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Families of the Children of Jane5 Washburn and Thomas4 Thomson

 

 

         Jane Washburn and Thomas Tomson/Thomson had only two daughters who have traceable descendants. Daughter Jane Thomson and her husband moved to Stafford, Connecticut, then to Oakham, Massachusetts, but her two sons moved up to Maine, one of them leaving a big family in the Dover-Foxcroft area. Daughter Bethia married Capt. Thomas Cushman of Bridgewater, but had only one son who left a family in that area. Both Jane Washburn and Thomas Thomson were descendants of Francis Cooke, of the Mayflower.

 

 

 

 

John3 Washburn (6th)

 

 

Lt. John4 Washburn (7th)

 

 

 

 

Rebecca2 Lapham

 

Jane5 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Nathaniel2 Packard

 

 

Margaret3 Packard

 

 

 

 

Lydia Smith[?]

Mary5 “Molly” Thomson

 

 

 

Abisha5 Thomson

 

 

 

Jane5 Thomson

 

 

 

Peggy Thomson

 

 

 

Margaret Thomson

 

 

 

Bethia5 Thomson

 

 

 

 

 

 

John2 Tomson Jr.

 

 

Shubael3 Tomson

 

 

 

 

Mary Tinkham

 

Thomas4 Thomson

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Parlow

 

 

Susanna Parlow

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Liscomb

 

(1001.) Jane5 Thomson, second daughter of (368) Jane5 Washburn, (111) Lt. John4 (7th), (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 14 Feb. 1748/9,[1] married (1228) Nathaniel Bolton (Jr.), son of Nathaniel and (419) Deborah5 (Washburn) (Ripley) Bolton,[2] on 18 Dec. 1777 in Bridgewater.[3] He was born in, say 1741, probably in Bridgewater, MA, a grandson of (124) Israel4 and Waitstill (Sumner) Washburn, of Bridgewater.[4] They moved to Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, by 1783, then to Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, by 1790, and they were living in Oakham in the 1790,[5] 1800,[6] and 1810 federal censuses.[7] She died on 8 May 1814 in Oakham, MA, aged 65 years,[8] and was buried in South Cemetery in Oakham, MA. On 9 Aug. 1819 the Selectmen of Oakham complained that Nathaniel Bolton was misspending his time and wasting his property so that he would become a burden on the town for his support, but there is no record a guardian was ever appointed for him,[9] and no death record was found for him.

         Jane Thomson and Nathaniel Bolton (Jr.) had children:

        2676     i   Huldah Bolton, born on 6 Aug. 1781 in Stafford, Tolland Co., CT,[10] married Blake Dean in 1802.[11] He was born ca. 1774 in Foxborough, MA.[12] They were living in Oakham, MA, in the 1820 federal census, where he was a farmer,[13] and the 1830 federal census.[14] She died on 8 Jan. 1837 in Oakham, MA, aged 55 years, of “scrofula,”[15] and he was still living in Oakham, MA, in the 1840,[16] and 1850 federal censuses,[17] and in the 1855 state census.[18] He died a widower on 30 Jan. 1857 in Oakham, aged 82 years, of “old age & palsey,”[19] and they were both buried in South Cemetery in Oakham, MA.

        2677    ii   Oliver Bolton, born on 15 Jan. 1783 in Stafford, CT,[20] moved to Maine and married Mary A. Ward on 11 July 1812 in Orrington, Penobscot Co., ME.[21] She was born ca. 1790 in ME.[22] They were living in Penobscot Co., ME, in the 1820 federal census,[23] and in Dover, Penobscot Co., ME, in the 1830 federal census.[24] He supposedly died in 1832 in Dover, ME.[25] She was living in Dover, Piscataquis Co., ME, in the 1840 federal census,[26] with her son Charles Bolton in Dover, ME, in the 1850 federal census,[27] and with her daughter and son-in-law Nathaniel H. and Mercy L. Cary in Weston, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census.[28] She died a widow on 6 July 1865 in Weston, MA, aged 76 years, 4 months, 16 days, of “old age & fracture of hip.”[29] They had children:

a. Mary Bolton, born on 24 June 1813 in Dover, ME,[30] marriage not found.

