Abigail Bush was a daughter of Isaac Bush of Manhattan and Greenwich, Connecticut, and his wife Elizabeth Herrell.
She married James Black on 13 July 1769 at the Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.
She fled to Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut with her husband and children during the British occupation of New York City from 1776 to 1783.
Mother of eight children.
On 24 June 1795, Abigail (Bush) Black was mentioned in the will of her maternal uncle, James Herrell of Montgomery, Ulster County (present-day Orange County), New York, together with her mother Elizabeth (Herrell) Bush and her sister Jane (Bush) Gale.
As a widow, she continued to reside at the home that she had shared with her husband at 95 Beekman Street in Manhattan. The matriarch of a multigenerational household, her home included her daughter Mary and her grandson James Black Burtsell, as well as her son William Black (grocer with "Black and Guerrer" in 1811 and 1812).
Resident of 38 Spruce Street in Manhattan in 1819, in the home of her daughter Jane and her son-in-law Thomas Chapman.
On 11 October 1819, she died of a "lingering illness" thought to have been cancer. She was buried at the Old Brick Presbyterian Church on Beekman Street.
Her remains were reinterred in the family plot at Green-Wood Cemetery on 30 March 1857.
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James Black and Abigail Bush were the parents of the following children.
1. Elizabeth Black, b. 21 November 1770.
2. James Black, b. 28 September 1772.
3. Mary Black, b. 28 February 1775.
4. Jane Black, b. 12 February 1777.
5. John Black, b. 21 February 1779.
6. William Black, b. 21 June 1781.
7. Janet Black, b. 12 November 1783.
8. Robert Black, b. 15 April 1787.
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Grandmother of Philip Black.
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Family records suggest that James and Abigail (Bush) Black raised a child named Catharine Gilmore, who was most probably the same Catharine Gilmore born on 5 June 1758 and baptized on 15 June 1758 at the Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, a daughter of Hugh Gilmore (d. 1764), mariner, and his wife Catharine Pickeman (Pickman, Pikeman, Pinkeman, Pinkerman) who were married on 26 July 1757 at the Church of Saint George in Hempstead, Queens County, New York. Catharine Pickeman was a relative (perhaps a younger sister or a niece) of Captain Robert Pickeman.
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She married James Black on 13 July 1769 at the Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.
She fled to Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut with her husband and children during the British occupation of New York City from 1776 to 1783.
Mother of eight children.
On 24 June 1795, Abigail (Bush) Black was mentioned in the will of her maternal uncle, James Herrell of Montgomery, Ulster County (present-day Orange County), New York, together with her mother Elizabeth (Herrell) Bush and her sister Jane (Bush) Gale.
As a widow, she continued to reside at the home that she had shared with her husband at 95 Beekman Street in Manhattan. The matriarch of a multigenerational household, her home included her daughter Mary and her grandson James Black Burtsell, as well as her son William Black (grocer with "Black and Guerrer" in 1811 and 1812).
Resident of 38 Spruce Street in Manhattan in 1819, in the home of her daughter Jane and her son-in-law Thomas Chapman.
On 11 October 1819, she died of a "lingering illness" thought to have been cancer. She was buried at the Old Brick Presbyterian Church on Beekman Street.
Her remains were reinterred in the family plot at Green-Wood Cemetery on 30 March 1857.
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James Black and Abigail Bush were the parents of the following children.
1. Elizabeth Black, b. 21 November 1770.
2. James Black, b. 28 September 1772.
3. Mary Black, b. 28 February 1775.
4. Jane Black, b. 12 February 1777.
5. John Black, b. 21 February 1779.
6. William Black, b. 21 June 1781.
7. Janet Black, b. 12 November 1783.
8. Robert Black, b. 15 April 1787.
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Grandmother of Philip Black.
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Family records suggest that James and Abigail (Bush) Black raised a child named Catharine Gilmore, who was most probably the same Catharine Gilmore born on 5 June 1758 and baptized on 15 June 1758 at the Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, a daughter of Hugh Gilmore (d. 1764), mariner, and his wife Catharine Pickeman (Pickman, Pikeman, Pinkeman, Pinkerman) who were married on 26 July 1757 at the Church of Saint George in Hempstead, Queens County, New York. Catharine Pickeman was a relative (perhaps a younger sister or a niece) of Captain Robert Pickeman.
