FOURTH GENERATION.

THOMAS, [3] of Plympton, had chil. by 1st wf.

He m. 1st Persis -
At the age of about 80

11 I ROBERT, (35) b. 4 Oct. 1664.
She d. at Kingston, 14 Jan. 1743-4.
he m. 2d Prudence Sherman of Marshfield, "a maiden turned
of 701" Feb. 1744-5. He d. at Kingston, 7 Sept. 1757,
ae. 92 years 11 months and 3 days. By his 2d wf. he had
chil.

12 II JOB,1 (42) b. probably about 1680. m. Lydia Arnold.
His estate was settled by his widow Lydia and her brother
Edward Arnold, who were Administrators, May 21, 1740.
The Inventory amounted to £322 3s. 10d. Widow Lydia
Cushman's will was proved 27 Sept. 1746. Her brother Ed-
ward Arnold and dau. Lydia were Executors. She gave "to
my eldest dau. Maria Barker my book called Concordance, and
my smallest looking glass."

13 III BARTHOLOMEW, b. 1684, baptized 13 Mch. 1684. d.
at Plympton, 21 Dec. 1721, ae. 38. Had no chil. Was a
member of the chh. at Plympton.

14 IV SAMUEL,4 (45) b. 16 July 1687, baptized same year.
m. Fear Corser1, 8 Dec. 1709. He and his wife were mem-
bers of the chh. at Plympton. Moved to Attleboro', 1727.
15 V BENJAMIN,4 (51) b. 1691, baptized 1st March 1691.
m. 1st Sarah Eaton, 8 Jan. 1712; she d. at Plympton, and he
m. 2d Wid. Sarah Bell, 14 Mch. 1738-9. He d. at Plymp
ton, 17 Oct. 1770, ae. 77. He and both of his wives were
members of the chh. at Plympton. He lived on a part of his

1 Her name on the Plympton Records was written Corsser; but that name in Farmer's Genealogical Register is written Courser and Corser.-Lewis Bradford.

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father's farm, in a house on the south side of and near to "Colchester Brook."

From the Plympton Church Records we take the following: Aug. 18, 1758. A complaint was made to the chh. against Benjamin Cushman for neglecting the communion, &c.; and at the same time said Benjamin made a complaint against Dea. Samuel Bryant. The chh. on full consideration voted that Benjamin should confess and thus render christian satisfaction for his offences. But that he refused to do. The chh. voted the same in 1763; but he replied to a committee of the chh. that the Devils in Hell could not treat him worse than the chh. had.' Nov. 20, 1763, he was publicly admonished. Oct. 14, 1770 he made a conseven years after his admonition fession and was restored to the communion of the chh.

ISAAC, Rev. [6] of Plympton, had chil.

16 I ISAAC, (61) b. 15 Nov. 1676, d. 18 Sept. 1727, ae. 50 years 10 months and 3 days. He m. 1st Widow Sarah Gibbs, dau. Nathaniel Warner, 28 Jan. 1700-1. She d. at Plympton, 28 Oct. 1716, in the 34th year of her age. He m. 2d Widow Mercy Freeman, widow of Jonathan Freeman of Harwich, 10 Oct. 1717. She was dau. of Maj. Jonathan Bradford of Kingston. She d. at Plympton, 27 June 1728, ac. 57. He and both of his wives were members of the chh. at Plympton, of which his father was Pastor. He was for many years a Lieutenant in the Militia company of that town; was frequently one of the Selectmen and Assessors, and was quite a distinguished land Surveyor. He d. holding the office of Town Clerk, "which office he had held 16 years 6 months and 16 days," says Dea. Bradford, -i. e. from 1711 to 1728. He was a much respected and valuable citizen.

The following is the inscription on his grave stone in the Plympton Burying Ground:

17 II REBEKAH, b. 30 Nov. 1678, m. Jacob Mitchel, 18

Nov. 1701.

18 III MARY, b. 12 Oct. 1682, baptized at Plympton 1692, and m. Robert Waterman of Halifax, 19 March 1702. Had

Rebecca who m. Briggs.

19 IV SARAH, b. 17 Apl. 1684, m. 1st James Bryant of Halifax. She m. 2d James Bradford of Halifax.

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20 V ICHABOD, (70) b. 30 Oct. 1686. He m. 1st Esther, dau. Jonathan Barnes. He m. 2d Patience Holmes, dau. of John Holmes, 27 Nov. 1712. He lived in Plympton and Middleboro. His estate was settled by his widow Patience, in 1736. Widow Patience m. 2d Elnathan Wood, who became Guardian to Patience, the daughter of Ichabod, who was then under 14 years of age.2

21 VI FEARE, b. 10 Mch. 1689, m. William Sturtevant of Halifax, 12 Feb. 1707-8. She d. 13 July 1746, ae. 58.

Note. In the last Will of Rev. Isaac Cushman, dated in 1727, he mentions his sons Isaac and Ichabod; Grandson Nathaniel and dau. Rebekah Mitchel; Mary Waterman, Sarah Bryant and Feare Sturtevant.

