Thomas Goodson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot

Notes:

No proof. Found him 1840 Bledsoe Co.,TN Census, p. 8. "Thomas Goodson:0013000001/0100001"

Notes:

George Goodson (son of Edward Goodson Jr. and Mary Thomas) was born Abt. 1717 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and died 15 Sep 1763 in Edgecombe County, NC.He married Sarah Mandue, daughter of Thomas Mandew and Sarah Mandew.
Includes NotesNotes for George Goodson:
According to William T. Clarke/Rootsweb.com:
We have no proof in the way of bible records, probate, administration, or deeds that would indicate that George was the father of our William.Frances Goodson in her genealogy of the Goodson's in Lincoln Co. NC indicates that Edward was George's father and that George was William's father, however no proof has been cited.See a disclaimer by Marilyn Mainey in the Addendum indicating our lack of positive proof.We do strongly believe that the relationship exists.Where we differ from Frances is that we believe George may be the son of Edward's son Edward.Edward the 1st came to America from England, November 28, 1656.A Goodson researcher indicates that Edward was Christened on the 26 Sep 1619 in Weston Turville, Buckinghamshire England.If Edward was Christened at birth 1619 and George was born abt. 1717 it hardly seems likely that George would bethe son of Edward the 1st.
Children of George Goodson and Sarah Mandue are:
+William (1) Goodson, b. 1750, Edgecombe County, NC, d. Bet. 1800 - 1818, Lincoln County, NC or Rutherford Co..

William (1) Goodson (son of George Goodson and Sarah Mandue) was born 1750 in Edgecombe County, NC, and died Bet. 1800 - 1818 in Lincoln County, NC or Rutherford Co..He married Mary Patton on Abt. 1775.
More About William (1) Goodson:
Died 2: Abt. 1800
More About William (1) Goodson and Mary Patton:
Marriage 1: Abt. 1775
Marriage 2: Bet. 1775 - 1780
Children of William (1) Goodson and Mary Patton are:
William (2) Goodson, b. Abt. 1782, Lincoln Co., NC.
Jane Goodson, b. 1783, Upper Hoyles Creek, Tryon Co., NC, d. Jan 1854.
Anna Goodson, b. 13 Jan 1785, Rutherford Co. NC.
+Michael P Goodson, b. 1787, Lincoln Co., NC, d. 1840, Gibson, TN.
Champion Goodson, b. Abt. 1790, NC.
Elizabeth Goodson, b. Abt. 1792, NC.
John Goodson, b. 1796, NC.
Benjamin Goodson, b. Abt. 1798, NC.
+Andrew Goodson, b. 1804, NC, d. 1856, White Co. TN.

end of profile

George married Sarah Mandue in ~1737-1742 in (Isle of Wight County, Virginia). Sarah (daughter of Thomas Mandue, Jr. and Hannah (Bourne)) was born in 1717 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia; died in ~1770 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 1717, Bertie County, North Carolina
• Alt Death: 1770, North Carolina

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Death: 1737, Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Edward married Mary Thomas on 13 Nov 1702 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Phillip Thomas, The Immigrant and Sarah LNU) was born in 1682 in (Isle of Wight County) Virginia; died in 1740 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

18 Mar 2006:

Descendancy Chart of Thomas Mandue of Isle of Wight County, Virginia

(A collateral line)

Questions, comments email at fkroots@aol.com

I. THOMAS MANDUE SR married SARAH (--?--).

A. THOMAS MANDUE JR married HANNAH (--?--) at Isle of Wight, Virginia. He was born at Isle of Wight, Virginia. He died after 17 Apr 1736 at Bertie, North Carolina.


1. SARAH MANDUE married GEORGE GOODSON. She was born at Isle of Wight, Virginia.


2. MARY MANDUE married EDWARD GOODSON. She was born at Isle of Wight, Virginia.


17 Jul 2007

http://www.tombunn.com/OwenHannah.htm

Isle of Wright Deed Book 1, 1688-1704, page 351.



