Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Bushrod Boys

08 May 2013

The Bushrod Boys

Comments after the jump.

John Bushrod
B: 1663-01-30 in Gloucester, Virginia
M: 7 Oct 1571 in Sherborne, Dorset, England to Margery Feltons
D: 1719-02-26 in Bushfield, Westmoreland, Virginia

SPOUSE & CHILDREN
Hannah Keene (1676-1738)
✿ Elizabeth Bushrod (1647-1679)
✿ Apphia Bushrod (1694-1757)

SPOUSE & CHILD
Hannah Keene (1676-1739)
✿ Apphia Bushrod (1694-1757)

SPOUSE & CHILD
Hannah Keene (1699-1761)
✿ Richard Bushrod (1575-1628)

SPOUSE & CHILD
Margery Feltons (1550-1599)
✿ Richard Bushrod (1575-1628)

ONE OF THE RECORDS ATTACHED
✿ Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800
John Bushrod; Spouse Hannah Keene; abt 1719 in Virginia
This record is attached to the marriage in 1571.

ⓑⓐⓡⓚⓘⓝⓖ ⓤⓟ ⓣⓗⓔ ⓦⓡⓞⓝⓖ ⓣⓡⓔⓔ

It never ceases to amaze me how so many errors on just one profile can go undetected. Three wives with the same name. One wife who died about 64 years before he was born. A child (Or is it two?) who was born almost 100 years before him. A marriage record for 1719 attached to a marriage in 1571, also almost 100 years before his birth. The record also has a different spouse's name.
Now meet John's half-brother:

Colonel John Bushrod
B: 30 Jan 1663 in Gloucester, Westmoreland, Virginia
D: 26 Feb 1719 in Bushfield, Westmoreland, Virginia

SPOUSE & CHILD
Hannah Keene (1676-1739)
✿ Apphia Bushrod (1694-1757)

SPOUSE & CHILDREN
Hannah Keene (1676-1738) m. 1688 in Westmoreland, Virginia
✿ Elizabeth Bushrod (1647-1679)
✿ Apphia Bushrod (1694-1757)
✿ Thomas Bushrod (1695-1738)
✿ Elizabeth Bushrod (1696-1739)
✿ Hannah Bushrod (1704-1774)
✿ Sarah Bushrod (1708-1738)
✿ John Bushrod (1712-1760)

ONE OF THE RECORDS ATTACHED
✿ Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills
     John Bushrod, Date: 26 Jan 1719
     Family listed: Wife Hannah;
     Daughters Apphia, Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah;
     Sons Richard, John, Thomas

The two profiles show up as half-siblings because there are duplicate profiles for ~~their~~ his mother. At a glance this profile looks more accurate but there is still a child born before both parents, a duplicate wife and child, and a son listed in the will who is not included in the family.
Now, can someone please help me get the theme from The Patty Duke Show out of my head?

Thanks to Kristin for the link to the first profile.
If you have a profile to suggest please send a link to buwtree(at)gmail(dot)com.

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