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     Elizabeth Bissell was born on 7 February 1748.¹ She was the daughter of Daniel Bissell and Elizabeth Newberry. Elizabeth Bissell died on 8 July 1833 at age 85.¹

     Elizabeth Newberry was born on 28 June 1728.¹ She was the daughter of Roger Newberry Esq. and Elizabeth Wolcott.¹ Elizabeth Newberry married Daniel Bissell, son of Daniel Bissell Jr. and Jerusha Fitch.² Elizabeth Newberry died on 4 June 1749 at age 20.¹

     Daniel Bissell was born on 2 February 1724.¹ He was the son of Daniel Bissell Jr. and Jerusha Fitch. Daniel Bissell married Elizabeth Newberry, daughter of Roger Newberry Esq. and Elizabeth Wolcott.¹ Daniel Bissell died on 28 December 1814 at age 90.¹

     Naomi Hull was born on 17 February 1656.¹ She was the daughter of Josiah Hull and Elizabeth Loomis.^1,2 Naomi Hull married Thomas Burnham, son of Thomas Burnham and Anna Wright, on 4 January 1676/77.³

     Thomas Burnham was born. He was the son of Thomas Burnham and Anna Wright.¹ Thomas Burnham married Naomi Hull, daughter of Josiah Hull and Elizabeth Loomis, on 4 January 1676/77.² Thomas Burnham died on 12 May 1726.¹

     Joseph Pattison was born on 16 October 1833 at Pharos, Antrim, Ireland. He married Delia Sceery, daughter of Edward Sceery and Ellen Gaffney. Joseph Pattison died on 14 July 1915 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, at age 81.

     Delia Sceery was born at Reeds Park, Roscommon, Ireland. She was the daughter of Edward Sceery and Ellen Gaffney. Delia Sceery married Joseph Pattison.

     Joseph Marshall Pattison was born on 15 July 1905 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of George Eugene Pattison and Eva Belle Case. Joseph Marshall Pattison married Della Lepenies. Joseph Marshall Pattison married Ethel Flanagan. Joseph Marshall Pattison died on 1 February 1995 at Home, Library Lane, Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, at age 89.

from the Hartford Courant, Feb 2, 1995:

Joseph Marshall Pattison, 89, . . . had lived in Simsbury for all of his life. Mr. Pattison was a graduate of Simsbury High School, 1923, and Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1927. He was employed as a stockbroker for Shearson Hamill, Hartford, for 42 years prior to his retirement in 1971. He was a member of the First Church of Christ Congregational,Simsbury, and was Chairman of the 250th anniversary Celebration of the church's founding. Mr. Pattison was an active member of the Williams College Alumni Association, served four terms in the Connecticut State Legislature in the 1940s and 1960s, was secretary of the Simsbury Cemetery Association, member of the Fernleigh Lawn Bowling club, West Hartford, the Thistle Club, Hartford, Simsbury Historical Society, Seniors of Simsbury, Hopmeadow Country Club, and a 65-year member of St. Mark's Masonic Lodge No. 36 AF&AM, Simsbury. Mr. Pattison was an original Simsbury Hometown Hero, Justice of the Peace, was a player and manager in the 1930s and 1940s for the Simsbury Town Team in the Farmington Valley Baseball League, and helped found the Simsbury Little League. He was a past member of the City Club, Hartford, and the Golf Club, Avon. . . . Mr. Pattison was loved and admired by all. Memorial funeral service will be Saturday, 2 p.m., in the First Church of Christ Congregational, 689 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury, with the Rev. Robert H. Naylor officiating. Burial will be in the Simsbury Cemetery at the convenience of the family. Friends may call at the Vincent funeral Home, 880 Hopmeadow St. Simsbury, Friday, 7-9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to your favorite Simsbury charity, or Williams College.

     Amy Cordelia Pattison was born on 10 January 1911 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of George Eugene Pattison and Eva Belle Case. Amy Cordelia Pattison married Wilfred Reid on 24 September 1949 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. Amy Cordelia Pattison died on 2 June 1996 at Masonic Home & Hospital, Wallingford, New Haven Co., CT, at age 85.

      Wilfred Reid also went by the name of Fred Reid. He was born on 8 September 1908 at Glasgow, Scotland. He married Amy Cordelia Pattison, daughter of George Eugene Pattison and Eva Belle Case, on 24 September 1949 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. Wilfred Reid died on 24 February 1993 at Masonic Home & Hospital, Wallingford, New Haven Co., CT, at age 84.

     George Murray Pattison was born on 26 January 1913. He was the son of George Eugene Pattison and Eva Belle Case. George Murray Pattison died on 16 July 1980 at Rocky Hill, CT, at age 67.

     Della Lepenies was born on 29 March 1908. She married Joseph Marshall Pattison, son of George Eugene Pattison and Eva Belle Case. Della Lepenies died on 19 May 1989 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, at age 81.

