Rev. Thomas CUSHMAN, Sr.

1608 - 1691  (83 years)

• Name	Thomas CUSHMAN
  Prefix	Rev.
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	8 Feb 1608	St. Andrew's Parish, Canterbury, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	342014
  Reference Number	357661
  Reference Number	60
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Cushman-8
  Death	11 Dec 1691	Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Person ID	I138	Gummer
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert CUSHMAN,   b. Bef 9 Feb 1577, Rolvenden, Kent, England d. Abt 6 May 1625, Benenden, Kent, England (Age > 48 years)
  Mother	Sara REDER,   b. Bef 17 Sep 1585, Lenham, Kent, England d. 11 Oct 1616, Leyden, Holland, Nederland (Age > 31 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1606	Canterbury, Kent, England
  Family ID	F39	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary ALLERTON,   b. Abt 1617, Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden d. 28 Nov 1699, Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1636	Plymouth Colony
  Children	1. Thomas CUSHMAN, Jr,   b. Abt 16 Sep 1637, Plymouth Colony d. 23 Aug 1726, Plympton, Plymouth, Prov. Massachusetts Bay (Age 88 years)   2. Sarah CUSHMAN,   b. 1641, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. Aft 10 Feb 1707, Massachusetts (Age > 66 years)   3. Rev. Isaac CUSHMAN, Sr,   b. 8 Feb 1648, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. 21 Oct 1732, Plympton, Massachusetts (Age 84 years)   4. Deacon Elkanah CUSHMAN, Sr.,   b. 1 Jun 1651, Plymouth, Plymouth d. 4 Sep 1727, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay (Age 76 years)   5. Feare CUSHMAN,   b. 20 Jun 1653, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. Bef 22 Oct 1690 (Age < 37 years) + 6. Eleazer CUSHMAN,   b. 20 Feb 1657, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. Aft 1733, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay (Age > 77 years)   7. Mary CUSHMAN,   b. Abt 1659, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. Bef 22 Oct 1690, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (Age < 31 years)   8. Lydia CUSHMAN,   b. Abt 1662, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. 11 Feb 1719, Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

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  [[Category:Fortune, sailed 1621]] {{Mayflower Family Member}} == Biography == === Birth ==='''[[Cushman-8|Thomas Cushman]]''' was born before his baptism date of 8 February 1608 in Canterbury, Kent, England. His parents were [[Cushman-136|Robert Cushman]] (1578-1625) and [[Reder-13|Sarah Reder]] (1585-1616). His father was a grocer who emigrated to Holland with his family as part of the English Separatist religious movement before 4 November 1611 and became a wool-comber in Leiden. ====Baptism====He was baptized on 8 February 1608 in St. Andrew Church, Canterbury, Kent, England. === Arrival in Plymouth Colony ===The ''Fortune'' was the second ship which set out in 1621 and arrived on 9 November in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Governor Bradford stated the ''In November, about ye time twelfe month that themselves came, ther came in a small ship to them unexpected or looked for (she came ye 9 to ye Cap) in which came Mr. Cushman (so much spoken of before) and with him 35 persons to remain & live in ye plantation; which did not a little rejoyce them.''Banks, CE, page 103. Only 28 of the names of the 35 are known due to their receiving lots. Banks supposes that probably the missing names were wives. Thomas travelled on the ''Fortune'' with his father, Robert Cushman. Robert was there as an Agent of the Pilgrims in London and was observing the Colony, trying to ascertain their needs and attempting to convince the settlers to agree to the terms of the contract imposed by the London investors. Robert left Thomas in Plymouth Colony as a ward of Governor William Bradford. Robert left Plymouth Colony on 13 December 1621 and returned to England, where he died of the plague in 1625. Thomas eventually served as surveyor of highways and rate-assessor, as well as numerous other minor positions. He was chosen as Ruling Elder of the church on April 6, 1649, a position he held until his death. ====Divisions of Cattle and Land====They took place in 1623 and 1627. In the 1623 Land Division, Thomas was paired with William Beale and they both received 2 acres in Plymouth Colony. He was 15 at the time. In the 1627 Division of Cattle, Thomas was 19 and he was in lot 11 along with the Bradfords. =====Freeman Status=====He gained freeman status on 1 January 1634 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. === Marriage ===Thomas married '''[[Allerton-6|Mary Allerton]]''', a passenger with her parents on the ''Mayflower'', in December 1636 in Plymouth. There were 8 children of this marriage which lasted 55 years. ====Children of the Cushman-Allerton Marriage==== :All children born in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.