Person:William Rush (28)

Notes

August 1686 when "William Rush {I} as marrying Dorothy, the relic and Executrix of Christopher Thomas,* doth petition that, having paid order of this Court and Clerk’s and Sherriff’s Fees beyond assets, he humbly desires. Dorothy appears to be a second wife and not the mother of William Rush's son, William Rush II.

By January 1691/1692, William Rush I had died and his widow, Dorothy, petitioned the Court for her right of Dower. The Court "ordered that William Horton and *John Pratt* do lay out and divide the land of William Rush {I} together with housing and orchard..... into three equal parts and that, after division, the Sheriff do immediately put Dorothy Rush into possession of what 1/3 part she shall elect and make choice of....." [54] Ironically, the genealogical connection between this William Rush and the other William Rush(s) mentioned in Westmoreland County records is established by a Petition of this Dorothy for more Dower rights on 27 May 1702 after marrying yet again to William Bennett: *"Upon petition of William Bennett and Dorothy, his wife, late widow of William Rush {I} praying 100 acres of land given by her husband during the coverture them to his son, William Rush {II}, without the privity or consent of Dorothy, maybe divided into three equal parts and that they may bee possest of 1/3 thereof as her Dower....." [55]

Ten months later in March 1703, William Bennett died and William Rush II along with his son-in-law, *Jossua Hudson*, and John Lilly were appointed to appraise Bennett’s property. [56] This time "Dorothy relinquished all manner of Claim or title of his {William Bennett’s} estate". The estate by his Will was left to his young son, Cossum Bennett, and Daniel Field was appointed "to be trustee for the good of son". Bennett’s Inventory and appraisal were submitted to Court by William Rush II et al on 20 April 1703 and recorded.

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