Born in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Cushman
and Mary (Riggs) Cushman
Sister of
Oliver Cushman, Sybil Cushman, Rhoda Cushman, Mercy Cushman, Mary Cushman, Thomas Cushman and Isaac Cushman
Wife of
David Jennings
— married
27 Dec 1763 in New Providence, Essex (now Union) Co, New Jersey
Descendants 
Mother of
Cyrenius Jennings, Levi Jennings Sr, Henry T. Jennings, Sarah (Jennings) Donham and Hannah Jennings
Died before
before age 83
in Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Dec 2014
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Biography
Sarah Cushman was born 6 November 1743 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut according to Mayflower Families.
She married David Jennings in New Providence, Essex (now Union) Co, New Jersey on December 27, 1763. Together they had Cyrenius Jennings, Sarah Jennings, Mary Jennings, Levi Jennings, Henry T. Jennings, Rhoda Jennings, and Hannah Jennings.
Her husband David Jennings was killed in March of 1794 in Ohio. She is listed in the 1800 and 1810 US census in Connecticut after his death.
Find A Grave declares Sarah Cushman Jennings is a Mayflower descendant.
- Fact: Burial (1827) Huber Heights, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
- Fact: Proven Mayflower descendant Mayflower descendant MF23: 198
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 October 2018, 11:13), entry for Sarah Cushman(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L7JL-X35); contributed by various users.
- Robert Wakefield and Margaret Stover. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 17 Isaac Allerton. Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998. Page 85.
- 1763 Marriage Record David Jennings and Sarah Cushman. Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Source number: 933.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LSM.
- 1800 US Census Connecticut Tolland Co Willington Twp Page 2
- 1810 US Census Connecticut Fairfield Co Norwalk Twp Page 118
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126255301/sarah-a-jennings: accessed 04 November 2023), memorial page for Sarah A. Cushman Jennings (6 Nov 1743–1827), Find a Grave Memorial ID 126255301, citing Jennings Cemetery, Huber Heights, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Diane Tichenor (contributor 46915824).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
-
~1.56%
Marie (Fortner) Keeton
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member keeton_marie
-
~0.78%
Jeff Kenney :
23andMe, GEDmatch M426916 [compare]
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch M426916 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Dahl Schultz :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Carol (Jennings) Thoma :
23andMe, GEDmatch NK8382759 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NK8382759 [compare], Ancestry member thoma999
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~0.78%
Sue Brown :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A126674 [compare], Ancestry member suefraley1
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~0.78%
Lisa (Jennings) Marz :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BT4408534 [compare], Ancestry member ourkazoku
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~0.39%
Sharon Gill :
23andMe, GEDmatch M565957 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A986035 [compare], Ancestry member SVANDENBOSSCHE
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~0.39%
W. Hampshire :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TG3759111 [compare], Ancestry member wbhampshire
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