#'''[[Cushman-9|Thomas Cushman Jr.]]''' was born in September1637. He married 1) [[Howland-70|Ruth Howland]] (about 1646-before October 1679) on 17 November 1664 in Plymouth, Massachusetts and had 3 children and 2) [[Titus-379|Abigail Titus]] (1653-1734) on 16 October 1679 and had 4 children. Thomas died on 23 August 1726 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts.# '''[[Cushman-132|Sarah Cushman]]''' was born about 1640. She married 1) [[Hawkes-406|John Hawkes]] (1633-1694) in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts on 11 April 1661. They had eight children. After he died on 5 August 1694, she married 2) Daniel Hutchings on 7 November 1695 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Sarah died on 11 November 1694 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts.# '''[[Cushman-123|Mary Cushman]]''' was born about 1659. She married [[Hutchinson-652|Francis Hutchinson]] (about 1630-1702) about 1676 in Plymouth, Massachusetts had three children. Mary died before October 22, 1690 according to her father's will.# '''[[Cushman-137|Rev. Isaac Cushman]]''' was born on 8 February 1649. He married [[Harlow-92|Rebecca Harlow]] (1655-1727) about 1675 and had seven children. He died in Plymouth, Massachusetts on 21 October 1732.# '''[[Cushman-114|Elkanah Cushman]]''' was born on 1 June 1651. He married 1) [[Cole-654|Elizabeth Cole]] on 10 February 1677, and had three children. She died on 4 January 1682. He married 2) [[Cooke-41|Martha Cooke]] (1660-1722) on 2 March 1684. Deacon Elkanah died on 4 September 1727 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts.# '''[[Cushman-561|Feare Cushman]]''' was born on 20 June 1653. She died before 22 October 1690 according to father's will.# '''[[Cushman-113|Eleazer Cushman]]'''was born on 20 February 1657. He married [[Coombs-44|Elizabeth Coombs]] (1662-1723) on 12 January 1688 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and had eight children. Eleazer died after 14 October 1723. There is a petition in November 1733 in which his land is mentioned, but he is not mentioned as living.# '''[[Cushman-128|Lydia Cushman]]''' was born about 1662. She married [[Harlow-487|William Harlow Jr.]] (1657-1711) on 16 October 1679 in Plymouth, Massachusetts and had nine children. Lydia died in Plymouth on 11 February 1719. ===Residences===Thomas is on the 1643 Arm Bearers in Plymouth County, Massachusetts list and the 1643 Massachusetts Early Census Index on page 255. In 1645 Thomas purchased a farm in Kingston that had been owned by his father-in-law, Isaac Allerton. There are numerous Plymouth County Deeds with his name for sale and transferral of property in Plymouth and also in Plympton, but the Plympton ones seem to be his son Thomas Jr. ===Last Will and Testament===It was dated 22 October 1690 and sworn 16 March 1692. He named his wife, Mary, sons Thomas, Isaac, Elkanah and Eleazer and daughters Sarah Hawks and Lydia Harlow. He also named the 3 children of his deceased daughter Mary Hutchinson and his daughter Fear who predeceased him without issue. His inventory was taken on 17 December 1691 "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-JDXJ : 19 March 2023), Probate records 1686-1702 and 1849-1867 vol 1-1F > image 71-73 of 490; State Archives, Boston. ====Elder Thomas Cushman’s Will====Cofy of Probate Records for the County of Plymouth—Book 1, Commencing with page 120. ” To all People to whom these presents shall come, etc. — Know ye that I Thomas Cushman, Sen’r, of the town of Pliraouth in New England, being through God’s mercy and goodness untome at this present in some measure of good health of body and of sound understanding and strength of memory, yet considering my frailty and uncertainty of my abiding in this vale of tears, do make this to be my last Will and Testament. And by these presents I do make this to be my last will and testament to remain firm and invincible forever as followeth : Imprimis— I give and bequeath my soul to God that gave it, and my body to ye dust and to be decently buried in hopes of ye grace of God through Jesus Christ to enter into a joyful resurrection. And for my outward estate I dispose of as followeth, viz : I will and bequeath unto my dear and loving wife Mary Cushman all my house and housing, together Avith all my uplands and meadow lands I am now possessed of in the township of New Plimouth, to be for her use and support during ye time of her natural life, excepting such parcels as I do in this my will give to my children. Item, — I give unto my son Thomas Cushman two twenty acre lots lying upon ye southerly side of Mr. Joseph Bradford’s land, as also ye enlargeraents of ye head of these lots ; and also twenty acres of upland, more