Chapter 03.D

John [T301] baptised 8 November 1702 Tewkesbury

Penelope [T302] baptised 16 March 1702/3. This entry is unusual. Edward appears to be deleted, and the baptism is only five months after the baptism of John.

Ann [T303] baptised 6 November 1705 Tewkesbury, buried 14 December 1705.

Mary [T304] baptised 8 December 1708 Tewkesbury

Elizabeth [T305] baptised 4 August 1712 Tewkesbury. listed as a child of Edmund?

Charles [T306] baptised 1 December 1715 Tewkesbury

Sarah [T307] baptised 18 November 1718 Tewkesbury (incorrectly shown as 18 Sept in FWB digest list)

Francis [T74]

A son of John [T53] . Baptised 3 February 1670/1 Tewkesbury. Married Mary. They had five children:

John [T96] baptised 13 March 1700/1 Tewkesbury.

The UK, "Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Regimental Registers of Pensioners, 1713-1882" includes an entry for a John Brush of the 18th Regiment of Foot, born in Tewkesbury, a barber.  There is a 2nd copy of the record.  The 'admission date' is 16th October.  I am uncertain if he is actually being admitted to the Royal Hospital or simply being granted a pension. The latter I think.  The combination of the admission date, and his age puts his birth date as 1701/2 which is a close match to John[T96].

A service length of 2¹/₂ years and an age of 44 sounds unusual, though it is not unique in the register. The name of the regiment at the time was the Royal Irish Regiment of Foot (the numbering system was only introduced in 1751) although the regimetal pensioners come from all over the country.  John's pension is because he is "unfit for duty by hard marches in Flanders".

The campaign in Flanders in 1745 was part of the war of Austrian succession. The British were part of an Allied Army with Hanoverians, Dutch and Austrians fighting ( and losing) against the French in what is now, broadly, Belgium.  John's regiment did not play a great part in the war. According to britishempire.co.uk "the regiment had returned to in England in 1742 [after serving in Minorca]. It was posted at first to the west of England and then at Fareham to guard prisoners of war." During which period John must have joined up. "They were sent off to the continent to join the Duke of Cumberland in the aftermath of the battle of Fontenoy which took place on 11th May 1745. The French then threatened Ostend so the Royal Irish were sent there to reinforce the allied garrison, made up of Austrian, Dutch and British troops. The British were contemptuous of their allies because of the debacle at Fontenoy and this caused low morale, also the fortifications were in ruins due to poor management by the Dutch, and after a few days they capitulated. The terms of surrender were badly worded so that when the French promised to give the garrison a safe passage to Austria, they were able to take them as far as St Gillain and abandon them to the mercy of another French army posted near Mons. It was only through careful movement by night, in silence, that they managed to reach Mons, but once there they were confined for 3 miserable weeks until it was safe enough to reach Brussels. They returned to Britain in Nov 1745 and were shipped to Scotland along with the 12th 16th and 24th regiments but a scare report of French ships forced the fleet to shelter in the Humber, thus delaying them and causing them to be too late for the battle of Culloden. But the regiment spent two years in Scotland, building roads..." During ths period John was admitted as a pensioner.

Margaret [T97] baptised 28 December 1702 Tewkesbury. Married John Restall August 1730. The marriage licence dated 17 August identifies John Restall as a bachelor of Tewkesbury age 21 years and Margaret also of Tewkesbury, a spinster aged 22 years. "(As in many cases it looks probable that Margaret deducted a few years from her age to avoid embarassment to her bridegroom)"

Samuel [T98] baptised 14 January 1704/5 Tewkesbury. Married 17 January 1724/5 at Tewkesbury to Elizabeth Ennett.

Anne [T99] baptised 21 November 1708 Tewkesbury

Mary [T100] baptised 18 July 1711 Tewkesbury

7th Generation

In the seventh generation there are just three families. Those of Richard, Thomas and Samuel. Their children are baptised from 1717 to the late 1730s.

The children and grandchildren of Richard [T79] and Elizabeth.
Richard [T79] was a son of Richard [T56]. He was baptised on 25 February 1695/ at Tewkesbury and married Elizabeth. They had two sons.:

Thomas [T101] baptised 4 March 1717(8) marries Penelope (unknown) and has two children:

The parish register entry for the baptism of Thomas [T101] . I am not entirely convinced that this does not read Brooke rather than Brushe.

