Benjamin Cushman (bef. 1691 - 1770)

Born before 1 Mar 1691 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Eaton) Cushman — married 8 Jan 1713 in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Sarah (Phipeny) Cushman — married 14 Mar 1739 in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 17 Oct 1770 after age 79 in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts

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Biography

Benjamin, son of Thomas and Abigail (Titus) (Fuller) Cushman was baptized in Plymouth, MA on March 2, 1691 and died in Plympton, MA on October 17, 1770 at the age of 78 years.

He married first Sarah Eaton, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Coombs) Eaton, on January 8, 1712 in Plympton, MA. She was born in Plymouth, MA on October 20, 1695 and died in Plympton on September 13, 1737 in her 42nd year. She is a descendant of Pilgrims Francis Eaton and Degory Priest.

He married second Sarah (Phipeny) Bell in Plympton, MA on March 14, 1739. She was born about 1694 and died in Plympton, MA on January 16, 1783 at the age of 89 years.

Name

Benjamin Cushman

Birth

01 MAR 1691 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Death

17 OCT 1770 Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Sources

• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
• Mayflower Families Vol. 17 p. 14, 35-36
• 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 13.

See also:

• Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. [1]

Benjamin CUSHMAN

Baptism 3/1/1691

Location Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Father Thomas Cushman

Mother Abigail Cushman

Volume Name Priest, Degory (Vol. 8) Page 154

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch ([2] : 11 May 2022), Benjamine Cushman and Sarah Eaton, 8 Jan 1712; citing Marriage, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009754.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #12509739