When Michael Rush was born on 28 November 1782, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, his father, Benjamin Crawford Rush Sr., was 30 and his mother, Dorcas Earkes Vickery, was 26. He married Hannah Commons on 1 June 1808, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 6 April 1855, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 72.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
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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