Thomas Rush
Sir Thomas Rush (or Russhe) (by 1487 – June 1537), born in
High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1533.[1]
Career
Thomas Rush was a local politician in
Knight of the Bath" as part of the coronation ceremonies of Anne Boleyn.[2]
Family
Sir Thomas married Anne Rivers, daughter of John Rivers of Ipswich and widow of
Thomas Alvard (1460-1504). Together they had six children: Arthur, Thomas, Leonard, Anthony, John, and an unnamed daughter. Leonard and John did not survive infancy. Sir Thomas later married a woman named Christian, but produced no more children.[3]
Legacy
Sir Thomas is interred in St. Stephen's Church in Ipswich, which no longer functions as a church.[4]
A popular misconception is that Sir Thomas' most famous name-bearing descendant is Dr. Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Dr. Rush is Sir Thomas' descendant through the latter's eponymous son.[5]
References
- ^ J. Pound, 'Rush, Thomas (by 1487-1537), of Sudbourne, Suff.', in S.T. Bindoff (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558 (from Boydell and Brewer 1982), History of Parliament Online.
- ^ Genealogical researcher Craig Scott of Maidenhead, England, in a 1998 email correspondence.
- ^ Benjamin Rush, M.D. (1745–1813), his origins and ancestry, by A.R. Rush.
- ^ Suffolk Churches Site
- ^ [The Rush Family History of Northwest Jersey, compiled by Pearl Rush Cressman and Kaye N. Cressman, 1965]
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