b. Adelaide R. Bolton, born on 10 Dec. 1815 in Dover, ME,[31] married Joseph Ellis Goodale/Goodell, son of David and Mary Goodell, on 5 or 6 Dec. 1835 in Bangor, Penobscot Co., ME.[32] He was born on 2 Mar. 1812 Prospect, Waldo Co., ME.[33] They were living in Springfield, Penobscot Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer,[34] and they moved to California in ca. 1855. On 3 Sept. 1862 Adelaide R. Goodale was committed to an insane asylum by Judge Henry Eno of Calaveras County, CA, for “religious excitement,” aged about 47 years.[35] She escaped twice, in 1865 and in 1869, but was returned to the asylum both times, and she died on 20 Feb. 1882 in Stockton State Hospital in Stockton, CA, and was buried in Stockton State Hospital Cemetery.[36] He was not found in California in the 1860 or 1870 federal censuses, but he was living in Keystone, Tulare Co., CA, in 1877,[37] and in Mussel Slough Township, Tulare Co., CA, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a blacksmith.[38]

c. Mercy Lambert Bolton, born on 7 Feb. 1818 in Dover, ME,[39] married Nathaniel Harris Cary.[40] He was born ca. 1801 in MA.[41] They were living in Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census,[42] in Weston, Middlesex Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer, and her widowed mother was living with them,[43] and in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a wealthy retired farmer,[44] and in the 1880 federal census, where their nieces Ella C. Washburne, Hattie B. Washburne, and Florence A. Thompson were living with them.[45]

d. Huldah Jane Bolton, born on 25 May 1820 in Dover, ME,[46] marriage not found.

e. Phoebe Kent Bolton, born on 1 June 1822 in Dover, ME,[47] married Henry Allen Boobar, son of John and Lucy (Johnston) Boobar,[48] on 29 Oct. 1846 in Lee, Penobscot Co., ME.[49] He was born on 2 Nov. 1822 in Lee, Penobscot Co., ME,[50] and they moved to Minnesota. They were living in Crystal Lake, Hennepin Co., MN, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[51] and in Sauk Center, Stearns Co., MN, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a lumberman.[52] He died in 1878 in Sauk Center, Stearns Co., MN,[53] and she died a widow on 9 May 1909 in Sauk Center, Stearns Co., MN.[54]

f. Charles Vaughan Bolton, born on 4 Mar. 1826 in Dover, ME,[55] married 1.) Ruby P. Bessey,[56] who was born ca. 1823 in ME.[57] They were living in Dover, Piscataquis Co., ME, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer and his widowed mother was living with them.[58] He served as a Private in Company C in the 8th Regiment of Maine Infantry during the Civil War.[59] They were living in Foxcroft, Piscataquis Co., ME, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farmer.[60] She died on 17 May 1878 in Foxcroft, ME,[61] and was buried in Lee Cemetery in Dover-Foxcroft, ME. He was still living in Foxcroft, Piscataquis Co., ME, in the 1880 federal census.[62] He remarried to 2.) Catherine (Arnold) Safford, widow of Elisha Safford,[63] on 19 Dec. 1881 in Dover-Foxcroft, ME.[64] She was born in 1828.[65] He received a pension for his service in the Civil War in 1888,[66] and he died on 27 Feb. 1890 in Dover-Foxcroft, ME,[67] and was buried in Lee Cemetery in Dover-Foxcroft, ME. She died in 1903,[68] and was buried in Dover Cemetery in Dover-Foxcroft, ME.

g. Charity Adeline Bolton, born on 24 Aug. 1830 in Dover, ME,[69] married (3780) Otis7 G. Washburn, son of (1619) Eliphalet6 and Mary “Polly” (Harris) Washburn, on 20 Feb. 1851 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis Co., ME.[70] He was born on 27 Dec. 1816 in Foxcroft, Piscataquis Co., ME.[71] They were living in Dover, Piscataquis Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census,[72] and in Orrington, Penobscot Co., ME, in the 1870,[73] and 1880 federal censuses,[74] where he was a farmer. She died on 8 June 1906 in Orrington, Penobscot Co., ME, aged 75 years, 9 months, 16 days,[75] and he died on 12 Oct. 1908, aged 89 years,[76] they were both buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Orrington, ME.

h. Oliver Bolton (Jr.), born on 7 Dec. 1833 in Dover, ME,[77] married Eliza A. Eldridge,[78] daughter of James S. and Jane C. (Brown) Eldridge.[79] She was born on 6 Mar. 1835 in Bucksport, Hancock Co., ME.[80] They were living in Orland, Hancock Co., ME, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a farmer,[81] and in Middlesex, Waltham Co., MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a barrel dealer.[82] She died on 26 Sept. 1879 in Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA, aged 45 years, 6 months, 20 days, of “shock and exhaustion from hemorrhage from uterine fibroid tumors.”[83] He was still living in Waltham, MA, in the 1880 federal census.[84] He died on 31 Dec. 1899 in Waltham, MA, aged 72 years, 17 days, of “old age arterio sclerosis,”[85] and they were both buried in Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham, MA.

        2678   iii   Sgt. Abisha Bolton, born on 9 Feb. 1786 in Stafford, CT,[86] married Mary Higgins.[87] He served as a Sergeant from Massachusetts in the War of 1812.[88] He died on 26 Oct. 1816 in Bucksport, Hancock Co., ME, aged 31 [sic] years,[89] and she died on 4 June 1822 in Bucksport, ME, aged 28 years,[90] they were both buried in Riverview Cemetery in Bucksport, ME.