Thomas [T112] was baptised on 20 May 1750 at Tewkesbury. Nothing more is known.

William [T113] was buried on 22 June 1760 1724

Thomas [T112] baptised 20 May 1750 at Tewkesbury. The register entry clearly identifies Thomas and Penelope as the parents.

William [T113] buried 22 June 1760. Again, the register identifies Thomas and Penelope as the parents.

Richard [T102] baptised 10 May 1724 Tewkesbury, buried 8 August 1724 at Tewkesbury. The burial entry of Richard is in the Bishops Transcripts and is very indistinct. It may not be correct either for the name or for the date.

6 years on, written in a different hand but very clearly Brush

The Bishop's transcript register entry. The date seems clear but it looks to me more like Brooks than Brush.

The children and grandchildren of Thomas [T81] and Margaret (Hanks). Thomas [T81] was a son of William [T64].  He was baptised on 13 June 1699 at Tewkesbury and married Margaret Hanks on 2 October 1720 at Tewkesbury.  They had three children.  Thomas was buried on 19 March 1749/50 at Tewkesbury.  Margaret was buried on 20 March 1769 at Tewkesbury.

William [T103] baptised 14 September 1721 at Tewkesbury and married Penelope Fieldhouse on 3 June 1745 at Oxenhall. In the Marriage Licence William is described as "of Tewkesbury, bachelor age 22 years" and Penelope is decribed as "of Newnton, spinster aged 22 years".  It is suggested that Newnton means Newent; Oxenhall is about a mile North west of Newent.

A Penelope Fieldhouse was baptised in Leominster on 14 March 1720, the daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth.  Probably the Benjamin baptised 22 Nov 1726 at Leominster.  There are very few Fieldhouse entries in Gloucestershire or Herefordshire but lots in Worcestershire.

William and Penelope have five children before Penelope the wife of William Brush is buried in 1766.  I suggest in chapter 36.A that William later marries another Penelope in Worcester and that he is the same person as William[W102].

Penelope Brush [T114X] d of William and Penelope is baptised at Hereford 1746. Given the later baptism of Penelope [T115] it is likely that she died while an infant but no record found of burial.

Benjamin [T114] baptised 20 April 1753 at Tewkesbury and married Sarah Harris at Ripple on 24 December 1792. Buried at Ripple 9 September 1826.  He is the founder of an extensive dynasty considered in chapter 03.E and beyond.

This is quite a late marriage. Another Benjamin ( s. of Anne) is baptised at Upton on Severn on 21 December 1783. Could Anne be a first wife of Benjamin [T114]?

Penelope [T115] baptised 3 April 1757 Tewkesbury.  Surely the Penelope who later marries in Worcester as discussed in chapter 36.A. Her banns are called in Tewkesbury.

James [T116] baptised 28 June 1761 Tewkesbury.  A James Brush is buried in Tewkesbury in 1770 but not identifed as the son of anyone.  Could be [T116] or [T118]

Sarah [T117] baptised 5 August 1764 Tewkesbury, married Thomas PERKINS 19 December 1785 at Tewkesbury.

Thomas [T104] baptised 7 December 1723 at Tewkesbury and married Elizabeth Williams on 5 March 1753 at Tewkesbury.  There is no record of any children.

Sarah [T105] baptised 30 January 1726/7 at Tewkesbury and married John LINNELL on 11 April 1756 at Tewkesbury.

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The children and grandchildren of Samuel [T98] and Elizabeth (ENNETT). Samuel [T98]was a son of Francis [T74].  He was baptised on 14 January 1704/5 at Tewkesbury and married Elizabeth ENNETT on 17 January 1724/5 at Tewkesbury.  They had six children.

John [T106] baptised 18 September 1727 at Tewkesbury and married Susannah Gifford in May 1749 at Tewkesbury. FWB slip adds that he married a second time to Mary KNIGHT on 3 July 1808 at Tewkesbury. Also that he was buried age 95 on 31 July 1822 Tewkesbury, with his address given as "House of Industry".

