John Rush
(1712–1751)
BIRTH
1712
PLACE
Unknown
DEATH
July 26, 1751
PLACE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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John Rush, a farmer and gunsmith in Byberry, Pennsylvania, was father of physician and Declaration signer Benjamin Rush. He married the widow Susanna Hall Harvey and died while Benjamin was a child.
EARLY LIFE
John Rush farmed at Byberry, Pennsylvania, and worked as a gunsmith. By 1748 he had established a gunsmith shop in Philadelphia, where his family lived. His son Benjamin Rush later became a physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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DEATH
John Rush died on July 26, 1751, in Philadelphia. Afterward his widow Susanna supported the children by operating a grocery and provisions store. The consulted sources do not establish his cause of death.
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