28 Feb 1701/02. Owen Bourn of Isle of Wright Co., and my wife Hannah to Thomas Mandue Jr. .... 100 acres situated on Main Blackwater River, Isle of Wright Co., being one-half of conveyance to me granted by Capt. Hugh Campbell for 200 acres date 19 Feb 1698 .... beginning for a branch called Richard Brasswell Branch .... along Main Branch .... this 28th Feb 1701/02.

Witness: Richard Brasswell, Jenkin Dorman.

Signed Owen (X) Bourn, Hannah (X) Bourn.

Acknowledged in open court Isle of Wright Co., VA, May 1702, by Owen and Hannah his wife.

Thomas married Hannah (Bourne)Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Hannah was born in (Isle of Wight County, Virginia). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 28 Nov 1656, (Isle of Wight County) Virginia and sponsored by William Blackey

Notes:

"Cavaliers & Pioneers", p. 342, by Nugent;

Came to America, November 28, 1656, sponsored by William Blackey. Blackey received 1000 acres of land in New Kent County, Virginia, on the east side of Little Queen's Creek: running by land patented by M. Thomas Vause, to land of William Cox, transportation of 20 persons, among whom was Edward Goodson

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24 Jul 2007

http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=goodson

Surname: Goodson

This interesting surname is a metronymic form of the Middle English female given name "Godeve", from the old English pre 7th Century personal name "Godgifu", composed of the elements "god" meaning good or god plus "gifu" a gift. The personal name may also be Godith from the old English "Godguth", "god" meaning good or god plus "guth" a battle. "Godit" (without surname), appears in the Rotuli Chartarum in 1199 and "Godith", is noted in the 1206 Curia Regis Rolls of Bedfordshire.

In the modern idiom the surname can be found in several spellings including Goodison, Gooderson, Goodinson and Goodson.

The surname is first recorded in the early half of the 14th Century (see below). Robert Guditson and John Godyeson are registered in the 1379 Poll Tax Returns of Yorkshire. On July 3rd 1680, John, son of Barnard and Lydia Goodison was christened at St. Mary Whitechapel Stepney.

The marriage of Benjamin Goodison and Sarah Cooper took place at St. Bride, Fleet St., London on August 13th 1723.

William Goodison married Elizabeth Harris on January 5th 1632, at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, Westminster.

A coat of arms granted to the family consists of a paly of six, silver and red, and on a blue chief three silver mullets. On the crest is a peacock's head proper.

The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Nicholas Godithson, which was dated 1332, in the "Subsidy Rolls of Cumberland", during the reign of King Edward 111, known as "The Father of the Navy", 1327 - 1377.

Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

© Copyright: Name Orgin Research www.surnamedb.com 1980 - 2007

Edward Goodson 1643 England - 1714 VA.
Posted by: Glenda (ID *****6841)
Date: June 13, 2005 at 12:16:54

of 833

Did anyone find the Goodsons' before Edward Goodson 1643-1714?...or any information on them. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.

1. EDWARD GOODSON (Sr) (1643, Eng, - 1714, VA) (Marr: 1670, Nansemond Co., VA)
Spouse: Eliza Rushin ( 1652 - 1715, VA)
Children: 1. Edward Goodson (Jr), (1674,VA-1737, VA)

2. EDWARD GOODSON (Jr) (1674, VA - 1737, VA)(Marr: 1702)
Spouse: Mary THOMAS (1682, VA - 1740, VA)
Children: 1. Edward GOODSON (1706) (Marr: Mary MANDUE), 2. George GOODSON (1710, Isle of Wright Co., VA - 09/15/1763, Edgecombe Co., NC) (Marr: Sarah MANDUE, sister to Mary).

3. GEORGE GOODSON (1710, Isle of Wright Co., VA - 09/15/1763, Edgecombe Co., NC)
Spouse: Sarah MANDUE (1717, NC - 1770, NC)
Children: 1. Edward GOODSON (1738, VA - ?), 2. Mandue GOODSON (1740, NC - ?), 3. George GOODSON (1742 - ?), 4. Mathew GOODSON (1745 - ?), 5. Arthur GOODSON (1747 - ?), 6. William (1)GOODSON (1750, Edgecombe Co., NC - ABT 1800/1818) (Marr: 1775 to Mary PATTON).

