The Life and Times of William Bush,
Written by himself.
I right this down as evidence of some sort, to my existence. What is herein written, Is my story. It starts with my first voyage as a midshipman. But first I will write a bit about my family as it was then. I was born to the Bush family, of Edward William (now deceased) and Alexandrina Bush (nee Phillips) my mother was the daughter and brother of the local Blacksmiths, Edward and Richard Phillips. Her other brother was Captain Phillips in the Royal navy. My father was the First son of the late William James Bush and his second wife, Lady Maria Hatton-Bush, who outlived him. I have two sisters, Maria and Pollyanna, and at that time I had three brother's William (who died the week after my birth) Edward, and Phillip. The latter two, one was a Blacksmith, killed by a nasty fall off his horse, and Phillip who was in the army, and died in battle. I was apprenticed to the sea, because I was the sole son left to care for the womenfolk of my family, at the age of 11.
My First ship was the H.M.S Resource of 28 guns, and we were off to the West Indies.
I right this down as evidence of some sort, to my existence. What is herein written, Is my story. It starts with my first voyage as a midshipman. But first I will write a bit about my family as it was then. I was born to the Bush family, of Edward William (now deceased) and Alexandrina Bush (nee Phillips) my mother was the daughter and brother of the local Blacksmiths, Edward and Richard Phillips. Her other brother was Captain Phillips in the Royal navy. My father was the First son of the late William James Bush and his second wife, Lady Maria Hatton-Bush, who outlived him. I have two sisters, Maria and Pollyanna, and at that time I had three brother's William (who died the week after my birth) Edward, and Phillip. The latter two, one was a Blacksmith, killed by a nasty fall off his horse, and Phillip who was in the army, and died in battle. I was apprenticed to the sea, because I was the sole son left to care for the womenfolk of my family, at the age of 11.
My First ship was the H.M.S Resource of 28 guns, and we were off to the West Indies.