ELKANAH, Dea. [5] of Plympton, had chil. by 1st wf. He m. Hester Barnes, dau. Jonathan and Elizabeth Barnes, 23 Feb. 1702-3; he d. 9 Jan. 1714-15, and she m. for her 2d husband Capt. Benjamin Warren, 25 Oct. 1716. Settlement of his estate,

22 I ELKANAI, (79) b. 15 Sept. 1678.

1 The following is the passage of Scripture referred to: "And I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me, Write; Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them."

Plymouth Colony Records, book 3, page 349; date 2 Mch. 1714-15. Hester, his widow, Administratrix. Inventory £71.10. Apprizers, Abiel Shurtleff, Eleazur Cushman, Isaac Cushman. He was buried about five feet from the grave of Elder Thomas Cushman, in Burying Hill, Plymouth.

This is the inscription on his Grave Stone:

23 II JAMES, b. 20 Oct. 1679, probably d. young.

24 III JABEZ,4 b. 28 Dec. 1681, d. May 1682. Chil. by his 2d wife, Martha Cooke.

25 IV ALLERTON, (80) b. 21 Nov. 1683, d. 9 Jan. 1730-1 ae. 47 years 1 mo. 18 days; m. 1st Mary Buck, 11 Jan. 1710-11. She d. 15 Oct. 1725, and he m. 2d Elizabeth Sampson, dau. Geo. Sampson, 15 Sept. 1726. He and both of his wives were members of the chh. in Plympton, of which his father was Deacon and his uncle Isaac was Pastor. His wife Elizabeth d. 17 Apl. 1744.

26 V ELIZABETH,4 b. 17 Jan. 1685-6, d. Mch. 1724-5, m.

Robert Waterman, 5 Dec. 1723. Had no chil.

27 VI JOSIAH,4 (86) b. 21 Mch. 1687-8, d. 13 Apl. 1750, ae. 62 years and 22 days. He m. Susanna Shurtleff, dau. Capt. Wm. Shurtleff, 29 Dec. 1709, by Rev. Isaac Cushman. She was b. at Plymouth in 1691, d. 27 July 1763, in her 73d year. He was a Lt. in the Militia, and lived in that part of Plymouth that is now Carver. He was a highly respected and useful man. He joined the chh. during the ministry of his uncle, Rev. Isaac Cushman.

The following is a copy of the introductory part of his Will made in June, 1742, recorded in Plymouth Colony Records, vol. 12, p. 275:

"Imprimis, I will and bequeath my soul unto God who gave it me and my body to the dust to be decently interred, at the

discretion of my Executor herein after named, nothing doubting but at ye general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life," &c. The inventory of his personal property amounted to £207 19s. 6d.

A great grandson of his (Elisha P. Cushman, Esq., of Bloomfield, Indiana,) gives the following tradition of him: "I recollect my Grandfather telling how his father (Lt. Josiah) bought a negro boy in Kingston, Mass. There were several of them for sale; he lifted up some of them, and they all cried, but when he took hold of the one he purchased, he looked up into his face and laughed. His name was called King. He is said to have been a very faithful and good negro. When my great grandfather died he gave King to my grandfather's brother, who offered to give him his freedom; but the old negro refused, saying,' they had had the meat and must then pick the bone.""

We give the foregoing as illustrating the state of society and civilization of that day. It was not uncommon, at that time, even in Mass., for the best men to hold slaves! What a change a century has produced in that particular!

28 VII MARTHA, b., m. Nathaniel Holmes, 6 June 1717. She was baptized in 1691.

29 VIII MEHITABLE, b. 8 Oct. 1693. Baptized same year. Never m.

ELEAZAR, [7] of Plympton, had chil.

30 I LYDIA, b. 13 Dec. 1687, m. John Waterman, of Halifax, son of Deacon John Waterman, one of the first Deacons of the chh. at Plympton, 29 Dec. 1709, by Rev. Isaac Cushman. 31 II JOHN, (95) b. 13 Aug. 1690, m. Joanna Pratt, 19 Jan. 1715, by Rev. Isaac Cushman. Apl. 4, 1742, "he entered into covenant" with the chh. and was baptized. Jan. 2, 1742-3, he was received into full communion.

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32 III MOSES, (98) b. about 1693, m. Mary Jackson, 22 Aug. 1721. He was received into full communion in the chh. at Halifax 9 Oct. 1737; was chosen Deacon 2 May, 1757, and was Grand Juryman in 1751 and 1752. His wife was a mem