Source: "Saints and Strangers" by George F Willison
Deacon Robert Cushman, of Canterbury, a wool comber by trade and apparently another of the dissident Ancient Brethren who had quit Johnson's church in disgust. When he was named a deacon at the Green Gate is not known.

Agent for the Pilgrims in London & Leiden, Holland
Came to Plymouth Colony in Nov. 1621 in The Fortune

Robert Cushman came on the Fortune in 1621 with son Thomas of 14 years. Returned to England in the Fortune and left son in care of Governor Bradford
Source: Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families by William T. Davis 1895
Passenger List, ship Fortune, 1621

The ship Fortune arrived at Plymouth on November 9, 1621, just a few weeks after the First Thanksgiving. This passenger list is based on the 1623 Division of Land, the passenger list compiled by charles Edward Banks in Planters of the Commonwealth, and by the information found in Eugene Aubrey Stratton's Plymouth Colony: Its History and its People, 1620-1691. The author is descended from Fortune passengers John Adams, William Bassett, and Moses Simmons.

CUSHMAN, ROBERT - One of the Leiden Separatist leaders, Robert Cushman's English origins are given by Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in England-Cushman "NEHGR 68:181. He was baptized at Rolveden, Kent, 9 February 1577/78, son of Thomas and Elinor (Hubbard) Couchman. He was an apprentice to George Masters; was excommunicated from St. Andrews Church, Canterbury, after saying that he could not be edified by going to that church; was received back in the church in 1605; and in the same year became a freeman of Canterbury, being described as a grocer. His first wife was Sara Reder, by whom he had son Thomas, q.v., and he married (2) at Leiden in 1617 Mary (Clarke) Shingleton. He and John Carver were chosen by their fellow Separatists to go to England to negotiate for a patent to go to America, and Bradford in his History has much to relate about him. In 1621 he arrived at Plymouth on the Fortune with son thomas, but returned to England with the Fortune, leaving Thomas in the care of Governor Bradford. Cushman died in 1625 before having the chance to return to Plymouth. A good account of his family can be found in Small Descendants, 2:669, which mentions also that a Sarah Cushman who married William Hoskins on 6 October 1636 was thought to be the daughter of Robert Cushman (Hoskins married [2] on 21 December 1638 Ann Hynes [PCR 1:45, 1071].

Source: Plymouth Colony Its History & People 1620-1621 by Eugene Aubrey Stratton, 1986

Robert Cushman's Letter to Edward Southworth

If you thought the Mayflower's voyage was well organized, and that the Pilgrims were all cooperative with one another, and everything went smoothly--think again. This letter was written by Robert Cushman, one of the most prominent members of the Pilgrims congregation at Leyden. He had been the Pilgrim's negotiator with Thomas Weston, and organized the hiring of the ships that would take the Pilgrims to America. He planned to go to America with the Mayflower and Speedwell himself. However, as can be seen by this letter, the Speedwell repeatedly got leaks and was forced in for repairs. A few days after this letter was written, it was decided the Speedwell would not be taken to America, and some of the passengers decided they no longer wanted to make the voyage because of lack of space, and the gloomy outlook for the colony's success. One of those passengers--not surprisingly--was Robert Cushman. Cushman's words, like "Friend, if ever we make a plantation, God works a miracle", "If I should write to you of all things which promiscuously forerun our ruin, I should over-charge my weak head and grieve your tender heart", and "Poor William Ring and myself do strive who shall be meat first for the fishes" echo hauntingly, and foreshadow many problems the Pilgrims had after reaching America.

Dartmouth, August 17

LOVING FRIEND, my most kind remembrance to you and your wife, with loving E.M. etc., whom in this world I never look to see again. For besides the eminent dangers of this voyage, which are no less than deadly, an infirmity of body hath seized me, which will not in all likelihood leave me till death. what to call it I know not, but it is a bundle of lead, as it were, crushing my heart more and more these fourteen days; as that although I do the actions of a living man, yet I am but as dead, but the will of God be done.
Our pinnace will not cease leaking, else I think we had been half-way to Virginia. Our voyage hither hath been as full of crosses as ourselves have been of crookedness. We put in here to trim her; and I think, as others also, if we had stayed at sea but three or four hours more, she would have sunk right down. And though she was twice trimmed at Hampton, yet now she is as open and leaky as a sieve; and there was a board a man might have pulled off with his fingers, two foot long, where the water came in as at a mole hole. we lay at Hampton seven days in fair weather, waiting for her, and now we lie here waiting for her in as fair a wind as can blow, and so have done these four days, and are like to lie four more, and by that time the wind will happily turn as it did at Hampton. Our victuals will be half eaten up, I think, before we go from the coast of Englnad, and if our voyage last long, we shall not have a month's victuals when we come in the country. Near L700 hath been bestowed at Hampton, upon what I know not; Mr. Martin saith he neither can nor will give any account of it, and if he be called upon for accounts, he crieth out of unthankfulness for his pains and care, that we are suspicious of him, and flings away, and will end nothing. Also he so insulteth over our poor people, with such scorn and contempt, as if they were not good enough to wipe his shoes. It would break your heart to see his dealings, and the mourning of our people; they complain to me, and alas! I can do nothing for them. If I speak to him he flies inmy face as mutinous, and saith no complaints shall be heard or received but by himself, and saith they are forward and waspish, discontented people, and I do ill to hear them. there are others that would lose all they ahve put in, or make satisfaction for what they have had, that they might depart; but he will not hear them, nor suffer them to go ashore, lest they should run away. the sailors are so offended at his ignorant boldness in medding and controlling in things he knows not what belongs to, as that some threaten to mischief him; others say they will leave the ship and go their way. But at the best this cometh of it, that he makes himself as scorn and laughing stock unto them. As for Mr. Weston, except grace do greatly sway him, he will hate us ten times more than ever he loved us, for not confirming the conditions. But now, since some pinches have taken them, they begin to revile the truth and Mr. Robinson was in the fault who charged them never to consent to those conditions, nor choose me ito office; but indeed appointed them to choose them they did choose. But he and they will rue too late, they may now see, and all be ashamed when it is too late, that they were so ignorant; yea and so inordinate in their courses. I am sure as they were resolved not to seal those conditions, I was not so resolute at Hampton to have left the whole business, except they would seal them, and better the voyage to have been broken off then than to have brought such misery to ourselves, dishonour to God and detriment to our living friends, as now it is like to do. Four or five of the chief of them which came from Leyden,came resolved never to go on those conditions. And Mr. Martin, he said he never received no money on those conditions; he was not beholden to the merchants for a pin, they were bloodsuckers, and I know not what. Simple man, he indeed never made any conditions with the merchants, nor ever spake with them. But did all the money fly at Hampton, or was it his own? Who will go and lay out money so rashly and lavishly as he did, and never know how he comes by it or on what conditions? Secondly, I told him of the alteration long ago and he was content, but now he domineers and said I had betrayed them into the hands of slaves; he is not beholden to them, he can set out two ships himself to a voyage. when, good man? He hat but L50 in and if he should give up his accounts he would not have a penny left him, as I am persuaded, etc. Friend, if ever we make a plantation, God works a miracle, especially considering how scant we shall be of victuals, and most of all ununited amongst ourselves and devoid of good tutors and regiment. Violence will break all. where is the meek and humble spirit of Moses? and of Nehemiah who re-edified the walls of Jerusalem, and the state of Isreal? Is not the sound of Rehoboam's brags daily here amongst us? Have not the philosophers and all the wise men observed that, even in settled commonwealths, violent governors bring either themselves or people or both to ruin? How much more in the raising of commonwealths, when the mortar is yet scarce tempered that should bind the walls! if I should write to you of all things which promiscuously forerun our ruin, I should over-charge my weak head and grieve your tender heart. Only this, I pray you prepare for evil tidings of us every day. But pray for us instantly, it may be the lord will be yet entreated one way or other to make for us. I see not in reason how we shall escape even the gaspings of hunger-starved persons; but God can do much, and His will be done. It is better for me to die than now for me to bear it, which I do daily and expect it hourly, having received the sentence of death both within me and without me. Poor William Ring and myself do strive who shall be meat first for the fishes; but we look for a glorious resurrection, knowing Christ Jesus after the flesh no more, but looking unto the joy that is before us, we will endure all these things and account them light in comparison of that joy we hope for.
Remember me in all love to our friends as if I named them, whose prayers I desire earnestly and wish again to see, but not till I can with more comfort look them in the face. The Lord give us that true comfort which none can take from us. I had a desire to make a brief relation of our estate to some friend. I doubt not but your wisdom will teach you seasonable to utter things as hereafter you shall be called to it. that which I have written is true, and many things more which I have forborn. I write it as upon my life, and last confession in England. What is of use to be spoken presently, you may speak of it; and what is fit to conceal, conceal. Pass by my weak manner, for my head is weak, and my body feeble. the Lord make me strong in Him, and keep both you and yours.

Your loving friend,

Robert Cushman

Dartmouth, August 17, 1620

In the book, "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman, it mentions Robert Cushman married 1. unknown (Mayflower Planter, vol, 1,2), married 2. Sarah Reder July 31, 1606 married 3. Mary (Clarke) Singleton June 5, 1617. Other sources do not mention this first marriage. Also, with his third marriage to Mary Clarke it lists two dates June 5, 1617 at Leyden Holland (Mayflower Planter, vol. 2, p. 179); June 3, 1617 at Leyden, Holland (Waterman Gen., p. 646)

Source: "Cushman Genealogy and General History", by Alvah Walford Burt Pub 1942 pg 56
Translation from the Dutch Records at Leyden:
Robert Cushman, Woolcomber from Canterbury, England, Widower of Sara Cushman, dwelling in a little alley of the Nunsgate, accompanied by John Keble, his friend with Mary Shingleton from Sandwich in England, widow of Thomas Shingleton, accompied by Catharine Carver, her friend, were married before Andries Jasperson Van Vesanevelt and Jacob Peadts, Sheriffs, this fifth of June 1617. (The entries show the bans were published three times, on 20" and 27" May and 3" June 1617

Source: "Cushman Genealogy and General History", by Alvah Walford Burt Pub 1942 pg 67
On Old Burial Hill, Plymouth MA the Cushman Memorial and two smaller Cushman Monuments in the foreground dedicated to Elder Thomas Cushman stand. The Tablet on the larger of the two can be easily read with a glass.

Notes for MARY CLARKE:
Source: "Saints and Strangers", by George F Willison, Pub. Reynal & Hitchcock, NY, pg. 106
Married once before to (fnu) Singleton, a Canterbury shoemaker. Mary was from Sandwich.

Children of ROBERT CUSHMAN and SARAH REDER are:
3. i. THOMAS4 CUSHMAN, b. 08 Feb 1607/08, Canterbury, Kent, England; d. 10 Dec 1691, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA.
ii. SARA CUSHMAN, m. WILLIAM HODGEKINS.

