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'''Timothy Bush, Sr.''' (c. 1728 - c. 1815) - [[soldier]].
Bush was a soldier in the [[French and Indian War|French and Indian Wars]] and a Captain in the [[American Revolution]] and is the great-great-great-great-great grandfather of president [[George W. Bush]].
He is assumed to be the son of [[Richard Bush]] and Mary Fairbanks both of [[Dedham, Massachusetts]]. Mary's uncle [[George Fairbanks]] was an ancestor of American President [[William H. Taft]].
Bush served in the French and Indian Wars as a soldier between 1755 and 1757. He married Deborah House the daughter of John House on April 12, 1759 in [[Hebron, Connecticut]]. They had five children after which they relocated to [[Norwich, Vermont]] where Bush was a Captain of a militia company.
By training he was a blacksmith but when the American Revolution broke out militia Captain Bush led a company of soldiers for the [[Continental Army]]. The family moved around [[1810]] to Springport, in Cayuga County in the [[Rochester, New York]] area. He died in [[Springport, New York]] in 1815.
Through his son Timothy Bush, Jr., who was also a blacksmith, descended two American Presidents -[[George H. W. Bush]] and George W. Bush.
Bush was a soldier in the [[French and Indian War|French and Indian Wars]] and a Captain in the [[American Revolution]] and is the great-great-great-great-great grandfather of president [[George W. Bush]].
He is assumed to be the son of [[Richard Bush]] and Mary Fairbanks both of [[Dedham, Massachusetts]]. Mary's uncle [[George Fairbanks]] was an ancestor of American President [[William H. Taft]].
Bush served in the French and Indian Wars as a soldier between 1755 and 1757. He married Deborah House the daughter of John House on April 12, 1759 in [[Hebron, Connecticut]]. They had five children after which they relocated to [[Norwich, Vermont]] where Bush was a Captain of a militia company.
By training he was a blacksmith but when the American Revolution broke out militia Captain Bush led a company of soldiers for the [[Continental Army]]. The family moved around [[1810]] to Springport, in Cayuga County in the [[Rochester, New York]] area. He died in [[Springport, New York]] in 1815.
Through his son Timothy Bush, Jr., who was also a blacksmith, descended two American Presidents -[[George H. W. Bush]] and George W. Bush.