The Hereditary Order of the Signers of the Bush Declaration is up and
running; the website
www.bushdeclaration.org
There will be an article in the Harford County Genealogical Society
Newsletter in their upcoming issue also included with the Historical Society
of Harford County; and the Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin.
Who Can Join?
Those persons, male or female of the age of 18 years or more, who can prove
a blood relationship to a Signer within the second degree of kinship.
For an application and informational materials, contact the President
General of the Order:
Christopher T. Smithson
Fouding President/President General, HOSBD
4219 Paddrick Road
Darlington, MD 21034-1034
ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP
An applicant must furnish proof of his or her blood relationship within the
second degree of kinship to a Signer of the Bush Declaration on March 22,
1775. By way of explanation see the following:
Direct descent is self-explanatory. The applicant is lineally (directly)
descended from the Signer.
Collateral descent (or 1st degree of kinship) means the applicant's ancestor
and the Signer have the same parents.
Consanguine relation (or 2nd degree of kinship) means the applicant's
ancestor and the Signer have same grandparents.
Should you have any questions about the genealogical issues in the HOSBD
please direct them to the Genealogist General:
Henry C. Peden, Jr.
Genealogist General, HOSBD
707 Bedford Road
Bel Air, MD 21014
pedenroots(a)msn.com
The Signers: Charles Anderson; John Archer; William Bradford Sr.; Thomas
Brice; Samuel Calwell; Richard Dallam; John Donahuy; Greenberry Dorsey; John
Durham; William Fisher Jr.; Aquila Hall; Aquila Hall Jr.; Josias Carvil
Hall; James Harris; Francis Holland; Thomas Johnson; Robert Lemmon; James
Lytle; James McComas; Robert Morgan; William Morgan; Benjamin Bradford
Norris; Aquila Paca; John Patrick; George Patterson; Edward Prall; Alexander
Rigdon; Daniel Scott; William Smith; William Smithson; John Taylor; Edward
Ward; William Webb; Abraham Whitaker.