or less, lying upon ye easterly side of Jones River by the bridge, with a skirt of meadow lying by said river ; and also one third of my meadow at Winnatuxet, and also a parcel of salt marsh meadow from our spring unto a cross westerly of a salt hole and so down to ye river, which said parcel of meadow is to be his after our decease. All ye above said parcels of upland and meadow I do by these presents give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Cushman, to him and his heirs forever. Item, — I give unto my son Isaac Cushman one twenty acrelot, with ye addition of ye hcad lying on the northerly side of Samuel Flanders land in ye Township of Plimouth, and also the one half of my land lying at Nemasket Pond in ye Township of Middleborough as also ye one half of my right in the sixteen shilling purchase, so called, in Township above sa’d, and also one third part of my meadow at Winnatuxet in Plimouth, all which parcels of upland and meadow last above expressed, I do by these presents give and bequeath unto my son Isaac Cushman, and to him and his heirs for ever, together with all the privileges thereunto belonging. Item, — I do give unto my son Elkanah Cushman one twenty acre lot with the addition of the head lying on the northerly side of ye land I now improve, but in case my son Thomas’s new dwelling house be upon part of this lot, my will is my son Thomas enjoy ye land his house now standeth on without molestation. As also I give to my son Elkanah Cushman the one half of my land lying at Nemasket Pond, as also ye one half of the sixteen shilling purchase above expressed, as also one third of my meadow at Winnatuxet. All the above said parcels of lands and meadowslast above expressed, with all the privileges thereunto belonging I do by these presents give unto my son Elkanah Cushman, and to his heirs forever. Item, — I do give unto my son Eleazer Cushman the rest ofmy lands both upland and meadow lands not above deposed of in Plimouth and Duxborough, as also my new dwelling house and out housing, which house and lands I do by these presents give and bequeath unto my son Eleazer Cushman, to him and his heirs forever to enjoy after I and my wife are deceased. And my will is that my four sons Thomas, Isaac, Elkanah and Eleazer shall each of them allow twenty to their sisters, that is to say Sarah Hauks and Lidiah Harlow. As also my will is that if any of my sons se cause to make sale of their land I have given them in Plimouth, that they do let their hrothers that do reside in Plimouth have the said lands as they shall be valued by five different men as also my will is, and I do by these presents give and bequeath unto my three grand children in Line the children of my daughter Mary Hutchinson deceased, to each of them twenty shillings to be paid unto them out of my estate soon after my decease. And I do constitute and appoint my dear and loving wife Mary Cushman to be the sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament, my debts, legacies and funeral charges being first paid my will is that whatever other estate is found of mine in goods, chattels or debts either in Plimouth or elsewhere shall bo for ye support of my wife during her natural life ; and my will is that what remains of my estate at my wife’s decease the one half I do give to my son Eleazur Cushman and the other half unto my two daughters, to Sarah Hauks and Lidiah Harlow to be equally divided between them. And my will is, and I do by these presents appoint my two sons Thomas Cushman and Isaac Cushman and Thomas Faunce to be ye supervisors of this my last will and testament, much confiding in their love and faithfulness to be helpful to my s’d executrix in the acting and disposing of particulars according to the tenore thereof, thus hoping that this my last will and testament will be performed and kept, revoking all other wills, written or verball. I have in witness thereof set to my hand and seal on the 22d of October, 1690. Signed, sealed and declared to be his last will and testament in presence of us witnesses. James Warner, THOMAS CUSHMAN, Thomas Faunce. And a [ls.] James Warner and Thomas Faunce, the witnesses An addition to ye last Will of Thomas Cushman, jSen^r, tvhich is as followeth:Whereas in my last Will, which was in sixteen hundred an ninety that I then left out a certain piece of land undisposed of which was one hundred acres of land lying in the Township of Plimouth upon a brook commonly called Colchester Brook/ on both sides of ye said brook, which I reserved to sell for my support, or my wife’s after my decease. My Will is therefore that my son Thomas Cushman and my son Isaac Cushman shall have the above hundred acres of land to be divided equally between them to them and their heirs and assigns forever, provided that they equally shall pay or cause to be paid ten pounds in current silver money