 

 

(1004.) Bethia5 Thomson, youngest daughter of (368) Jane5 Washburn, (111) Lt. John4 (7th), (56) John3 (6th), (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 15 Nov. 1755,[91] married Capt. Thomas6 Cushman (Jr.), illegitimate son of Alice Hayward, of Bridgewater,[92] by Thomas5 Cushman, of Kingston, MA,[93] on 25 June 1794 in Bridgewater.[94] He was born on 25 June 1736,[95] a grandson of Deacon Thomas and Bethiah (Brett) Hayward,[96] and of Robert4 and Persis (Lewis) Cushman.[97] He served in the 1758 expedition against Fort Ticonderoga at the defeat of General Abercrombie, and in the expedition of Col. Bradstreet against Fort Ticonderoga in the French & Indian War. In July 1781 he was a Lieutenant in the Militia at Bridgewater and was later promoted to Captain.[98] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1800,[99] and 1810 federal censuses,[100] and in the South Parish of Bridgewater in the 1820 federal census.[101]

         Capt. Thomas Cushman died on 15 Oct. 1820 in Bridgewater, aged 84 years,[102] but no probate records were filed for his estate. Bethia (Thomson) Cushman died a widow on 28 Nov. 1822 in Bridgewater, “suddenly of pleurisy,” aged 67 years.[103]

         Bethia Thomson and Capt. Thomas Cushman (Jr.) had 2 children:

        2679     i   Thomas7 Cushman (3rd), born on ca. 2 Nov. 1795 in Bridgewater,[104] married (3993) Lucy Pratt, daughter of Cornelius and (1757) Martha6 (Leonard) Pratt,[105] on 5 Oct. 1823 in Bridgewater.[106] She was born on 20 Apr. 1799 in Bridgewater,[107] a grand­daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (French) Pratt, and of Jona­than5 and (538) Martha5 (Washburn) Leonard, of Bridgewater.[108] He was a farmer and school teacher in Bridgewater, and was the Representative in the Massachusetts Legislature from Bridgewater in 1749 and 1850.[109] They were living in Bridgewater in the 1830,[110] 1840,[111] and 1850 federal censuses,[112] the 1855 state census,[113] the 1860 federal census,[114] the 1865 state census,[115] the 1870 federal census,[116] and the 1880 federal census,[117] where he was a farmer. She died on 21 July 1883 in Bridgewater, aged 84 years, 3 months, 1 day, of “consumption,”[118] and he died a widower on 20 Aug. 1889 in Bridgewater, aged 93 years, 9 months, 18 days, of heart disease.[119] They had children:

a. Edwin Cushman, born on 11 July 1824 in Bridgewater,[120] died on 21 Sept. 1826 in Bridgewater, of “dysentery.”[121]

b. Franklin Cushman, born on 23 Oct. 1825 in Bridgewater,[122] died on 29 Sept. 1826 in Bridgewater, also of “dysentery.”[123]

c. Albert8 Cushman, born on 12 Oct. 1827 in Bridgewater,[124] married Mary Ann Jeffrey, daughter of George and Mary (Hall) Jeffrey, of Boston, on 12 Sept. 1852 in Boston.[125] She was born on 19 Sept. 1822 in MA,[126] and they lived in Boston. They were living in Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census where he was an agent of the Vermont Central Railroad,[127] the 1865 state census, where he was an agent,[128] and the 1870 federal census, where he was a railroad freight agent.[129] He died on 27 Aug. 1897 in Harvard, MA, aged 69 years, 10 months, 15 days, of “apoplexy,”[130] and she died a widow on 10 Mar. 1907 in Harvard, MA, aged 84 years, 5 months, 24 days, of “marasunns old age.”[131]

d. Charles8 Cushman, born on 20 Dec. ca. 1828 in Bridgewater,[132] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census, a shoemaker, married Eliza Jane Kelsey, daughter of Robert and Abigail Kelsey, on 18 Dec. 1853.[133] She was born on 11 Dec. 1823 in Pittsfield, NY.[134] They were not found in the 1860 or 1870 federal censuses.