Samuel [T107] baptised 8 July 1730 at Tewkesbury and married Mary PLAGER on 5 January 1752/3 at Tewkesbury. They had one child. He later marries a second time to Sarah TOOVEY on 31 August 1760 at Tewkesbury. Ancestry transcribes Mary's name as Hayer but Plager looks to be a better reading.

James [T118] baptised 28 December 1752 Tewkesbury.  The son of Mary.  A James Brush is buried in Tewkesbury in 1770 but not identifed as the son of anyone. Could be [T116] or [T118]

There is a note at the end of the 1770 burial register "Buried Anno 1770 132 Small Pox and Measles Raging"

Ann [T119] a daughter of Sarah, baptised 2 November 1760 Tewkesbury

Susannah [T120] a daughter of Sarah, buried 30 July 1762

Elizabeth [T108] baptised in July 1732 at Tewkesbury.  Is she the Elizabeth who married James Brick at Upton upon Severn on 7 November 1757, "both of this parish"? {Ancestry wrongly index her as Brish}

Francis [T109] The baptism of Francis is not identified in the register of St Mary's Tewkesbury.  He married Ruth BOUTLEY at Tewkesbury on 22 November 1761.  They had two children.  Francis was buried on 22 June 1766 at Tewkesbury. Ruth re-married to Thomas Fleming on 23 May 1768 at Tewkesbury.

George [T121] baptised 1 February 1763 Tewkesbury, buried 8 September 1766 Tewkesbury

Francis [T122]baptised 23 June 1765 Tewkesbury, buried 9 October 1765

Job [T110] The baptism of Job is not identified in the register of St Mary's Tewkesbury.  He married Elizabeth HAYWARD on 18 January 1759 at Tewkesbury with whom he had six children.  The marriage record shows Job signing his name but Elizabeth only making her mark.  One of the witnesses is Susannah Brush - presumably ???? Susannah [T123]  The other was John JEYNES. Elizabeth was buried at Tewkesbury on 11 May 1773. He remarried to Mary PYE on 20 June 1777 at Tewkesbury. Land tax records for 1782 show Job as the occupier of land at Tewkesbury owned by Samuel JOYNES - maybe connected in some way to John JEYNES?  Job was buried on 16 June 1784 at Tewkesbury.

Susannah [T123] baptised 13 May 1764 Tewkesbury, married HOSKINS. Marriage was on 25 September 1791 at St Mary de Lode, Gloucester to Thomas Hodgkins. Banns decribe both as 'of this parish'.

William [T124] buried 12 March 1766 Tewkesbury

Sarah [T125] baptised 25 December 1767 Tewkesbury.

John [T126] baptised 17 September 1769 Tewkesbury buried 14 jJanuary 1771 Tewkesbury

Job [T127] baptised 23 February 1772 Tewkesbury. Information about Job is at the end of this chapter.

William [T128] buried 13 March 1774

Benjamin [T111] The baptism of Benjamin is not identified in the register of St Mary's Tewkesbury but his burial on 7 September 1741 is, where he is identified as the son of Samuel and Sarah (not Elizabeth) which places his birth as after 1760.

A child of Susannah

John [T???] In the same time period as the birth of Samuel's children, the Tewkesbury baptism register includes an entry on 18 October 1734 for the baptism of "John s.of John Pumphrey & Susannah Brush.

A child of John

John [T???]In the same time period as the birth of Samuel's children, the Tewkesbury baptism register includes an entry on 18 October 1734 for the baptism of "John s.of John & Mary. A John Brush married Mary Arrowsmith at St Nicholas' Bristol on 16 September 1733. This could be John [T87] but could be John[T96]

18 oct 1734 John s of John and Mary + 2 more?

There is also a burial of Patience, the daughter of John & Mary, at Tewkesbury on 29 January 1740.

This point marks the end, for most purposes, of the BRUSH presence at Tewkesbury.  Benjamin [T114] moves a few miles north to Ripple and heads a long lived dynasty discussed in Chapter 03.E . His father, William, moves to Worcester and marries again also apparently with no further children. We also find references, which appear to me to match with William's daughter Penelope [T115]. This shift to Worcester is discussed in chapter 34.A . Also in that chapter are several Brush references to Thomas, Elizabeth and Sarah who can fit reasonably with unexplained loose ends at Tewkesbury.

