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2 Oct 1784; married in 1808, Willetts Whitson, a hatter, of Jericho, L. I., born I Ap. 1780, son of Silas and Ruth (Powell) Whitson. They settled at Jericho, and he carried on his business there till 1815; then moved to Plain Edge, N.Y., where he was a farmer and innkeeper, till 1821; then to Half-way Hollow Hills, now Deer Park, Huntington, L. I., where he was a farmer, and where he died 5 Oct 1847. He was buried in the Friends' Cemetery at Bethphage, in Oyster Bay, L. I. She died at Half-way Hollow, 13 Jan. 1852, of inflammation of the lungs, and was buried in the Friends' Cemetery at Bethphage, near her husband; the funeral being held at the Friends' meeting-house in Bethphage. She was commonly known as Amy. Her kindly, cheerful disposition, and straightforward ways, greatly endeared her to a large circle of friends and neighbors, who affectionately cherish her memory.
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IV. John Whitney, b. at East Woods, now Woodbury, L. I., 26 March 1787; a country merchant and farmer; married, 28 Feb. 1809, at West Hills, in Huntington, L. I., by Rev. William Schenck, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Huntington, to Clarissa Harriet Brush, dau. of Abel and Almeda (Conkling) Brush,1 of West Hills. The church-record of this marriage calls the parties "both of Cold Spring." They settled at East Woods, where he died 6 Jan. 1860, and was buried in Fountain Hill Cemetery.
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V. Esther Whitney, b. at East Woods, now Woodbury, L. I., 2 May 1789; married by Rev. William Schenck, Presbyterian, of Huntington, family-record says 7, church-record says 8 July 1812, to Israel Youngs, both of Cold Spring, Huntington, L. I.; married (2d), ----- Van
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1 ANCESTRY OF CLARISSA HARRIET BRUSH, communicated by Charles B. Moore, Esq., of New York.
THOMAS BRUSH, b. in England; lived at Southold, L. I., 1656 to 1663: freeman of = REBECCA, perhaps dau. of
Conn., 1664, then living at Huntington, L. I., where he died in 1675. The proof | Edmund Hobart of Hing-
that he was father of Richard is not positive. | ham, Mass.
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RICHARD BRUSH, b., tradition says, in England; was living and active at Huntington, = Perhaps dau. of John Corey;
L. I., from 1657 to 1700. | m. about 1669.
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ROBERT BRUSH, youngest son, b. at Huntington, L. I., 3 June 1685; = Prob. REBECCA, dau. of David, and g. dau
and was living in 1755. | of Jonathan, Rogers.
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JONATHAN BRUSH, b. about 1715, at Huntington, = ELIZABETH, dau. of Josiah Smith, of Long Swamp: marriage
L. I., and died there about 1787. | license dated 24 Aug. 1736; died about 1790.
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JOSHUA BRUSH, b. 13 Sept. 1742; a soldier in the French war; was called = MARGARET, dau. of Joseph Ireland: m.
Captain; will dated 5 Aug. 1776, proved 28 May 1781. | 23 July 1764 She m. (2d) ----- Jarvis.
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ABEL BRUSH, b. 10 Jan. 1765; died 6 May 1841, aged 76 years = ALMEDA, date of David Conkling: b. 3 May 1768;
and 3 months. | d. 29 Feb. 1852.
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CLARISSA HARRIET BRUSH eldest child; b. at Huntington, L. I., 8 July 1789. = JOHN WHITNEY, No. 1208.
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