Elder Thomas CUSHMAN

1607 - 1691  (84 years)

• Name	Thomas CUSHMAN
  Title	Elder
  Born	8 Feb 1607	Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	8 Feb 1607/8	Canterbury, Kent, England   [1, 2]
  FindaGrave	Address: 12498413
  	FindAGrave Memorial 12498413
  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]
  Died	10 Dec 1691	Plymouth, MA   [1]
  Buried	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)
  Married	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)
  Married	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)
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2023
  Family ID	F2325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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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.

  
  

• 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).