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Sylvester Cushman

Male 1777 - 1838  (60 years)

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  • Name Sylvester Cushman
    Birth 21 Jul 1777  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 2 Aug 1790  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 4 Aug 1800  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Death 1838  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I1111  Bisbee
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2010

    Father Ebenezer Cushman,   b. 10 Jan 1747/48   d. 21 Jan 1827, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Mother Susannah Holmes,   b. 4 Apr 1750   d. 27 Sep 1803 (Age 53 years)
    Marriage 23 Mar 1775  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Family ID F34  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Brown   d. Yes, date unknown
    Marriage 29 Nov 1899  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Catherine Cushman,   b. 1800   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. William Cushman,   b. 1801   d. 1802 (Age 1 year)
     3. Mary Cushman,   b. 1803   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. John Cushman,   b. 1805   d. 1806 (Age 1 year)
     5. Sylvester Cushman,   b. 1806   d. 1811 (Age 5 years)
     6. John Holmes Cushman,   b. 1808   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Esther Cushman,   b. 1810   d. 1811 (Age 1 year)
     8. Esther Cushman,   b. 1812   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F618  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Jul 1777 - Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 2 Aug 1790 - Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 4 Aug 1800 - Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1838 - Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Ebenezer Cushman bequeathes to his son as follows: "I give to my son Silvester a note I hold against him of forty dollars, and forty dollars to his children."

  • Sources 
    1. [S1342] William T. Davis, editor, Cushman, Ebenezer (I47) Family: Genealogical Register, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985, p. 77.).

    2. [S1485] Henry Wiles Cushman, Cushman, Ebenezer (I47): Genealogy of the Cushmans, (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1885, p. 239.).

    3. [S1341] Margaret J. Bisbee, Cushman, Ebenezer (I47): Family Bible List, (Erie, Pennsylvania. Self published, 1974: pp 1-2.).

    4. [S1340] Cushman, Ebenezer (I47): Last Will and Testament, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth County Probate on Microfilm, Vol. 63, 503-4, Ebenezer Cushman Last Will & Testament).

    5. [S1276] Cushman, Ebenezer (I47): 1790 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2000): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M637, roll 4; page 1, column 2, line 7; image downloaded 2005), 1790-Kingston.1.jpg.

    6. [S1277] Cushman, Ebenezer (I47): 1800 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M32, roll 16; page 4, line 3; Ancestry image 4/4 downloaded 8/21/2008), 1800-Kingston.4.jpg.

    7. [S1237] Frederic W. Bailey, editor, Early Massachusetts Marriages prior to 1800, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968.), II: 37.
      Under Kingston marriages: "Ebenezer Cushman & Susannah Holmes - Mar. 23, 1775"

    8. [S1343] Henry Wiles Cushman, Genealogy of the Cushman Family, (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1885.), 153, ref # 175.
      JONATHAN, [41] of Kingston, had chil.
      175 I EBENEZER, (509) b. 10 Jan. 1748, lived in Kingston, m. 1st Susanna Holmes 23 Mch. 1775. She was b. 4 Apl. 1750 and d. 29 Sept. 1803. He m. 2d Kesiah, dau. Jonathan and Martha Benson, 4 Mch. 1805. She was his cousin, and aunt to the wife of his son Ebenezer. She was b. at Bridgewater, 27 Sept. 1761, and d. 16 Feb. 1823. He d. 21 Jan. 1827.