to me above said Thomas Cushman, Sen’r, or my wife after my decease, or after decease to be paid equally to my two daughters, Sarah Hauks and Lidia Harlow. Also I the above said Thomas Cushman do will and bequeath to my four sons, Thomas Cushman and Isaac Cushman and Elkanah Cushman and Eleazer Cushman, all my books, equally to be divided among them, only two small books to my daughter, Lidia Harlow, and my best bible to my loving wife Mary Cushman, likewise also I do give and bequeath unto my son Elkanah Cushman one acre of meadow which was granted unto me, lying at Doties meadows. This addition is to the last will of me Elder Thomas Cushman of Plimouth being now in perfect understanding, April 1, 1691.THOMAS CUSHMAN, Sen. [ls.] Signed, sealed and declared in presence of us witnesses. : Jonathan Shaw, Sen., : Persis Shaw, Her P mark ===Death and Burial===He was quite ill for eleven weeks before he died on 10 December 1691 in Plymouth, Massachusetts according to Stratton and the Cushman Memorial Column.:Buried at [[:Category: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts|Burial Hill]], Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. His gravestone is one of the 6 oldest there.:[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12498413 Find A Grave Memorial # 12498413] Thomas was born in 1607. He passed away in 1691. == Sources == *Banks, Charles Edward. ''The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers Who Came to Plymouth on the ''Mayflower'' in 1620, the ''Fortune'' in 1621, and the ''Anne'' and the ''Little James'' in 1623''. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1989.*Goodwin, John A. ''The Pilgrim Republic: An Historical Review of the Colony of New Plymouth...'' Boston: Ticknor & Co., 1888. PP 183-186, 190-191, 242-244, 297-300.*Burt, Alvah Walford. ''Cushman Genealogy and General History Including the Descendants of the Fayette County Pennsylvania, and Monongalia County, Virginia, Families.'' Cincinnati, Ohio: A.W. Burt, 1942. Pp 13-16.* Roser, Susan E. ''Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants.'' Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Volume 1, Page 68. * Wakefield, Robert S. and Stover, Margaret Harris. ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations'' Unknown, Unknown, 1998. Volume 17, Isaac Allerton. Page 6.*Roser, Susan E. ''Mayflower Increasings''. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1995. Pp 11-12.*Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). * Stratton, Eugene Aubrey. ''Plymouth Colony: Its History and people, 1620-1691''. Salt Lake City, Utah: 1986. Page 276.* U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls * Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Author: Gale Research Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2009.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. * Mayflower Society record for Isaac Allerton. * [[Wikipedia:Thomas_Cushman]] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_%28Plymouth_Colony_ship%29 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passengers_of_1621_Fortune_voyage* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140612091523/http://www.americanancestors.org/pilgrim-families-thomas-cushman/ Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Thomas Cushman] (Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 12 Jun 2014.)* Snow, Nora Emma. ''[[Space:The Snow-Estes Ancestry|The Snow-Estes Ancestry]]''. Hillburn, NY: Snow, 1939. Vol. 1. Pp 170-171, 174, 495. http://archive.org/details/snowestesancestr01snow. In two volumes * Austin's One Hundred And Sixty Allied Families, pp. 137-139. * [[Space:The Mayflower Descendant|The Mayflower Descendant]], v. 2:118*''[[Space:Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society|Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society]]'' (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1795) Vol. 4, [https://archive.org/stream/collectionsofmas14mass#page/126/mode/1up Page 126]*Cushman, Henry Wyles ''[[Space:A Historical and biographical genealogy of the Cushmans|A Historical and biographical genealogy of the Cushmans]]'' (Cushman, Boston, 1855)[https://archive.org/details/historicalbiogra00cush Page 84 - 100].* Anderson, Robert C; The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vol. I p. 502-504 (Cushman family - Thomas p. 503). NEHGS 1995.*''Earliest Inscriptions From Plymouth Burying Hill'', [[Space:NEHGR|New England Historical & Genealogical Register]] (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4., [https://books.google.com/books?id=NcIMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA254 Page 254]*Hotten, John Camden, ''[[Space:The Original Lists Of Persons|The Original Lists Of Persons Of Quality]]'' (John Camden Hotten, 1874) [https://archive.org/stream/originallistsofp00hottuoft#page/n31 Page xxviii]