Generation No. 3

3. THOMAS4 CUSHMAN (ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 08 Feb 1607/08 in Canterbury, Kent, England (Source: Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by susan E. Roser 1989), and died 10 Dec 1691 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.). He married MARY ALLERTON 1636 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: (1) Mayflower Marriages from the files of George Ernest Boman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Decendants by Susan E. Roser: 1990, (2) "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman .), daughter of ISAAC ALLERTON and MARY NORRIS. She was born Bef. Jun 1616 in Leyden, Holland (Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman .), and died 28 Nov 1699 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman .).

Notes for THOMAS CUSHMAN:
Deacon Cushman

Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman
Christened 8 Feb 1607 St. Andrews Parish, Canterbury, Kent, England
Buried at Burial Hill, Plymouth, MA within two months of 84

Thomas Cushman came to Plymouth on the "Fortune" in 1621 with his father Robert. Thomas was 14 at the time.
Source: Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families by William T. Davis 1895.

Passenger List, ship fortune, 1621

The ship Fortune arrived at Plymouth on November 9, 1621, just a few weeks after the First Thanksgiving. This passenger list is based on the 1623 Division of Land, the passenger list compiled by Charles Edward Banks in planters of the Commonwealth, and by the information found in Eugene Aubrey Stratton's Plymouth colony: Its History and Its People, 1620-1691.

He was Elder of the Plymouth Church from 6 April 1649 until his death, (43 years).

Reared from age 14 by Gov. William Bradford when his father left him in his care when he returned to London to continue his work for the colony before he died in 1625 of the plague prevalent at that time.

The will of Thomas Cushman Sr. of Plimouth dated 22 Oct. 1690, sworn 16 March 1691/2, names wife Mary Cushman; sons Thomas, Isaac, Elkanah and Eleazer Cushman; daus. Sarah Hoaks and Lidiah Harlow; the three grandchildren in Lin (Lynn), the children of daughter Mary Hutchinson, dec.

CUSHMAN, THOMAS - The son of Robert Cushman, q.v., Thomas was baptized at Canterbury 8 February 1607/8, and he was taken by his father to Leiden shortly after. He arrived at Plymouth on the Fortune in 1621, and became a ward of Governor Bradford. He was a Purchaser and received a number of land grants. He was admitted a Plymouth freeman 1 January 1633/34 (PCR 1:21). On 1 July 1634 he successfully sued Mr. John Combes for 10 pounds (PCR 1:30. He served on various juries and committees and was a highway surveyor (PCR, passim). On 1 December 1640 he, Nicholas Snow, and Josias Cooke were presented by the grand jury for not mending the highways, but were freed on condition that they make the repairs within a year (PCR2:5. On 3 march 1645/46 Cushman made a successful mothin in court that Mr. Isaac Allerton be allowed a year's time to recover his debts in the colony (PCR 2:95). Allerton was his father-in-law, Cushman having married Mary Allerton at an unknown date. By a letter of 27 October 1646, Allerton had assigned to his son-in-law Thomas Cushman a debt of 100 pounds owed Allerton by Mr. John Coombes (PCR 2:130-33). On 1 August 1648 the court of Assistants assigned part of some grain due the widow of John Coombes toward satisfying the debt of her late husband to Cuthbert Cuthbertson, whose estate was a debtor "of considerable some" to Isaac Allerton. Cushman succeeded William Brewster as Ruling Elder of the Plymouth church on 6 April 1649, the position having been vacant since 1644 (Ply. ch. Recs. 1:165). He had differences with the pastor, John Cotton, as the latter noted in church records in 1683, writing that the elders met with the pastor and decided to put their differences to some other churches for advice, and the Elder (Cushman) moved that the magistrates be invited to meet with and advise them. In succeeding months there are additional intimations of differences in which "the Elder showed discontent" (Ply. Ch. recs. 1:251, 253-54). He became ill in his old age and languished for souie eleven weeks before he died on 10 or 11 December 1691, another man whose life was virtually cotern-dnal with that of Plymouth Colony (Ply. ch. Recs. 1:165-66; George E Bowman, "Elder Thomas Cushman's Will and Inventory, and the Records of His Death," MD 4:37). In his will dated 22 October 1690, sworn 16 March 1691/92, he named his wife Mary, sons Thomas, Isaac, Elkanah, and Eleazer; daughters Sarah Hawks and Lydia Harlow; and the three children of his daughter Mary Hutchinson. he also had a daughter Fear (PCR 8:15), who predeceased him without issue. Family histories, not sufficiently documented, and Henry W. Cushman Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans (Boston, 1855), and Joseph A. Cushman, The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family New England (1964). An important article is Mrs. John E Barclay and Anna M. Gurney, "Rebecca, Wife of Reverend Isaac Cushman" (TAG 26:144), which shows the error in undocumented published claims that the wife of Thomas Cushmans son Isaac was an Abigail Richard; she was much more likely Rebecca 2 Harlow. Newman A Hall, "Mary Cushman, Wife of Francis Hutchinson, An Isaac Allerton Line," MQ 52:28, convincingly dears up the question as to which Hutchinson she married, showing that it had to be Francis, not Edward. See also Tag 24:105 and NEHGR 122:48, 249,128:193 and the account of the Cushman family given in Small Descendants. 2:669. From the cited sources it can be seen that Cushman's daughter Mary married Francis Hutchinson: Thomas married Ruth Howland, daughter of Mayflower passenger John Howland; Sarah married John Howkes; Isaac probably married Rebecca Harlow; Elkanah married (1) Elizabeth Cole and (2) Martha Cooke; Fear died without issue; Eleazer married Elizabeth Combes; and Lydia married William Harlow.

Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855
Married Mary Allerton at the age 28, who had sat under the teachings of Rev. John Robeinson, a leader of the Puritans, and had joined the Church uner the instructions of the pious Elder Brewster.

Source: "Cushman Genealogy and General History", by Alvah Walford Burt Pub 1942 pg 67
On Old Burial Hill, Plymouth MA the Cushman Memorial and two smaller Cushman Monuments in the foreground dedicated to Elder Thomas Cushman stand. On the smaller stone is the inscription:
"Here lyeth buried ye body of the 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 the Ruling Elder, fell asleep in Jesus, Decmr. Ye 10, 1691 & ye 84 year of his age."
It will be noticed that the day of his death by the Church Records, is Dec. 11th, but by his grave stone it is Dec. 10th; which is correct is unknown.

Notes for MARY ALLERTON:
Mary Allerton, dau of Isaac & Mary (Norris) Allerton who came on Mayflower to Plymouth in 1620, married at Plymouth 1636. Isaac Allerton was Asst Gov to William Bradford and was the 5th signer of the Mayflower Compact before they landed at Plymouth. This was the forerunner and model for our present Constitution.

The last survivor of those who came on the "Mayflower"

Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman
This book list two death dates for Mary Allerton with two sources listed after each date, first Nov 28, 1699 at Plymouth, MA (Mayflower Desc., vol. 16, p.63) and second Dec. 8, 1699 ae 90 (Daughters of Colonial Wars, 1941, p. 644)

Source: "Cushman Genealogy and General History", by Alvah Walford Burt Pub 1942 pg 183
Mary Allerton, wife of Elder Cushman, came over in the Mayflower in 1620. She was then about eleven years of age. With her husband she was a member of the church at Plymouth, and as we may well suppose, she was a worthy companion of her excellent, pious and useful husband, during his long ministry as Ruling Elder of the Church. She survived him seven or eight years, and died at the advance age of ninety. Her name has become quite famous from the fact that she was in the Mayflower. She was probably buried by the side of her husband, in the Burying Hill Cemetery at Plymouth, though no monument has ever been erected to her memory.

Children of THOMAS CUSHMAN and MARY ALLERTON are:
i. MARY5 CUSHMAN, b. ABT 1635, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman .); d. 12 Nov 1702, Reading, MA (Source: Robert Wakefield, FASG, "Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations", (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), p.12.); m. FRANCIS HUTCHINSON, 1676, Lynn, MA (Source: Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by Susan E. Roser 1989).

Notes for MARY CUSHMAN:
Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman
Mary died before 10/22/1690, date of her father's will.

4. ii. THOMAS CUSHMAN, b. 16 Sep 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; d. 23 Aug 1726, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA.
iii. SARAH CUSHMAN, b. ABT 1641, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman .); d. Aft. 03 Dec 1694; m. (1) JOHN HAWKS, 11 Apr 1661, Lynn, MA (Source: (1) Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by Susan E. Roser 1989, (2) Henry Wyles Cushman, "Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", p. 101.); m. (2) DANIEL HUTCHINGS, 07 Nov 1695, Lynn, MA (Source: Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by susan E. roser 1989).
5. iv. ISAAC CUSHMAN, b. 08 Feb 1648/49, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; d. 21 Oct 1732, Plympton, MA bur. Old Cemetery at Plympton Center.
6. v. ELKANAH CUSHMAN, b. 01 Jun 1651, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; d. 04 Sep 1727, Plympton, Plymouth, MA.
vi. FEAR CUSHMAN, b. 20 Jun 1653, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: (1) Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by Susan E. Roser 1989, (2) "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman ., (3) Henry Wyles Cushman, "Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", p. 124.); d. Bef. 22 Oct 1690 (Source: Robert Wakefield, FASG, "Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations", (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), p.5.).
7. vii. ELEAZAR CUSHMAN, b. 20 Feb 1656/57, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; d. Aft. Nov 1733, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA.
8. viii. LYDIA CUSHMAN, b. ABT 1660, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; d. 11 Feb 1718/19, Plymouth, MA.

Generation No. 4

4. THOMAS5 CUSHMAN (THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 16 Sep 1637 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: (1) Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by Susan E. Roser 1989, (2) "Cushman Genealogy and General History", by Alvah Walford Burt Pub 1942.), and died 23 Aug 1726 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA. He married (1) RUTH HOWLAND 17 Nov 1664 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by susan E. roser 1989), daughter of JOHN HOWLAND and ELIZABETH TILLEY. She was born 16 Sep 1637 in Rocky Nook, Kingston, MA, and died Bef. 16 Oct 1679 in Rehoboth, MA (Source: Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by Susan E. Roser 1989). He married (2) ABIGAIL TITUS 16 Oct 1679 in Rehoboth, MA (Source: Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by susan E. roser 1989). She was born 18 Feb 1652/53 in Rehoboth, MA (Source: Robert Wakefield, FASG, "Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations", (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), p.11.), and died 31 May 1734 in Attleboro, MA (Source: Robert Wyles Cushman, "Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", p 127.).

Children of THOMAS CUSHMAN and RUTH HOWLAND are:
i. THOMAS6 CUSHMAN, d. 09 Jan 1726/27 (Source: "Cushman Genealogy and General History", by Alvah Walford Burt Pub 1942.); m. SARAH STRONG; d. 25 Dec 1726 (Source: "Cushman Genealogy and General History", by Alvah Walford Burt Pub 1942.).
9. ii. BENJAMIN CUSHMAN.

