When Sarah Rush was born about 1784, her father, James Henry Rush, was 25 and her mother, Molly M. Simpson, was 23. She married Joel Nelson on 16 July 1801, in Barren, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1849, at the age of 66.
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English: from Middle English rishe, rush(e), rosh(e) ‘rush’ (Old English risc), either a topographic name for someone who lived in a rushy place, or a nickname probably denoting someone who wove mats, baskets, and other articles out of rushes.
English: nickname from Middle English rush ‘beehive’ (probably referring to skeps woven from rushes), perhaps denoting a bee-keeper.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruis ‘descendant of Ros’, a personal name perhaps derived from ros ‘wood’. In Connacht it has also been used as a translation of Ó Luachra due to confusion with the Irish word luachair ‘rushes’ (see Loughrey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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