Is anyone researching these families from Fells Point in the mid 1800s? James Diggs and Susannah Long married 1832 in St Patrick's. He was a ship carpenter. She was the widow of Thos. Appleton. Beverly Diggs was James' brother. I've traced the Diggses pretty well, but would like to find parents of Susannah. What resources would you suggest other than St Pat's which I have done.

Would anyone have knowledge of either or both of the below families? Thanks! Shadrach BUSH 1. 1732: Shadrach (Shadrack/Shade) BUSH was born in 1732 in (perhaps Suffolk County) England. 2. 1761: The year of his immigration to the colonies is unknown but he purchased 50 acres of land in Baltimore Co., MD on 16 February 1761. 2. 1768: He was married to Sarah OSBORN; their only known child Shadrach BUSH, JR. was born on 23 March 1768 in Baltimore Co., MD 3. 1778: Oath of Allegiance: I found Shadrach BUSH (23 March 1778) and a James BUSH, both of Baltimore County and both designated as Non-Juror to The Oath of Allegiance. -Comment from me: Per the American Bush Family Oral History, sometime thereafter Shadrach returned to his home country "to take care of some business" and was never heard from again. He might have had a brother named James BUSH. Bush Family Oral History has that Shadrack did immigrate with an unnamed brother! The 1778 list was the first time I ran across any mention of a James BUSH; I did find a little more on a James after I went looking. He might have also returned to England. There were other Bush families in Maryland but none in Baltimore County in this time frame. The last record that has been found on Shadrack or James in Baltimore Co., MD is March 1778. 7. 1822 Burial: 01 Jan. 1822 Shadrach Bush - Kingston-Corfe Castle; age 90; buried in St Edward's Parish Church Yard of the Village of Corfe Castle or in Gods Acre a little further away. AND Thorny BUSH - this person might or might not have been a relative of Shadrach Bush (Sr.) 8. 1735: The Suffolk Record Office send me the following: the minute book for 1735 has the following entry, B105/2/19 fol 117: Court held 13 October 1735, Bury St Edmunds: Thorny BUSH being committed for stealing a Lamb the property of Thomas BENNETT and having confessed the same, is to remain in Gaol until the next Assizes and then and there to receive his Tryall. 9. 1736: CD "British Emigrants in Bondage 1614-1788" material transcribed from the book by Peter Wilson Coldham. Name: Bush, Thorny S. Lent 1736. SU (I was told that meant that he was sentenced during lent of 1736). 10. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s Record Name: Thorny Bush Year: 1736 Place: America Source Publication Code: 1217.7 Primary Immigrant: Bush, Thorny Source Bibliography: Coldham, Peter Wilson - Bonded Passengers to America. 9 vols. in 3. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. Vol. 7. Norfolk Circuit, 1663-1775: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. 57p. Page: 48 -Comment from me: Neither entry has to what port in the colonies he was sent, what ship he traveled on, what age he was, or if he had family traveling with him! 11. 1737: Tax list of Baltimore County, Maryland: Wm Hamilton, John Hamilton, Toney Bush, John Black, 2 slaves, 5 others Location: Soldiers Delight Hundred. -Comment from me: This is in the book "Inhabitants of Baltimore County 1691-1763" by F. Edward Wright. It looks like the four individuals above were sharing expenses, etc. Maybe they were renting the land with an agreement that they were responsible for the taxes. I am assuming that Toney was "of age" at this time. I wish I knew who the "five others" were! 12. 1745: Thorny Bush was married to Elisha (Elizabeth) Pike on 24 August 1745 in Baltimore Co., MD at St. Paul's Church. -Comment from me: This was in the book "Records of St. Paul's Parish - The Anglican Church Records of Baltimore City and Lower Baltimore County [MD] early 1700s through 1800 Volume I" by Bill and Martha Reamy. This was not necessarily a first marriage for Thorny. I could find nothing on the Pike family in Maryland nor could I find anything on the couple after their marriage.

