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Lydia Cushman

Female 1775 - 1856  (80 years)

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  • Name Lydia Cushman  [1]
    Birth 25 Sep 1775  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female
    Census 2 Aug 1790  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 4 Aug 1800  Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 7 Aug 1820  Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Census 1 Jun 1830  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Census 1 Jun 1840  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Census 10 Sep 1850  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Census 1855  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Death 4 Sep 1856  Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Burial Lebanon Village Cemetery, Lebanon, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • Gravestone inscription: "Lydia Bisbe / Wife Of / Reuben Bisbe / Died / Sept 4, 1856 / Aged 81 Yrs" -- ready by Wm. F. Bisbee, 1998.
    Lydia Cushman    		 Lydia Cushman
    Photograph by William F. Bisbee
    Person ID i29  Bisbee
    Last Modified 20 Apr 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  [15, 16] 
    Family ID F34  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Reuben Bisbee,   b. 27 Jul 1776, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1865, Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Marriage 10 Oct 1797  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18] 
    Children 
    +1. Sophia Bisbee,   b. 21 Nov 1797, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1889, , Cortland, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    +2. Reuben Bisbee,   b. 24 Jan 1801, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1883, , Crawford, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +3. Joseph Cushman Bisbee,   b. 5 Jun 1803, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1873, Amity Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +4. Hiram Bisbee,   b. 4 Jul 1806, , Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1889, , Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     5. Ebenezer Bisbee,   b. 2 Aug 1808   d. 12 Oct 1818, , Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)
    +6. Lydia Bisbee,   b. 26 Jun 1811, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880 (Age 69 years)
    +7. Elijah Bisbee,   b. 24 Aug 1813, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1879, West Windsor, Eaton, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +8. Betsy Louisa Bisbee,   b. 30 Jan 1818, , Madison, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Sep 1775 - 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 MapsMarriage - 10 Oct 1797 - Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 4 Aug 1800 - Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 7 Aug 1820 - Smithfield Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1830 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1 Jun 1840 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 10 Sep 1850 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1855 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Sep 1856 - Lebanon Town, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Lebanon Village Cemetery, Lebanon, Madison, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Lydia Cushman (1775-1856)    		Lydia Cushman (1775-1856)
    Wife of Reuben Bisbee (1776-1865)

    Histories
    Robert Cushman (1578-1625)    		Robert Cushman (1578-1625)
    Robert Cushman, a driving force behind the establishment of Plymouth Colony.

  • Notes 
    • CUSHMAN FAMILY
      1. Robert m. (1) Sarah Reder; b. England, 1578
      2. Thomas m. Mary Allerton; b. England, @1608
      3. Thomas m. (1) Ruth Howland; b. Plymouth, Mass., 1637
      4. Robert m. (1) Persis Lewis; b. @1665
      5. Jonathan m. Susanna Benson; b. Plymouth, Mass., 1712
      6. Ebenezer m. (1) Susanna Holmes; b. 1747/48
      7. Lydia m. Reuben Bisbee; b. Kingston, Mass., 1775

      HOLMES FAMILY
      1. John m. Mercy Ford; b.
      2. Josiah m. Ruth __________; b. 1716
      3. Susannah m. Ebenezer Cushman; b. 1750
      4. Lydia Cushman m. Reuben Bisbee; b. Kingston, Mass., 1775

  • Sources 
    1. [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).

    2. [S1233] Athrop Foster, editor, Vital Records of Kingston, Mass. to 1850, (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1911.), 55.
      Under births, "CUSHMAN, Lydia, d. Ebenezer [yeoman - PR23] and Susannah, Sept 25, 1775."

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

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

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

    6. [S1339] Margaret J. Bisbee, Bisbee, Reuben (I28): Family Bible List, (Erie, Pennsylvania. Self published, 1974: pp 1-2.).

    7. [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.

    8. [S1541] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1800 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M32, roll 16; page 31, line 3; image downloaded 8/14/2008.), 1800-Pembroke.1.jpg.

    9. [S1540] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1820 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M33, roll 73; page 47, line 14; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1820-Smithfield.11.jpg.

    10. [S1542] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1830 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M19, roll 93; page 351B, line 4; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1830-Lebanon.21.jpg.

    11. [S1543] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1840 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M704, roll 295; page 130, line 17; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1840-Lebanon.1.jpg.

    12. [S1545] Bisbee, Reuben (I28): 1850 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication M432, roll 527; page 119, line 36, dwelling 2017, family 2061; image downloaded 8/14/2008), 1850-Lebanon.7.jpg.

    13. [S1546] Bisbee, Elijah (I44): 1855 NY Census, (LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, dwelling 70, family 72).

    14. [S1230] Gravestone, Lebanon Valley Cemetery, Lebanon, NY, photographed 2007 by William Bisbee.
      "Lydia Bisbe / Wife Of / Reuben Bisbe / Died / Sept 4, 1856 / Aged 81 Yrs."

    15. [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"

    16. [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.

    17. [S1233] Athrop Foster, editor, Vital Records of Kingston, Mass. to 1850, (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1911.), 176, 204.
      Under Marriages: "Bisbe, Reuben [int. Reuben] Jr. and Lydia Cushman [int. 2nd], Oct 10, 1797; Cushman, Lydia [int. 2nd] and Reuben [int. Reuben] Bisbe Jr., Oct 10, 1797."

    18. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 5.