4. WILLIAM (1) GOODSON (1750, Edgecombe Co., NC - ABT 1800/1818) (Marr: ABT 1775/1780)
Spouse: Mary PATTON (? - AFT 1800)
Children: 1. Jane GOODSON (ABT 1771/1781 - 01/1854) (Marr: 1800 to Michael Stroup), 2. William (2) GOODSON (ABT 1782, Lincoln Co., NC - AFT 1848) (Marr: 1805 to Rebeckah GOODSON , a cousin), 3. Anna GOODSON (01/13/1785 - 11/18/1868) (Marr: 1802 to William Womack), 4. Michael GOODSON (ABT 1787 - ?) (Marr: 1812 to Lydia Vestal), 5. Champion GOODSON (ABT 1790 - ?) (Marr: 1810 to Barbary Buff), 6. Elizabeth GOODSON (ABT 1792 - AFT 1850) (Marr: John? Cobb), 7. John GOODSON (1796 - ?) (Marr: to Nancy Cantrell), 8. Benjamin GOODSON (ABT 1798 - 08/27/1844, Tuskalooska Co., Alabama) (Marr: 1813 to Nancy C. Richardson), 9. Andrew GOODSON (ABT 1799 - ?)

Note: Know not of relevance to our family, however am attaching as possible clue...DAH


From "The Originals List of Persons of Quality" (1600-1700), pp. 73-75;

"Passenger Which Passed from Ye Port of London

2 Maij 1635


Theis under-written names are to be transported to ye Barbadoes imbarqued in the ALEXANDER (ship) Capt: Burche and Gilbert Grimes Mr p Cerificate from the Minister where they late dwelt the Men tooke the oaths of Alleg. (of) Supremacie die et A prd

GEO: MERRIMAN age 41."


ibid, pp. 124-125;

21 Aug 1635


"Theis under-written names are to be transported to Virginea, embarqued in the GEORGE (ship) JO: SEVERNE mr bound theither p examination of the Minister of Gravesend .

JO: GOODSON age 25
SARA MERRIMAN age 20"

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18 Mar 2006:

http://genforum.genealogy.com/rushing/messages/545.html


Re: eliza rushin wife of edward goodson

Posted by: ira rushing Date: February 25, 2000 at 04:09:16

In Reply to: Re: eliza rushin wife of edward goodson by James Elwood Rushing of 2276


the information on eliza rushing as being the wife of edward goodson is on the internet. gedhtree version 1.04 by gary welker. it stated that eliza rushing is the daughter of mathew rushing sr. i have been told that if a person who is the breadwinner of a family and he dies, his children are orphans, and the mother is still living. as in the case of my gggrandfather jesse rushing died in 1867, leaving 4 children. the courts declared them orphans, even though their mother was still living. i have several legal documents stating this. i can only find one instance where edward goodson and mathew rushing received received a land grant.


http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?goodson::rushing::1838.html


Re: Mathew and Francis Rushing of Edgecombe

Posted by: John Rushing (ID *****8860) Date: July 25, 2002 at 00:25:41

In Reply to: Re: Mathew and Francis Rushing of Edgecombe by Ira Rushing of 2276


Ira: once again, you impress me. Thank you for sharing. In VIRGINIA COLONIAL ABSTRACTS, Vol. 13. Charles City County Court Records. 1685. by Beverly Fleet. page 3. Abstract. "Jno Gallose hath turned Mathew Russhin out of doores the Orph'n of Mathew Russhin dec'ed and otherwise evilly intreated him". At orphans request John Wallis app'd guardian. Gallose seems to have been the second husband of Mathew Senior's widow. I assumed that Wallis was married at the time.

The Goodson Family states that Edward Goodson married Eliza Rushin(g). If so, that may be the Mathew Junior/ Ed. Goodson connection. By the way, Arthur Allen recorded his survey of Matt/Eds Isle of Wight property on 10 April 1707. English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records. Gen. Pub. Co., 1981. So they were there before 1714.

I knew that the name of the wives of Wallis and Munford was Sarah. I did not know they were the same woman. If you look up the Munford family on the internet I think you will find that the maiden name of Sarah was Wyatt. It may have had an "e" on the end.

