ard, and as the bill of fare was unique and original, we give a copy of it:

“1, a large baked whortleberry pudding; 2, a dish of sauquetach; 3, a dish of clams; 4, a dish of oysters and a dish of cod-fish; 5, a haunch of vension roasted by the first jack brought to this country; 6, a dish of sea fowl; 7, a dish of frost fish and eels; 8, an apple pie; 9, a course of cranberry tarts and cheese made in the Old Colony.

"These articles were dressed in the plainest manner, (all appearance of luxury and extravagance being avoided, in imitation of our ancestors, whose memory we shall ever respect.")

"At 4 o'clock P. M. the members of our Club, headed by the Steward, carrying a folio volume of the Laws of the Old Colony, hand in hand, marched in procession to the Hall."

The evening was spent in an agreeable manner, with conversation, toasts and speeches. The sixth regular toast was as follows:

"6. To the memory of Mr. Robert Cushman, who preached the first Sermon in New England."

The Old Colony Club continued to celebrate the anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims till 1773, when it was dissolved in consequence of conflicting opinions existing among its members in relation to the American Revolution; some portion of them being attached to the Royal interest. It is probable that Elkanah Cushman belonged to the latter class, from the following notice of him in "Sabine's American Loyalists," p. 238:

"Cushman, Elkanah, a petty officer in the customs. In 1776 he embarked at Boston for Halifax, with the British army." In 1769 he "made a survey of a shorter route from Plymouth to the metropolis, through Weymouth and Abington, a work of utility and worthy of remembrance." 2

Nothing further is known of him or of the time or place of his death. He had an only son, by Mary Lothrop.

ALLERTON [80] of Plymouth, had, by 1st wf. Alethea Soule, chil.

277 I ASENATH,6 b. 22 Nov. 1735, baptized 26 Aug. 1739.

Succotash: corn and beans boiled together.- Webster.
Mass. Hist. Coll. 2d s., v. 3, p. 176.

278 II ZILPHA,6 b. 3 Feb. 1736-7, baptized 26 Aug. 1739. 279 III ALLERTON, b. 4 May, and d. 19 Aug. 1738; baptized 11 May 1740.

280 IV ALLERTON, (797) b. 3 May 1740 at Plympton, m.

Harmony Allen, dau. Rev. Timothy Allen of Coventry, Conn., 2 June 1761. Had 8 chil. Resided in Coventry. d. at Exeter, N. Y., 11 Feb. 1801, and was buried on the banks of Schuyler (Canadaraga) Lake, near the head waters of the Susquehanna River. Was in trade with his son Joseph there, from 1796 to 1800.

281 V LYDIA,6 b. 2 Oct., baptized 4 Oct. 1741, m. Perez Bradford. She was his 2d wf. Had 3 chil. He was a descendant of the 4th generation from Gov. Bradford.

282 VI EPHRAIM,6 (805) b. 14 Feb. 1742-3 at Duxbury, baptized 20 Feb. 1742-3, m. Sarah Colman of Coventry, Conn., 20 Dec. 1764. He d. at Lisbon, N. H., 27 Apl. 1832. She d. at same place 8 Dec. 1832. She was b. at Coventry 5 Mch. 1745. Had 5 chil. who d. young, within three weeks, in the Autumn of 1775, at Coventry, Conn. See Town Records of Coventry, Conn. He emigrated from Conn., and settled in Lisbon, N. H.

283 VII MARY,6 b. 23 Dec. 1744; baptized 31 Mch. 1745. 284 VIII LUTHER, b. 14 Oct., baptized 18 Oct. 1747.

had chil.

And by his 2d wf. Deborah 285 IX CALEB,6 (811) b. at Woodstock, Ct., 21 Oct., baptized 5 Nov. 1749, d. at Goshen 3 Jan. 1809. Was a farmer. Removed to Goshen, Mass., m. Bathsheba Spaldin. b. 23 Sept. 1756; she d. at Goshen 17 Jan. 1805.

chil., 4 sons and 6 dau.

She was

Had 10

286 X DEBORAH,6 b. 26 Sept. 1751, baptized 5 Apl. 1752.

JOSIAH [90] of Plympton, had by 1st wf. Sarah Standish, chil.

287 I JOSIAH,6 b. 26 Oct. 1749, d. 25 Apl. 1751.

288 II JOSIAH,6 (819) b. 9 Feb. 1752, m. Patience Perkins, dau. of John Perkins of Bridgewater, 25 Nov. 1773; removed to Maine and d. at Lincolnville in 1809.

And by 2d wf. Deborah Ring, had chil.

289 III SARAH,6 b. 29 Nov. 1759, m. Lt. Daniel Soule of

Plympton, 1 May 1783. She d. 8 June 1814. Was a

member of the chh. at P.

290 IV DEBORAH,6 b. 28 Dec.

1761, m. Melzar Loring 12 Had chil.

June 1782, d. 21 July 1801. 291 V WILLIAM,6 (826) b. 18 Feb. 1764, m. 1st Zilpha Savory of Carver; she d. 11 Mch 1789, ae. 22. He m. 2d Bathsheba Loring of Plympton, dau. Ignatius Loring, Esq., of P. He removed to Hartford, Me., where he lived nearly fifty years. Bathsheba was b. in Plympton 24 Aug. 1773, and d. at Hartford, Me., Mch. 1847. He d. 25 Mch. 1849. His wf. Zilpha was buried at Plympton, and her Grave Stone has the following inscription:

Memento Mortis.

