Martha (Hill) Bush (1654 - 1728)

Born 1 Jun 1654 in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia

Wife of William Bush — married 1682 in Chowan County North Carolina

Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1728 at age 74 in Edenton, Chowan, North Carolina

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Biography

Martha (Hill) Bush was a Virginia colonist.

Name

Martha Hill

Spouse Name: William Bush^[1]

Birth

Birth Date: say about 1654

Children

1. Martha Bush Williams
2. Mary Margaret Bush Early
3. Elizabeth Bush Mclendon
4. Elinor Bush
5. William Bush
6. John Bush

Research Notes

"Isaac Hill died in Chowan Precinct in 1710. In his will, he names sons: Michael, John and Isack, Nathaniel and daughter Martha--no surname given--: executor Robert West. Witnesses were William Maule, Edward Bryan and Hohn Hale. (recorded in Bk. 1712-1722, p 34). In the will, he suggests that his sons John and Isack should "go and live near their sister Martha." (Archives, Raleigh). This indicates that the Bryan brothers had come into North Carolina by 1710.

Later, in May 1741 William Bush 92-4), son of Martha Bush, deeded land to Isaac Hill (Jr.) "now in possession of Isaac Hill, " and John Hill was a witness of another deed, showing that he also lived in the neighborhood of the Bushes. If Martha was Martha Hill, she was much older than brothers John and Isaac."^[2]

Deed Book C, page 65 Martha Bush to Mary Bush Sept 13, 1728 ” for love and affection I bear unto Mary Bush my daughter in law late wife of my son John Bush dec’d and my five grandchildren. . .Elizabeth, John, Mary, Hardy, and Isaac Bush . . .the one half of all my goods and chattles and personal estate whatsoever. . .to be equally divided among the mother and children. . .” Wit: Nich. Fairless, John Bryan. NC Court Sept. 14, 1728.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records,1560-1900
2. ↑ [1] Rootsweb
3. ↑ [2] SallysFamilyPlace.com

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SRNK-9HX : accessed 2016-07-12), entry for Martha /Hill/.
• https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7836&h=575044&ssrc=pt&tid=80079134&pid=320164897535&usePUB=true
• Collection U.S. and International Marriage Records,1560-1900. Source Yates Publishing. [database on-]ine]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Dennis Soules for creating WikiTree profile Hill-8014 through the import of Never Ending Story_2013-04-18_01.ged on Apr 18, 2013.