Who was Randal Mattux? In Charles City County Court Orders ( at a Court holden at Westopher, 10 Nov 1691), "Clerk to deliver to Randal Mattux his bond of Russhin's estate"
In a twenty or thirty year old query bulletin called THE NORTH CAROLINIAN, one writer in wrote "William McKinne, c1725-1793, lived in that part of Dobbs Co. which became Wayne Co. He was undoubtedly the son of Mary Rushing Mckinne. (Son or grandson of Barnaby Mackenie, neighbor of Mat Rushing???) .

Thanks again, keep in touch................. John

A Rushing Timeline...

1661- 1662 Mathew Rushing is on a Jury Panel in Charles City County, Virginia. This sets the time frame for the first American mainland Rushing records.

1667 James Russhin acquires an indenture (debt or purchase) in New Kent County, Virginia.

1679 William Russhin dies and leaves an estate to his orphan named Mathew Russhin in Charles City County, Virginia

1690 Mathew Russhin comes of age and claims his fathers estate.

1714 Mathew Russin and Edward Goodson given a Virginia 'Headrights' land grant by the Royal governor of Virginia. This Edward Goodson has many land dealings with Matthew Rushing. "Matthew Rushing and wife Elizabeth" is how he diligently spelled his name in all records prepared by him or his lawyer, but in abstracts his last name is spelled Ruskin or Russin and often the second t dropped from his first name.

1742 David Russan comes to Virginia aboard the ship Duke of Cumberland from Bristol, England. Could one of the lines we attribute to the Carolina Rushings be from him?

1750's The Rushing surname with some variations in spelling begin to appear in Anson County, North Carolina land records. William appears to be one of the first names.

1790 At a time when there were only eight hundred families enumerated in the Fayette district of Anson County, North Carolina fifteen of them are Rushings. The 1790 Virginia Census is lost but the Rushing surname appears to be gone from Virginia by this time.

2005/6 seven Rushings from the USA and from widely varied unconnected lines of the U.S. surname Rushing and one Rushen from England test with DNA showing that the we all share a common genetic ancestor. This proves the origins of this Rushen from England and the Rushings in the USA are the same and that most, if not all, U.S. Rushings have a common ancestor. The sample includes known descendants of the North Carolina and South Carolina Rushings that went to Alabama.

Click here for an 85-page commentary on Edward and some of his children written by Frances A. Goodson, 1976... http://mclendon.info/files/Goodson.pdf

Another Registry for Edward Goodson, the Immigrant... http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/n/i/Jo-G-Knight/GENE12-0001.html

Edward married Eliza Rushing in ~1670 in Nansemond County, Virginia. Eliza (daughter of Matthew Rushing, Sr., The Immigrant and unnamed spouse) was born in 1652 in (Clare, Suffolk, England); died in 1715 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 1652, Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Notes:

Click here to view a conflicting pedigree for Eliza: http://www.rushings.info/d0004/g0000004.html#I07394

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Death: 9 Feb 1703, Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Notes:

Came to Virginia before 1635...."Virginia Genealogies", by Boddie.

Phillip married Sarah LNU(Virginia). Sarah was born about 1640. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

17 Jul 2007

http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/6598/raiford.htm


VIRGINIA CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS
Submitted by Raiford Pittman

PATENT BOOK NO. 6

P. 238

THOMAS MANDUE, 320 acs., Is. of W. Co., on brs. of the Black Water, 20 Apr. 1682, p. 165.Begin at George Perce's land, in possession of Phillip Wrayford; to Mathew Strickland; to the Coblers line, &c. Trans of 7 pers: Tho. Parker, Richd Stanly, Christopher Ellis, Samll. Bott, John Phillips, Jeter Moore, Tho. Anderson.

PATENT BOOK NO. 9

P. 5

WILLIAM CARVER, 45 acs., Low. Par. of Is. of Wight Co; adj. Thomas Mandue & Phillip Wrayford; 25 Oct. 1695. P. 23. Imp. of: John Ashden .

