Thomas Cushman Jr (abt. 1637 - 1726)

Born about 16 Sep 1637 in Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Howland) Cushman — married 17 Nov 1664 (to Oct 1679) in Plymouth Colony

Husband of Abigail (Titus) Cushman — married 19 Oct 1679 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 23 Aug 1726 at about age 88 in Plympton, Plymouth, Prov. Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Thomas Cushman Jr was born on September 16, 1637 in Plympton, Massachusetts. ^[1][2]) He was the eldest son of Thomas Cushman (1608-1691) and Mary Allerton (1616-1699). ^[3]

On 17 Nov 1664 in Plymouth, Thomas married Ruth Howland^[4] daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley. They had five children;

1. Robert Cushman 1664–1757
2. Thomas Cushman III 1670–1727
3. Desire Cushman 1672–1762
4. Job Cushman 1680–
5. Bartholomew Cushman 1684–1721

On 16 Oct 1679 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts he married Abigail Fuller^{[5] [6]} widow of John Fuller. Her maiden name was Titus. Their children were;

1. Samuel Cushman 1687–1766
2. Benjamin Cushman 1691–1770

Abigail also had two children from her marriage with John Fuller:

1. John Fuller 1674–1747
2. Abigail Fuller 1676–

Thomas died on 23 Aug 1726 in Plympton, Massachusetts^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the Year 1617 to 1855, pages 100-101 [1]-
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
3. ↑ 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. page 68 (Parents, Siblings)
4. ↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
5. ↑ Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850
6. ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. Providence, RI, USA: Narragansett Historical Publishing, 1897.
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, page 472

See Also

• Henry Wyles Cushman, A historical and biographical genealogy of the Cushmans : the descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the year 1617 to 1855, Little, Brown and Company, 1855.
• Robert Wakefield and Margaret Stover. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 17 Isaac Allerton. Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998. Page 13.
• Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, p.472
• Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by Susan E. Roser 1989.
• Findagrave Memorial# 12509851; [2]
• Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library, Vol. 39, page 41 (Birth)
• Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926. (Spouse; Ruth Howland, Date)
• New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society. Page 316 (Marriage Date, Spouse; Abigail Fuller)
• Cushman, James Thomas. A Grandson of Elder Thomas Cushman and Some of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1918) Vol. 72, Page 12-13.