5. ISAAC5 CUSHMAN (THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 08 Feb 1648/49 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: (1) Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association., (2) "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman .), and died 21 Oct 1732 in Plympton, MA bur. Old Cemetery at Plympton Center (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.). He married REBECCA HARLOW 1675 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA, daughter of WILLIAM HARLOW and REBECCA BARTLETT. She was born 12 Jun 1655 in Plymouth, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.), and died 03 Sep 1727 in Plympton, MA bur. Old Cemetery at Plympton Center (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.).

Notes for ISAAC CUSHMAN:
Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association
Isaac's mother was a daughter of Isaac Allerton of the "Mayflower"

Both Isaac and Rebecca are buried in the Old Cemetery at Plympton center. Isaac's gravestone notes he was the first minister of the church in Plympton and that he died in the 37th year of his ministry

Children of ISAAC CUSHMAN and REBECCA HARLOW are:
10. i. ISAAC6 CUSHMAN, b. 15 Nov 1676, Plymouth MA; d. 04 Sep 1727, Plympton, MA.
ii. REBECCA CUSHMAN, b. 30 Nov 1678, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 08 Jul 1756, North Yarmouth, Maine (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); m. JACOB MITCHELL, 18 Nov 1701, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); b. ABT 1671, Bridgewater, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 21 Dec 1744, North Yarmouth, Maine (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.).
iii. MARY CUSHMAN, b. 12 Oct 1682, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 13 Mar 1722/23, Plympton, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); m. ROBERT WATERMAN, 19 Mar 1701/02, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); b. 09 Feb 1681/82, Marshfield, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 16 Jan 1749/50, Halifax, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.).
iv. SARAH CUSHMAN, b. 17 Apr 1684, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 02 Feb 1724/25, Plympton, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); m. (1) JAMES BRADFORD; m. (2) JAMES BRYANT, 08 Jul 1708, Plympton, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); b. 26 Jul 1682, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. Aft. Mar 1740/41, prob. Halifax, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.).
11. v. ICHABOD CUSHMAN, b. 30 Oct 1686, Plymouth MA; d. 26 Oct 1732, Middleboro, MA.
vi. FEAR CUSHMAN, b. 10 Mar 1688/89, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 13 Jul 1746, Halifax, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); m. WILLIAM STURTEVANT, 12 Feb 1707/08, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); b. ABT 1683, Prob. Plymouth, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 28 Aug 1753, Halifax, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.).
vii. MERCY CUSHMAN, b. ABT 1692 (Source: Robert Wakefield, FASG, "Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations", (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), p.42.).

6. ELKANAH5 CUSHMAN (THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 01 Jun 1651 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: (1) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855., (2) "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman ., (3) Mayflower Descendants, Vol. 5, p. 20; vol. 16, p. 237., (4) "Cushman Genealogy and General History", by Alvah Walford Burt Pub 1942., (5) Henry Wyles Cushman, "Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", p. 123.), and died 04 Sep 1727 in Plympton, Plymouth, MA (Source: (1) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855., (2) Plympton Vital Records p. 469., (3) "Cushman Genealogy and General History", by Alvah Walford Burt Pub 1942.). He married (1) ELIZABETH COLE 10 Feb 1676/77 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: (1) Mayflower Descendants, Vol. 13, p. 203., (2) Henry Wyles Cushman, "Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", p. 123.), daughter of JAMES COLE and ABIGAIL DAVENPORT. She was born in Plymouth MA (Source: Robert Wakefield, FASG, "Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations", (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), p.14.), and died 04 Jan 1681/82 in Plymouth MA (Source: (1) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855., (2) Mayflower Descendants, Vol. 15, p. 213.). He married (2) MARTHA COOKE 02 Mar 1682/83 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855. p 123), daughter of JACOB COOKE. She was born 16 Mar 1659/60 in Plymouth MA (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855. p. 123 ), and died 17 Sep 1722 in Plympton MA (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855. p 123 ).

Notes for ELKANAH CUSHMAN:
From the book "Mayflower Families in Progress, Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations," compiled by Robert S Wakefield, FASG, Third Edition, Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1996.

In 1723 Elkanah Cushman served as Representative to the General Court of Massachusetts.
The will of Elkanah Cushman of Plimpton dated 14 Oct. 1725, sworn 22 Sept. 1727, names sons Allerton and Josiah Cushman; dau Martha Holmes; two granddaus. Elizabeth Delano and Hannah Cushman.

Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855
His Will was dated 14 Oct 1725 - two years before his death - and was recorded in Book 5, page 330, of the Plymouth Records. He was buried at Old Cemetery, Plympton, MA and the following is the inscription on his Grave Stone:
Here lyes buried ye body of Deacon Elkanah Cushman who decd Sept. ye 4th 1727 in ye 77th year of his age.
He was probably a member of the Plympton chh. near thirty years, as his name stands first in the list of those who joined after the chh. was first formed. He was, undoubtedly, "a pious, godly man," devoted to the prosperity of the chh., for no other could hold the important office of deacon in those days.

Children of ELKANAH CUSHMAN and ELIZABETH COLE are:
12. i. ELKANAH6 CUSHMAN, b. 15 Sep 1678, Plymouth MA; d. 09 Jan 1714/15, Plymouth MA.
ii. JAMES CUSHMAN, b. 20 Oct 1679.
iii. JABEZ CUSHMAN, b. 28 Dec 1681; d. May 1682.

Children of ELKANAH CUSHMAN and MARTHA COOKE are:
iv. ALLERTON6 CUSHMAN, b. 21 Nov 1683.
v. ELIZABETH CUSHMAN, b. 17 Jan 1684/85, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 13 Mar 1724/25, Plympton, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); m. ROBERT WATERMAN, 05 Dec 1723, Plympton, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); b. 09 Feb 1681/82, Marshfield, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 16 Jan 1749/50, Halifax, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.).
vi. JOSIAH CUSHMAN, b. 21 Mar 1687/88.
vii. MARTHA CUSHMAN, b. Bef. 1691.
viii. MEHITABLE CUSHMAN, b. 08 Oct 1693; d. Bef. 14 Oct 1725.

Notes for MEHITABLE CUSHMAN:
Died unmarried before 14 Oct. 1725 (father's will)

7. ELEAZAR5 CUSHMAN (THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 20 Feb 1656/57 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: (1) Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by Susan E. Roser 1989, (2) "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman ., (3) Henry Wyles Cushman, "Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", p. 124.), and died Aft. Nov 1733 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Robert Wakefield, FASG, "Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations", (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), p.14.). He married ELIZABETH COOMBS 12 Jan 1687/88 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., by Susan E. Roser 1989), daughter of JOHN COOMBS and ELIZABETH ROYAL. She was born 30 Nov 1652 in Boston, MA (Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson.), and died Aft. 14 Oct 1723 in Plympton, MA (Source: Robert Wakefield, FASG, "Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations", (General Society of Mayflower Descendants), p.14.).

Notes for ELEAZAR CUSHMAN:
Eleazar Cushman and Elizabeth Coombs were second cousins once removed. - He is Thomas C & Mary (Allerton) C's grandson and Elizabeth is the great grand daughter of Degory Priest & Sara (Allerton) Priest (Sara is Mary (A) Cushman's Aunt + Issac's sister - Issac being Mary's Father)

Notes for ELIZABETH COOMBS:
Info came from a Yahoo search on Elizabeth:
Elizabeth Coombs was Sara (Allerton) Priest's great granddaughter. Sara was Issac Allerton's sister. Therefore Sara was Mary (Allerton) Cushman's Aunt.

Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson
Elizabeth Coombs, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Barlow) Coombs, born in Boston 1662, and living in Plymouth in 1687, married Eleazar Cushman in Plymouth in 1688. This couple were evidently second cousins, one degree removed.

Children of ELEAZAR CUSHMAN and ELIZABETH COOMBS are:
i. LYDIA6 CUSHMAN.
13. ii. JOHN CUSHMAN, b. 1690, Plymouth, MA.
iii. MOSES CUSHMAN.
14. iv. JAMES CUSHMAN.
v. WILLIAM CUSHMAN, b. 1710; d. 1777; m. ABIGAIL LEE; b. 1713; d. 1803.

8. LYDIA5 CUSHMAN (THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born ABT 1660 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Mayflower Marriages from the files of George Ernest Boman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Decendants by Susan E. Roser: 1990), and died 11 Feb 1718/19 in Plymouth, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.). She married WILLIAM HARLOW, JR Jan 1682/83 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Mayflower Families in Progress Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., ed 1899-1940. Vol. 34 Boston, 1981 Microfiche), son of WILLIAM HARLOW and REBECCA BARTLETT. He was born 02 Jun 1657 in Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.), and died 28 Jan 1711/12 in Plymouth, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.).

Children of LYDIA CUSHMAN and WILLIAM HARLOW are:
i. ELIZABETH6 HARLOW, b. Feb 1682/83, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. Bef. 18 Apr 1705, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); m. (1) JONATHAN BARNES; m. (2) (FNU) WILSON; m. (3) THOMAS DOTY, (DOTEN), 24 Feb 1702/03, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; b. 22 Jul 1679, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. Bef. 08 Feb 1721/22, Truro MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); m. (4) TIMOTHY MORTON, 15 Dec 1737, Kingston, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.).
ii. THOMAS HARLOW, b. 17 Mar 1685/86, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 12 Nov 1746, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); m. JEDIDAH CHURCH, 01 Dec 1709, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); b. 27 Feb 1686/87 (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. Aft. 03 Dec 1746 (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.).

Notes for THOMAS HARLOW:
Deacon

iii. WILLIAM HARLOW, b. ABT 1689, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 18 Feb 1749/50, Bridgewater, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); m. JOANNA JACKSON, 18 Jun 1713, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); b. 22 Feb 1695/96, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. Aft. 1737 (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.).
iv. MARY HARLOW, b. ABT 1691, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 03 Jan 1715/16, Plymouth MA.
v. ROBERT HARLOW, b. Aft. 01 Jun 1691, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. Aft. 1752 (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); m. (1) SUSAN COLE, 10 Oct 1717, Plympton, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); b. 19 Nov 1696, Swansea, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 17 Feb 1748/49, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); m. (2) REMEMBER BATES, 15 Sep 1749; b. 10 Dec 1711 (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. Aft. 10 Jul 1752 (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.).
vi. LYDIA HARLOW, b. ABT 1693, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. Bef. 29 Apr 1761; m. BARNABAS CHURCHILL, 04 Feb 1713/14, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); b. 03 Jul 1686, Plymouth MA; d. Bef. 21 Oct 1760.
vii. ISAAC HARLOW, b. Aft. 19 Sep 1698, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. Bef. 30 Apr 1724.
viii. REBECCA HARLOW, b. Bef. 18 Jul 1703, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. 24 Dec 1730, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); m. JABEZ HOLMES, 30 Sep 1730, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); b. 28 Mar 1704, Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.); d. Aft. 1746 (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association\.).

