Richard
Bush
aka Bushee
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Bush
[uncertain]
and Abigail (Lee) Bush
[uncertain]
Brother of
Samuel Bush [half], David Bush [half], Daniel Bush [half], Mary (Bush) Pierce [half], Ebenezer Bush [half] and Abigail (Bush) Clark
Husband of
Mary (Fairbanks) Bush
— married
after 25 Jan 1726 in Bristol, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Father of
Timothy Bush Sr
Died
at about age 36
in Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island
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The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Biography
Son of Samuel and and Abigail (Lee) Bush.
He married Mary Fairbanks, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (Penfield) Fairbanks. Marriage intentions filed on 25 January 1726 in Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island.[1]
Richard died in Bristol on 27 September 1732.[2]
Research note
Richard's place of birth is sometimes given as Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, although there is no documentation to support this.
Sources
- ↑ "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8VQ-FVQ : 4 November 2020), Richard Bush, 1726.
- ↑ "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F869-J88 : 6 December 2014), Richard Bush, 27 Sep 1732; citing Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, reference p 11; FHL microfilm 912,787.
- Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America, 1633-1897, By Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks [1]
http://www.wargs.com/political/bush.html
- https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8V3-W6G
- https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8VQ-V82
- https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8VQ-FVQ
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
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~0.39%
Carolyn (Johnson) Bednar
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