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Jonathan Bush

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Jonathan Bush

Co-founder and CEO of athenahealth


    Mary Jordan

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    • 8th Great-grandmother of Jonathan Bush — 11th Generation
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    • 1953 
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    • 07 or 28 FEB 1713 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 5 Nov 1674 
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    • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
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    • James Rogers (Ahnentafel No:976 )

      Elizabeth Rogers

    • Notes: 
    • Mary Jordan immigrated to New England with her parents and were called "Redemptioners." These were a class of immigrants who mortgaged their services to pay for their passage. The commander of the ship they sailed on was James Rogers. He is said to have "bought" Mary from her parents and married her. It is said that he later was "accustomed to say" that her family was "the richest cargo he ever shipped and the purchase of Mary was the best bargain he ever made."

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  • Sources for Mary Jordan

    • 1 Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 10, p. 944.
    • 3 Rogers, James Swift, James Rogers of New London, Ct., and His Descendants, Boston: James Swift Rogers (1902), 45-46, 54.
    • 4 Selleck, Rev. Charles Melbourne, Norwalk, Norwalk, Connecticut: Harry M. Gardner, Printer (1896), 163.