Thomas CUSHMAN

Male 1706 - 1764  (58 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas CUSHMAN was born on 14 Feb 1706 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts (son of Robert CUSHMAN and Persis LEWIS); died on 25 Mar 1764 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Alice HAYWARD. Alice was born on 7 Apr 1707 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts; died on 13 Oct 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Thomas married Mehitable FAUNCE on 18 Feb 1737/8 in Kingston, Massachusetts. Mehitable (daughter of John FAUNCE, Jr. and Lydia COOKE) was born on 11 Apr 1722 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 19 Jun 1761 in Kingston, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert CUSHMAN was born on 4 Oct 1664 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (son of Thomas CUSHMAN and Ruth HOWLAND); died on 30 Sep 1757 in Kingston, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Cemetery, Kingston, Massachusetts.

    Robert married Persis LEWIS about 1697. Persis was born on 15 Jan 1671 in Plympton, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 14 Jan 1743 in Kingston, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Cemetery, Kingston, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Persis LEWIS was born on 15 Jan 1671 in Plympton, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 14 Jan 1743 in Kingston, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Cemetery, Kingston, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Thomas Lewis and Hannah Baker

    Children:
    1. Robert CUSHMAN was born on 02 Jul 1698 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 13 Sep 1751 in Kingston, Massachusetts.
    2. Ruth CUSHMAN was born on 25 Mar 1700 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died after 9 Feb 1746/7.
    3. Abigail CUSHMAN was born on 03 Jul 1701 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died after 9 Feb 1746/7.
    4. Hannah CUSHMAN was born on 25 Dec 1705 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died after 29 Jul 1750.
    5. 1. Thomas CUSHMAN was born on 14 Feb 1706 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 25 Mar 1764 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. Joshua CUSHMAN was born on 14 Oct 1707 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Mar 1764 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. Jonathan CUSHMAN was born on 28 Jul 1712; died on 07 Dec 1775 in Kingston, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas CUSHMAN was born in Sep 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (son of Thomas CUSHMAN and Mary ALLERTON); died on 23 Aug 1726 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

    Thomas married Ruth HOWLAND on 17 Nov 1664 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth (daughter of John HOWLAND and Elizabeth TILLEY) was born about 1646 in Kingston, Massachusetts; died between 29 May 1672 and 16 Oct 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ruth HOWLANDRuth HOWLAND was born about 1646 in Kingston, Massachusetts (daughter of John HOWLAND and Elizabeth TILLEY); died between 29 May 1672 and 16 Oct 1679.
    Children:
    1. 2. Robert CUSHMAN was born on 4 Oct 1664 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Sep 1757 in Kingston, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Cemetery, Kingston, Massachusetts.
    2. Desire CUSHMAN was born about 1668 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 8 Feb 1762 in Barrington, Rhode Island.
    3. Thomas CUSHMAN was born about 1670 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 9 Jan 1726/7 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas CUSHMAN was born in Feb 1607/08 in Canterbury, Kent County, England; died between 10 and 11 Dec 1691 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: Between 08 Feb 1607 and 1608, Canterbury, Kent Co., England
    • Will: 22 Oct 1690

    Notes:

    Excerpt from "Mayflower Increasings":

    Epitaph of Elder Thomas Cushman: "Here lyeth buried ye body of that precious servant of God Mr. Thomas Cushman, who after he had served his generation according to the will of God, and particularly the church of Plymouth for many years in the office of a ruleing elder fell asleep in Jesus Decemr. ye 10, 1691 & in ye 84 year of his age."

    Thomas married Mary ALLERTON about 1636 in Plymouth. Mary (daughter of Isaac ALLERTON and Mary NORRIS) was born about 1617 in Leyden, Holland; died on 28 Nov 1699 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary ALLERTON was born about 1617 in Leyden, Holland (daughter of Isaac ALLERTON and Mary NORRIS); died on 28 Nov 1699 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. 4. Thomas CUSHMAN was born in Sep 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Aug 1726 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
    2. Sarah CUSHMAN
    3. Isaac CUSHMAN was born on 08 Feb 1648 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died on 21 Oct 1732 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
    4. Elkanah CUSHMAN was born on 01 Jun 1651 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 04 Sep 1727 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
    5. Fear CUSHMAN was born on 20 Jun 1653; died before 22 Oct 1690.
    6. Eleazer CUSHMAN was born on 20 Feb 1656 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died after 14 Oct 1723 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
    7. Lydia CUSHMAN was born before 1668.
    8. Mary CUSHMAN died before 22 Oct 1690.

