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Ebenezer Cushman

Male 1782 - 1854  (72 years)

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  • Name Ebenezer Cushman
    Birth 19 Jul 1782  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male
    Census 2 Aug 1790  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 4 Aug 1800  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 26 Nov 1854  [8] 
    Person ID I1747  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  [9, 10] 
    Family ID F34  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Charity Benson,   b. 26 Jan 1783, North Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1840, Paris, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Marriage 29 May 1805  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Albert Cushman,   b. 28 Feb 1806, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Charity Cushman,   b. 18 Nov 1807, Kingston, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Cordelia Caroline Cushman,   b. 7 Apr 1810, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Keziah Cushman,   b. 14 Sep 1812, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1877 (Age 64 years)
     5. Polly Thompson Cushman,   b. 26 May 1816, Paris, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1834 (Age 18 years)
     6. Nelson Cushman,   b. 13 Jul 1819   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Susanna Cushman,   b. 16 May 1823, Paris, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F958  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

    Family 2 Celia Sampson   d. Yes, date unknown
    Marriage 2 Aug 1841  [5] 
    Family ID F959  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Jul 1782 - 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
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1342] William T. Davis, editor, Cushman, Ebenezer (I47) Family: Genealogical Register, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985, p. 77.).

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

    3. [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).

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

    5. [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.

    6. [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.

    7. [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.

    8. [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. Children:
      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.

    9. [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"

    10. [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.