George Bush Senior and George Bush Junior
IT may sound as if it comes out of the realms of fantasy but the famous (or infamous depending on how you look at things) Bush father and son who became the 41st and 43rd presidents of the USA have roots in Hethersett.
George Herbert Walker Bush was born in 1924 and was president from 1989 to 1993. His son George Walker Bush was born in 1946 and was president from 2001 to 2009. The 20th generation of the Bush family from George Walker Bush gives the name of Sibel Hethersett who was born in Hethersett and died about 1445 at Friars Preachers, England. She married John Pagrave or Palgrave. It is thought that descendants of this couple included Richard Palgrave and his wife who were passengers on one of 11 ships that took 700 settlers to New England in 1630.
They eventually settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The 21st generation notes Sibel Hethersett's father as William Hethersett. The name of his wife is not known. The first fully researched mention of English ancestry in the Bush family appears to be in the seventh generation in the form of James Uncles who was born in Bradford on 5th August, 1794, and died on 25th January, 1835 in Columbus, Ohio. He married Elizabeth Criswell who came from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Going back to the 25th generation, a number of other Norfolk place names appear in the Bush family tree including Lynn (presumably King's Lynn), South Acre, Calthorp, Dalling (presumably Wood Dalling) and Great Carbroke. Over the centuries it is likely that many people travelled from Hethersett to the USA. One such was Temperance Flowerdew who is also featured in our history pages.
George Herbert Walker Bush was born in 1924 and was president from 1989 to 1993. His son George Walker Bush was born in 1946 and was president from 2001 to 2009. The 20th generation of the Bush family from George Walker Bush gives the name of Sibel Hethersett who was born in Hethersett and died about 1445 at Friars Preachers, England. She married John Pagrave or Palgrave. It is thought that descendants of this couple included Richard Palgrave and his wife who were passengers on one of 11 ships that took 700 settlers to New England in 1630.
They eventually settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The 21st generation notes Sibel Hethersett's father as William Hethersett. The name of his wife is not known. The first fully researched mention of English ancestry in the Bush family appears to be in the seventh generation in the form of James Uncles who was born in Bradford on 5th August, 1794, and died on 25th January, 1835 in Columbus, Ohio. He married Elizabeth Criswell who came from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Going back to the 25th generation, a number of other Norfolk place names appear in the Bush family tree including Lynn (presumably King's Lynn), South Acre, Calthorp, Dalling (presumably Wood Dalling) and Great Carbroke. Over the centuries it is likely that many people travelled from Hethersett to the USA. One such was Temperance Flowerdew who is also featured in our history pages.