Born about in Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Isaac Allerton
and Mary (Norris) Allerton
Sister of
Bartholomew Allerton, Remember (Allerton) Maverick, Unnamed Allerton, Unnamed Allerton, Sarah Allerton [half] and Isaac Allerton [half]
Wife of
Thomas Cushman Sr.
— married
about 1636 in Plymouth Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Cushman Jr, Sarah (Cushman) Hutchins, Isaac Cushman Sr, Elkanah Cushman Sr., Feare Cushman, Eleazer Cushman, Mary (Cushman) Hutchinson and Lydia (Cushman) Harlow
Died
at about age 82
in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
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| From Of Plimouth Plantation by William Bradford. |
Mary Allerton, daughter of Isaac Allerton and Mary Norris, was born c 1617. [1] [2]
Mary Allerton came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620 with sister Remember, brother Bartholomew and parents Isaac Allerton and Mary Norris.[3][4]
In the 1627 cattle division, "The second lot fel to Mr Isaac Allerton & his Companie ioyned to him his wife ffeare Allerton. To this lot fell the Greate Black cow came in the Ann to which they must keepe the lesser of the two steers, and two shee goats. Isaac's children Bartholomew, Remember, Mary, and Sarah, were part of this group.[5]
William Bradford's 1650/1 list of increasings noted that "... Mary is maried here, & hath 4. children."[4]
She married Thomas Cushman abt 1636 in Plymouth. Thomas was brought to Plymouth by his father Robert Cushman in 1621 onboard the ship Fortune.[6] He was baptized in Canterbury, England, 8 Feb 1607/8 and died at Plymouth 10 or 11 Dec 1691, "near the end of his 84th year."[2]
In 1690 it was noted: "Two persons liveing that came over in the first shipe 1620, this present yeare, 1690. Resolved White and Mary Chusman [sic], the daughter of Mr. Allerton."[4]
Attended at her death by Dr. Francis LeBaron.[7] "The aged widow Mary Cushman decd. Nov. 28th 1699" at Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[8]
A modern obelisk and plaque now mark the spot on Burial Hill, Plymouth, where Mary and Thomas were buried.[9]
Children b. in Plymouth.[2]
- Thomas Cushman, b. c. Sep 1637
- Mary Cushman
- Sarah Cushman, b. c. 1641
- Isaac Cushman, b. 8 Feb 1648/9
- Elkanah Cushman, b. 1 Jun 1651
- Fear Cushman, b. 20 Jun 1653; d. before 22 Oct 1690 (father's will)
- Eleazar Cushman, b. 20 Feb 1656/7
- Lydia Cushman, b. b. c. 1662
Unsourced Baptism
- 6 Jun 1616 Leyden, The Netherlands.[citation needed] Searches at openarchiv and familysearch failed to locate this record.
Research Notes
DNA
mtDNA Results W5a2[10] The Mayflower DNA Project lists one matrilineal (all female line) descendant of Mary. It is presumed this individual has taken the full mtDNA test, which tests every single base pair of the mitochondrial DNA.[11] FTDNA has assigned this individual to the W5a2 mtDNA haplogroup. Today this rare lineage is present at trace frequencies in the populations of Norway, Scotland, Ireland, and Germany.[12] Given the locations this haplogroup is found, it is possible Mary's family may have lived near Scrooby and participated in the early Separatist Church at Scrooby Manor.
Sources
- ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004). p. 13. Also [https://mayflower.americanancestors.org/isaac-allerton-biography#Mary2 AmericanAncestors (free)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wakefield, Robert S. and Margaret Harris Stover. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol. 17: Isaac Allerton. General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1988
- ↑ Azel Ames, The May-Flower and Her Log, July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621,: Chiefly from Original Sources (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1907) 166-195.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1856) pp 448, 451, 455 (this 1690 comment was written in a different hand than Bradford's.
- ↑ Pulsifer, David (editor). Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England; printed by order of the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by New Plymouth Colony. Vol. 12 (1861) Deeds, &c. Vol. 1 1620-1651 & Book of Indian Records for their lands. (Boston: Press of William White 1861) p. 9
- ↑ A Genealogical Profile of Thomas Cushman, (Thomas Cushman, Plimoth.org (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org.): archive date 07 June 2017). Plymouth Ancestors: A collaboration between Plimoth Plantation and the New England Historic Genealogical Society www.PlymouthAncestors.org.
- ↑ Stockwell, Mary Le Baron Esty. Descendants of Francis Le Baron of Plymouth, Mass (Boston, T. R. Marvin & son, printers, 1904) p. 448
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RSB-TXR?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DM-J4S%3A353350201%2C353350202%2C353352301 : 13 July 2016), Plymouth > Plymouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1699-1754 vol 1A > image 129 of 181; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Note This is not the original but a copy made in 1899.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #12498378 Mary Allerton Cushman
- ↑ MayflowerDNA.org wiki mtDNA profile of Mary Norris
- ↑ Due to the fact some mtDNA mutations are directly linked to health issues, Full mtDNA results are not revealed on any FTDNA website. Instead, FTDNA only reveals the HVR (Hyper Variable Region) I & HVR II mtDNA results.
- ↑ Haplogroup.org (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 17 Aug 2022.)
See also:
- Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011). Online at AmericanAncestors.org, Vol. 1, page 37-38*
- Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992.
- Caleb Johnson's MayflowerHistory.com
- Wikipedia article on Mary Allerton
- The Mayflower Descendant, v. 2:115 "The Mayflower Genealogies. List Mary d/o Isaac and Mary; b. Leyden; d. Plymouth 8 Dec 1699; m. c 1636, Plymouth Thomas Cushman (b. Feb 1608; d. 10 Dec 1691. Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
- Austin, John Osborne. One Hundred And Sixty Allied Families. (Salem: 1893), pp. 137-139 Accessed at Ancestry ($). Note Howland Family, Ruth m. Thomas Cushman s/o Thomas and Mary (allerton) Cushman
- Snow, Nora Emma. The Snow-Estes Ancestry 2 volumes, Volume I "The Snow Family" (Hillburn, New York: 1939), 494 Archive.org Note: Ruth Howland m. Thomas Cushman s/o Thomas and Mary (Allerton) Cushman.
- Cushman, James Thomas. A Grandson of Elder Thomas Cushman and Some of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1918) Vol. 72, Page 12.
- She was "the last female survivor of those who came in the Mayflower in 1620."
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