Generation No. 5

9. BENJAMIN6 CUSHMAN (THOMAS5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) He married (1) SARAH EATON 08 Jan 1711/12. He married (2) SARAH BELL 14 Mar 1738/39.

Child of BENJAMIN CUSHMAN and SARAH EATON is:
i. BENJAMIN7 CUSHMAN, b. 25 May 1722; d. 05 Mar 1813, Plympton, MA; m. ZERUIAH SAMPSON, 27 Aug 1747.

10. ISAAC6 CUSHMAN (ISAAC5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 15 Nov 1676 in Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.), and died 04 Sep 1727 in Plympton, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.). He married (1) SARAH GIBBS 28 Jan 1700/01 in Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.), daughter of THOMAS GIBBS and ALICE WARREN. She was born ABT 1683 in Prob. Sandwich, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.), and died 28 Oct 1716 in Plympton, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.). He married (2) MERCY BRADFORD 10 Oct 1717 in Harwich, MA, daughter of JOHN BRADFORD and MERCY WARREN. She was born 20 Dec 1681 in Plymouth MA, and died 27 Jun 1738 in Plympton, MA.

Children of ISAAC CUSHMAN and SARAH GIBBS are:
i. PHEBE7 CUSHMAN, b. 14 Mar 1702/03, Plympton, MA (Source: "Historical & Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", by Henry Wyles Cushman, p.134.); m. NATHANIEL SPOONER, 06 Nov 1725.
ii. ALICE CUSHMAN, b. 26 Jun 1705, Plymouth, MA; m. JONATHAN BOSWORTH, 19 Dec 1723 (Source: "Historical & Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", by Henry Wyles Cushman, p.134.).
iii. REBEKAH CUSHMAN, b. 14 Oct 1707, Plympton, MA (Source: "Historical & Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", by Henry Wyles Cushman, p.134.); d. 21 Aug 1727 (Source: "Historical & Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", by Henry Wyles Cushman, p.134.); m. JABEZ NEWLAND.
iv. SARAH CUSHMAN, b. 02 Dec 1709, Plympton, MA (Source: "Historical & Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", by Henry Wyles Cushman, p.134.); m. BENJAMIN SPOONER, 23 Nov 1731 (Source: "Historical & Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", by Henry Wyles Cushman, p.134.).
15. v. NATHANIEL CUSHMAN, b. 28 May 1712, Plymouth, MA; d. 01 Oct 1793, Montague, Hampshire County, MA.
vi. INFANT CUSHMAN, b. 18 Feb 1714/15, Plympton, MA; d. 25 Feb 1714/15, Plympton, MA.

11. ICHABOD6 CUSHMAN (ISAAC5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 30 Oct 1686 in Plymouth MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.), and died 26 Oct 1732 in Middleboro, MA (Source: Harlow Family, Decendants of Sgt. William Harlow, 1997, Harlow Family Association.). He married (1) ESTHER BARNES. He married (2) PATIENCE HOLMES 27 Nov 1712 in Plympton, MA (Source: Henry Wyles Cushman, "Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", p. 127.). She was born 03 Nov 1690 in Plymouth MA (Source: Robert Wyles Cushman, "Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", p 127.), and died 08 Sep 1755 in Middleboro, MA (Source: Robert Wyles Cushman, "Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", p 127.).

Child of ICHABOD CUSHMAN and PATIENCE HOLMES is:
16. i. ISAAC7 CUSHMAN.

12. ELKANAH6 CUSHMAN (ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 15 Sep 1678 in Plymouth MA (Source: (1) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855., (2) Mayflower Descendants, Vol. 1, p. 142.), and died 09 Jan 1714/15 in Plymouth MA (Source: (1) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855., (2) Mayflower Descendants, Vol. 16, p. 84.). He married HESTER BARNES 23 Feb 1702/03 in Plymouth MA (Source: (1) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855., (2) "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman .), daughter of JONATHAN BARNES and ELIZABETH HEDGE. She was born 18 Feb 1681/82 in Plymouth MA (Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman .), and died 01 Nov 1770 in Plymouth MA (Epitaphs Burial Hill) (Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman .).

Notes for ELKANAH CUSHMAN:
From the book "Mayflower Families in Progress, Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations," compiled by Robert S Wakefield, FASG, Third Edition, Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1996.

Elkanah Cushman b. Plymouth 15 Sept. 1678; d. there 9 Jan. 1714/5, aged 37 years.
He m. Plymouth 23 Feb. 1702/3 Hester Barnes, b. Plymouth 18 Feb. 1682; d. there 1 Nov. 1770, aged 88 yrs.; dau. of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Hedge( Barnes. She m. (2) Plymouth 25 Oct.. 1716 Benjamin Warren by whom she had Joseph and Mercy.
The division of the estate of Elkanah Cushman, late of Plymouth, dated 22 June 1717, names widow Hester, now wife of Benjamin Warren; children Elkanah, James, Elizabeth and Hannah.

Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855
Settlement of his estate, Plymouth Colony Records, book 3 page 349; date 2 Mch. 1714-15. He was buried about five feet from the grave of Elder Thomas Cushman, in Burying Hill Plymouth. This is the inscription on his Grave Stone: Here lyes ye body of Elhaney Cushman aged about 37 yeares decd Junny ye 9 1714-15.

Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman
This source states there is not grave stone found in 1935 (Joseph A Cushman)

Notes for HESTER BARNES:
Ester is her first name accourding to the source "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman Pg. 24

Children of ELKANAH CUSHMAN and HESTER BARNES are:
i. ELIZABETH7 CUSHMAN, b. 05 Dec 1703 (Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman .).
17. ii. ELKANAH CUSHMAN, b. 10 Jul 1706, Plymouth MA; d. ABT 1742, Plymouth, MA.
iii. JAMES CUSHMAN, b. 29 Aug 1709 (Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman .); m. HANNAH COBB, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA.
iv. HANNAH CUSHMAN (Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman .), b. ABT 1713; m. JOHN WATERMAN, 17 Aug 1731, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA.

Notes for HANNAH CUSHMAN:
Birth dated based on age at death named in div.

13. JOHN6 CUSHMAN (ELEAZAR5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 1690 in Plymouth, MA. He married JOANNA PRATT 1715.

Children of JOHN CUSHMAN and JOANNA PRATT are:
i. JOHN7 CUSHMAN.
18. ii. ELEAZER CUSHMAN II, b. 1726, Plymouth, MA; d. 1797, Willington, CT.

14. JAMES6 CUSHMAN (ELEAZAR5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) He married SARAH HATCH.

Children of JAMES CUSHMAN and SARAH HATCH are:
19. i. ELIZABETH7 CUSHMAN, b. 1739.
ii. EBENEZER CUSHMAN, b. 04 Jun 1727, Dartmouth, MA (Source: Dartmouth VRs, 1:72.); d. 09 Jan 1813, New Bedford; m. ZERVIAH SHERMAN, 19 Sep 1750, Dartmouth, MA; b. 11 Jul 1730, BEF 1810.

Generation No. 6

15. NATHANIEL7 CUSHMAN (ISAAC6, ISAAC5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 28 May 1712 in Plymouth, MA, and died 01 Oct 1793 in Montague, Hampshire County, MA. He married (1) SARAH COOMER 22 Nov 1733 (Source: Henry Wyles Cushman, "Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", p. 134.), daughter of WILLIAM COOMER. She was born 28 Feb 1712/13 (Source: Henry Wyles Cushman, "Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", p. 134.), and died 14 Apr 1753 (Source: Henry Wyles Cushman, "Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans", p. 134.). He married (2) TEMPERANCE SIMS 23 Aug 1753.

Children of NATHANIEL CUSHMAN and SARAH COOMER are:
i. ISAAC8 CUSHMAN, b. 20 Oct 1734.
ii. SARAH CUSHMAN, b. 12 Nov 1736; d. 12 Apr 1812, Lebanon, CT; m. SAMUEL CLARK, 26 Jun 1755.
iii. NATHANIEL CUSHMAN, b. 02 Sep 1738, Plympton, MA; d. 17 Aug 1817, Stafford, MA; m. (1) PHEBE NEWCOMB; b. 14 Sep 1760; d. 15 Jul 1785; m. (2) HANNAH HAWKINS, Aft. 1785; d. 22 Sep 1845.
20. iv. CONSIDER CUSHMAN, b. 06 Jul 1740, Plympton, MA; d. 04 Apr 1819, Greenfield, Franklin Co, MA.
v. SIMEON CUSHMAN, b. 14 Feb 1743/44.
vi. WILLIAM CUSHMAN, b. 29 Jan 1745/46; m. JEMIMA LADOE.
vii. AMBROSE CUSHMAN, b. 27 Jul 1748.
viii. POLYCARPUS CUSHMAN, b. 14 Nov 1750; d. 15 Dec 1797; m. RACHEL FIELD, 1774; b. 1751; d. 01 Sep 1812.
ix. ARTEMAS CUSHMAN, b. 28 Jul 1752; d. 18 Oct 1841; m. SARAH WILLIAMS.

16. ISAAC7 CUSHMAN (ICHABOD6, ISAAC5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) He married SARAH MILLER.

Child of ISAAC CUSHMAN and SARAH MILLER is:
i. HANNAH8 CUSHMAN, b. 18 Sep 1773, Middleborough, MA (Source: Middleborough, MA VR, 2 Vols. (Boston: MA Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1986-90) [herinafter Middleborough VRs], 1:241.); d. 03 Feb 1838, Winthrop, Maine; m. HUSHAI THOMAS, 02 May 1795, Middleborough, MA.

17. ELKANAH7 CUSHMAN (ELKANAH6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) (Source: Historical and Biographical Gene. of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855 pg 136.) was born 10 Jul 1706 in Plymouth MA (Source: (1) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855., (2) "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman ., (3) Plymouth Vital Records, pg 44.), and died ABT 1742 in Plymouth, MA (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.). He married LYDIA BRADFORD 31 Mar 1740 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: (1) Mayflower Families in Progress Mayflower Descendent. Bowan, George E., ed 1899-1940., (2) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855., (3) Plymouth Vital Records,., (4) Mayflower Descendants, Vol.4, p. 159.), daughter of DAVID BRADFORD and ELIZABETH FINNEY. She was born 23 Dec 1719 in of Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: (1) Plymouth MA, Vital Records p 94., (2) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.), and died 28 Oct 1756 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA (Source: (1) Descendants of Governor William Bradford, compiled by Ruth Gardiner Hall under Auspices of Bradford Family Compact, 1951, Higginson , (2) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855., (3) "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman . (Gravestone Photo'd. 1935, JAC)).

Notes for ELKANAH CUSHMAN:
A descendant of Pilgrim Isaac Allerton. A mariner.

Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855
In the settlement of his estate he is called "Elkanah cushman, Mariner."

Notes for LYDIA BRADFORD:
On 21 Jan. 1742 appraisers were appointed for the estate of Elkanah Cushman late of Plymouth, mariner, Inventory was taken 18 Feb. 1742. On 10 Nov. 1742 widow Lydia Cushman of Plymouth was appointed administratrix of the estate of Elkanah Cushman.
On 4 June 1743 Lazarus LeBaron, physician, and wife Lydia, both of Plymouth were appointed guardians of Elkanah Cushman, minor son of Elkanah Cushman, dec.
The will of Lazarus LeBaron of Plymouth, physician, dated 24 Sept. 1772, presented 2 June 1777, names sons Lazarus, Bartlett, Isaac, Lemuel, Frances and William; daus. Lydia Goodwin, widow of nathaniel; Mary Bradford, wife of "Doct Bradford of Bristol"; Hannah Goodwin, wife of Benjamin of Boston, elizabeth robins, wife of Ammy of Norfolk CT; Priscilla LeBaron; granddau. Sarah Hazen, wife of Mr. Hazen, dau. to son Joseph dec.; son-in-law (stepson) Elkanah Cushman; four sons I had by last wife viz: Isaac, Lemuel, Francis and William.

Child of ELKANAH CUSHMAN and LYDIA BRADFORD is:
21. i. ELKANAH8 CUSHMAN, b. 13 Nov 1741, Plymouth MA; d. 1776, Probably Nova Scotia.

18. ELEAZER7 CUSHMAN II (JOHN6, ELEAZAR5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 1726 in Plymouth, MA, and died 1797 in Willington, CT. He married ABIGAIL PARSONS in Willington, CT.

Children of ELEAZER CUSHMAN and ABIGAIL PARSONS are:
i. ELIPHALET8 CUSHMAN.
22. ii. ELEAZER CUSHMAN III, b. 1752, Plymton, Plymouth Co., MA; d. 1822, Westmoreland, Oneida Co., NY.
iii. THOMAS CUSHMAN.
iv. ABIGAIL CUSHMAN.
v. CHOLE CUSHMAN.

19. ELIZABETH7 CUSHMAN (JAMES6, ELEAZAR5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 1739. She married EPHRAIM DELANO 1760 in Dartmouth MA, son of THOMAS DELANO and JEAN PECKHAM. He was born 1733 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, and died 14 Jul 1815 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA.

Child of ELIZABETH CUSHMAN and EPHRAIM DELANO is:
23. i. WARREN8 DELANO, b. 28 Oct 1779, Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA; d. 25 Sep 1866, Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA.

Generation No. 7

20. CONSIDER8 CUSHMAN (NATHANIEL7, ISAAC6, ISAAC5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 06 Jul 1740 in Plympton, MA, and died 04 Apr 1819 in Greenfield, Franklin Co, MA. He married SUBMIT NEWCOMB, daughter of SILAS NEWCOMB and SUBMIT PINEO. She was born 07 Oct 1745 in Lebanon, New London County, CT, and died 28 Feb 1814 in Greenfield, Franklin Co, MA.

Children of CONSIDER CUSHMAN and SUBMIT NEWCOMB are:
i. AZEL9 CUSHMAN, b. 1765.
ii. SUBMIT CUSHMAN, b. 1767.
iii. CONSIDER CUSHMAN, b. 27 Oct 1768.
iv. SALLY CUSHMAN.
v. HANNAH CUSHMAN.
vi. REBECCA CUSHMAN.
vii. SILAS CUSHMAN.
24. viii. AMBROSE CUSHMAN, b. 25 Oct 1782; d. 25 May 1845.
ix. ORILLA CUSHMAN.
x. LUCINDA CUSHMAN.

21. ELKANAH8 CUSHMAN (ELKANAH7, ELKANAH6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 13 Nov 1741 in Plymouth MA (Source: (1) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855., (2) "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman . (Plymouth Vital Records, and Mayflower Desc. Vol. 15, p 159) ), and died 1776 in Probably Nova Scotia (Source: Descendants of Governor William Bradford, compiled by Ruth Gardiner Hall under Auspices of Bradford Family Compact, 1951, Higginson). He married MARY LATHROP (Source: "Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families", by William T. Davis), daughter of ANSEL LATHROP and MARY THOMAS. She was born 01 Oct 1739 in Plymouth MA (Source: (1) Descendants of Governor William Bradford, compiled by Ruth Gardiner Hall under Auspices of Bradford Family Compact, 1951, Higginson, (2) "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman . (Plymouth Vital Records p. 222) ), and died in Probably Nova Scotia.

Notes for ELKANAH CUSHMAN:
Source: Descendants of Governor William Bradford, compiled by Ruth Gardiner Hall under Auspices of Bradford Family Compact, 1951, Higginson
One of seven who founded "Old Colony Club" in 1769, which was the first organized commemoration of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, in 1620. In 1769 made a survey of a shorter route from Plymouth to the Metropolis. In 1776 embarked for Halifax with the British Army and nothing more known about him.

Note: source above list only one child, Elkanah b. June 1, 1769. We had Eleanor born 1793. By looking at the birth date of the mother, Mary Lothrop b. Oct 1, 1739, it seems Elkanah would be more likely to be correct.

Research done by Certified Geneoligist, David T. Robertson, Genealogical Consultant & Family History Researcher, Telephone (617)- 479-3095, E Mail DTRobertson@Prodigy.net, P.O. Box 309, Quincy Center, Massachusetts 02269-0309, on August 23, 1998 found:
Elkanah Cushman of Plymouth was the custom house tideman or tax collector. He fled to Halifax in 1776. That is why we neither find his or his wife's death in Boston. Either he left behind his children or they returned to Boston later. If that is correct then Eleanor was born in Nova Scotia. (David T. Robertson's belief at this time is that Eleanor is the son of this Elkanah and brother of Elkanah, husband of Susannah W. Lathrop, see Elkanah Jr for more on this)

Notes for MARY LATHROP:
"Daughter of Ansell Mariner" Chose. Sept 16, 1756, Ebenezer Spooner, gentleman, as her guardian. She died single about 1792. (note: See Family Page, we have her married to Elkanah Cushman, per "Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families", by William T. Davis.)
Source: "A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in this Country Embracing the Descendants, as Far as Known," by the Rev. E. B. Huntington, A.M.

Child of ELKANAH CUSHMAN and MARY LATHROP is:
25. i. ELKANAH9 CUSHMAN, b. 01 Jun 1769, Plymouth MA; d. 13 Jun 1841, Boston, MA.

22. ELEAZER8 CUSHMAN III (ELEAZER7, JOHN6, ELEAZAR5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 1752 in Plymton, Plymouth Co., MA, and died 1822 in Westmoreland, Oneida Co., NY. He married MEHITABLE HINCHLEY in Willington, CT.

Children of ELEAZER CUSHMAN and MEHITABLE HINCHLEY are:
i. SUSANNAH9 CUSHMAN.
ii. ABIGAIL CUSHMAN.
iii. DAN CUSHMAN.
iv. PENINAH CUSHMAN.
v. MEHITABLE CUSHMAN.
26. vi. RUTH CUSHMAN, b. 1788, Weillington, CT; d. Vernon Centre, Oneida Co., NY.
vii. SALMON CUSHMAN.

23. WARREN8 DELANO (ELIZABETH7 CUSHMAN, JAMES6, ELEAZAR5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 28 Oct 1779 in Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA, and died 25 Sep 1866 in Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA. He married (1) DEBORAH CHURCH 06 Nov 1808 in New Bedford, Bristol, MA, daughter of JOSEPH CHURCH and DEBORAH PERRY. He married (2) ELIZA PARKER ADAMS 02 Apr 1828 in Fairhaven, Bristol, MA.

Children of WARREN DELANO and DEBORAH CHURCH are:
27. i. WARREN9 DELANO, b. 13 Jul 1809, Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA; d. 17 Jan 1898, Algonac, Orange Co., NY.
ii. FREDERICK DELANO, b. 11 Apr 1811.
iii. FRANKLIN DELANO, b. 27 Jul 1813.
iv. LOUISA CHURCH DELANO, b. 29 Oct 1816.
v. EDWARD DELANO, b. 11 Jul 1818.
vi. DEBORAH PERRY DELANO, b. 15 Aug 1820.
vii. SARAH ALVEY DELANO, b. 22 Aug 1822.
viii. SUSAN MARIE DELANO, b. 17 Aug 1825.
ix. DELANO DELANO, b. 20 Jul 1827, Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA; d. 20 Jul 1827, Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA.

Generation No. 8

24. AMBROSE9 CUSHMAN (CONSIDER8, NATHANIEL7, ISAAC6, ISAAC5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 25 Oct 1782, and died 25 May 1845. He married ELIZABETH MILLARD 1804.

Child of AMBROSE CUSHMAN and ELIZABETH MILLARD is:
28. i. ROBERT N10 CUSHMAN, b. ABT 28 Jan 1810; d. 1897.

25. ELKANAH9 CUSHMAN (ELKANAH8, ELKANAH7, ELKANAH6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 01 Jun 1769 in Plymouth MA (Source: (1) Descendants of Governor William Bradford, compiled by Ruth Gardiner Hall under Auspices of Bradford Family Compact, 1951, Higginson, (2) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855. p. 301 , (3) "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman . ), and died 13 Jun 1841 in Boston, MA (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.). He married (1) SUSANNAH WENDELL LATHROP 26 Dec 1790 (Source: The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England by Joseph Augustine Cushman.). She was born ABT 1765, and died 08 Feb 1815 (Source: (1) The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England by Joseph Augustine Cushman., (2) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.). He married (2) MARY ELIZABETH BABBITT 18 Oct 1815 in Boston MA (Source: (1) The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England by Joseph Augustine Cushman., (2) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.), daughter of ERASAMUS BABBITT and MARY SANDERS. She died in Liverpool, England (Source: "The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England", by Joseph Augustine Cushman .).

Notes for ELKANAH CUSHMAN:
Research done by Certified Geneoligist, David T. Robertson, Genealogical Consultant & Family History Researcher, Telephone (617)- 479-3095, E Mail DTRobertson@Prodigy.net, P.O. Box 309, Quincy Center, Massachusetts 02269-0309, on August 23, 1998 found:
In the Index of Marriages in Massachusetts Centinel and Columbia Centinel 1784-1840 published by the American Antiquarian Society 1952 (Vol. II C-D under Cushman) it was the marriage of Elkannah Cushman, merchant, to Eliza Babbitt in Boston which appeared in the Columbia Centinel 18 Oct 1815. At this time (see further research below) he believes this Elkanah is the son of my Elkannah and the brother of Eleanor Cushman. In the Index of Deaths in Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel 1784-1840 published by the American Antiquarian Society 1952, (Vol. 3 C under Cushman), he found the death notice of Mrs. Elkanah Cushman, consort (wife) of Elkanah Cushman who died in Boston aged 49 which was published in the Columbia Centinel 11 Feb 1815. He believes this was Elkanah Jr. first wife and that he remarried in October of the same year.

This is supported in The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England by John Augustine Cushman, which tells us that Elkanah, son of Elkanah and Mary (Lothrop) Cushman married first 26 Dec 1790, Susannah Wendell Lothrop who died 8 Feb 1815 aged 49 and that this Elkanah married secondly 18 Oct 1815 at Boston, Mary Eliza Babbit.

Elkanah Cushman Jr. is in Boston 1 Aug 1797. He is described as "hair-dresser" and he purchases a brickhouse and wooden house and land from Joseph Greene situated on the north-west side of Washington St. between West and Boylston Sts. (Suffolk Deed 188:24). It is uncertain whether he had remained in the U.S. during the War or returned afterwards. If he returned, his sister might have accompanied him, or joined him. Elkanah Cushman, hairdresser, and his wife Susanna, obtained a mortgage from Joseph Greene which was paid up and canceled 30 Dec 1802. (Suffolk Deeds 188:25) . Elkanah (Jr.) married secondly 1815, Mary Elizabeth Babbitt, daughter of Erasmus and Mary (Sanders) Babbitt was the father of Charlotte Sanders Cushman, an actress (1816-1876) and four other children. They lived on Prince St. (In Boston's North End.) The Index contained nothing more on the family.

Elkanah Jr. had been seen in the 1820 census in Boston, but in 1830 he appears in Charlestown, just over the river from the North End. Elkanah does not appear thereafter unless he is the one in Kingston, Plymouth County, MA, but I do not think so. In the Columbia Centinal his youngest son Augustus dies in Lebanon, NY. I expect that Elkanah moved there.

Further research done by same source as above on Sept. 7, 1998

The first thought I had when I reviewed everything is that Eleanor Cushman is most likely not the daughter of Mary Lathrop, who would have been fifty four years of age at her birth. Rather, I expect Eleanor to be the daughter of Elkanah Jr. whom we know lived in Boston after his father fled to Canada. This Elkanah Jr. married first, Susannah Wendell Lothrop, 26 Dec 1790. It was probably Susannah who gave birth to Eleanor in 1793. Susannah died and Jr. married secondly Mary Eliza Babbit 18 Oct 1815. He died 13 Jun 1841 in Boston.

Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855
Buried in a family vault in Copp's Hill Burying Ground, and afterwards buried at Forest Hill Cemetery Roxbury

Children of ELKANAH CUSHMAN and SUSANNAH LATHROP are:
29. i. ELEANOR WENDELL10 CUSHMAN, b. 19 Aug 1793; d. 18 Dec 1847.
ii. ANSEL LOTHROP CUSHMAN, b. 1791 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); m. ELIZA ANN NICHOLS, 1813 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.).

Notes for ANSEL LOTHROP CUSHMAN:
Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855
He was a Lt. in the U.S. Navy and commanded a gun-boat; was taken prisoner during the war of 1812, and was confined in Dartmoor prison eleven months.

iii. CORDELIA HOWARD CUSHMAN, b. 10 Jul 1795 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); d. 10 Oct 1803, Tyngsboro' (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855\.).
iv. ALEXANDER CUSHMAN, b. 27 Apr 1797 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); d. Oct 1841 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); m. JANE AMANDA RAMSEY, 11 Nov 1822, Richmond VA (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); b. 03 May 1798, Edinburgh, Scotland (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.).
v. MARY ANN CUSHMAN, b. 20 Mar 1800 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); d. 23 May 1845, New York City (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); m. (1) THOMAS HENDRY, 22 Nov 1818 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); m. (2) JOHN RIDDLE, JR., 14 Sep 1821 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); d. 04 Aug 1836 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.).

Notes for THOMAS HENDRY:
Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855
Lieut. Thomas Hendry of Philadelphia. He was of the U.S. Navy.

30. vi. ISABELLA CUSHMAN, b. 31 Mar 1801, MA; d. 11 Jul 1877, Linnfield, Essex Co., MA.

Child of ELKANAH CUSHMAN and MARY BABBITT is:
vii. CHARLOTTE SANDERS10 CUSHMAN.

Notes for CHARLOTTE SANDERS CUSHMAN:
An Actress 1816-1876
Had 4 siblings

26. RUTH9 CUSHMAN (ELEAZER8, ELEAZER7, JOHN6, ELEAZAR5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 1788 in Weillington, CT, and died in Vernon Centre, Oneida Co., NY. She married JAMES BARTHOLOMEW.

Notes for JAMES BARTHOLOMEW:
Family Chronicle May/June 1998 "The Surname Origin List" Pg 4
Bartholomew (Aramaic) [F] Son of Talmai (="hill, furrow").

Children of RUTH CUSHMAN and JAMES BARTHOLOMEW are:
i. CHARLES10 BARTHOLOMEW.
ii. LUZETTE BARTHOLOMEW.
iii. CORNELIA BARTHOLOMEW.
iv. JULIETTE BARTHOLOMEW.
v. ELEAZER BARTHOLOMEW.
vi. ANNETTA BARTHOLOMEW.

27. WARREN9 DELANO (WARREN8, ELIZABETH7 CUSHMAN, JAMES6, ELEAZAR5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 13 Jul 1809 in Fairhaven, Bristol Co., MA (Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson.), and died 17 Jan 1898 in Algonac, Orange Co., NY. He married CATHERINE ROBBINS LYMAN 01 Nov 1843 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, daughter of JOSEPH LYMAN and ANNE ROBBINS. She was born 1825 in Northampton, MA (Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson.).

Notes for WARREN DELANO:
Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson
Warren Delano became one of the leading merchants of New York City, living much of the time with his family in China and later on at his estate at Newburgh on the Hudson. He was the son of Captain Warren Delano and Deborah Church.

Children of WARREN DELANO and CATHERINE LYMAN are:
31. i. SARAH10 DELANO, b. 21 Sep 1854, Algonac, Orange Co., NY; d. 07 Sep 1941, Hyde Park, Dutchess, NY.
ii. SUSAN MARIE DELANO, b. 13 Oct 1844.
iii. LOUIS CHURCH DELANO, b. 04 Jun 1846.
iv. DEBORAH PERRY DORA DELANO, b. 29 Aug 1847.
v. ANNIE LYMAN DELANO, b. 08 Jan 1849.
vi. WARREN DELANO, b. 20 Sep 1850.
vii. WARREN DELANO, b. 1852.
viii. PHILIPPE DELANO, b. 03 Feb 1857.
ix. KATHERINE ROBBINS DELANO, b. 1860.
x. FREDERICK ADRIAN DELANO, b. 10 Sep 1863.
xi. LAURA FRANKLIN DELANO, b. 23 Dec 1864.

Generation No. 9

28. ROBERT N10 CUSHMAN (AMBROSE9, CONSIDER8, NATHANIEL7, ISAAC6, ISAAC5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born ABT 28 Jan 1810, and died 1897. He married NANCY CLARK Bef. 20 Jan 1834. She was born 18 Mar 1809, and died Aft. 26 Dec 1843.

Children of ROBERT CUSHMAN and NANCY CLARK are:
i. INFANT11 CUSHMAN, b. 20 Jan 1834.
ii. JOHN CUSHMAN, b. 21 Aug 1835.
iii. SARAH ELIZABETH CUSHMAN, b. 05 Jun 1841.
32. iv. PHOEBE LOUISE CUSHMAN, b. 26 Dec 1843; d. 1882.

29. ELEANOR WENDELL10 CUSHMAN (ELKANAH9, ELKANAH8, ELKANAH7, ELKANAH6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) (Source: (1) Boston VR which have been microfinched by Jay Mack Holbrook. Recorded in Vol 2 pg 414 of the Boston Marriages., (2) Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.) was born 19 Aug 1793 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.), and died 18 Dec 1847 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.). She married JAMES WELD 17 Feb 1811 in New North Church of Boston MA (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.), son of EDMUND WELD and SARAH HARRIS. He was born 1768, and died 18 Jun 1867 in Roxbury MA.

Notes for JAMES WELD:
Research done by Certified Geneoligist, David T. Robertson, Genealogical Consultant & Family History Researcher, Telephone (617)- 479-3095, E Mail DTRobertson@Prodigy.net, P.O. Box 309, Quincy Center, Massachusetts 02269-0309, on August 23, 1998 found:

In the Index of Marriages in Massachusetts Centinel and Columbia Centinel 1784-1840 published by the American Antiquarian Society 1952 (Vol. II C-D under Cushman) it was found that Eleanor Cushman's marriage to James Weld was in Boston on the Sunday prior to the newspaper notice which appeared in the Columbia Centinel 20 Feb 1811.

With the knowledge that the Weld - Cushman marriage was in Boston, I found it in Boston Vital Records which have been microfiched by Jay Mack Holbrook. It was recorded in Vol. 2 pg. 414 of the Boston Marriages. James Weld and Eleanor W Cushman were married 17 Feb 1811 by Revd. John Eliot. From Boston Churches and Ministers by John Hayward 1849 we find that Revd. John Eliot was pastor of New North Church (Unitarian).

It is believed James first appears in the census in Boston in 1830. James Weld appears in 1840 in Dorchester and in 1850 he is in Roxbury (1850 US Census Film M432-330 pg. 122) . He is aged 62 and is a baker with an estate of $12,000. His wife Isabella Weld, aged 50, was born in Mass. living with him was twelve year old Charles Eaton who was in school and two domestics, Sarah Hammond, aged 40 and Elisha W. Cobb aged 50.

Further research done by same source as listed above on Sept. 7, 1998

I my earlier letter to you I told you that I had found a James Weld in the 1850 census, but that I was unsure that he was yours as he had a wife Isabella. I speculated that he had remarried. I found a copy of that page (1850 US Census, Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Film M432-330 pp. 122-123). James was aged 62 (born about 1788) and a Baker and his Real Estate was valued at $12000, a very rich estate in those days. Isabella was aged 50 (born about 1800).

Just a few doors farther along the same street was the home of Ellen Cartwright, (born about 1815) aged 35, born in Massachusetts. Living with her were daughters Ellen, aged 16, Susan 14, Ann 12, Mary 3 and Sarah 8, and sons James 7, and Edmund 5, all born in Massachusetts. They also had two domestics, Mary and Delia White aged 20 & 18 respectively, born in Ireland. Also living with her were Samuel and Martha Eaton (23 & 22) who may have been related to Charles Eaton aged 12 seen in James' household. (They appear too young to be his parents).

Proof of death of James was found in (Massachusetts Vital Records - Deaths 1867, vol. 203 pg. 264, Roxbury, Norfolk Co., Mass. ). James died 18 Jun 1867 in Roxbury aged 78 years, 7 months, 8 days. He was married and he died due to Old Age. He was a merchant and had been born in Roxbury, son of Edmund and Sarah Weld, both of Roxbury.

Based on this new information I returned to the Weld Collections by Charles Frederick Robinson (1938) and found an Edmund Weld, a tanner, b. 12 Jan 1728/9, with a wife Sarah. He had eleven children, though none named James are listed and it is unlikely that he would have had a son as late as 1788. But he did have a son Edmund Grindell Weld, b. 12 Oct 1753 a "felt-monger." He would be the right age to be the father of James.

Edmund Grindell Weld was b. in Roxbury 12 Oct 1753. He died before 5 Apr 1796, the date that his wife, Sarah, applies for the administration of his estate. Roxbury had just recently been set off as a part of Norfolk County. I have located this administration (Norfolk County Probate #19565 Roxbury 1796). An allowance was made to the widow but the estate was insolvent so there is no distribution to their children. The bondsmen to James' estate was Samuel Weld of Boston and John Harris of Boston. This suggests that Sarah may have been a Harris. Roxbury Vital Records lists no children for this couple, though he was sexton of the First Church of Roxbury.

Dedham Courthouse has the will of James Weld of Roxbury (Norfolk County Probate #19587 Roxbury 1867.
James wrote the will 28 Jan 1860. He mentions his properties on Cottage Street, Roxbury, and India Street, Boston. His will created a trust for the support of his wife and sister and the excess of the income of the trust was to go to his daughter Ellen M. Cartwright, wife of John Cartwright. She to be his residual legatee. Edward S. Rand was both sole executor of the estate and Trustee of the Trust.

Highlights of these records include; Edward S. Rand of Boston asked to be executor of the estate of James Weld of Roxbury who died 18 Jun 1867, leaving a widow, Isabella Weld and his only child and daughter, Ellen M. Cartwright, wife of John W. Cartwright of Nantucket. James Weld was a Baker. Mrs. Weld received $65 per month from the trust and C. E. Cartwright received a sum for "the board of Mrs. Cobb." Mrs. Cobb is not mentioned after Sep 2, 1874. I suspect that Mrs. Cobb is the sister of James Weld. The 1878 report names the children of Ellen M. Cartwright as "the only parties interested" in this trust. This suggests that Isabella died in 1877, probably in August (She received payment 5 July). Ellen must have also died before her as she is not named and her children are. In the Final report dated 13 Feb 1879, the children of "his [James Weld's] deceased daughter Ellen M. Cartwright" each receive a settlement from the trust amounting to $147.14. They were:

John W. Cartwright, Ann E. Richardson, Sarah W. Galucia, Edmund G. W. Cartwright, Susan H. Folger, Mary S. Coffin, James W. Cartwright, Wallace F. Cartwright, Frederick H. Cartwright, Charles E. Cartwright, Frederick G. Cartwright, Annie M. Cartwright

The last three in this list appear to be grandchildren of Ellen, children of her son Charles E. Cartwright.

In the History of The Graveyards of Boston, by William H. Whitmore (1878) Benjamin Weld and his wife Nabby sold the Town of Boston a parcel of land to enlarge Copp's Hill burial ground on Hull Street. The 37th Lot in this new section went to James Weld who sold it to Phineas Capen, 23 May 1851. The Capen family was originally from Dorchester and James Weld had moved from Dorchester back to Roxbury by 1850.

Boston Taxpayers in 1821 by Lewis Bunker Rohrbach (1988) shows James renting a shop in the Custom House, valued at $1,200 while he owns a Bake House in the Custom House valued at $2,300, and another shop in the Custom House valued at $100, also a building on Broad St. valued at $500, and a building on White Bread Street valued at $200. Clearly, James is a man of property. James' Mother was living in his property on White Bread Street and must have died after 1821. The widow Sarah Weld who died in Roxbury 12 Mar 1824 aged 91 (b. 1733) was probably the wife of the elder Edmund6 Weld, not Edmund Grindell Weld (Roxbury VR 11.662).

The Town of Roxbury by Francis S. Drake (1878) tells us that Edmund Weld bequeath the Weld Estate to his son Edmund, being "part of the homestead and training field, and the land adjoining." This land was bounded by the present Moreland, Fairland, Greenville and Winthrop Streets and is in the Mount Pleasant section of Roxbury.

Lastly, I went through Norfolk County Deeds for James Weld. He appears to have had extensive real estate dealings, primarily in Dorchester, both buying and selling and mortgaging and giving mortgages, over fifty deeds in all. His holdings are throughout Dorchester. Eleanor W. Weld released her dower rights on each sale up to 22 Jul 1847, when Ellen M. Cartwright witnesses her signature (suggesting that Eleanor was too ill to attend the signing herself). Ellen appears to have taken an active role in her father's ventures and often appears as a witness on his deeds. On 1 Aug 1848 James states that he "has no wife," and repeats that statement 2 Dec 1848 and on 14 Jun 1849, Isabella Weld signs off her dower rights on a deed. So, Eleanor died between 22 Jul 1847 and 1 Aug 1848 and he married Isabella between 2 Dec 1848 and 14 Jun 1849. James moved from Dorchester to Roxbury just after his wife's death.

Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855 p. 495
Married sisters Eleanor and Isabella Cushman

Child of ELEANOR CUSHMAN and JAMES WELD is:
33. i. ELLEN MARIA11 WELD, b. 21 Aug 1814, Roxbury, MA; d. 26 Apr 1873, Roxbury MA.

30. ISABELLA10 CUSHMAN (ELKANAH9, ELKANAH8, ELKANAH7, ELKANAH6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.) was born 31 Mar 1801 in MA (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.), and died 11 Jul 1877 in Linnfield, Essex Co., MA (Source: Death Registered in the Town of Lynnfield.). She married (1) SAMUEL A EATON (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.) 24 Aug 1824. She married (2) JAMES WELD ABT 1849, son of EDMUND WELD and SARAH HARRIS. He was born 1768, and died 18 Jun 1867 in Roxbury MA.

Notes for ISABELLA CUSHMAN:
Married twice

Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855
Eleanor's Sister

Notes for JAMES WELD:
Research done by Certified Geneoligist, David T. Robertson, Genealogical Consultant & Family History Researcher, Telephone (617)- 479-3095, E Mail DTRobertson@Prodigy.net, P.O. Box 309, Quincy Center, Massachusetts 02269-0309, on August 23, 1998 found:

In the Index of Marriages in Massachusetts Centinel and Columbia Centinel 1784-1840 published by the American Antiquarian Society 1952 (Vol. II C-D under Cushman) it was found that Eleanor Cushman's marriage to James Weld was in Boston on the Sunday prior to the newspaper notice which appeared in the Columbia Centinel 20 Feb 1811.

With the knowledge that the Weld - Cushman marriage was in Boston, I found it in Boston Vital Records which have been microfiched by Jay Mack Holbrook. It was recorded in Vol. 2 pg. 414 of the Boston Marriages. James Weld and Eleanor W Cushman were married 17 Feb 1811 by Revd. John Eliot. From Boston Churches and Ministers by John Hayward 1849 we find that Revd. John Eliot was pastor of New North Church (Unitarian).

It is believed James first appears in the census in Boston in 1830. James Weld appears in 1840 in Dorchester and in 1850 he is in Roxbury (1850 US Census Film M432-330 pg. 122) . He is aged 62 and is a baker with an estate of $12,000. His wife Isabella Weld, aged 50, was born in Mass. living with him was twelve year old Charles Eaton who was in school and two domestics, Sarah Hammond, aged 40 and Elisha W. Cobb aged 50.

Further research done by same source as listed above on Sept. 7, 1998

I my earlier letter to you I told you that I had found a James Weld in the 1850 census, but that I was unsure that he was yours as he had a wife Isabella. I speculated that he had remarried. I found a copy of that page (1850 US Census, Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Film M432-330 pp. 122-123). James was aged 62 (born about 1788) and a Baker and his Real Estate was valued at $12000, a very rich estate in those days. Isabella was aged 50 (born about 1800).

Just a few doors farther along the same street was the home of Ellen Cartwright, (born about 1815) aged 35, born in Massachusetts. Living with her were daughters Ellen, aged 16, Susan 14, Ann 12, Mary 3 and Sarah 8, and sons James 7, and Edmund 5, all born in Massachusetts. They also had two domestics, Mary and Delia White aged 20 & 18 respectively, born in Ireland. Also living with her were Samuel and Martha Eaton (23 & 22) who may have been related to Charles Eaton aged 12 seen in James' household. (They appear too young to be his parents).

Proof of death of James was found in (Massachusetts Vital Records - Deaths 1867, vol. 203 pg. 264, Roxbury, Norfolk Co., Mass. ). James died 18 Jun 1867 in Roxbury aged 78 years, 7 months, 8 days. He was married and he died due to Old Age. He was a merchant and had been born in Roxbury, son of Edmund and Sarah Weld, both of Roxbury.

Based on this new information I returned to the Weld Collections by Charles Frederick Robinson (1938) and found an Edmund Weld, a tanner, b. 12 Jan 1728/9, with a wife Sarah. He had eleven children, though none named James are listed and it is unlikely that he would have had a son as late as 1788. But he did have a son Edmund Grindell Weld, b. 12 Oct 1753 a "felt-monger." He would be the right age to be the father of James.

Edmund Grindell Weld was b. in Roxbury 12 Oct 1753. He died before 5 Apr 1796, the date that his wife, Sarah, applies for the administration of his estate. Roxbury had just recently been set off as a part of Norfolk County. I have located this administration (Norfolk County Probate #19565 Roxbury 1796). An allowance was made to the widow but the estate was insolvent so there is no distribution to their children. The bondsmen to James' estate was Samuel Weld of Boston and John Harris of Boston. This suggests that Sarah may have been a Harris. Roxbury Vital Records lists no children for this couple, though he was sexton of the First Church of Roxbury.

Dedham Courthouse has the will of James Weld of Roxbury (Norfolk County Probate #19587 Roxbury 1867.
James wrote the will 28 Jan 1860. He mentions his properties on Cottage Street, Roxbury, and India Street, Boston. His will created a trust for the support of his wife and sister and the excess of the income of the trust was to go to his daughter Ellen M. Cartwright, wife of John Cartwright. She to be his residual legatee. Edward S. Rand was both sole executor of the estate and Trustee of the Trust.

Highlights of these records include; Edward S. Rand of Boston asked to be executor of the estate of James Weld of Roxbury who died 18 Jun 1867, leaving a widow, Isabella Weld and his only child and daughter, Ellen M. Cartwright, wife of John W. Cartwright of Nantucket. James Weld was a Baker. Mrs. Weld received $65 per month from the trust and C. E. Cartwright received a sum for "the board of Mrs. Cobb." Mrs. Cobb is not mentioned after Sep 2, 1874. I suspect that Mrs. Cobb is the sister of James Weld. The 1878 report names the children of Ellen M. Cartwright as "the only parties interested" in this trust. This suggests that Isabella died in 1877, probably in August (She received payment 5 July). Ellen must have also died before her as she is not named and her children are. In the Final report dated 13 Feb 1879, the children of "his [James Weld's] deceased daughter Ellen M. Cartwright" each receive a settlement from the trust amounting to $147.14. They were:

John W. Cartwright, Ann E. Richardson, Sarah W. Galucia, Edmund G. W. Cartwright, Susan H. Folger, Mary S. Coffin, James W. Cartwright, Wallace F. Cartwright, Frederick H. Cartwright, Charles E. Cartwright, Frederick G. Cartwright, Annie M. Cartwright

The last three in this list appear to be grandchildren of Ellen, children of her son Charles E. Cartwright.