In memory of Mrs. Zilpha Cushman, wife of Mr. William Cushman, who dec'd 11 March 1789, in the 23d year of her age. Also, here lies buried in the same grave, Zilpha, dau. of Wm. and Zilpha Cushman, who died 16 April 1789, ae. 12 weeks. 292 VI IGNATIUS, (833) b. 1 Aug. 1766, m. Ruth Washburn, dau. Capt. Thomas Washburn of Plymouth. He d. at Belmont, Me., 3 Apl. 1843. He was baptized at Plympton 7 Sept. 1766.

293 VII NATHANIEL,6 (841) b. in Plympton 3 Aug. 1768, m. in 1808 Lucia Crocker Howland, descendant of Capt. John Howland, the Pilgrim; resided in Hartford six or seven years; Buckfield, fifteen years, and in Warren, Me., in which last place he d. 22 June 1850. She was b. at Plymouth 4 Sept. 1777, and d. at Warren 20 Feb. 1852. He had nine chil.

294 VIII SUSANNA,6 b. 3 Mch. 1771, unm., d. at Plympton, 7 Mch. 1845. Member of chh. "Was a worthy woman." 295 IX ANDREW,6 (848) b. 23 Aug. and baptized Aug. 1773; m. 1st Hannah Perkins, and 2d Anna Nelson, 21 Feb. 1804. She d. at Munson, Me., 21 Feb. 1835.

296 X ROBERT, b. 15 Feb., baptized 14 Apl. 1776, d. 13 Jan. 1802; unm.

297 XI ALDEN, b. 20 Sept. 1780, m. Elizabeth Bourne of Middleboro. Removed to Matthews Court House, Virginia; became a Baptist preacher, and d. there 20 May 1832. His

widow returned to Middleboro after his death. He was baptized 29 June 1781.

298 XII JEREMIAH,6 b. 22 Sept. 1783; unm.

Was a trader

in Plympton several years. Afterwards was an officer in the war of 1812. Resides now in Canada West, and is a trader there.1

ELKANAH [91] of Plympton, had by 1st wife, Hannah Standish, chil.

299 I EZRA, b. 26 Mch. 1744, d. young; baptized 20 May

1744.

300 II SUSANNA,6 b. 6 Mch. 1745-6, d. at Needham 22 Apl. 1822; unm. Baptized 26 May 1746.

301 III ELKANAH,6 (857) b. 3 Mch. 1747-8, m. Hannah Churchill 17 May 1770. She d. at Kingston 4 Feb. 1825. He d. at Plympton in summer of 1787.

302 IV EBENEZER,6 (862) b. 26 Mch., baptized 12 Aug. 1750. d. 19 Jan. 1793. m. 1st Rebekah, dau. Ichabod Churchill, 4 Apl. 1771. She d. 8 Apl. 1786, ae. 39 years 3 mos. 29 days. He m. 2d Lucy, dau. Abner Bisbee, 18 Sept. 1788. She was b. 20 May 1758, and d. 14 June 1822. 303 V ZACHARIAH,6 (873) b. 14 Mch., baptized at Plymp ton 13 May 1753; m. Saba Adams, dau. Capt. Joshua Adams. Had a family. Was a Lieutenant in Plympton; removed to Needham; was chosen Deacon there 26 Apl. 1815, and d. there 11 June 1826, ae. 73 years 2 mos. 27 days. He and his wf. were members of the chh. at Plympton.

From the Plympton Chh. Records: "4 Aug. 1793. Lt.

The father of the foregoing family had a peculiar and somewhat singular way of prefixing to the name of each of his children the day of the week on which they were born, as follows:

Thursday Sarah,

Monday, Deborah,

Monday William,

Sunday Ignatius,

Wednesday Nathaniel,

Sabbath Susan,

Monday Andrew,
Thursday Robert,
Wednesday Alden,
Monday Jeremiah.

But we have omitted the prefix, as not a part of their names, in giving their

families.

Zachariah Cushman received to full communion. Saba, his wife, baptized and received to full communion."

"23 Dec. 1808. Lt. Zachariah. Cushman and Lt. Soule were appointed a standing committee of the chh. to visit and endeavor to reclaim offenders."

23 Dec. 1808. Lt. Zachariah was one of a Committee on the settlement of a minister at Plympton, and on the 6th June 1815, he and his wf. Saba were dismissed and recommended to the chh. at Needham.

To be a Lieutenant in the militia, and a Deacon in the chh. was no small distinction in those days. Ergo Lt. Zachariah was no ordinary man. "Quid est demonstrandum."

But the following, being the testimony of those who knew him best, is conclusive on that point:

Extract from a Sermon

Delivered in the first Parish in Needham, June 18, 1826, the Sabbath after the interment of Deacon Zachariah Cushman, By William Ritchie,

Pastor of the first Church in Needham.

St. John, 1: 47. - Behold an Israelite indeed in whom there is no guile.

No difficulty, christian friends, meets us, in delineating the character of Deacon Cushman. We have only to give the distinguishing characteristics of christian sincerity, as it relates to God and man, and it is immediately recognized as his character.

Were I disposed to dwell upon that birth and pedigree, which some regard with veneration, as giving them a title to superior consideration and respect, I might here indulge that disposition through a line of respectable and pious ancestors; we can trace the descent of our deceased friend to that little band of heroic pilgrims, who first landed on the shores of New England. In contemplating the pleasure which this would afford to most men, we insensibly forget our own principles with respect to these things. We forget that we acknowledge no hereditary honors; that our principles as freemen recognize the man who, amidst powerful obstructions rises to honor and distinction, as much more an object of admiration, than the man who is born to such a fortune.

We forget that in our own country, the nobility is that