  3. 10.  John HOWLANDJohn HOWLAND was born before 1592 in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England (son of Henry HOWLAND and Margaret ?); died on 23 Feb 1673 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; was buried in Burial Hill, Rocky Hook, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: 03 Mar 1672, Inventory taken.
    • Will: 29 May 1672

    Notes:

    Excerpt from Mayflower Increasing: In the Plymouth ChR 1:147, Rev. John Cotton said of him, " he was a good old disciple & had bin sometime a magistrate here, a plaine-hearted christian". Nathaniel Morton wrote, "The 23 February 1672 Mr John Howland Senr of the Towne of Plymouth Deceased hee was a Godly man and an ancient professor in the wayes of Christ hee lived untill hee attained above eighty yearaes in the world he was one of the first Comers into this land and proved a usefull Instrument of Good in his place & was the last man that was left of those that Came over in the ship Called the May Flower that lived in Pkymouth he was with honor intered at the Towne of Plymouth on the 25 February 1672."

    Name:
    American history legend from the voyage of the Mayflower and founding of Plymouth Rock in 1620. American children discover John Howland when they learn of the Pilgrims, Plymouth Rock, and the first Thanksgiving. The Pilgrims' leader Governor William Bradford wrote a first hand account of the Pilgrim history from 1620 to 1647. This account was first published in 1952, and is considered one of the best first hand accounts of any kind on American history. In Bradford's account of the voyage over on the Mayflower, he tells of how John Howland washed overboard in violent storm. Howland was 29 years of age at the time. Howland was able to grab some ropes from the sails and gradually pull himself back on board the ship. This event and Bradford's account of it made John Howland a legend. Howland's name and account has been published in hundreds of publications and in school history books. As myths can grow, the story had changed that he had died and was the first pilgrim to die, thus the oldest burial in the Plymouth cemetery, Burial Hill. In fact, he survived, married and had a number of children with Elizabeth Tilley Howland, and lived to 80 plus, according to his grave stone. His grave stone also states from Plymouth records that he was the last male to die from the original pilgrims of the Mayflower. (bio by: Bruce)


    Inscription:
    Here ended the Pilgrimage of JOHN HOWLAND who died February 23, 1672/3 aged above 80 years. He married Elizabeth daughter of JOHN TILLEY who came with him in the Mayflower Dec. 1620. From them are descended a numerous posterity. "Here was a godly man and an ancient professor in the ways of Christ. Hee was one of the first comers into this land and was the last man that was left of those that came over in the Shipp called the Mayflower that lived in Plymouth."

    John married Elizabeth TILLEY on 25 Mar 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John TILLEY and Joan HURST) was born in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 30 Aug 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; died on 22 Dec 1687 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Brown Lot, Little Neck Cemetery, Riverside, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth TILLEYElizabeth TILLEY was born in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 30 Aug 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England (daughter of John TILLEY and Joan HURST); died on 22 Dec 1687 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Brown Lot, Little Neck Cemetery, Riverside, Rhode Island.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Will: 17 Dec 1686
    • Will Proved: Between 10 Jan 1687 and 1688

    Notes:

    Name:
    When the Mayflower set sail for the new world in 120, one of the passengers was a thirteen-year-old teenager, Elizabeth Tilley. The daughter of John and Joan (Hurst) (Rogers) Tilley, Elizabeth was baptized at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, on 30 August 1607. She died at Swansea, Massachusetts 22 December 1687, at the age of 80. Throughout the seasons of her life, Elizabeth tilley was a first person witness and participant in the settlement of what came to become known as New England and the United States of America...

    Sadly Elizabeth Tilley's parents did not survive the first winter. Historians believe that she subsequently went to live with John Carver and his wife, and it is with this family that John Howland was employed as a servant. However, John Carver died the first spring and his wife, Katherine, died the first summer and so this apparently left John Howland in charge of the Carver household. the Carvers' children died in Leiden and "Howland may have inherited at least a portion of Carver's estate. In 1624 he was considered the head of what was once the Carver household when he was granted an acre for each member of the household including himself, Elizabeth Tilley, Desire Minter and a boy named William Latham."

