Brief Life History of Dorcas
When Dorcas Brush was born on 29 November 1760, in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Zacheus Brush, was 43 and her mother, Hannah Pardee, was 32. She married James Nash on 24 November 1791. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Connecticut, United States in 1850. She died in March 1850, in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 89.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Nash, "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850"
Spouse and Children
1756– Male
1760–1850 Female
Children (1)
1798–1881 Female
Parents and Siblings
1717–1812 Male
1728–1791 Female
Siblings (9)
1754–1815 Male
1754– Female
1760–1822 Female
1760–1850 Female
1762–1762 Male
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1776
Age 16
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
Age 21
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 26
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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