Constellation Similarity Assertions
Brush, Crean, approximately 1725-1778
Crean Brush emigrated to New York from Ireland in 1762. From 1773-1775 he served in the New York legislature as a representative of the town of Wesminster, in what would later become Vermont, where he had accumulated extensive land holdings. During the Revolutionary War he served under British General Gage and was imprisoned by Revolutionary forces. Having lost his property, he committed suicide after the war ended.
From the description of Crean Brush account books, 1765-1766. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 704546958
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Brush, Crean, c.1725-1779.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s549hn (person)
Crean Brush was born in Dublin, Ireland circa 1725, and was educated to the profession of law. Brush's first wife was a Miss Cushing (d.1758). His second wife was Margaret Montuzan, mother of the second wife of Ethan Allen. Brush left Ireland for America around 1762 and was first employed as a secretary of the province of New York. By 1764 Brush was a licensed attorney in all the king's courts of the province. In 1771 Brush left New York and settled in Westminster, VT where he was a...
