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Joshua Bruce 1782 – 1838 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1782

Birth Location: Nelson, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 26 Apr 1838

Death Location: Old Baptist Cemetary, Jamestown, Greene, Ohio, USA

Father: James Bruce

Mother: Mary Runyon

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Joshua Bruce was born in 1782 in Nelson, Kentucky, USA, the child of James Robert. (Twin) Bruce and Mary Polly Runyon. Joshua Bruce passed away in 1838 in Old Baptist Cemetary, Jamestown, Greene, Ohio, USA.

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Biography

  • Joshua Bruce was born in 1782 in Nelson, Kentucky, USA, the child of James Robert. (Twin) Bruce and Mary Polly Runyon.
  • Joshua Bruce passed away in 1838 in Old Baptist Cemetary, Jamestown, Greene, Ohio, USA.

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Joshua Bruce's Ancestors

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Joshua Bruce
1782 – 1838
Birth Place: Nelson, Kentucky, USA
Parents
James Robert. (Twin) Bruce
1760 – 1835
Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America
Mary (Polly) Runyon
1761 – 1836
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, United States of America
Grandparents
James (Robert) Bruce
1720 – 1799
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Margaret (Ann) McMahon
1727 – 1804
Spotsylvania, Frederick, Virginia, Colonial America
Absalom Runyon
1728 – 1809
Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA
Ann Lake
1740 – 1770
Middlesex, New Jersey
Great-Grandparents
John Bruce
1690 – 1748
Sarah Parrell
1690 – 1748
William McMahon
1690 – 1749
Elizabeth Blair
1681 – 1788
Thomas Runyon
1701 – 1770
Hannah Stout
1717 – 1752
Daniel Leek
1696 – 1775
Elizabeth Sutphen
1699 – 1766
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Bruce
1660 – 1725
Mary Christian
1665 – 1725
Hugh Parrell
1668 – 1748
Ann Calvert
1674 – 1746
William McMahan
1669 – 1690
Virginia Sommers
1671 – 1740
Robert Blair
1653 – 1690
Janet Paterson
1654 – 1690

Joshua Bruce's Timeline

2 Records

1782
1782
Birth of Joshua Bruce in Nelson, Kentucky, USA
Nelson, Kentucky, USA
1838
26 Apr 1838
Age 56
Death of Joshua Bruce in Old Baptist Cemetary, Jamestown, Greene, Ohio, USA
Old Baptist Cemetary, Jamestown, Greene, Ohio, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1782
    Event Place: Nelson, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Apr 1838
    Event Place: Old Baptist Cemetary, Jamestown, Greene, Ohio, USA

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