     Ethel Flanagan was born on 17 March 1916. She married Joseph Marshall Pattison, son of George Eugene Pattison and Eva Belle Case. Ethel Flanagan died on 7 June 1982 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, at age 66.

     Lois Viets was born on 29 January 1745 at Newgate, Simsbury, CT.¹ She was the daughter of Capt. John Viets and Lois Phelps.¹ Lois Viets married Jonathan Buttolph, son of Capt. Jonathan Buttolph and Jerusha Dibble, on 25 April 1768 at Newgate, Simsbury, CT.²

     Catherine Viets was born on 7 August 1749 at Newgate, Simsbury, CT.¹ She was the daughter of Capt. John Viets and Lois Phelps.¹ Catherine Viets died on 14 April 1756 at age 6.¹

     Dan Viets was born on 2 July 1751 at Newgate, Simsbury, CT. He was the son of Capt. John Viets and Lois Phelps.

     Dr. Thomas R. Gotthals witnessed the birth of President George Herbert Walker Bush on 12 June 1924 at 173 Adams Street, Milton, Norfolk Co., MA.^2,3

     President George Walker Bush was born on 6 July 1946 at New Haven, New Haven Co., CT.² He was the son of President George Herbert Walker Bush and First Lady Barbara Pierce.¹ President George Walker Bush married First Lady Laura Lane Welch, daughter of Harold Bruce Welch and Jenna Louise Hawkins, on 5 November 1977 at First United Memorial Church, Midland, TX.¹

George Bush and his 2004 Democratic opponent, Senator John Kerry , have a number of common ancestors: Edmund Reade , Henry Herrick , Thomas Richards, John Dwight, Rev. Edward Bukleley, Richard Clapp, Henry Sherman, and John Manning.

President Bush is also related to:

Howard Dean, a contender for the Democratic nomination in 2004; their common ancestor is Samuel Keeler

The Beach Boys, American Pop Icons; their common ancestor is Israel Walker

Gordon Bitner Hinckley, president of the Mormon Church; their common ancestor is Samuel Hinkley

Orrin Grant Hatch, US Senator; their common ancestor is John Brooks

William Howard Taft, US President; their common ancestor is Peter Holbrook

Rutherford Birchard Hayes, US President; their common ancestors are John Parmelee and Nathaniel Foote,

Stephen Grover Cleveland, US President; their common ancestor is Samuel Smith,

Sigourney Weaver, actress; their common ancestor is Nathaniel Foote,

Jamie Lee Curtis, actress; their common ancestor is John Bruen.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill; their common ancestor is Robert Coe,

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet; their common ancestor is Stephen Sampson,

Humphrey DeForest Bogart, actor; their common ancestor is John Parmelee,

Barack Obama, their common Ancestor is Samuel Hinkley.

     Robin Bush was born on 20 December 1949. She was the daughter of President George Herbert Walker Bush and First Lady Barbara Pierce. Robin Bush died on 11 October 1953 at age 3; lukemia.

     Prescott Sheldon Bush Jr. was born in 1922. He was the son of Senator Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker. Prescott Sheldon Bush Jr. died on 23 June 2010 at Hingham, MA.

From the New York Times, 24 June 2010:

Prescott S. Bush Jr., the brother of one president and uncle of another, and a retired insurance executive who tried but never made it far in the family business — politics — died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 87.
Mr. Bush’s death was confirmed by Tracey Bergonzi, a spokeswoman at Keohane Funeral Home in Hingham, Mass., a town where Mr. Bush had lived for several years. The cause of death was unclear.

Besides being the uncle of one president, George W. Bush, and elder brother of another, George Bush, he was the son of a wealthy senator, Prescott S. Bush. Mr. Bush spent much of his career as a businessman, but dabbled in local politics in his home state, Connecticut, for many years, at one point serving as a Republican committee chairman in Greenwich.

And yet in many ways, Mr. Bush, who was born with the use of only one eye, lived in the shadow of his younger brother. Mr. Bush preceded his brother by two years at the prestigious Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., then at Yale, where George Bush became president of his class, captain of the baseball team, and a member of the secret society Skull and Bones.

Prescott Bush Jr. dropped out of college in 1943 to move to South America, where he worked for Pan American Airways, before returning to work on Wall Street. Mr. Bush joined an insurance brokerage firm, Johnson & Higgins, in 1952, and later became a partner, making the daily commute to New York from his home in Greenwich.

But in 1982, with his brother serving as vice president under Ronald Reagan, Mr. Bush sought to take advantage of the family name and enter politics on a grand stage, challenging Lowell P. Weicker, a veteran Connecticut senator who had won nine elections in a row and had never been defeated. Mr. Bush fumbled initially, occasionally forgetting lines on the campaign trail and causing a stir when he joked about illegal immigrants being needed in Greenwich to clean houses.