Thomas married Sarah Regan(Virginia). Sarah was born before 1689 in (Bertie County) North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The "Rushing" Brothers

We find a family in England's records of a William Rushen with several sons, three of which are named William, John and Mathew. They are in parish registers of Clare, Suffolk County, England. The records show slightly different surname spellings among the brothers and sisters from two different sources. The Rushen, Rushin and Rushing surname spellings occur in this family from both sources, the Mormon Church's transcripts and the Anglican Church's transcripts of the Clare church's parish registers. As we know these given names also appear in abundance on the American side of the ocean while others common names of the period that should, do not appear in this family. It would be great to finally prove the kinship of our Virginia William, John and Mathew, could these brothers be the American John and Mathew Rushing? The timeline, ages, migration pattern, spelling variations, and the way the names flow through the family on both sides of the ocean are the same.

William, Mathew and John Rushen were militiamen for Clare in the Hundred of Risbridge in the year 1638. Sources note that "In 1648 Colchester was put under siege by the Roundheads. On August 28th the Royalists surrendered and the prisoners were marched to the south coast ports, put on boats and sent as slaves to the West Indies. Although history books say the prisoners were allowed to return home on the 29th after taking an oath to support the parliament, deportation of loyalists continued till 1657, the leaders of the loyalists were executed the next day at Colchester (29 Aug. 1648).

Genetic genealogy (DNA) testing has shown that Peter Rushen of England and several varied United States Rushing family lines share a recent common ancestor (99.96% within 24 generations). Except for obvious non-paternal events all Rushings in the U.S. share a common ancestor and also the genetic "Viking gene" haplogroup I1A.

A search of P. W. Coldham's extensive works on ship and emigration records did not turn up these names however variations of our surname appear in the various Barbados records long before the first documented arrival of Rushing surname variation appears.

Rushen, Russin, Rushem, Rushin, Ruskin and Rushlin of Barbados "International Records: English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800 Marriages, Wills and Administrations, Baptisms. 6 volumes" English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800 Barbados' surviving parish registers were copied during the mid-19th century and are now housed in the Barbados Department of Archives. William or Matthew are not found in the Barbados archive but James is clearly found there with some others.

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. Copyright 1979. "Barbados Records, Wills and Administrations Volume I", SANDERS, Joanne McRee

"Barbados Marriages Volume I, 1643-1800." ST. MICHAEL PARISH MAY 6 1721 Benja: Ruskin & Kathan: Edwards [Marriage Record]

There is a James Rushen listed as a white British settler in Christ Church Parish, Barbados [James arrived from London, England between 1639 - 1654]. He and his wife Ursala (Maiden name Wathmoll from transcripts of the Barbados marriage records, Volume 1, Jan. 30, 1654) and children Francis and Prudence Rushen disappear from Barbados after 1659. A James Rushin appears in 1667 New Kent County, Virginia with a debt.

Sanders Publishing Company. Copyright 1982. "Barbados Records, Wills and Administrations Volume II", SANDERS, Joanne McRee

HOWARD, Henry 3 Apr 1658, RB6/13, p. 238
Wf Mary Howard* - Xtrx & land in Christ Church Parish bounding Maj. Robert Haccett, Merris Eavrns, Robert Watkins, Thomas Vinton, & Capt. William Balston; mentions Irish servant Mathew Flennaugh; friends henry Strowd & Lt. Stephen Brown - Overseers. signed Henry (x) Howard
Wit: John Bradshaw, James Ruskin, [This is James Rushen] Will (x) Ashburner
Proved 20 July 1658

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. Copyright 1979. "Barbados Records, Wills and Administrations Volume I", SANDERS, Joanne McRee:

MAKERNES, William of London 17 Dec 1689, RB6/41, p. 465

Cousin Peter Makernes, his dau; the 3 sons of uncle John Baslee; sis Mary Page; Richard Hands shoemaker at Northhampton; Mr. Withorne of the same place; cousin & God dau Ann Makernes & her sis Mary Makernes; uncle Chaplin; John Ruslin and his wf and dau Prude Ruslin*[sp?] [This is James Rushen & wife and daughter]; negro Judith - freedom; negro Henry - his freedom at 21; bro Robert Makernes - Xtr.

