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Elder Thomas Cushman[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

Male Abt 1608 - Abt 1691  (~ 83 years)


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  • Name Thomas Cushman 
    Prefix Elder 
    Birth Abt 1607/8  [5, 13, 15
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 8 Feb 1607/8  Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Migration Abt Sep 1621  From London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45
    To Cape Cod
    aboard Fortune 
    • The ship arrived on 9 Nov 1621.
    • Role: Passenger
    Adopted 1625  [15
    Member Aug 1643  Plymouth, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [46, 47
    the List of Those Able to Bear Arms 
    • Role: Member
    Inventory 5 Jul 1647  [48, 49
    • Role: Appraiser
    Will 6 Mar 1667/8  [50

    • The Last will & Testament of John Barn's
      which is as ffollows.
      To All whome these may concern (Know you That I John Barn's (being of my Sound Understandinge: doe declaire This to be my Last will and Testament Knowing not how soon ye lord may call me out of this world doe theirfore Labor to give noe occasion of strife unto those that shall survive me But that peace may be Among them
      1. In the first place I doe desire that my body be decently buryed and that Funerall charges to be Expended out of my psonall Estate.
      2. That all Legacys be payd before any division of my estate be mayd.
      3. I doe apoynt yt my dear wife Joan Barn's & my son Jonathan Barn's be ye Exectors of this my Last will and Testament.
      4. I doe Bequeath unto my wife Joan Barn's half of Every pt. and pcell of my housing and Lands yt I doe now psess in ye Township of New Plimoth dureing The Tearme of her life.
      5. I doe bequeath unto my sonn unto my sonn Jonathan the other half part of my above said housing Lands &c unless my sayd Sonn shall forfitt it on condittions as follow's in an oyr pt of this my will.
      6. I doe bequeath all my Land lying Near to Road Island unto my grand Sonn John Marshall as also ye silver dish yt I doe usually use to Eat in.
      7. I doe bequeath to my Cozen ye wife of henery Samson forty shilling's out of my Estate to be payd Beffore division of my Estate.
      8. I doe Bequeath my moveable Estate as follow's one third to my wife for ever in Case she shall not molest any pson to whome I have fformerly sould any Lands unto in Case she shall so doe, yn it shall fall to my Sonn or grandson John Marshall ye Next third I doe bequeath to my Sonn Jonathan In Case he doe not demand any pt of That Estate yt fformerly I gave to my daughter Lyddyah: Now deceased. in case he shall Soe doe yt third shall fall unto my grandson John Marshall ffor ever The Next third I doe bequeath to my grandchildren now in being togeither wth my Kinswoman Ester Ricket to pay to each of ym an Equall pt of yt my Estate hoping That my Last will may be an instrument of peace; shall cease waiting for ye Time of my chang.
      9. I doe Further Request and desire Elder Thomas Couchma Lt. Ephraim Morton and Joseph Warren to be the overseers of this my Last will and Testament

      Signed and Sealed In his mark
      ye prsence of John X Barnes
      george Soule Senr: Seal
      Saml: Seaburij
      Samuell hunt
    • Role: Overseer
    Death Abt 11 Dec 1691  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5
    Person ID I23650  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2019 

    Father Robert Cushman   d. 1625, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F14244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Gov. William Bradford,   b. Abt 1588/9   d. 9 May 1657, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Mother Alice Carpenter,   b. Abt 1590, Wrington, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1670, Plymouth Plantation, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Marriage 14 Aug 1623  Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [51, 52, 53
    Family ID F14245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Allerton,   b. Abt 1616/7, Leyden, Holland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1699, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years)  [3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 54
    Marriage Abt 1636  Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5, 9
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Cushman,   b. Abt 1641, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Thomas Cushman,   b. 16 Sep 1637, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1726, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     3. Elkanah Cushman,   b. 1 Jun 1651, Plymouth Plantation, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1727, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     4. Eleazer Cushman,   b. 20 Feb 1656/7, Plymouth Plantation, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Nov 1733, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 76 years)
    Family ID F8096  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 8 Feb 1607/8 - Canterbury, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Cape Cod,aboard Fortune  - Abt Sep 1621 - London, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1636 - Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMember - the List of Those Able to Bear Arms  - Aug 1643 - Plymouth, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt 11 Dec 1691 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
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    42.  42.  [S576] TGMSP, Thomas Morton, 00516.

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    54.  54.  [S627] Descendants of Edward Small, 838, 00127.