Abt 1693 - 1766 (73 years)
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| Name |
Moses CUSHMAN |
| Prefix |
Dea. |
| Birth |
Abt 1693 |
Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
13400334 |
| Reference Number |
14324260 |
| Reference Number |
60 |
| WWW |
https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Cushman-816 |
| Death |
12 Aug 1766 |
Halifax, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| Person ID |
I133 |
Gummer |
| Last Modified |
1 Aug 2024 |
| Father |
Eleazer CUSHMAN, b. 20 Feb 1657, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. Aft 1733, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay (Age > 77 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth COOMBS, b. 30 Nov 1662, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. Aft 14 Oct 1723, Plympton, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age > 61 years) |
| Marriage |
12 Jan 1687 |
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony |
| Family ID |
F28 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary JACKSON, b. 15 Apr 1701 d. Abt 6 Dec 1775 (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Aug 1721 |
Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts |
| Family ID |
F208 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Aug 2024 |
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| Notes |
- [[Category:Halifax, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Plymouth, Massachusetts]]
{{Mayflower Family Member}}
== Biography ==Moses Cushman, child of [[Coombs-44|Elizabeth (Coombs) Cushman]] and [[Cushman-113|Eleazer Cushman]], born at Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, about 1693 (calculated from age at death), was a descendant of Mayflower passenger [[Priest-39|Degory Priest]].[Stover, Margaret Harris (re-editor). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Eight Second edition. Family of Degory Priest. Originally compiled by Mrs. Charles Delmar Townsend; Robert S. Wakefield, FASG; Margaret Harris Stover. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2008) pp. 51, 148]
He married [[Jackson-17963|Mary Jackson]] at Plympton, Massachusetts on August 22, 1721.[Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1923) [https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofpl00plym/page/302/mode/2up p. 302]]Mary, born at Plymouth 15 April 1701, daughter of Eliazar and Hannah (Ransom) Jackson, married secondly [[Dunbar-1583|Joseph Dunbar]], 26 Oct 1767, at Halifax. Eliazur's 1736 will named his daughter, Mary Cushman, and others.
Moses was chosen a Deacon of the Halifax Church 2 May 1757.
He conveyed his homestead lands in Halifax to his son Abner Cushman, for love and affection on 2 June 1764.["Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-RHXB?cc=2106411&wc=MCBL-MWL%3A361612701%2C361659201 FamilySearch], Plymouth > Deeds 1765-1767 vol 52-53 > image 431 of 582; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Plymouth LR 53:129]
Moses died 12 Aug 1766 in his 74th year, according to his gravestone at Thompson Street Cemetery (now called Tomson Cemeter), in Halifax.
["Records from Thompson Street Cemetery, Halifax. The Mayflower Descendant 12:243 [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB407/i/12337/243/138123111 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)], and at [https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescendv1112mass/page/n1207/mode/2up Archive.org]][ Find a Grave, database and images memorial page for Deacon Moses Cushman (1692–12 Aug 1766), {{FindAGrave|69413846}}, citing Tomson Cemetery, Halifax, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Chip5610 (contributor 46997557) . image of stone is illegible.] No probate was found.
Children: first seven born at Plympton, remaining five born at Halifax.
#[[Cushman-817|Abner Cushman]] b. 10 Mar 1722; m. Mary Tilson#[[Cushman-818|Elijah Cushman]] b. 14 Feb 1724/5[sic]; d. Plympton 6 Jan 1725/6#[[Cushman-626|Mary Cushman]] b. 21 Sep 1725[sic]; m. Benjamin Washburn
#[[Cushman-820|Sarah Cushman]] b. 20 Oct 1727; m. Amos Perry
#[[Cushman-821|Isaac Cushman]] b. 19 Feb 1730;
#[[Cushman-822|Hannah Cushman]] bpt 13 Feb 1731/2; m. Jonathan Hayden
#[[Cushman-823|Joshua Cushman]] bpt 3 Mar 1733/4
#[[Cushman-899|Bettee Cushman]] b. 3 Sep 1735; m. Nathan Hartwell#[[Cushman-900|Deborah Cushman]] b. 8 July 1737; m. (1) Thomas Hooper; m. (2) William Dunham
#[[Cushman-901|Huldah Cushman]] b. 16 May 1739; m. Samuel Osgood
#[[Cushman-902|Moses Cushman]] b. 22 March 1740
#[[Cushman-903|Eleazer Cushman]] b. 30 Aug 1744
== Sources ==
* Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, Margaret Harris Stover, CG, comps., '''''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Isaac Allerton, Volume 17''''', (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2013), pp. 17, 50-51.
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