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Ruth Howland Cushman 1637–1679 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 September 1637

Birth Location: Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Death Date: October 1679

Death Location: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: **JOHN HOWLAND

Mother: Elizabeth, Tilley

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Ruth Howland Cushman was born in 1637 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America, the child of John Mayflower Compact Howland And Elizabeth Mayflower Pilgrim Tilley. Ruth Howland Cushman passed away in 1679 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Ruth Howland Cushman was born in 1637 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America, the child of John Mayflower Compact Howland And Elizabeth Mayflower Pilgrim Tilley.
  • Ruth Howland Cushman passed away in 1679 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

**JOHN HOWLAND
1591–1672
Birth Location: Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth, Tilley
1607–1687
Birth Location: Henlow, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England
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Ruth Cushman's Ancestors

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Ruth Cushman
1637–1679
Birth Place: Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Parents
**JOHN "MAYFLOWER COMPACT" HOWLAND
1591–1672
Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth, (Mayflower pilgrim) Tilley
1607–1687
Henlow, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
John (Henry Howland IV 1rst Lord of Newport Pond) ❤️
1564–1635
Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Anne (Margaret) Aires
1567–1629
Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
John (Tilley) Sr
1571–1621
Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Joan Hurst
1568–1621
Henlow, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Lord III
1541–1611
Lady Howland
1542–1614
John I
1549–1628
Ann Whitford
1544–1570
Robert Tilley
1540–1613
Elizabeth Elbourne
1544–1614
William Hurst
1530–1569
Rose Marshe
1534–1601
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Howland
1516–1568
Anne Greenaway
1515–1586
Audrey Marten
1513–1588
Nicholas Revell
1511–1574
Rev. MP
1519–1591
Jane Tourney
1519–1581
William Whitford
1520–1603
Margaret Baker
1525–1602
William \Tylle(Foreman)
1515–1578
Agnes Cooper\Cowper
1519–1582
William Elborne
1515–1579
Lady Tilley
1519–1582
LORD Henlow
1504–1569
LADY descendant.
1506–1569
Sir House
1500–1573
Eleanor Locke
1506–1563

Ruth Cushman's Timeline

2 Records

1637
16 September 1637
Birth of Ruth Howland Cushman in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
1679
October 1679
Age 42
Death of Ruth Howland Cushman in Massachusetts, United States of America
Massachusetts, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 September 1637
    Event Place: Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: October 1679
    Event Place: Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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