Andrew Bushong the Pioneer
First Bushong in Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky
Only Bushong with three Transatlantic Crossings
Anton Andreas Boschung, son of Johann Nicholas and Magdalena Boschung. Arrived as a boy on Oct 17, 1732, with a group of German-Swiss Palatines on the Pink "John and William".
In America he Anglicized his name to Anthony Andrew Bushong, going by Andrew.
After the death of his first wife, Andrew went to Europe around 1753 or 1754 and returned on the ship Recovery, on October 23, 1754, to Wilmington, Delaware.
Andrew was married twice, first in about 1744 to Maria Catrina, and second on Nov 6 1759 Catherine. He is thought to have had seven children.
By the first wife
John Henry (1745)
Maria Juliana (1746)
By the second wife
John Bushong (1760-1825)
Jacob (1761-aft 1830)
George Washington Bushong (1768-1852)
Henry (1771-1856)
Valentine
First Bushong in Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky
Only Bushong with three Transatlantic Crossings
Anton Andreas Boschung, son of Johann Nicholas and Magdalena Boschung. Arrived as a boy on Oct 17, 1732, with a group of German-Swiss Palatines on the Pink "John and William".
In America he Anglicized his name to Anthony Andrew Bushong, going by Andrew.
After the death of his first wife, Andrew went to Europe around 1753 or 1754 and returned on the ship Recovery, on October 23, 1754, to Wilmington, Delaware.
Andrew was married twice, first in about 1744 to Maria Catrina, and second on Nov 6 1759 Catherine. He is thought to have had seven children.
By the first wife
John Henry (1745)
Maria Juliana (1746)
By the second wife
John Bushong (1760-1825)
Jacob (1761-aft 1830)
George Washington Bushong (1768-1852)
Henry (1771-1856)
Valentine
Andrew Bushong the Pioneer
First Bushong in Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky
Only Bushong with three Transatlantic Crossings
Anton Andreas Boschung, son of Johann Nicholas and Magdalena Boschung. Arrived as a boy on Oct 17, 1732, with a group of German-Swiss Palatines on the Pink "John and William".
In America he Anglicized his name to Anthony Andrew Bushong, going by Andrew.
After the death of his first wife, Andrew went to Europe around 1753 or 1754 and returned on the ship Recovery, on October 23, 1754, to Wilmington, Delaware.
Andrew was married twice, first in about 1744 to Maria Catrina, and second on Nov 6 1759 Catherine. He is thought to have had seven children.
By the first wife
John Henry (1745)
Maria Juliana (1746)
By the second wife
John Bushong (1760-1825)
Jacob (1761-aft 1830)
George Washington Bushong (1768-1852)
Henry (1771-1856)
Valentine
First Bushong in Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky
Only Bushong with three Transatlantic Crossings
Anton Andreas Boschung, son of Johann Nicholas and Magdalena Boschung. Arrived as a boy on Oct 17, 1732, with a group of German-Swiss Palatines on the Pink "John and William".
In America he Anglicized his name to Anthony Andrew Bushong, going by Andrew.
After the death of his first wife, Andrew went to Europe around 1753 or 1754 and returned on the ship Recovery, on October 23, 1754, to Wilmington, Delaware.
Andrew was married twice, first in about 1744 to Maria Catrina, and second on Nov 6 1759 Catherine. He is thought to have had seven children.
By the first wife
John Henry (1745)
Maria Juliana (1746)
By the second wife
John Bushong (1760-1825)
Jacob (1761-aft 1830)
George Washington Bushong (1768-1852)
Henry (1771-1856)
Valentine
