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In addition to the BRUSH families of England there are other BRUSH lines. Including several in Ireland. All of whom appear to be English or Scottish settlers rather than pure Irish. There is a large and quite prominent extended family group, all of whom are commonly said to descend from a single individual - Lt. John BRUSH, who, it is said, fought with the Williamite army in 1689-91. They are discussed in sections 17.A , 17.A2 , 17.B , 17.D and subsequent sections. But they were not the only family. This section concerns those others.
One of the problems with Irish research is that unfortunatly an enormous amount of original documentation was destroyed in the explosion which destroyed the Four Courts building in Dublin in 1922. Most of what we have are indexes of some of those records created before their destruction.
A printed index to Dublin probate records and marriage licences shows a licence in 1667 for the marriage of Margaret Brush and Adam Leas. My usual formula gives an estimated birth date for Margaret of 1642.
The same index also shows the will of a Francis Brush, clothier, in 1691. It would be possible (using a birth date in the 1610s) for him to have been the father of Margaret but he could equally well have been the same generation as her. This makes him a contemporary of (or one generation back from) Lt. John.
The third and last 17th century reference from that source is a marriage licence for Elizabeth Brush and Nathaniel Spooner in 1697. Ancestry records the marriage as being on 16 November 1697 at St Andrew's Dublin giving the source as D. A. Chart. Marriage Entries from the Registers of the Parishes of St. Andrew, St. Anne, St. Audoen, & St. Bride (Dublin), 1632-1800. Exeter and London: William Pollard & Co. Ltd., 1913. The next reference is from 1759, two or three generations later.
A search in Ancestry against "All Ireland, Births and Baptisms 1620-1911 in 2013 threw up 129 results but repeating this in 2015 produced only 77.
The earliest group are children of John and Elizabeth baptised 1674-1677 at Saint Michan, Dublin.
1672 1 Sept baptism of Dianna d of John and Elizabeth
20 July 1673 burial of Diana, daughter of John BRUSH, tapster, and Elizabeth (baptised 1672)
Penington 28 June 1674
John 13 July 1676
Andrew 26 November 1677
bur 1679 john described as inkeeper
1680 28 December burial of John son of john innkeeper and Elizabeth at St Minchin
1685 burial of Eliz, wife of John, innkeeper
1690 18 September burial of Benjamin s of John
1690 25 December burial of Ethell d of John
What became of Penington and Andrew is unknownJohn Brush and others listed as the plaintiff in a Chancery case on 5 Dec 1682. This cannot be John the innkeeper or his son John as both have already died. Which makes it likely that it relates to one of the Johns of Omagh as discussed in section 17.A2 .
1683 24 February at St Audoen, Dublin burial of Jane d of ??Francis? and Elis?? 1686 23 January baptism of Mary d of Robert & Sarah, also at St Minchin Dublin 1690 (OS) 24 January burial of mary daughter of ? and Katherine at St Audoen https://genealogy.nationalarchives.ie/ 1689 in Ireland indexes to wills & marriages via Ancestry marriage licence Mary Brush and William Gough , Cloyne diocese.(south of Ireland) Ref to William of Killeagh in 1702 (in Find My past) ; ancestry wills how will of William of Killeagh nea r cork proved 1702 George BRUSH ( estimatred DOB 1692) marries Susanah Lynes on 4 October 1720 at Limerick. FHL record Crean would fit, on these dates, as another son of John and Elizabeth. Is the invading army story a fiction? http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?surname=brush&firstname=&county=&parish=&townland=&search=Search RathTithes.pdf Brush James Oldorchard Rathfarnham Dublin 1825