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may take up to 30 seconds + to load after browser shows done James Bush data relating to his parentage. Mary Bush b1716 mother of James Bush b1739 Philip Bush b 1700
and wife Mary has been documented to have been the parents of James Bush b1739,
mainly by Gordon Aronhime genealogical notes
located in the library of Virginia stating as much, however doubt was raised
since James was not a part of Philips will. It has now been
learned Mary had an illegitimate child 1738/1739 and was taken to court by
the Church of Orange County. The documentation we
have referring to Mary’s situation (Rape??) came from (Orange County (VA)
Order Book 2, p. 129 1739 and Orange County (VA) Order Book 2, p. 336 March
Court 1741) the church filed suit against Mary Bush for having a Bastard
Child with the date of the first recording around the same year James Bush
was born 1738/1739. This new information
would answer the questions why Gordon Aronhime
recorded James as son of Philip and Mary and how James acquired so much
wealth (land) at an early age. February Court 1739 In the Action of Debt between John Cattlet & Thomas Stanton, Gentlemen, Church wardens of St. Marks Parish in Orange County plaintiffs & Mary Bush Defendant, the Defendant failing to appear Judgment is granted the plaintiffs against the said Defendants and Phillip Bush her Security. . . . [the rest is illegible]
In the Suit by petition brought by John Cattlet and Thomas Stanton, Gentlemen, Church wardens of St. Marks parish against Phillip Bush for five hundred pounds of tobacco or fifty Shillings Current Money with the Costs of a former Suit against Mary Bush for having a Bastard Child due by bill, the Defendant not appearing, Judgment is granted the petitioners for the said Sum of five hundred pounds of tobacco or fifty Shillings & one hundred pounds of tobacco the Costs of the aforesaid Suit against the said Defendant and Costs. Even with this
documentation we can only assume James is the child in question (Based on the
facts and date of his birth) we can conclude James and Mary raised James as
their own. Further data has
come to light creating more suspense and speculation and possible fact. December 2006 I had
a Y DNA 67 marker test done the results showed I was of African descent, since
no African features has been apparent in any of my ancestors to my knowledge
I had the test redone with a separate lab, which duplicated the original
data. This year 2010 I was
contacted by FTW that my DNA testing has matched a
family with the surname of Walker, Specifically
a Walker family comprising of four individuals (1) William b 1772 (2)
Jeremiah b 1773 (3) Stephen b 1782 (4) John b 1790 The DNA test matched
in 66 of 67 loci. This means that we share a common ancestor in a near
genealogical time frame, within the last few generations. With the documented
relationship between me and James Bush b1739 my Y DNA is his Y DNA meaning if
I am of a Walker clam so is he, and if we look back to the early 1700 time
frame the Walker surname was prominent with the Cherokee Nation which takes
us to the claim Austin son of James Bush was ˝ Cherokee. (Application was
filed for part of the Cherokee funds) To further help
answer and or substantiate the data I have had a Family Finder DNA test
conducted, this test is different than a Y DNA and can determine the degree
of ancestor blood the test results were as following. Clifton W. Bush 4th
great grandson of James Bush having 96.50% ±0.08% Western European DNA a strong match with the Orcadian (Orkney Islands) population. The Orkney Islands are a part of
Ireland which was Mary’s place of birth. The remaining 3.5% Africa ±0.08% for the second contributing group indication that some of the ancestry
traces to Africans who were taken to Europe and the Americas as indentured
servants and slaves. And at times, the source trace back to those who
intermarried with Native Americans. With
the facts we have learned and the
results of the family finder test, assuming Austin was ˝ Native American and
the percentage of 96.5 % Orcadian and 3.5% Africa would require the individual who
fathered James Bush to have been
50% Native American & 50% African
It would also require Austin to Marry an African as illustrated in the
following chart. Most other combination would exceed the % accuracy of the
required blood line the DNA represented. However other combinations are
possible, but do not change the end results.
So where does this leave me, and what is the next
step? 1)
Try to tie the individual who
fathered James Bush (who I will refer to as Cherokee Walker) together with
the Walkers who has been connected to me via DNA. 2)
Try to determine if Cherokee
Walker is in fact a Cherokee and how did he fit in with the Cherokees. UPDATE 11/28/2013 Philip Bush / Mary
Bush/ James Bush The Action between John Cattlet
& Thomas Stanton, Gentlemen, Church wardens of St. Marks Parish
plaintiffs against Mary Bush Defendant, for having a Bastard Child. Originally the interoperation
of subject court records assumed the Mary Bush in question was the wife of
Philip Bush (Stated above). It has
been brought to my attention by Nancy Denty Breidenthal who is more adverse in Hennings
law than I; the following conclusion has been drawn. The court would not have known
Mary had a bastard child since she was married unless the child showed signs
being of mixed race. But the brief court order didn’t describe the child as
mixed race. Therefore the Mary Bush must have been someone other than
Phillip’s wife. Philip had a sister Mary Bush born around 1716 she was
co-administrator of their fathers (John Bush) will. No records have been
located relating to this Mary Bush since the will. She would have been around
23 at the time of James Bush birth and lived in Orange County, and no record
of ever being married has been found, In fact we can conclude based on John’s
Bush’s will naming Martha Bruce, Elizabeth Sanders, and Mary Bush as
daughters Mary was not married in 1745 at the time of the will, six years
after James birth. Since Phillip was named as her
Security it would be logical to assume he Phillip had a personal interest in
Mary Bush and if not his wife his sister surely would qualify. There are no other Mary Bush’s
in the family listed in any records we have at the appropriate age to
have birthed James Bush, To clear the
records so to speak against Mary Bryant Bush, my records will be changed listing
Mary Bush (Philips Bush’s sibling) as the mother of James Bush. This change will not help in
my dilemma as to who is the father of James Bush or is it a definitive answer
as to his mother, but based on the data we have it would be our best
conclusion at this time. Any information related to
James Bush would be greatly appreciated, but only documented information. Cliff Bush (Nancy Denty Breidenthal has a
Genealogy web page “Nancy’s Dead Relatives”
http://nancysdeadrelatives.com/ ) |
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