Bustill family

The Bustill family was an American family of largely African, European and Lenape Native American descent. The family included artists, educators, journalists and activists, both against slavery and against Jim Crow.

Family tree

Samuel Bustill (d. 1742) m. Parthenia
- Cyrus Bustill (1732-1806) m. Elizabeth Morley (1746–1827)
  - Grace Douglass (1782 – March 9, 1842) m. Robert Douglass
    - Sarah Mapps Douglass (1806-1882)
    - Elizabeth Douglass
    - Robert Douglass Jr. (1809-1887)
    - three other children
  - David Bustill m. Elizabeth W. Hicks
    - Charles Hicks Bustill (1816–1890) m. Emily Robinson
      - Gertrude Bustill Mossell (1855-1948) m. Nathan Francis Mossell
        Florence Mossell
        
        Mary Mossell Griffin (c.1885 — after January 1963) m. Joshua R. Griffin Jr.
      - Maria Louisa Bustill m. William Drew Robeson I
        William Drew Jr. (born 1881)
        
        Reeve (born c. 1887)
        
        Ben (born c. 1893)
        
        Marian (born c. 1895)
        
        Paul Robeson (1898-1976) m. Eslanda Goode
        Paul Robeson Jr. (1927-2014) m. Marilyn Paula Greenberg
        David (died 1998)
        
        Susan
    - Joseph Cassey Bustill (1822-1895) m. Sarah Humphreys (1829-?)
      - Anna Amelia Bustill(1862-?) m. James Humphery Smith
        Humphery J. Smith
        
        Virginia Bustill Smith (1893-1978) m. Joseph Walter Rhetta
        Carldon Walter Rhetta m. Wilhelmina Chapman
        
        James Curtis Rhetta m. Ruth A. Washington
        James Curtis Rhetta II m. Emma F. Johnson
        Mark Rhetta
        Zoë Rhetta
        
        James C. Rhetta III m. Yolanda Causey
        James C. RhettaIV
        
        Jacob C. Rhetta
        
        Curtis L. Smith
        
        George J. Smith
        
        John R. Smith
        
        Anna E. Smith
  - Mary Bustill Miller m. John Miller
    - Cyrus Bustill Miller
  - Ruth
  - Rachael Bustill Bowser (1780-1848) m. Jeremiah Bowser (1766–1856)
    - David Bustill Bowser (1820-1900) m. Elizabeth Harriet Stevens Gray (June 13, 1831 – November 29, 1908)
      - Raphael Bowser
      - Ida Elizabeth Bowser Asbury (1870–1955)
  - Leah
  - Charles
  - Cyrus, Jr.