1607 - 1691 (84 years)
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| Name |
Thomas CUSHMAN |
| Title |
Elder |
| Birth |
8 Feb 1607 |
Kent, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
8 Feb 1607/8 |
Canterbury, Kent, England [1, 2] |
| FindaGrave |
Address:
12498413 |
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| Grave |
"Here lyeth buried ye body of that precious servant of God, Mr. Thomas Cushman, who after he had ser |
| Immigration |
Nov 1621 |
Plymouth, MA [1] |
| Religion |
6 Apr 1649 |
Plymouth, MA [1] |
| Elder of the Plymouth Church from 6 Apr 1649 until his death |
| Will |
22 Oct 1690 [1] |
| Death |
10 Dec 1691 |
Plymouth, MA [1] |
| Burial |
Plymouth, MA |
Address:
Burial Hill |
| Person ID |
I15991 |
Puffers |
| Last Modified |
9 Aug 2021 |
| Father |
Rev. Robert CUSHMAN, b. 2 Feb 1577, Canterbury, Kent, England d. Jun 1625, London, London, England (Age 48 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah REDER, b. 1580, Sandwich, Kent, England d. 1616, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (Age 36 years) |
| Marriage |
31 Jul 1606 |
St. Alphage, Canterbury, England [1, 3] |
| Family ID |
F2318 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary ALLERTON, b. Abt 1616 d. 28 Nov 1699, Plymouth, MA (Age 83 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1636 |
Plymouth, MA [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Thomas CUSHMAN, Jr., b. Abt Sep 1637, Plymouth, MA d. 23 Aug 1726, Plympton, MA (Age 88 years) |
| | 2. Sarah CUSHMAN, b. Between 1639 and 1641, Plymouth, MA d. 7 Nov 1695 (Age 56 years) |
| | 3. Rev. Isaac CUSHMAN, b. 8 Feb 1648/9, Plymouth, MA d. 21 Oct 1732, Plympton, MA (Age 83 years) |
| | 4. Elkanah CUSHMAN, b. 1 Jun 1651, Plymouth, MA d. 4 Sep 1727, Plympton, MA (Age 76 years) |
| | 5. Fear CUSHMAN, b. 20 Jun 1653, Plymouth, MA d. Bef 22 Oct 1690 (Age < 37 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2325 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
7 May 2023 |
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| Notes |
- "FORTUNE PASSENGER" -- Taken by father to Leiden, Holland, shortly after baptism; age 10 sailed to Southampton, England, with stepmother on the Speedwell; sailed on Speedwell (with Mayflower), 1620, for New World, with father (stepmother?), but abandoned voyage when vessel put back 3rd time; arrived at Plymouth, MA, on the Fortune in late November 1621; father returned to England leaving Thomas as ward of Governor Bradford. "He settled in that part of Plymouth now Kingston, and in 1635 was on the Jury. He was appointed successor to Elder Brewster in 1649, continuing in the office until his death, Dec. 11, 1691. More than 43 years. He, for several years, was assistant to the Governor, and went to London five times in the interest of the Colony. He spent the latter part of his life in New Haven, CT where he died.
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| Sources |
- [S95] Mayflower Families in Progress - Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Genera, p. 4.
- [S98] Mayflower Increasings, 2nd Edition, p. 12.
- [S91] Assorted Genealogical Notes, Subject: Various (1997, 1998), 186 (from notes sent to Mr. Tibbetts by Charon Lee (Mathews)Sellers, 34 Brookings Bay Road, Woolwich, ME 04579).
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