Ruth Cushman

Ruth Cushman

Female 1700 - 1748  (47 years)

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  • Name Ruth Cushman 
    Born 25 Mar 1700  Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID LHP8-F86 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 180868587 
    Group Descendant of Mayflower Passenger 
    • Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower
    Group Mayflower - Isaac Allerton 
    • Descendant of Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower
    Group Mayflower - John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley 
    • Descendant of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley of the Mayflower
    Group Mayflower - John Tilley & Joan Hurst 
    • Descendant of John Tilley and Joan (Hurst) Rogers of the Mayflower
    Group Mayflower - Mary Allerton 
    • Descendant of Mary Allerton, daughter of Isaac Allerton and Mary Norris, of the Mayflower.
    Died 9 Feb 1747/48  Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23268  New England Hall Families Master Tree
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2025 

    Father Robert Cushman,   b. 4 Oct 1664, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1757, Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Persis Lewis,   b. 15 Jun 1671, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1742/43, Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 1697  Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F38420  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Luke Perkins,   b. 17 Sep 1695, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1748, Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 28 Jan 1716/17 
    Children 
     1. Hannah Perkins,   b. 27 May 1723, Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1802, Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F11062  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Mar 1700 - Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Feb 1747/48 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • From FindaGrave:

      Pg 131: #36 II Ruth5 b. 25 Mar 1700 (she is Daughter of Robert Cushman4 & Persis ____ . She d. at Kingston 14 Jan 1743/4 - see pg 125 for this detail in parentheses), m. Luke Perkins 28 Jan 1716-17. She was 16 years 10 mos. and 3 days old when she was m.; his family removed from Plympton to Bridgewater; he was the son of Luke Perkins of Plympton and brother of Dea. Josiah Perkins of that town. They had chil.

      1 Ignatius Perkins, b. 15 July 1720

      2 Hannah Perkins, b. 27 May 1723

      3.Mary Perkins, b. 28 June 1726

      Source: "A Historical and biographical genealogy of the Cushmans: The descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the year 1617 to 1855" available at Archive.org Pages 131 & 125.