Hereditary Order of the Signers of the Bush Declaration
Hereditary Order of the Signers of the Bush Declaration
127 North Main Street
Port Deposit, MD 21904-1211
On March 22, 1775, a committee of thirty-four Harford, Maryland citizens met at the Bush Tavern and, after deliberation, signed the famous Bush Declaration. The document is characterized as the first Declaration of Independence ever adopted by an organized body of men duly elected by the people.
An applicant must furnish proof of his or her blood relationship within the second degree of kinship to a Signer of the Bush Declaration on March 22, 1775. By way of explanation see the following:
- The applicant is lineally (directly) descended from the Signer.
- Collateral descent (or 1st degree of kinship) through which the applicant's ancestor and the Signer have the same parents.
- Consanguine relation (or 2nd degree of kinship) through which the applicant's ancestor and the Signer have same grandparents.