The Proeger Family · Generation 8 — Earl's earliest known

Rachel Martin Bush

Mother of Lucy Bush · 1767–1860

Rachel Martin Bush

Probable

Mother of Lucy Bush · 1767–1860

Parents
Lieut. John Martin & Rachel Pace
Sources
8

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE — from compiled lineage books only: SAR application 27139 S498 and DAR Lineage Book no. 141325 S500. The DAR book makes her Francis Bush's second wife, so she may be Lucy's stepmother rather than her mother. Her parents: John Martin and Rachel Pierce by a supplemental SAR application and the DAR S764S500, the Pace family book says Rachel Pace S749. This record goes with Rachel Pierce as probable and keeps Pace as the alternate reading

Evidence: SAR application 27139 and DAR Lineage Book no. 141325, which calls her Francis Bush's second wife; a Rachel Bush, 45 or over, heading a Clark County household in 1820; Rachael Bush, 93, blind, with Fielding Bush in Clark County in 1860; a supplemental SAR application naming her parents as John Martin and Rachel Pierce. Weak or missing: She may be Lucy's stepmother, not her mother; the 1820 house has no older man though Francis is said to have lived to 1836; her mother is given here as Rachel Pierce (SAR and DAR), with Rachel Pace (a Pace family book) as the alternate reading. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Note1767
1767–1860 (lineage books)
Census1820
🆕 In 1820 a Rachel Bush, 45 or over, headed a household in Clark County, Kentucky, with two young men and a girl, among the Martin households S650. Her age fits a birth in 1767. The index gives her ten slaves; the image shows none. Probable confirm or correct → What is weak: there is no older man in the house, yet the lineage books have Francis living until 1836. Either he was away or dead by 1820, or this is another Rachel. If you know more, use “Add to this record”. added 26 September 2026.
Death1768
🆕 A Pace family book gives her birth as 22 August 1768 in Fluvanna County, Virginia, her death in 1860, and her parents as John Martin and Rachel Pace, and calls her Francis Bush's second wife S749 Probable confirm or correct →. What is weak: it is a compiled book, not a record; it leaves the marriage year blank; and her age of 93 in 1860 points to 1767, not 1768. added 26 September 2026.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Children1860
🆕 On 26 June 1860 Rachael Bush, 93, blind, born in Virginia, was living in Clark County, Kentucky, with Fielding Bush, 63, a farmer, probably her son S702. It is the first record made in her lifetime that fits the lineage books' 1767 birth and 1860 death. added 26 September 2026.
Parents1915
🆕 Her mother: probably Rachel Pierce; the alternate reading is Rachel Pace. A supplemental SAR application on number 27139, approved in 1915, gives her parents as John Martin (1746–1830), a private in Capt. Samuel Hawes's company of the 2nd Virginia Regiment from 16 September 1775, who settled in Clark County, Kentucky, and was pensioned in 1820, and Rachel Pierce S764. DAR no. 141325 also says Rachel Pierce S500. The Pace family book says Rachel Pace S749. Probable confirm or correct → Why Pierce leads: a lineage application that sets out its evidence for the Revolutionary service, and was checked and approved on it, outweighs a compiled family book that cites nothing for the name, and the DAR entry agrees with it. What is weak: none of the three is a record made in her lifetime, none cites a marriage record for John Martin, and Pierce and Pace could be one name misread. A marriage or probate record naming John Martin's wife would settle it; if you have one, use “Add to this record”. added 26 September 2026; Pierce made the lead reading 27 September 2026.
Parents1768
🆕 Her parents: Lieut. John Martin and Rachel Pace (or Pierce) Probable confirm or correct →. A FamilySearch index of Virginia christenings has a Rachel Martin born 22 August 1768 and christened 15 October 1768 in St James Northam Parish, Goochland County, daughter of John Martin and Rachel Pace S857, and a John Martin married Rachel Peace or Pace in that parish on 3 January 1757 S858. This record, independent of the lineage books, leans to Pace; Earl accepted both parents as probable. What is weak: both are indexes with no image read, and the 1768 child is matched to her by name, parish and date only. added 28 September 2026.

