Cushman · ◉ direct ancestor

♂Isaac Cushman

Born 1648, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America (unconfirmed). Died 1732, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (unconfirmed).

Isaac Cushman (8 February 1648/49 – 21 October 1732) was a minister of Plympton in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and, according to a compiled Mayflower genealogy, a son of Mary Allerton, the last surviving passenger of the Mayflower. He was the seventh great-grandfather of Frederic Roger Curtis (1928–2007), through his daughter Mary Cushman (1682–1722).

Early life

He was born at Plymouth. A compiled Mayflower genealogy names his parents as Elder Thomas Cushman (1607–1691), who had succeeded William Brewster as ruling elder of the Plymouth church, and Mary Allerton (1617–1699), who had come on the Mayflower as a child and outlived every other passenger; she died in 1699, seventy-nine years after the landing.

Marriage and children

About 1675 he married a woman named Rebecca Harlow, whom two compiled Mayflower genealogies identify, only as a possibility, with the Rebecca Harlow (1655–1727) born at Plymouth. They had six children: Isaac, Rebecca, Mary, Sarah, Ichabod and Fear. The Plymouth town record, printed in The Mayflower Descendant, enters all six, and his own will of 25 October 1727 names each of them. Isaac, the eldest, had died on 4 September 1727, so the will speaks of “my Son Isaac Cushman Decd”.

Ministry and death

He served as minister of the church at Plympton, the parish set off from Plymouth. He died there on 21 October 1732 and was buried in what is now Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton.

Family time line

◉ Isaac Cushman 1648–1732

◉ Rebecca Harlow 1655–1727

Married 1675, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America

○ Isaac Cushman 1676–1727

○ Rebecca Cushman 1678–

◉ Mary Cushman 1682–1723

○ Sarah Cushman 1684–bef 1727

○ Ichabod Cushman 1686–

○ Fear Cushman 1689–

○ Mercy Cushman 1692–

Stories

New Mayflower AncestorsFive Mayflower households among the tree's direct ancestors, how each line comes down, and a sixth, John Alden, whose claimed descent does not hold.Curtis and Blanchard lines (edited 2026-10-17)

Recorded events

Event	When	Where	Evidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth	8 Feb 1648/49	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America	not yet documented
Death	21 Oct 1732	Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America	not yet documented

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Sources

AmericanAncestors — about this person
Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current — about this person
Isaac Cushman in entry for Fean Cushman, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915" — about this person
Isaac Cushman in entry for Fean Cushman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001" — about this person
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current — about this person
Rev Isaac Cushman, "Find a Grave Index" — about this person
Mayflower Marriages — about this person
Plymouth. Deeds 1710–1711, 1705–1709 — about this person
Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850 — about this person
Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 — about this person
Isaac Cushman in entry for Icabod Cushman, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915" — about this person
Mayflower Increasings, Susan E Roser — about this person
Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Probate Records vol. 1 (1686-1702) - will of Thomas Cushman Senior of Plymouth, 1691 — about this person

Borders as they stood about 1650 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

Thomas Cushman 1607–1691
1. Robert Cushman 1578–1625 ⚖⚭
  1. Thomas Couchman abt 1538–1586
    1. Thomas Cushman 1512–1567
    2. Lydia Rider 1515–1585
  2. Elynour Hubbard
2. Sarah Reder –1616
  1. Paule Reader –1597
  2. Ellen Larkin –1597
Mary Allerton abt 1617–1699 ⚓❀
1. Isaac Allerton abt 1586–bef 1659 ⚭⚓❀
  1. Bartholomew Allerton 1555–1603
  2. Mary (surname unknown) 1560–1603
2. Mary Norris –1621 ⚓❀

Descendants

Isaac Cushman 1676–1727
1. Sarah Cushman 1709–1771
  1. Isaac Gibbs 1752–1796
    1. Leonard Gibbs 1775–1824
2. Nathaniel Cushman 1712–1793
  1. Nathaniel Cushman 1738–1817
    1. Lemuel Cushman 1792–1852
  2. Consider Cushman 1740–1819
    1. Azel Cushman 1764–1816
  3. Simeon Cushman 1742–1835
    1. James Cushman 1781–1859
3. Fear Cushman 1718–1760
  1. Peleg Sturtevant 1735–1803
    1. Warren Sturtevant 1779–1858
4. Priscilla Cushman 1719–1763
  1. Priscilla Holmes 1744–1820
    1. Armitta Buell 1768–1843
Rebecca Cushman 1678–
Mary Cushman 1682–1723
1. Isaac Waterman 1703–
2. Josiah Waterman 1705–
3. Thomas Waterman 1707–
  1. Jonathan Waterman 1730–1764
    1. Robert Waterman 1759–1838
4. Rebecca Waterman 1710–
5. Robert Waterman 1713–
6. Mary Waterman 1716–1750
  1. Abigail Holmes 1734–
  2. Jonathan Holmes 1736–1806
  3. Charles Holmes 1741–1741 ✧
  4. Robert Holmes 1743–1817
  5. Mary Holmes 1745–
    1. Josiah Morton 1767–1842
    2. Mary Morton 1768–1816
    3. Mehitabel Morton 1774–1846
    4. Abigil Morton 1780–
    5. James Morton 1782–
    6. Jonathan Holmes Morton 1790–
  6. Jedediah Holmes 1749–1829
7. Samuel Waterman 1718–
8. Anna Waterman 1721–
Sarah Cushman 1684–bef 1727
Ichabod Cushman 1686–
1. Sarah Cushman 1717–1791
  1. Jabez Vaughan 1740–1817
    1. Jonah Vaughan 1781–1856
2. Experience Cushman 1719–1790
Fear Cushman 1689–
1. Hannah Sturtevant 1711–1796
  1. Sylvanus Ripley 1749–1787
    1. Eleazer Wheelock Ripley 1782–1839
Mercy Cushman 1692–