Lydia CUSHMAN

1687 - 1771  (83 years)

• Name	Lydia CUSHMAN
  Birth	13 Dec 1687	Plymouth, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	2360527
  Reference Number	2392548
  Reference Number	60
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Cushman-177
  Death	7 Jul 1771	Halifax, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts, New England
  Person ID	I86	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	Deacon John WATERMAN,   b. 23 Sep 1685, Marshfield, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England d. 8 Jun 1761, Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	29 Dec 1709	Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New England
  Children	1. Sarah WATERMAN,   b. 8 Nov 1709, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Aft 21 May 1795, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age > 86 years)   2. Joseph WATERMAN, Sr,   b. Aft 2 Feb 1711, Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. Aft 15 Apr 1788, Cumberland, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age > 77 years) + 3. Perez WATERMAN,   b. 8 Oct 1713, Plympton, Plympton, MA d. 19 Aug 1793, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA (Age 79 years)   4. Anthony WATERMAN,   b. 23 Jun 1716, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 1 Dec 1769, Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 53 years)   5. John WATERMAN, IV,   b. 3 Jul 1718, Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 26 Apr 1790, Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 71 years)   6. Eleazer WATERMAN,   b. 3 Aug 1721, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 19 Feb 1811, Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 89 years)   7. Lydia WATERMAN,   b. 7 Apr 1724, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay d. 15 Sep 1793, Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F25	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

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  Cushman-2109 and Cushman-177 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate created in error, please merge maintaining all data from Cushman-177.

  
  

• Notes

  [[Category:Mayflower Orphan]] {{Mayflower Family Member}} == Biography ==Lydia Cushman, child of [[Coombs-44|Elizabeth (Coombs) Cushman]] and [[Cushman-113|Eleazer Cushman]], born at Plymouth, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, 13 Dec 1687,van Antwerp, Lee D (comp.). Vital Records of Plymouth Massachusetts to the year 1850. Ruth Wilder Sherman (ed.) (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1993[https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14012/12/253509912 p. 12 AmericanAncestors]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, 145 was a descendant of Mayflower passenger [[Priest-39|Degory Priest]]. Lidia married [[Waterman-230|John Waterman]] at Plympton, Massachusetts, 29 Dec 1709, according to the records.Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1923) [https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofpl00plym/page/302/mode/2up p. 302] However, this is believed to be an error since a daughter was born Nov 1709 and should be 1707 or 1708. John was born at Marshfield 23 Sep 1685, son of John and Ann (Sturtevant) Waterman, and died at Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 8 Jun 1761 in his 76th year. John's will, written 21 Mar 1748, and proved 3 Aug 1768 named his wife Lydia, sons Joseph, Peres, John, Anthony, and Eleazer and daughters Sarah and Lydia."Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-6PG?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-Q68%3A337797401FamilySearch], Probate records 1758-1764 vol 15-16 > image 431 of 623; State Archives, Boston. 16:182-184 Lydia Waterman died at Halifax 7 July 1771 ae 82 y 6m."Gravestone records from the cemetery in Halifax, Mass., on the shore of Monponsett Lake." Mayflower Descendant 10:105 (1908) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB407/i/12209/105/137886021 link American Ancestors] No probate was found in Plymouth County. === Children born at Plympton === #[[Waterman-139|Sarah Waterman]], b. 8 Nov 1709 #[[Waterman-265|Joseph Waterman]], b. 2 Feb 1710/1 #[[Waterman-382|Perez Waterman]], b. 8 Oct 1713 #[[Waterman-1263|Anthony Waterman]], b. 23 Jun 1716 #[[Waterman-231|John Waterman]], b 3 July 1718 #[[Waterman-1264|Eleazer Waterrman]], b. 3 Aug 1721 #[[Waterman-253|Lydia Waterman]], b. 7 April 1724. == 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), p. 17, 48-49 === Mayflower Project Checklist Completed ===