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Abigail Bush was a daughter of Isaac Bush of Manhattan and Greenwich, Connecticut, and his wife Elizabeth Herrell.
She married James Black on 13 July 1769 at the Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.
She fled to Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut with her husband and children during the British occupation of New York City from 1776 to 1783.
Mother of eight children.
On 24 June 1795, Abigail (Bush) Black was mentioned in the will of her maternal uncle, James Herrell of Montgomery, Ulster County (present-day Orange County), New York, together with her mother Elizabeth (Herrell) Bush and her sister Jane (Bush) Gale.
As a widow, she continued to reside at the home that she had shared with her husband at 95 Beekman Street in Manhattan. The matriarch of a multigenerational household, her home included her daughter Mary and her grandson James Black Burtsell, as well as her son William Black (grocer with "Black and Guerrer" in 1811 and 1812).
Resident of 38 Spruce Street in Manhattan in 1819, in the home of her daughter Jane and her son-in-law Thomas Chapman.
On 11 October 1819, she died of a "lingering illness" thought to have been cancer. She was buried at the Old Brick Presbyterian Church on Beekman Street.
Her remains were reinterred in the family plot at Green-Wood Cemetery on 30 March 1857.
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James Black and Abigail Bush were the parents of the following children.
1. Elizabeth Black, b. 21 November 1770.
2. James Black, b. 28 September 1772.
3. Mary Black, b. 28 February 1775.
4. Jane Black, b. 12 February 1777.
5. John Black, b. 21 February 1779.
6. William Black, b. 21 June 1781.
7. Janet Black, b. 12 November 1783.
8. Robert Black, b. 15 April 1787.
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Grandmother of Philip Black.
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Family records suggest that James and Abigail (Bush) Black raised a child named Catharine Gilmore, who was most probably the same Catharine Gilmore born on 5 June 1758 and baptized on 15 June 1758 at the Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, a daughter of Hugh Gilmore (d. 1764), mariner, and his wife Catharine Pickeman (Pickman, Pikeman, Pinkeman, Pinkerman) who were married on 26 July 1757 at the Church of Saint George in Hempstead, Queens County, New York. Catharine Pickeman was a relative (perhaps a younger sister or a niece) of Captain Robert Pickeman.
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She married James Black on 13 July 1769 at the Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.
She fled to Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut with her husband and children during the British occupation of New York City from 1776 to 1783.
Mother of eight children.
On 24 June 1795, Abigail (Bush) Black was mentioned in the will of her maternal uncle, James Herrell of Montgomery, Ulster County (present-day Orange County), New York, together with her mother Elizabeth (Herrell) Bush and her sister Jane (Bush) Gale.
As a widow, she continued to reside at the home that she had shared with her husband at 95 Beekman Street in Manhattan. The matriarch of a multigenerational household, her home included her daughter Mary and her grandson James Black Burtsell, as well as her son William Black (grocer with "Black and Guerrer" in 1811 and 1812).
Resident of 38 Spruce Street in Manhattan in 1819, in the home of her daughter Jane and her son-in-law Thomas Chapman.
On 11 October 1819, she died of a "lingering illness" thought to have been cancer. She was buried at the Old Brick Presbyterian Church on Beekman Street.
Her remains were reinterred in the family plot at Green-Wood Cemetery on 30 March 1857.
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James Black and Abigail Bush were the parents of the following children.
1. Elizabeth Black, b. 21 November 1770.
2. James Black, b. 28 September 1772.
3. Mary Black, b. 28 February 1775.
4. Jane Black, b. 12 February 1777.
5. John Black, b. 21 February 1779.
6. William Black, b. 21 June 1781.
7. Janet Black, b. 12 November 1783.
8. Robert Black, b. 15 April 1787.
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Grandmother of Philip Black.
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Family records suggest that James and Abigail (Bush) Black raised a child named Catharine Gilmore, who was most probably the same Catharine Gilmore born on 5 June 1758 and baptized on 15 June 1758 at the Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, a daughter of Hugh Gilmore (d. 1764), mariner, and his wife Catharine Pickeman (Pickman, Pikeman, Pinkeman, Pinkerman) who were married on 26 July 1757 at the Church of Saint George in Hempstead, Queens County, New York. Catharine Pickeman was a relative (perhaps a younger sister or a niece) of Captain Robert Pickeman.
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Gravesite Details
Reinterred at Green-Wood Cemetery on 30 March 1857.