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Probable
Probable mother of Lucy Bush; second wife of Francis Bush

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Rachel Martin Bush · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

8 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S498U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications — national no. 27139, James Marvin Hinkle, 1914. Ancestry record 315470. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Probable A great-grandson's lineage: Colby Burris Quisenberry (1788–1870) and Lucy Bush (1790–1872), married 1810; Lucy the daughter of Francis Bush and Rachel Martin (his second wife); Francis Bush born 23 February 1750, Orange County, Virginia, died 1836, Clark County, a private in the 2nd Virginia. The supplemental line gives Colby's parents as James Quisenberry (1759–1830) and Jane Burris, married 1776. A compiled lineage of 1914, not a record, so the parents are probable. The cover sheet is record 315462.
  2. S500DAR Lineage Book, p. 101, no. 141325: Mrs. Electra Helm Withers. Ancestry record 3600439. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Probable Descent through Joyce Duncan Quisenberry (1828–1911), wife of Joseph H. Withers, from Colby Burris Quisenberry and Lucy Bush; Francis Bush married second Rachel Martin (1767–1860), daughter of Lieut. John Martin and Rachel Pierce. It gives Jane Burris's birth as 1739, where the SAR application (S498) says 1759. Both are recorded.
  3. S6501820 U.S. census — Clark County, Kentucky. Ancestry record 71929. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Rachel Bush, head: one woman 45 or over, two young men 16–26 and a girl 10–16. Next to William, Hudson and John Martin Jr.; Zachariah Bush on the same sheet. The Ancestry index gives her ten slaves; the image shows none. The ten belong to William Martin on the line above.
  4. S7021860 U.S. census, District 2, Clark County, Kentucky, dwelling 220. Ancestry record 39299525. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Rachael Bush, 93, born Virginia, blind, in the household of Fielding Bush, 63, farmer; enumerated 26 June 1860.
  5. S749Noble Hamilton Pace, Pace: One of America's Earliest Emigrant Families, p. 36. Ancestry record 4402087619. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Probable Rachel, born 22 August 1768 in Fluvanna County, Virginia, died 1860, married Francis Bush on 27 February (year left blank) as his second wife; a daughter of John Martin and Rachel Pace. A compiled family book, not a record; it cites Rev. Douglas' Register of Goochland County. The index's “2017” marriage year is not on the page.
  6. S764U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications — national no. 27139, James Marvin Hinkle, supplemental application, 1915. Ancestry record 315493. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Probable A supplemental on the same national number as S498, approved 11 May 1915, carrying Hinkle's line one generation further: through Emily Alice Quisenberry, James Francis Quisenberry, Colby Burris Quisenberry and Lucy Bush, and Francis Bush and Rachel Martin (1767–1860), to her parents John Martin (1746–1830) and Rachel Pierce. John Martin, born in Virginia in 1746, a private in Capt. Samuel Hawes's company, 2nd Virginia Regiment, Continental Line, enlisted 16 September 1775 for three years, on the pay roll to August 1779, settled in Clark County, Kentucky, and was granted a pension in 1820. A compiled lineage claim, not a record; the service comes from War Department files. A Pace family book (S749) names Rachel's mother Rachel Pace; this application and DAR no. 141325 (S500) say Rachel Pierce. Both are kept.
  7. S857FamilySearch index, Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1584–1917 — Rachel Martin, 1768. FamilySearch ark:/61903/1:1:VRRC-WSZ. Index only; no image read (checked 28 September 2026). Probable Rachel Martin, born 22 August 1768, christened 15 October 1768, St James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia; parents John Martin and Rachel Pace. Independent of the SAR and DAR lineages, but an index with no image; it matches Rachel Martin Bush by name, parish and date only (the DAR gives 1767). A search for Rachel Bush, wife of Francis Bush, found nothing relevant.
  8. S858Virginia, Select Marriages (index) — John Martin and Rachel Peace or Pace, 3 January 1757. Indexed from a printed source, FHL 975.5 V2D. Index only; no image read (checked 28 September 2026). Probable John Martin married Rachel Peace (or Pace), 3 January 1757, St James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia. An index of a printed register; the page itself has not been read.

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