Outline tree

Richard [T79] 1695-17xx; Gc1072
m. Elizabeth Gc1572. Fam 272

Thomas[T101] 1717/8 - 17xx Gc 1073
m. Penelope Gc1573 Fam 273

Richard[T102] 1724 -1724

Thomas [T81] 1699 -1749
m. 1720 Margaret Hanks ( ? - 1769)

William [T103] 1721
m. Penelope Feildhouse 1745

Thomas [T104] 1723
m. Elizabeth Williams 1753

Sarah [T105] 1726/7
m. John Linnell 1756

Samuel [T98] 1704/5 -
m. Elizabeth Ennett 1724/5

John [T106] 1727
m. Susannah Gifford 1749

Samuel [T107] 1730
m. Mary Plager 1752/3
m.2 Sarah Toovey 1760

Elizabeth [T108] 1732

Francis [T109] 17xx - 1766

Job [T110] 17xx - 1784
m.Elizabeth Hayward 1759
m.2 Mary Pye 1777

Benjamin [T111] 17xx - 1741.

Job[T127] the son of Job[T110] was a sailor. The will itself identifies him as a Corporal of Marines.The index to Seamen's wills in the Public Record Office shows that he mades his will in 1805 when serving in HMS Leviathan leaving his estate to his sister Susannah Hoskins and his aunt Eleanor Davis of Tewkesbury. It is possible that that this was wrongly copied by me [i.e. FWB] and should be Elizabeth, otherwise Eleanor has not yet been found. It is clearly Eleanor, identified in the probate as the wife of Walter Davis. Susannah is identifed a the wife of Thomas Hoskins (or Haskins). The will was made in March 1805 and proved in August 1805. There is a marriage in 1788 of a John Brush to Eleanor Chitty and an illegitimate ("spurious") birth of an Eleanor Chitty to Eleanor Chitty in 1786. The most likely John Brush is Job's uncle - baptised in 1727, but this makes him 61 at the time of marriage. The only scenario that would fit is that John dies between 1788 and 1805 and Eleanor remarries but no trace of this and other evidence suggests that John survived until 1822, age 95. A Walter Davies maries Elinor Miles in Tewkesbury in 1785. The age is a good match but why 'aunt'?

There is another Job Brush in the Index to Seamen's wills, this time a Sergeant of Marines who made his will in 1794 when serving in HMS Powerful. It is not likely that this is Job [T127] on two counts: he would only be 22 years old at the time and it is unlikely that he would be a Sergeant of Marines at that age, and secondly he leaves all his estate to Ann Lewarn of Plymouth Dock, his sister in law. To the best of our knowledge his three brothers all died in childhood. It suggests the existence of Job Brush from the Plymouth area.

The only other Job we know of - Job [T110] father of Job [127] was apparently buried in 1784. Job and Brush are both unusual names and the chance of another Job Brush in the Marines in the same era sounds to me improbable. Nor is there a probate record for the 1794 will. There was a rapid expansion of the Marine regiments in 1793/4 when the war with France began. Maybe Job[127] had got promoted to sergeant by then. According to militaryhistorynow.com the average service of Marine NCOs was 9 years. Which means some had less service as many will have had much more. But ... reduced to Corporal in 1805? Discharged and re-enlisted 1802 - 1803? Information on the growth and reduction of forces is taken from napoleon-series.org .  The Lewarn family is rooted in Cornwall with a few entries in Devon.

There are two additional records for Job taken from the Medical and surgical journal of HMS Leviathan for 25 November 1803 to 25 November 1804 by William Shoveller, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed in the Mediterranean. .:

"Folio 6: Job Brush, aged 30, marine; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea. Put on sick list, 29 December 1803. Discharged 18 January 1804 to duty.". Age 30 in 1803 places his birth as 1772/3 which is a perfect match. "Folio 16: Job Brush, aged 34, marine; disease or hurt, slight febrile complaint. Put on sick list, 12 April 1804. Discharged 19 April 1804 to duty." Age 34 is not so consistent! The muster rolls for both Leviathan and Powerful are in the National Archives but not digitised.

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Chapter 29D: The children of John and Mary and

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