Dea. Elkanah Cushman

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Isaac Allerton and Mary (Norris Allerton)

Deacon Elkanah Cushman Sr.

• Born 1 Jun 1651 in Plymouth, Plymouth
• Died 4 Sep 1727 at age 76 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
• Son of Thomas Cushman Sr. and Mary (Allerton) Cushman
• Brother of Thomas Cushman Jr, Sarah (Cushman) Hutchins, Isaac Cushman Sr, Feare Cushman, Eleazer Cushman, Mary (Cushman) Hutchinson and Lydia (Cushman) Harlow
• Husband of Elizabeth (Cole) Cushman — married 10 Feb 1677 in Plymouth Colony
• Husband of Martha (Cooke) Cushman — married 2 Mar 1683 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
• Father of Elkanah Cushman, James Cushman, Jabez Cushman, Allerton Cushman, Elizabeth (Cushman) Waterman, Josiah Cushman, Martha (Cushman) Holmes and Mehitable Cushman

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Elkanah Cushman Sr. was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Biography

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Profile last modified 4 Jul 2023 | Created 7 Feb 2011

Deacon Elkanah Cushman was born on 1 June 1651 at Plymouth, Plymouth (Massachusetts Bay came into existance only in 1691).

Elkanah was the son of Thomas Cushman and Mary Allerton, grandson of Deacon Robert Cushman and Sara Reder, Isaac Allerton and Mary Norris. Elkanah wed firstly Elizabeth Cole, daughter of James Cole, Jr., on 10 February 1676 in Plymouth: they had three sons:

1. Elkanah Elkney Cushman, b. 15 Sep 1678, d. 1714;
2. James Cushman, b. 20 Oct 1679;
3. Jabez Cushman, b. 28 Dec 1681.

Elkanah Cushman wed secondly Martha Cooke, daughter of Mayflower passenger Jacob Cooke and Damaris Hopkins, on 2 March 1683 in Plymouth, Plymouth.

They had at least five children:

1. Allerton Cushman, born 21 Nov 1683 in Plymouth, MA, died 9 Jan 1730/1731 in Plympton, MA; on 11 Jan 1710/11 in Plympton he wed Mary Buck (b. 1688, d. 13 Dec 1725);
2. Elizabeth Cushman, b. 17 Jan 1685 in Plymouth, MA, died 13 Mar 1724/1725 in Plympton, MA; on 5 Dec 1723 in Plympton, MA she was wed to Robert Waterman (b. 9 Feb 1681/1682, d. 16 Jan 1749/1750);
3. Josiah Cushman, b. 21 Mar 1687/1688 in Plymouth, MA, d. 13 Apr 1750 in Plympton, MA; on 29 Dec 1709 in Plympton, MA he wed Susannah Shurtleff (bapt. 1691 in Plymouth, d. 27 Jul 1763 in Plympton);
4. Martha Cushman, baptised in 1691 in Plymouth, MA, died after Jul 1771; on 6 Jun 1717 in Plympton, MA she was wed to Nathaniel Holmes (b. 30 Aug 1692, d. after Jul 1771);
5. Mehitable Cushman, b. 8 Oct 1693 in Plymouth, MA, d. before 14 Oct 1725.

Elkanah Cushman died on 4 September 1727 and was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay.

His will is dated 14 October 1725 and proved on 26 September 1727 in Plymouth. He mentions his children, Allerton Cushman, Josiah Cushman, and Martha Holmes, and his grandchildren, Elizabeth Delanoe and Hannah Cushman.[1]

1912 Shurtleff Genealogy ID 6

"North America, Family Histories" confirms three children by Elizabeth Cole, and that Elkanah was the Deacon of the church at Plympton where his brother, Isaac, was Pastor for about nine years. In 1723 he was the Representative in the general Court from Plympton, and held the office of Ensign in the military company in that town, in those days an office of considerable distinction. Church records state he was made Deacon at a church meeting held 26 Dec 1718 , and some time in March he and Samuel Sturtevant and Daniel Bosworth were ordained Deacons by the imposision [imposition] of hands. His house stood on the highway leading eastward from Plympton Green to Kingston and was the first dwelling house northward of the bridge over Colchester brook on said road.

His will was dated 14 Oct 1725 - two years before his death and recorded in Book 5, page 330, of the Plymouth Records.

References

1. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-FCBX : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1724-1731 and 1838-1842 vol 5-5T > image 201 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
2. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Text: "Name: Elcanah Cushman; Birth Date: abt 1651; Death Date: 4 Sep 1727; Death Place: Plympton, Massachusetts; Death Age: 76; Father Name: Elder Thomas Cushman; Mother Name: Mary Cushman; Spouse Name: Martha Cooke."
3. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Text: "Name: Elkanah Cushman; Gender: Male; Birth Year: 1651; Marriage Date: 2 Mar 1683; Death Year: 1727; Marriage Place: New England; Spouse's Name: Martha Cooke."
4. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Text: "Name: Elkanah Cushman; Birth Date: 1 Jun 1651; Birth Place: Plymouth; Death Date: 4 Sep 1727; Death Place: Plympton; Relationship: Child; Father: Thomas Cushman; Mother: Mary Allerton.
   1. Household Members: Name Relation
   2. Mary Allerton Self (Head);
   3. Thomas Cushman Husband;
   4. Thomas Cushman Child;
   5. Isaac Cushman Child;
   6. Elkanah Cushman Child;
   7. Eleazer Cushman Child;
   8. Sarah Cushman Child;
   9. Lydia Cushman Child;
   10. Mary Cushman Child;
   11. Fear Cushman Child."
5. Joseph Augustine Cushman, The first Seven Generations, p. 25
6. Mayflower Descendants, Volume 1, p. 142
7. Find A Grave Elkanah Cushman Note: Created by: Anne Shurtleff Stevens; Record added: 16 May 2009; Find A Grave Memorial# 37143015
8. Isaac Allerton, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 17 p. 6, 16-17
9. Susan E. Roser, Mayflower Increasings for Three Generations Mayflower Descendent Bowan, George E., 1989.
10. Cushman website [on-line]Robert Cushman of Kent (Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 02 Dec 2019)
11. Cushman, Henry Wyles A Historical and biographical genealogy of the Cushmans (Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, Mass,1855), p.123-4, 128-9.
12. Descendants of Stephen Hopkins [on-line] link via the Wayback machine, no longer online (Unsourced genealogy report.)
13. http://www.dayfamilytree.ca/getperson.php?personID=I56216&tree=ddamd
14. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L4SG-TYN