I have done some research on Beggar's Bush and there are several explanations, but since Samuel isn't speaking to us as yet....we don't know what he meant. There is something called Beggar's Bush which is sort of scrub bushes that grow up after land has been cleared and then is no longer is use, sort of scraggley new growth. The term was also used near London for a certain location where beggars gathered on the outskirts of a forest on a main road leading into London. They gathered there and sometimes were known to rob fancy coaches as they came down the road. In Scotland a "bush" is another word for a hotel or inn, I guess meaning shelter. So instead of the Plaza Hotel it could be the Plaza Bush....the term is still used in Scotland today, but is usually something that was named long ago. There are farms in England named Beggar's Bush but I have not had a chance to research them all as yet. I checked a couple and they were not in existence in the 1600's. connie Grund, Alabama