Legacy From The Estate Of Ambrose Bush

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"Under a power of attorney given by Hyronimus and wife, authorising Jenkins to sell a legacy which the wife was entitled to from the estate of Ambrose Bush, deceased, Jenkins sold the legacy to the defendant in error, Jeremiah Bush.... ."


"Hyronimus" was Pendleton Hieronymus and his wife was Mary (Bush) Hieronymus.  Mary was the daughter of Ambrose Bush and Lucy (Gholson) Bush. 

Kentucky Surveying Mural

The Hieronymus's daughter, Julia, wrote the autobiographical book, Sixty years in a school-room: ..., (excerpted below):

My Grandfather Ambrose, the youngest child [of Philip Bush] save one, married a Gholson a family from whence originated statesmen and orators. My great-uncle, Billy Bush, came to Kentucky with Daniel Boone on his second trip. He was fortunate in securing the fairest portion of the land in Clarke County...from Winchester to Boonesborough. He gave away or sold for a trifle farm after farm to his friends and relatives that they might be induced to settle near him."

Note:  My ex-brother-in-law is the fourth great grandnephew of Ambrose Bush.