Jeremiah Rushton (1757 - 1838)

Born 1757 in Rye, Westchester, New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Hall) Rushton — married about 1777 in New York [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1838 at about age 81 in Westchester Valley, Cumberland, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Jeremiah was born in 1757 in Westchester, New York Colony. He was the son of John R Rushton and Mary (Coon) Rushton.

He married Sarah Hall. He was a United Empire Loyalist U.E.L.

Jeremiah served with the Westchester Refugees from 1781 until he left New York with the Loyalists in 1783. The Refugees began in 1781 when the British left Westchester County undefended towards the end of the Revolutionary War. At that time, there was no law or order in the county and constant theft, arson, murders, and attacks occurred on both Loyalists and Rebels from their enemies on the other side. The Refugees served under Colonel James DeLancey and had no uniforms, equipment, or pay. They lived off of what they could plunder. Called DeLancey's Cowboys because they stole cows, they pulled off 44 actions which DeLancey received a commendation for. Jeremiah later presented a memorial asking for remuneration for 2 horses and clothing that he used in the war, but that was rejected, probably because the Refugees were supposed to outfit themselves.

At this time Jeremiah was newly married with a baby. The family of 3 left New York in the Loyalist fleet that was re-settling Loyalists in Nova Scotia and granting them land for their service to the Crown. Jeremiah's parents and all of his siblings, with their families, evacuated as well. They traveled by ship to Fort Cumberland.

Jeremiah and his father John Rushton received land grants "At the New Settlement along the road from Cumberland to London-Derry" in Cumberland County, along with many other Loyalists from Westchester. Other family members received grants later.

Jeremiah and Sarah had 8 children, 6 sons and 2 daughters. Most of them remained in the Westchester, Nova Scotia, area.

He died on 18 Nov 1838 in Westchester Mountain, Cumberland, Nova Scotia and is buried in the Rushton Pioneer Cemetery.

For more information, see Rushton Land Grant at www.grandmasgrannysfamilyalbum.blogspot.com.

Children

Children of Jeremiah Rushton:

• Issac Rushton.
• Elizabeth Rushton.
• Abraham Rushton.^[1]
• John Rushton.^[2]
• Peter Rushton.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2PJ-TXC : 6 November 2020), Jeremiah Rushton in entry for Abraham Rushton, 1870.
2. ↑ "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2PJ-T9K : 6 November 2020), Jeremian Rushton in entry for John Rushton, 1870.
3. ↑ "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2PV-36D : 6 November 2020), Jeremiah in entry for Peter Rushton, 1873.

Col. James DeLancey, Annapolis Heritage Society, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

American Loyalist Migrations, 1765-1799, New York, p. 330.

Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia, Marion Gilroy, Appendix A, p. 150, Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Jeremiah Rushton in the New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920, Loyalists to Britain, 1782

Jeremiah Rustin in the Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1785, Cumberland to Londonderry Road, Census Return, Nova Scotia Archives

Jeremiah Richton in Poll Tax Records, 1791, Census Returns, Assessments & Poll Tax Records, 1767 - 1838, Nova Scotia Archives

Cumberland County Genealogies, Cumberland County Genealogical Society, Nova Scotia

• https://novascotia.ca/natr/land/indexmaps/070.pdf
• https://www.geni.com/people/JEREMIAH-SR-Rushton/6000000000979569903
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194279361/jeremiah-rushton
• FamilySearch profile.