshipping God according to the dictates of his own
conscience.
Children of JOHN RUSH and SUSANNAH LUCAS are:
i. ELIZABETH3 RUSH, b. June 16, 1649, England.
3. ii. WILLIAM RUSH I, b. July 21, 1652, England; d. 1688, Byberry, Pennsylvania.
iii. THOMAS RUSH, b. November 07, 1654, England; d. April 18, 1676, London, England.
iv. SUSANNA RUSH, b. December 26, 1656, England.
v. JOHN RUSH, b. March 01, 1659/60, Horton, Oxford, England.
vi. FRANCIS RUSH, b. February 08, 1661/62, England.
vii. JAMES RUSH, b. July 21, 1664, England; d. January 24, 1670/71, Banbury, England.
viii. JOSEPH RUSH, b. October 26, 1666, England.
ix. EDWARD RUSH, b. September 27, 1670, England.
4. x. JANE RUSH, b. December 27, 1673, England.
Unverified
Also: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/u/s/David-W-Rush/BOOK-0001/0023-0002.html
This starts with the purported parents of John Rush, again unverified unless otherwise noted:
Descendants of Thomas Rush
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN2 RUSH, CAPT. (THOMAS1) was born 1623 in Hortan, Oxfordshire, England, and died May 1699 in Byberry, Pennsylvania. He married SUSANNAH LUCAS June 08, 1648 in Hortun, Oxfordshire, England, daughter of JOHN LUCAS and ANN. She was born January 29, 1627/28 in Guilsborough, Norfolk, England, and died Bef. 1723.
Notes for JOHN RUSH, CAPT.:
Captain John Rush was one of the founders of the Rush family in North America. He was to have command of one of Cromwell's horse troops in the militia army. After he married Susannah Lucas, they emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1683 and settled near Philadelphia.
During the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell fought to assert the power of parliament as opposed to the absolute power of
the king. Born of country gentry, he succeeded in persuading many of England's greatest families to follow him. His reign
(1649-1659), however, was characterized by the support of a strong strain of
religious Dissenters which included zealous Puritan elements.
The Rushes were Separatists who supported Cromwell while in England and the cause of independence here in America. Capt.
John Rush commanded a horse troop in the Puritan army under Cromwell. Family legend indicates that Cromwell judged him
among his best officers and he was given the name "Old Trooper".
After the war John began farming and rearing a family. In about 1660 he became a Quaker, holding that persuasion throughout
the Restoration, a harsh time for those who refused to conform to the Church of England. When William Penn opened his "holy
experiment" for settlement, the Old Trooper, then age sixty three, sold all his holdings.
Like a second Noah, he and his wife, Susanna, gathered together their many grown children and grandchildren, and in 1683
boarded the ship, WELCOME, for America. They settled northeast of Philadelphia in the Quaker community of Byberry,
founded by William Penn as sanctuary for this persecuted religious minority.
The number of Quakers grew rapidly and included many of the higher classes, including ministers of the Established Church,
army officers and justices. Most notable were Robert Barclay and William Penn. In 1682 Penn created an asylum for this
group in the colony of Pennsylvania and thousands of Quakers quickly settled there.
Rush arrived in Byberry just a year later. By 1697, however, the family had become Baptist. Their 500-acre farm in Byberry
Township was located twelve miles up the Delaware River from Philadelphia on Poquessing Creek. This was to become the
family home for the next five generations.
John was a member of a separatist group of Friends known as the "Christian Quakers," at a time when the Quakers faced
much persecution for not joining the Church of England, and (after reaching America) from the Puritans.
Gr.-Gr.-Grandson, Benjamin Rush later wrote
It is sufficient gratification to me to know that he fought for liberty, and migrated into a remote wilderness in the
evening of his life in order to enjoy the priviledge of worshipping God according to the dictates of his own
conscience.
Children of JOHN RUSH and SUSANNAH LUCAS are:
i. ELIZABETH3 RUSH, b. June 16, 1649, England.
3. ii. WILLIAM RUSH I, b. July 21, 1652, England; d. 1688, Byberry, Pennsylvania.
iii. THOMAS RUSH, b. November 07, 1654, England; d. April 18, 1676, London, England.
iv. SUSANNA RUSH, b. December 26, 1656, England.
v. JOHN RUSH, b. March 01, 1659/60, Horton, Oxford, England.
vi. FRANCIS RUSH, b. February 08, 1661/62, England.
vii. JAMES RUSH, b. July 21, 1664, England; d. January 24, 1670/71, Banbury, England.
viii. JOSEPH RUSH, b. October 26, 1666, England.
ix. EDWARD RUSH, b. September 27, 1670, England.
4. x. JANE RUSH, b. December 27, 1673, England.
Events
| Birth | 1 Mar 1659/60 | Guilsborough, Northhampton, England | |||
| Death | Bef 1 May 1690 | ||||
| Reference No | 11519 |
Families
| Child | Thomas RUSH (1687 - 1771) |
| Father | John RUSH (1618 - 1699) |
| Mother | Sussannah LUCAS ( - ) |