Rachel Rush

1741 - 1798  (56 years)

• Name	Rachel Rush  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	18 Oct 1741	Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [4]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	1798	Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA   [4]
  	Lutheran Church Cemetery
  Death	28 Jul 1798	Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I77370	Clan Montgomery Society | John Montgomery and Martha Finley
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2026

  
  

  Family 1
  Marriage	22 Sep 1761	Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [7]
  Family ID	F27722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Joseph Montgomery,   b. 23 Sep 1733, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Oct 1794, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	11 Jul 1770	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 4, 6]
  	Second Presbyterian Church
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Betsy Montgomery,   b. 17 Jul 1770, Georgetown, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA d. 12 Oct 1814, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F27721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 18 Oct 1741 - Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 22 Sep 1761 - Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 11 Jul 1770 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Burial - 1798 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 28 Jul 1798 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Kelker's History of Dauphin County says Rachel's father was Thomas Rush and mother Rachel.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3946] Montgomery, Clark, Clark Montgomery GED file, (Name: Location: Minnesota; Date: 2009;;), Clark Montgomery GED file. [S4946] Maring, Don, Don Maring Notes To Andrea Adams, (Name: Date: 18 Jun 2008;;), Email from Don Maring to Andrea Adams discusses Montgomerys ofPennsylvania. [S4962] Pennsylvania Genealogies #1, Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families, Descendants of John Rush, Page666. [S4891] Kelker, Luther Reily, History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania_MontBio, (Name: Date: 1907;;), Volume III, Pages 538-541Volume I, Chapter X, The NewspapersVolume III, Pages 549-551 and 673-675 Forster Family. [S4956] DAR Ancestor A079043, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Joseph Montgomery. [S3321] Linn, John Blair, Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810, (Name: Name: Clearfield; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 2008;;), Published in Two VolumesAlso William H Egle. [S4949] Montgomery, Joseph II, Notes of Joseph Montgomery II, Notebooks on file at Dauphin County Historical Society.