They possibly are part of the Bush family that were in Ohio and WV.At the time the area was still Virginia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "SpiritHawk/Martha" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 2:52 PM Subject: [BALTGEN-L] Bush Families in 1700s > Would anyone have knowledge of either or both of the below families? > Thanks! > > Shadrach BUSH > 1. 1732: Shadrach (Shadrack/Shade) BUSH was born in 1732 in (perhaps Suffolk > County) England. > 2. 1761: The year of his immigration to the colonies is unknown but he > purchased 50 acres of land in Baltimore Co., MD on 16 February 1761. > 2. 1768: He was married to Sarah OSBORN; their only known child Shadrach > BUSH, JR. was born on 23 March 1768 in Baltimore Co., MD > 3. 1778: Oath of Allegiance: I found Shadrach BUSH (23 March 1778) and a > James BUSH, both of Baltimore County and both designated as Non-Juror to > The Oath of Allegiance. > -Comment from me: Per the American Bush Family Oral History, sometime > thereafter Shadrach returned to his home country "to take care of some > business" and was never heard from again. He might have had a brother named > James BUSH. Bush Family Oral History has that Shadrack did immigrate with > an unnamed brother! The 1778 list was the first time I ran across any > mention of a James BUSH; I did find a little more on a James after I went > looking. He might have also returned to England. There were other Bush > families in Maryland but none in Baltimore County in this time frame. The > last record that has been found on Shadrack or James in Baltimore Co., MD is > March 1778. > 7. 1822 Burial: 01 Jan. 1822 Shadrach Bush - Kingston-Corfe Castle; age 90; > buried in St Edward's Parish Church Yard of the Village of Corfe Castle or > in Gods Acre a little further away. > > AND > > Thorny BUSH - this person might or might not have been a relative of > Shadrach Bush (Sr.) > 8. 1735: The Suffolk Record Office send me the following: the minute book > for 1735 has the following entry, B105/2/19 fol 117: Court held 13 October > 1735, Bury St Edmunds: Thorny BUSH being committed for stealing a Lamb the > property of Thomas BENNETT and having confessed the same, is to remain in > Gaol until the next Assizes and then and there to receive his Tryall. > 9. 1736: CD "British Emigrants in Bondage 1614-1788" material transcribed > from the book by Peter Wilson Coldham. > Name: Bush, Thorny S. Lent 1736. SU (I was told that meant that he was > sentenced during lent of 1736). > 10. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s Record > Name: Thorny Bush Year: 1736 Place: America Source Publication Code: > 1217.7 Primary Immigrant: Bush, Thorny > Source Bibliography: Coldham, Peter Wilson - Bonded Passengers to America. 9 > vols. in 3. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. Vol. 7. Norfolk > Circuit, 1663-1775: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, > Huntingdonshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. 57p. Page: 48 > -Comment from me: Neither entry has to what port in the colonies he was > sent, what ship he traveled on, > what age he was, or if he had family traveling with him! > 11. 1737: Tax list of Baltimore County, Maryland: Wm Hamilton, John > Hamilton, Toney Bush, John Black, 2 slaves, 5 others Location: Soldiers > Delight Hundred. > -Comment from me: This is in the book "Inhabitants of Baltimore County > 1691-1763" by F. Edward Wright. It looks like the four individuals above > were sharing expenses, etc. Maybe they were renting the land with an > agreement that they were responsible for the taxes. I am assuming that > Toney was "of age" at this time. I wish I knew who the "five others" were! > 12. 1745: Thorny Bush was married to Elisha (Elizabeth) Pike on 24 August > 1745 in Baltimore Co., MD at St. Paul's Church. > -Comment from me: This was in the book "Records of St. Paul's Parish - The > Anglican Church Records of Baltimore City and Lower Baltimore County [MD] > early 1700s through 1800 Volume I" by Bill and Martha Reamy. This was not > necessarily a first marriage for Thorny. I could find nothing on the Pike > family in Maryland nor could I find anything on the couple after their > marriage. > > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb/MDGenWeb page for Anne Arundel Co. - 350 Years of Settlement > 1649-1999 > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdannear >