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Family: Ebenezer Cushman / Charity Benson (F958)

m. 29 May 1805

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  • Male
    Ebenezer Cushman

    Birth  19 Jul 1782  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  26 Nov 1854   
    Burial     
    Marriage  29 May 1805  [1]   
    Other Spouse  Celia Sampson | F959 
    Marriage  2 Aug 1841   
    Father  Ebenezer Cushman | F34 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Susannah Holmes | F34 Group Sheet 

    Female
    Charity Benson

    Birth  26 Jan 1783  North Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  11 Aug 1840  Paris, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Father  David Benson | F7346 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Charity Haywood | F7346 Group Sheet 

    Male
    Albert Cushman

    Birth  28 Feb 1806  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     
    Spouse  Rosetta Curtis | F9392 
    Marriage     

    Female
    Charity Cushman

    Birth  18 Nov 1807  Kingston, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     

    Female
    Cordelia Caroline Cushman

    Birth  7 Apr 1810  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     
    Spouse  Lysander Ricker | F9393 
    Marriage     

    Female
    Keziah Cushman

    Birth  14 Sep 1812  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1877   
    Burial     

    Female
    Polly Thompson Cushman

    Birth  26 May 1816  Paris, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  29 Dec 1834   
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    Male
    Nelson Cushman

    Birth  13 Jul 1819   
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     
    Spouse  Julia Curtis | F9394 
    Marriage     

    Female
    Susanna Cushman

    Birth  16 May 1823  Paris, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     
    Spouse  James Tarr | F9395 
    Marriage     

  • Sources 
    1. [S1238] William Berry Lapham and Silas P. Maxim, History of Paris, Maine, (Paris, Me.: Printed for the authors, 1884.), 571-2.
      EBENEZER CUSHMAN of another branch, was b. in Kingston, Mass., July 19, 1782. He was a twin with Susanna, and was of the seventh generation from Robert. He m. May 19, Charity, dau. of David and Charity (Haywood) Benson of Bridgewater, b. Jan. 26, 1783. He was a mason by trade. He moved to Paris, Feb. 1815, and settled in the Mountain district near Streaked mountain. Childre:
      ALBERT, b. Kingston, Feb. 28, 1806, m. Rosetta Curtis.
      CHARITY, b. Kingston, Nov. 18, 1807, m. Alonzo Crafts, s. Hebron.
      CAROLINE, b. Kingston, April 7, 1810, m. Lysander Ricker, s. Hebron.
      KEZIAH, b. Kingston, Sept. 14, 1812, m. ____ Thompson, s. Dover.
      POLLY THOMPSON, b. Paris, May 26, 1816, d. Dec. 29, 1834.
      NELSON, b. Paris, July 13, 1819, m. Julia Curtis, s. North Bridgewater.
      SUSANNA, b. Paris, May 16, 1823, m. James Tarr, s. Monson.
      The mother was killed by the kick of a horse, (see Annals) Aug. 11, 1840; m. 2d, Aug 1841, Mrs. Celia Sampson of Leeds. The father died Nov. 26, 1854.