KENT OPC

[Adi1962]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I cannot find an OPC site for Kent.

If this is the case then would anyone be interested in working on a Kent OPC site with me ??

Adrian

[Adi1962]

There has been some interest in this and I have now registered a domain and will have a site up within the next week or so, depending on the web hosting company.

the site address will be  http://www.Kent-opc.org.uk

If you do not feel you can commit to taking on a full parish, then any contributions however small will be appreciated and attributed.

[mvsdavies]

Hello,

I was just browsing and noticed your intrest in Bushrod, I also have Bushrod's in Dorset.
 

[Adi1962]

Hi,

I certainly do and in Kent also.

have a look at my website http://adi1962.users.btopenworld.com
all my Bushrod data is there.

There are around Broadmayne before coming to Kent, but one whent back to Litton Cheyney, but have lost his trail.  The Broadmayne Bushrods are the ones that emigrated to America in the 1600's and ran a plantation. Do not know if you know the history there, but basically a daughter maiired the brother of George Washington and there is also a Black Bushrod link decended from the plantation slaves that took the name of the owner.
There a bit at http://www.bushrod.com

Adrian

[mvsdavies]

Hello Adrian

My gt gt grandfather was James Bushrod born in Broadmayne, so far all the Bushrods I have come across have been related.  I had a look on the 1841 census for Broadmayne but couldn't find John, but a lot of it is illegible.  I also had a look on the 1851 indexed census but could not find him.  Do you have any idea who his parents were?
Michelle

[Adi1962]

Michelle,

I will come back in detail tomorrow as all my records are at work and I havn't been actively working on that line for a bit. I am sure I got a copy of the marriage cert from Weymouth and it was not the right one.

Adrian

[Adi1962]

Michelle.

John bushrod - At some stage prior to the birth of his son John 1870 the family moved to Kent. The Son John moved back to Dorset - reason unknown.

I found a John Bushrod marriage to Eliza Norris 10/12/184 at Melcombe Regis/Weymouth which looked good, but the certificate is inconclusive leaning towards not the right one. This john is shown as being a Stone Mason with his Father also called John and also a Stone Mason. My John was a labourer and all evidence suggestes this was agricultural based.
The cert of says both are of "Full age" and both Widowed, this leads me to suspect their were both getting on a bit. My John would have been around 22 at the time of this marriage.

This is one of the frustrating ones where you "know" there is a connection to the Bushrod clan in Broadmayne but just cannot find that link.

I have not yet found anyone that has access to the 1841 Census of Broadmayne, you are the first.
His fathers name, If they followed the trend then Its likely to be John also, which really helps, but I have nothing to go on.

There is also the possability that he was born in Broadmayne but at the time of the Census there were elsewhere.

The information regarding John came via my Cousin who is a Bushrod, he got it from Denise Coppin (née Bushrod) who has a site that you may have seen. I surpose I should really contact her and ask.

What was the birth date of you James ?? Would it put him in the same generation as John

Adrian

[mvsdavies]

Adrian

We are off today for a weekend break so I will have a dig around when I get back.
On the 1841 census there are 18 pages for Broadmayne and about 12 of them are unreadable!
I was in contact for a short while with Denise Coppin 5 or 6 years ago.  I haven't  as yet done much on my Bushrod line, just dabbled here and there and have none of it on the computer. 
I do remember coming across a stone masson but his christian name escapes me at the moment, old age no doubt.
I saw the  USA Bushrod site, do you think the New Forest tree planters thing is right?
With the earliest (that I know of) Bushrod being recorded as Bushrot I wondered if it might not be a Norman name, just a guess.
Michelle

[Adi1962]

Michelle.

Have a good weekend, hopefully its going to be nice.

The New Forest Tree explination, is possible but as they do not give detail of how its arrived at ie the Bush is Saxon for Tree palanter or such, then its a bit take it or leave it for me.

Bushrot is interesting, is it spelt that way on different generations or just one ?  If you assume its not a literacy error then its possibly is imported. Outside nobility doubt if there was great influxes of migrant Normans to England for a good few years after the conquest. Probably too risky, the Saxons would not have been too welcoming methinks. Expect it to be much older than Norman if it is an "English" name, probably Angel or Saxon.

I must adnit I am bit like you, have not done that much on the Bushrod line as it is my paternal Grandmothers family line. Most of what I have came from a cousin.