But he soon won a large following, and rather than hide from his wealthy upbringing or play it down, he spoke of being lucky to come from such circumstances and told audiences he had been taught by his father that he should give back to society through public service. During the race, he repeatedly made the point that he understood the problems of poor Americans because he had worked with charities in tough neighborhoods.

Mr. Bush stunned many across the state when he won resoundingly in a Republican caucus in Fairfield in March 1982. But by the end of July, just five weeks before the Republican primary, Mr. Bush issued another stunner when he abruptly dropped out of the race.

“Accusations had been slowly building that he was too much like his father, in the sense that he hadn’t had a lengthy interest in public service but simply seemed to have seized a political opening now that he was in the financial position to mount a well-funded campaign,” Bill Minutaglio wrote in his biography of George W. Bush, “First Son.”

“It was of course the same nettlesome criticism leveled against his brother and his nephew in Texas — that the Bushes were running because it was what the Bushes did, that the Bushes were craving public office not because they were driven by a burning ideology but because it was their situation in life,” Mr. Minutaglio wrote.

Years later, Mr. Bush would go on to found a nonprofit organization that encourages trade and investment in China.

“Above all else, he was a devoted family man whose philanthropy started at home,” the Bush family said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press. He “loved life, family and friends and lived with a spirit of abundance.”

He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Elizabeth; his son, James Bush; a daughter, Kelsey Bush-Nadeau; and six grandchildren.

     Nancy Bush was born in 1926. She was the daughter of Senator Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker.

     Jonathan James Bush was born in 1931. He was the son of Senator Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker.

     William Henry Trotter Bush was born in 1938. He was the son of Senator Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker.

     Mary Eleanor Bush was born in 1897. She was the daughter of Samuel Prescott Bush and Florence Sheldon. Mary Eleanor Bush died in 1992.

     Margaret Livingston Bush was born in 1899. She was the daughter of Samuel Prescott Bush and Florence Sheldon. Margaret Livingston Bush died in 1993.

     James Smith Bush was born in 1901. He was the son of Samuel Prescott Bush and Florence Sheldon. James Smith Bush married Caroline Lowe Patterson on 19 January 1929. James Smith Bush died in 1978.

     Susan Shellman was born on 20 February 1808 at Savannah, Chatham Co, GA.¹ She was the daughter of John Shellman Jr. and Clarissa Montfort.¹ Susan Shellman married Samuel Howard Fay, son of Samuel Prescott Phillips Fay and Harriet Howard, on 5 July 1825 at Savannah, Chatham Co, GA. Susan Shellman died on 12 January 1887 at age 78.

     Obadiah Newcomb Bush was born on 28 January 1797 at Penfield, Monroe Co., NY.¹ He was the son of Timothy Bush Jr. and Lydia Newcomb. Obadiah Newcomb Bush married Harriet Smith, daughter of Dr. Sanford Smith and Priscilla Whipple, on 8 November 1821 at Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.¹ Obadiah Newcomb Bush died in 1851 at at sea.¹

     Harriet Smith was born on 12 May 1800 at Cambridge, Washington Co., NY.¹ She was the daughter of Dr. Sanford Smith and Priscilla Whipple. Harriet Smith married Obadiah Newcomb Bush, son of Timothy Bush Jr. and Lydia Newcomb, on 8 November 1821 at Rochester, Monroe Co., NY.¹ Harriet Smith died on 21 June 1869 at Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, at age 69.¹

     Dr. Sanford Smith was born on 27 February 1760 at Stonington, New London Co., CT.² He was the son of Ephraim Smith and Lucy Stevens.¹ Dr. Sanford Smith married Priscilla Whipple. Dr. Sanford Smith died on 15 June 1815 at Scipio, NY, at age 55.²

     Priscilla Whipple was born circa 1763 at Cambridge, Washington Co., NY.¹ She married Dr. Sanford Smith, son of Ephraim Smith and Lucy Stevens. Priscilla Whipple died on 26 August 1838 at Pottstown, Montgomery Co., PA.¹

     Ralph Sheldon was born on 23 June 1870 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH.¹ He was the son of Robert Emmet Sheldon and Mary Elizabeth Butler.¹ Ralph Sheldon died on 26 July 1897 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, at age 27.¹

     Butler Sheldon was born. He was the son of Robert Emmet Sheldon and Mary Elizabeth Butler.

     Harriett Sheldon was born on 26 December 1875 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH. She was the daughter of Robert Emmet Sheldon and Mary Elizabeth Butler. Harriett Sheldon died on 16 March 1942 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, at age 66.

     Anne Lord was baptized on 18 September 1614 at England. She was the daughter of Thomas Lord and Dorothy Bird.¹