    The exact marriage date of Elizabeth Tilley to John Howland is unknown. However, the Pilgrim John Howland Society states that,"...in the Division of Cattle in 1627 they were married with two children, Desire and John. If Desire was born in 1624 or 1625 it seems John and Elizabeth were married in March 1623 when Elizabeth was almost 16." John Howland was approximately 15 years her senior based on his date of death at age 80. Their ten children included six daughters and four sons: Desire, John, Jabez, Hope, Elizabeth, Lydia, Ruth, Hannah, Joseph and Isaac. Using an estimated marriage date of 1623, John Howland cared and provided for his then "teenage wife" for approximately 49 years.

    With so little written about Elizabeth Tilley, a review of John Howland's record adds to what can be surmised about her --Elizabeth was John's able partner for life. He took an active role in Plymouth's affairs and became a prominent society member. Also, John Howland was one of the "Undertakers" who assumed the debt of the colony and was in charge of the Plymouth Colony trading post at Cushnoc on the Kennebec River, and he also served as Assistant to the Governor and participated in the founding of the First Parish Church in Plymouth.

    The first house of Elizabeth and John Howland was located on the north side of Leiden Street in Plymouth. A reproduction of this first dwelling can be found at Plimoth Plantation....

    The place that was to become their home for many years was the farm known as Rocky Nook. "This place" (now in the village of Kingston) 'we had a great liking to plant in, but it was so far from our fishing our principal profit and so encompassed with woods that we should be in much danger of the savages, and our number being so little and so much ground to clear,' that they wisely decided to settle on the high cleared lands of the present town of Plymouth, 'so near the sea, so well provided with fresh water, and so fortunately protected against Indian attacks.'" In 1637/8 John Howland acquired three acres of land, a house, barn, out buildings and five acres of adjoining meadow, Rocky Nook Farm. It appears that three of their ten children were born there...

    Information varies with regard to the widow Elizabeth Howland leaving Rocky Nook. However, it is known that she never remarried and went on to live with two of her children. It appears she was in residence with her son, Jabez Howland, in Plymouth from 1674 until his house was sold in 1680. It was then that Elizabeth went to Swansea to live with her daughter, Lydia (Howland) Brown. Sadly the Howlands beloved Rocky Nook Homestead was burned in 1675 during the King Philip's War.....

    While it isn't known how Elizabeth Tilley Howland occupied herself following the death of her husband, there are several interesting articles on the website of the Pilgrim John Howland Society. One article indicates that she kept busy with her numerous grandchildren. Elizabeth's admonition to her children in her Last Will and testament reveals her love of God and family: "I give & commit my soule unto Almighty God my Savior & Redeemer....It is my Will & Charge to all my Children that they walke in ye Feare of ye Lord, and in Love and peace toward each other."

    Article written by Kathleen M. (Kathy) Myers

    Children:
    1. Desire HOWLAND was born before 1625 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Oct 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstaple Co.,, Massachusetts.
    2. John Joseph HOWLAND was born on 24 Apr 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died after 18 May 1699 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts.
    3. Hope HOWLAND was born on 30 Aug 1629 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachsetts; died on 08 Jan 1683/4 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
    4. Elizabeth HOWLAND was born before 1631; died in 1691 in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York.
    5. Lydia HOWLAND was born about 1633; died on 11 Jan 1710/1.
    6. Hannah HOWLAND was born about 1637 in Maine; died in 1705 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
    7. Joseph HOWLAND was born about 1640 in Kingston, Massachusetts; died in Jan 1703/4 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
    8. Jabez HOWLAND was born in 1644 in Rocky Nook, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died between 14 May 1708 and 6 Feb 1712 in Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island.
    9. 5. Ruth HOWLAND was born about 1646 in Kingston, Massachusetts; died between 29 May 1672 and 16 Oct 1679.
    10. Isaac HOWLAND was born on 15 Nov 1649 in Kingston, Massachusetts; died on 09 Mar 1723/4 in Middleboro, Massachusetts; was buried in The Green Cem..