Mary Brush

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Brush was born in 1812, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Edward Brush, was 37 and her mother, Abigail Smith, was 27. She died on 23 May 1840, at the age of 28, and was buried in Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Brush
1775–1844
Abigail Smith
1785–1838
Eliza Brush
1806–1837
Cornelia Brush
1806–1835
Ann Augusta Brush
1828–
Sally Brush
1830–1837
Henry Brush
1807–1831
Josephus Brush
1807–1844
Henry Brush
1810–1834
Mary Brush
1812–1840
Stephen Brush
1815–1839
Frances Brush
1820–1840
Edward L. Brush
1826–1853

Sources (2)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Brush - Published information: birth-name: Mary Brush
  • Mary Brush, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"

World Events (7)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · War of 1812

Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

English: metonymic occupational name for a brush maker, from Middle English brush ‘brush’ (Old French brosse ‘brushwood’).

Americanized form of German Brusch or Brüsch ‘heather, broom, brushwood’ (see Bruesch ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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