signed William Makerness

Wit: Abraham Whood, John Potter, Nathaniel Enderby sworn by Jno: Rocke notary public

Memo, page 466, Power of Atty 26 Aug 1700: Robert Monk* of Farnham, Co. Surry apothecary & surgeon & Mary Monk* his wf Admx of the will of William Makernes heretofore of Bdos merchant or planter, late of London merchant decd. Appoint Thomas Pilgrim of Bdos merchant or planter our Atty to sue for recovery from William Griffith of Bdos merchant or planter surviving Xtr of the will of Thomas Page late of Bdos merchant or planter decd & of the front ____ Coates of Bdos widow & Xtrx of James Coates Esq of Bdos decd. Wit: Stephen Smither, John Smither, Mary Dare Dep, Stephen Smither of Farcham, Co. Surry carryer age 29

Proved 27 Aug 1700 London, 1 Dec 1701 Bdos

Haviland, Ann, widow 18 Nov 1692, RB6/3, p. 45
Aunt Alice Burdrix, the wf of Rosswell Burdrix of Southwark in London; neice Catherine Farchason; kinsman Thomas Farchason; cousin John Farcheason; Xtrs - Thomas Quantine Esq and Richard Turner of Bdos. signed Ann Haviland
Wit: Tho: Hogan, Jasper Bullard, John Leagan, Thomas Rushell [This is Thomas Rushing a Barbados land owner]
Proved 26 Nov 1692
Haviland, Ann, widow
18 Nov 1692, RB6/3, p. 69
Aunt Alice Burdrix, the wf of Roswell Burdrix of Southwark in London; neice Katherine Fercharson; cousin Thomas Fercharson; cousin John Fercharson; Xtrs - Thomas Quintyne Esq and Richard Turner of Bdos. signed Ann (x) Haviland
Wit: Thomas Hogan, Jasper Bullard, John Legay, Thomas Rushee [This is also Thomas Rushing]
Cod, 18 Nov 1692, Elizabeth Hagen, dau of Thomas Hagen.
Proved 26 Nov 1692

Barbados , settled by the British in 1627, served as a point of origin for many settlers who eventually settled in Virginia, Georgia, the Carolinas. As a result, many early American families can trace their origins in the New World first to Barbados. Most of the more than 40,000 original white British settlers left Barbados for the American colonies after the 'Sugar Revolution' of the 1650's.

A few extremely rich sugar 'Barons' had taken the farmland away from the small cotton and tobacco farmers to plant the more profitable sugar. Cotton and tobacco did not do well in the climate and soil of the island while sugar did. James' surname is spelled Rushen, Rushem and Rushkin in the Barbados records. Could this James also be one of the progenitors of the Rushins, Rushens or Rushings in American Virginia? There is evidence for a James Rushing in 1667 in New Kent County Virginia.

William and Mathew Rushing of Virginia

When searching the Virginia archives for variation of the Rushing surname you find the documents on this page. As with any documents some interpretation is necessary. They are presented here so that the reader can find the meanings for themselves. The author's comments are included so another researcher can see how these conclusions were reached. It is twice stated that Mathew is the son of William Russhin and twice stated that he is the orphan of Mathew Russhin.

Both William and Mathew died abt. 1678, in 1679 the courts order John Galloes, who married the widow of Mathew Rushing, the administrator for Mathew Rushing's estate in 1679 and, separately James Munford is ordered to hold William Russhin's estate away from Sara Wallis who has "unjustly detained" William's son, another Mathew [last names are spelled Russhin] the same year. The confusion comes about in 1685 when the Orphan of Mathew Rushing also petitions the court for a change in guardianship to John Wallis and is put out of the home of John Galloes who is Mathew Rushing's Administrator and Husband of Mathew Rushing's natural mother. So why are they calling him an orphan if his mother is still alive? The 1685 Charles City County, a Virginia record entry answers this, and confuses the kinship. Here he is the orphan of Mathew Rushing, Mathew being the more widely accepted name for Mathew's father [Mrs. Rushing Galloes is deceased by 1685].