In the History of The Graveyards of Boston, by William H. Whitmore (1878) Benjamin Weld and his wife Nabby sold the Town of Boston a parcel of land to enlarge Copp's Hill burial ground on Hull Street. The 37th Lot in this new section went to James Weld who sold it to Phineas Capen, 23 May 1851. The Capen family was originally from Dorchester and James Weld had moved from Dorchester back to Roxbury by 1850.

Boston Taxpayers in 1821 by Lewis Bunker Rohrbach (1988) shows James renting a shop in the Custom House, valued at $1,200 while he owns a Bake House in the Custom House valued at $2,300, and another shop in the Custom House valued at $100, also a building on Broad St. valued at $500, and a building on White Bread Street valued at $200. Clearly, James is a man of property. James' Mother was living in his property on White Bread Street and must have died after 1821. The widow Sarah Weld who died in Roxbury 12 Mar 1824 aged 91 (b. 1733) was probably the wife of the elder Edmund6 Weld, not Edmund Grindell Weld (Roxbury VR 11.662).

The Town of Roxbury by Francis S. Drake (1878) tells us that Edmund Weld bequeath the Weld Estate to his son Edmund, being "part of the homestead and training field, and the land adjoining." This land was bounded by the present Moreland, Fairland, Greenville and Winthrop Streets and is in the Mount Pleasant section of Roxbury.

Lastly, I went through Norfolk County Deeds for James Weld. He appears to have had extensive real estate dealings, primarily in Dorchester, both buying and selling and mortgaging and giving mortgages, over fifty deeds in all. His holdings are throughout Dorchester. Eleanor W. Weld released her dower rights on each sale up to 22 Jul 1847, when Ellen M. Cartwright witnesses her signature (suggesting that Eleanor was too ill to attend the signing herself). Ellen appears to have taken an active role in her father's ventures and often appears as a witness on his deeds. On 1 Aug 1848 James states that he "has no wife," and repeats that statement 2 Dec 1848 and on 14 Jun 1849, Isabella Weld signs off her dower rights on a deed. So, Eleanor died between 22 Jul 1847 and 1 Aug 1848 and he married Isabella between 2 Dec 1848 and 14 Jun 1849. James moved from Dorchester to Roxbury just after his wife's death.

Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855 p. 495
Married sisters Eleanor and Isabella Cushman

Children of ISABELLA CUSHMAN and SAMUEL EATON are:
i. SAMUEL ADAMS11 EATON, b. 10 Dec 1825 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); m. MARTHA M DELANO, 25 Jul 1847 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.).

Notes for SAMUEL ADAMS EATON:
Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855
His father's name was Samuel Adams, and for his being so named by his father; the old patriot, his namesake, presented him with a pair of silver shoe buckles, which he wore in the Hall of Liberty at Philadelphia, when he signed the Declaration of Independence, and which are now preserved by Samuel Adams Eaton of Boston, a precious relic of the great and good man after whom he was named.

ii. JAMES WELD EATON, b. 14 Dec 1824 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.).
iii. HENRY HUGGERFORD EATON, b. 18 Jun 1831 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); d. 10 Feb 1832 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.).
iv. MARY ISABELLA EATON, b. 17 Apr 1833 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); d. 07 Aug 1833 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.).
v. ISABELLA EATON, b. 06 Jul 1835 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); d. 19 Aug 1835 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.).
vi. CHARLES FREDERICK EATON, b. 07 Aug 1837 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.).
vii. EMILY CORDELIA EATON, b. 16 Jun 1839 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); d. 23 Mar 1841 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.).
viii. ELLEN MARIA EATON, b. 03 Dec 1845 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.); d. 01 May 1849 (Source: Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Desc. of Robt. Cushman, the Puritan, by H.W. Cushman, Boston: Little Brown, and Co. 1855.).

31. SARAH10 DELANO (WARREN9, WARREN8, ELIZABETH7 CUSHMAN, JAMES6, ELEAZAR5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 21 Sep 1854 in Algonac, Orange Co., NY (Source: "The Roosevelt Genealogy 1649-1902", by CB Whittelsey, Hartford, Conn..), and died 07 Sep 1941 in Hyde Park, Dutchess, NY. She married JAMES ROOSEVELT 07 Oct 1880 in Algonac, Orange, NY (Source: "The Roosevelt Genealogy 1649-1902", by CB Whittelsey, Hartford, Conn..), son of ISAAC ROOSEVELT and MARY ASPINWALL. He was born 16 Jul 1828 in Hyde Park, NY (Source: (1) "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson., (2) "The Roosevelt Genealogy 1649-1902", by CB Whittelsey, Hartford, Conn..), and died 08 Dec 1900 in NY (Source: "The Roosevelt Genealogy 1649-1902", by CB Whittelsey, Hartford, Conn..).

Notes for JAMES ROOSEVELT:
Source: "Franklin D Roosevelt's Colonial Ancesters," by Alvin Page Johnson
Union College, '47, Harvard College, '52, was a prominent and successful business man.

Source: "The Roosevelt Genealogy 1649-1902", by CB Whittelsey, Hartford, Conn.
JAMES (Isaac), b. July 16, 1828, at Hyde Park, N.Y. He was graduated from Union College, and he afterward took a course at Harvard, graduating five years later. He went into business and was very successful. He was president of the Champlain Transportation Company, an incorporator of the City Trust Company, a trustee of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, vice-president of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, an officer of a large steel concern at West Superior, Wis., and interested in many railroad companies. He was also a member of the Holland Society, the University, Seawanaka-Corinthian, Delta Phi, Century, Metropolitan and Manhattan Clubs and the Metro-politan Club of Washington. He was the alternate commissioner from this State to the World's Fair at Chicago and was at one time manager of the State Hospital for the Insane at Poughkeepsie.

He in., 1853, Rebecca Brien Howland, b. January 15, 1831, daughter of Gardiner Greene and Louisa (Meredith) Howland. (Louisa Meredith, b. November 9, 1810, was daughter of Jonathan Meredith of Baltimore, Md.)

Child of SARAH DELANO and JAMES ROOSEVELT is:
34. i. FRANKLIN DELANO11 ROOSEVELT, b. 30 Jan 1882, Hayde Park, Dutchess, NY; d. 05 Apr 1945, Warm Springs, Meriwether, GA.

Generation No. 10

32. PHOEBE LOUISE11 CUSHMAN (ROBERT N10, AMBROSE9, CONSIDER8, NATHANIEL7, ISAAC6, ISAAC5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 26 Dec 1843, and died 1882 (Source: Joyce M. Ranieri, "Sunnyside Cemetery, "Electronic.".). She married CHARLES A GRIFFIN. He was born 1839 (Source: Joyce M. Ranieri, "Sunnyside Cemetery, "Electronic.".), and died 1916 (Source: Joyce M. Ranieri, "Sunnyside Cemetery, "Electronic.".).

Children of PHOEBE CUSHMAN and CHARLES GRIFFIN are:
i. CLARISSA12 GRIFFIN, b. 1863 (Source: Joyce M. Ranieri, "Sunnyside Cemetery, "Electronic.".); d. 1864 (Source: Joyce M. Ranieri, "Sunnyside Cemetery, "Electronic.".).
ii. ADDIE M GRIFFIN, b. 1867 (Source: Joyce M. Ranieri, "Sunnyside Cemetery, "Electronic.".); d. 1882 (Source: Joyce M. Ranieri, "Sunnyside Cemetery, "Electronic.".).
iii. MITTIE GRIFFIN, b. 1872 (Source: Joyce M. Ranieri, "Sunnyside Cemetery, "Electronic.".); d. 1896 (Source: Social Security Death Index, "Electronic.".).
iv. GEORGE GRIFFIN, b. 1873 (Source: Joyce M. Ranieri, "Sunnyside Cemetery, "Electronic.".); d. 1875 (Source: Joyce M. Ranieri, "Sunnyside Cemetery, "Electronic.".).
v. MIRA A GRIFFIN, b. 1876 (Source: Joyce M. Ranieri, "Sunnyside Cemetery, "Electronic.".); d. 1876 (Source: Joyce M. Ranieri, "Sunnyside Cemetery, "Electronic.".).
vi. HENRY WILLARD GRIFFIN, b. 07 Feb 1882, NY; d. 07 May 1958, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, CA; m. THEODOSIA EMMA JOHNSON; b. 31 Mar 1880, MA; d. 12 Apr 1963, Monrovia, Los Angeles County, CA.

33. ELLEN MARIA11 WELD (ELEANOR WENDELL10 CUSHMAN, ELKANAH9, ELKANAH8, ELKANAH7, ELKANAH6, ELKANAH5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, THOMAS (COUCHEMAN)2, THOMAS (CROUCHEMAN)1) was born 21 Aug 1814 in Roxbury, MA (Source: Place: Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997)), and died 26 Apr 1873 in Roxbury MA. She married JOHN WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT, SR. 05 Jun 1832 in Nantucket, MA (Source: Nantucket Vital Records 3:180 ), son of CHARLES CARTWRIGHT and SUSAN HAYDEN. He was born 08 Sep 1812 in Roxbury, MA (Source: Nantucket Vital Records 1:179 & Barney Genealogical Record, a 1594-page holograph document in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Assoc., considered to be the most accurate of any genealogical records of Nantucket now available. (1/1997) ), and died 19 Feb 1869 in Nantucket, MA (Source: copy of Cert. of death Record #8.).

Notes for ELLEN MARIA WELD:
Nantucket VR 2:611 has birth date Aug. 21, 1814

Research done by Certified Geneoligist, David T. Robertson, Genealogical Consultant & Family History Researcher, Telephone (617)- 479-3095, E Mail DTRobertson@Prodigy.net, P.O. Box 309, Quincy Center, Massachusetts 02269-0309, on August 23, 1998

Ellen Maria Weld was not born in Nantucket. In the book Vital Records of Nantucket she is the only Weld birth listed and following the entry is the source note "p.r.38" meaning private record 38. This record was the genealogical research of William C. Folger which was placed in the possession of the Nantucket Historical Association. The authors of Nantucket VRs noted "This compilation has been used because of the valuable clues it affords, but its statements should be received with caution, as it is not free from errors. It should be understood that in many instances the events recorded did not take place in Nantucket.." In fact I find evidence to doubt that Ellen ever lived on Nantucket. Her husband's family, the Cartwrights, did originate on Nantucket. It is possible that John W. Cartwright, Sr. was born there, though his birth record comes from the same source as his wife's. I found that their son John W. Cartwright J