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Sarah Prall Bush
Birth: 	1786
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA
Death: 	unknown, USA

Sarah Prall was born ca. 1786, likely at the residence of her parents in
Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

She married Abraham Bush ca. 1804. He was born May 28, 1775 in Bridgewater
Township, Somerset County, New Jersey and died just prior to Nov 18, 1840
at the age of 65. He was the son of John Bush and Hannah Pain(e).

Family links: 
 Parents:
  John Prall (1764 - 1820)

 Spouse:
  Abraham Bush (1775 - 1840)*

 Children:
  Eliza Ann Bush Runyon (1807 - 1875)*
  Hannah Caroline Bush Brokaw (1809 - 1885)*
  John Prall Bush (1811 - 1897)*
  Hiram Bush (1814 - 1894)*
  Rachel Bush Teeter (1817 - 1875)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Unknown

Created by: Larry Cornwell
Record added: Jan 12, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 32871515

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Abraham Bush
Birth: 	May 28, 1775
Somerset County
New Jersey, USA
Death: 	Nov., 1840
Bound Brook
Somerset County
New Jersey, USA

Abraham Bush was born May 28, 1775 in Bridgewater Township, Somerset County,
New Jersey and died in November, 1840 in Boundbrook, Somerset County,
New Jersey at the age of 65.

He married Sarah (Sally) Prall ca. 1804. Sally was the daughter of John Prall
and Mary --. Sarah was born ca. 1786. All their children were baptized in
the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church, Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey.

Abraham Bush was on the tax list for 1793, 1802, 1805, 1806, 1807, and 1808
in Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. An Abram Bush was on
the 1803 householder tax list for the same location. That indicates this
Abram didn't own land, but was married.

On Jun 23, 1807, "Abraham Bush and Sally his wife of the township of
Bridgewater in the County of Somerset and State of New Jersey" sold land to
"John Vorhis of the County of Somerset. . . in consideration of the sum of
one hundred twelve dollars & thirty five cents" for 6.42 acres in Bridgewater
Township. (Somerset County Deed Book F, pp 295-296)

On Mar 9, 1811, Abraham and Sally sold 17.25 acres that he inherited from
his father to his nephew Alpheus Coon for $191.84. (Somerset County Deed
Book F, pp 317-318)

On Mar 7, 1814, Abraham and Sally sold 52 acres that he inherited from his
father to Thomas Hunston, his brother-in-law, for $100. (Somerset County
Deed Book H, pp 410-411)

On Apr 9, 1814, Abraham and Sally sold 45 acres that he inherited from his
father in Warren Township to Thomas Unneton (Hunston) for $205. (Somerset
County Deed Book H, pp 146-147)

On Sep 12, 1814, a Private Abraham Bush of Somerset County, New Jersey
enrolled in Captain John Logan's Company of Infantry, Third Regiment, New
Jersey Detailed Militia, for the period of the duration of the War of 1812
(War with Great Britain) and deserted. (Officers and Men of New Jersey in
Wars, Part V, War with Great Britain, 1812-1815, p. 104)

Three of Abraham's sons became hatters and/or clothing store owners.

Abraham Bush's funeral was Nov 18, 1840. (Genealogical Magazine of New
Jersey, Vol 64, Jan 1989, p 1) Pastor Rodgers of the Bound Brook Presbyterian
Church officiated. Abraham was buried in the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church
cemetery. There is no headstone.

The children of Abraham Bush and Sarah (Sally) Prall were:

i Maria Prall, b. May 18, 1805, bap. Feb 21, 1806, m. Isaac Van Nostrand May 19, 1827
ii Elizabeth Ann, b. Jul 19, 1807, bap. Jan 16, 1810
*iii Hannah Caroline, b. Jun 20, 1809, bap. Jan 16, 1810, m. John Andrew
     Brokaw on Oct 24, 1827, d. May 8, 1885
iv John Prall, b. Mar 29, 1811, bap. Oct 12, 1811, m. Mary Jane Anderson
   on May 15, 1839, d. Mar 9, 1897
v Rebecca, b. Dec 18, 1812, bap. May 2, 1816
vi Hiram, b. Sep 29, 1814, bap. May 2, 1816, m. Elizabeth Bilyeau ca. 1840,
   d. Apr 22, 1894
vii Rachel Armstrong, b. Feb 11, 1817, bap. Nov 26, 1817
viii Esther, bap. Jul 22, 1822
ix William, b. ca. 1824

Family links: 
 Parents:
  John Bush (1718 - 1811)
  Hannah Pain Bush (1733 - 1810)

 Spouse:
  Sarah Prall Bush (1786 - ____)

 Children:
  Eliza Ann Bush Runyon (1807 - 1875)*
  Hannah Caroline Bush Brokaw (1809 - 1885)*
  John Prall Bush (1811 - 1897)*
  Hiram Bush (1814 - 1894)*
  Rachel Bush Teeter (1817 - 1875)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription:
No headstone

Burial:
Bound Brook Cemetery
Bound Brook
Somerset County
New Jersey, USA

Created by: Larry Cornwell
Record added: Jan 12, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 32871191

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