In 1679, Wm Russhin's estate held in escrow by James Munford, Sara Wallis being unable to post a security bond for Wm.'s estate. By 1790 James Munford has died and Wm. Russhin's estate is in the hands of James Munford's widow Sara Munford.

Matthew Russhin first gains his liberty from Sara Wallis in June, 1690. Then in a separate court action "on motion of Mathew Russhin" Wm Russhin's estate is "set aside and secured" in Mathew Russhin's name in Sept. 1690, from the widow Sara Munford and (James Munford's) children's property. There are two separate Saras and two separate estates established by the court, William and Mathew were contemporary and William's son is also named Mathew? This is unlikely and it is fair to combine the two parents of young Mathew as one Mathew Rushing with a second son named William. The records of ensuing generations in Anson County, NC will then make sense, and the earlier Virginia records do not show a William but there is a Mathew Rushing.
Charles City County, VA Court Transcripts.1679 Page 114 transcribed: "Page 406 cont. - Admin, Granted JNO. Galloes on the estate of Matthew Rushing as marrying the Relict." 4 August 1679 Page 205

1679,

Widow of Jon. Wallis, Dec'd to procure security for what estate she has in her hands belonging to the orphan of Wm. Russhin, dec'd. or else James Munford to be possessed of that estate. Page 263,

The orphan of Wm. Russhin, petitions court that he is unjustly detained in service of Sarah, relict and adm'x of Jno Wallis, dec'd, prays order for his freedom; and said Sarah, disclaiming and right to said orphan, and said orphan's estate being secured in hands of James Munford, Court therefore sets orphan at liberty.

1685

Page 359, Page 3 [Modern Numbering] December 1685
Abstract: "Jno. Galloes hath turned Mathew Russhin out of doores the Orph'n of Mathew Russhin dec'ed and otherwise evilly entreated him". At orphans request John Wallis app'd gaurdian. Page 285,

3 June, 1690

At Westopher at Charles City Co., Court. On motion of Mathew Russhin, an orphan, the widow of James Munford, dec'd, is to be summoned to next court to answer what said orphan shall exhibit against her.

Page 300,

Ordered that widow of Ja. Munford, dec'd give good security at next orphan's court for what she has belonging to Mathew Russhin.

Page 303,

Charles City Co., VA. At orphans court held at Westopher, 15 Sept., 1690
Sept. 15 1690 ... [List of Justices Presiding.]...

On 23rd. this month Mr. Jn. Hardiman, Mr. Richard Bland and Mr. Jon. Woodleife to divide the goods and chattels of Ja. Munford. dec'd. between Sarah the relict, and children of dec'd; but before dividing, what estate was in Munford's hands belonging to Mathew Russhin, an orphan, to be set aside and secured.
End of Transcript Series 1678 - 1690

Earlier Records of Mathew in Charles City County, VA

In other Virginia records we find Mathew Rushing in documents dated 1661 and 1662 in, and James Rushen in 1667 New Kent County when an indenture is ordered. "Charles City County Court Orders 1661-1664"

Page 326

At Westopher, 4 January1661, Morgan Jones ord to deliver to Mathew Rushing 3 bbl corn left in his custody.

Page 383

At Chaplins, A jury of inquest impaneled the 16th of M'ch 1662 upon the death of a serv't man ... jury members included Math. Rushing.

"VIRGINIA COLONIAL ABSTRACTS Vol. XII" by Beverly Fleet, © 1961

These documents help establish the time frame of the arrival of the first Rushings in America. Again I must thank Peter Rushen of England and John Thomas Rushing of San Diego, CA for helping me find where to look next. The emigration project continues, if you have any information that might help please write us.

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Biography
The date of baptism of Mathew Rushin, 2 Jun 1633, is correct, taken from the Clare, Suffolk, England, parish records. No evidence has been found to indicate that this individual came to America and was buried in Virginia. The details of his parents are correct.

Sources
Clare parish records.

WikiTree profile Rushing-89 created through the import of DerrekPrestonWayneSteeleFamily.ged on Oct 14, 2011 by Preston Steele. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Preston and others.

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Matthew married unnamed spouse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]