e. Darius8 Cushman, born on 21 July 1830 in Bridgewater,[135] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Bridgewater in the 1855 state census, a shoe manufacturer, married 1.) Elvina Thompson, daughter of Lewis and Huldah (Wood) Thompson,[136] on 19 Sept. 1859 in Halifax, MA.[137] She was born on 14 Oct. 1830 in Halifax.[138] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1860 federal census,[139] and the 1865 state census,[140] where he was a shoemaker. She died on 2 Jan. 1867 in Bridgewater, aged 36 years, 2 months, 19 days, of “consumption.”[141] He remarried to 2.) Jane Frances (Fuller) Pratt, daughter of Alfred and Mary P. (Mitchell) Fuller, of Halifax,[142] and widow of Sylvanus Pratt, of Bridgewater,[143] on 10 May 1868 in Halifax, MA.[144] They were living in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1870 federal census where he was a shoe dealer.[145] He died on 12 Sept. 1898 in Bridgewater, aged 67 years, 1 month, 22 days, of paralysis,[146] and she died a widow on 30 Apr. 1910 in Sharon, Norfolk Co., MA, aged 70 years, 4 months, 1 day, of bronchial pneumonia.[147]

f. Bethiah8 Cushman, born on 15 Dec. 1831 in Bridgewater,[148] married 1.) Abram G. J. Spooner, son of Nathaniel and Hannah Spooner, of New Bedford, on 13 Apr. 1854.[149] e He He was born on 1 Apr. 1826 in New Bedford,[150] and he was the mate of the whaling ship Montezuma, of New Bedford.[151] He was supposedly lost at sea in the Sea of Japan on 13 Apr. 1854,[152] and she was living with her parents as Bethiah Cushman in Bridgewater in the 1855 state census, and as Bethiah Spooner in the 1860 federal census, a seamstress.[153] She remarried to 2.) Philander Pratt, of East Bridgewater, son of Ebenezer and Olive S. (Wood) Pratt,[154] as his second wife,[155] on 6 Apr. 1864 in Bridgewater.[156] He was born on 3 Feb. 1825 in Bridgewater,[157] and had married first to Sarah Leonard, daughter of Simeon W. and Betsey Leonard,[158] on 9 June 1850 in Bridgewater.[159] They were living in East Bridgewater, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a shoe factory.[160] He died on 14 June 1898 in Brockton, MA, aged 73 years, 4 months, 11 days, of “mitral insufficiency of heart,”[161] and she died a widow on 18 Dec. 1904 in Wales Home in Brockton, aged 73 years, 3 days, of “apoplexy,”[162] and they were both buried in Elmwood Cemetery in East Bridgewater, MA.

g. Martha8 Cushman, born on 18 Apr. 1833 in Bridgewater,[163] apparently never married. She was still living with her parents in Bridgewater in the 1860 federal census, a seamstress, in the 1865 state census, where she was described as “sick,” in the 1870 federal census, where she had no occupation,[164] and in the 1880 federal census, where her sickness was given as “spinal,”[165] but no death record was found for her.

h. George Cushman, born on 11 July 1835 in Bridgewater,[166] died unmarried on 23 Oct. 1854 in Bridgewater, aged 19 years, 3 months, 12 days, of typhoid fever.[167]

i. Julius Cushman, born on 30 Sept. 1843 in Bridgewater, died on 5 Apr. 1844 in Bridgewater.[168]

        2679a   ii   (Unnamed child), stillborn on 11 Sept. 1797 in Bridgewater.[169]

 

 

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    [1] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1916, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 1, p. 314.

    [2] Mitchell, Nahum, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Boston, 1840, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1983, [hereinafter Mitchell, History of Bridgewater], p. 118.

    [3] Per Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Volume One: 1986, Volume Two: 1990, [hereinafter Middleborough VRs], Vol. 2, p. 134, “married at Bridgwater…pr. me Joshua White;” Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 56, marriage intentions recorded 15 Nov. 1777 in Bridgewater.

    [4] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 325.

    [5] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 230, Oakham Town, Worcester County, the Nathaniel Bolton household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 4 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.

    [6] 1800 Federal Census, Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, p. 959, the Nathl. Boulton household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [7] 1810 Federal Census, Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, p. 228, the Nathaniel Bolton household had 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [8] Vital Records of Oakham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Systematic History Fund, Worcester, MA, 1905, [hereinafter Oakham VRs], p. 112; www.findagrave.com, memorial #149820785, from her gravestone in South Cemetery in Oakham, MA.

    [9] Worcester County Probate Case #6146, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org.

    [10] Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, online database at www.FamilySearch.org; Tilton, Jan, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stafford 1719-1850, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2002, [hereinafter Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs], p. 18, taken from Vol. 2, p. 37, of the Stafford town records.

    [11] Oakham VRs, p. 59, marriage intentions recorded 5 Sept. 1802 in Oakham.

    [12] Calculated from his age at death.

    [13] 1820 Federal Census, Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, p. 95, the Blake Deane household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, 1 female aged 26-44 years, and had 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [14] 1830 Federal Census, Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, p. 590, the Blake Dean household had 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 50-59 years, 1 female aged 20-29 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [15] Oakham VRs, p. 117; www.findagrave.com, memorial #149820826, from her gravestone in South Cemetery in Oakham, MA.

    [16] 1840 Federal Census, Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, p. 170, the Blake Dean household had 1 male aged 60-69 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [17] 1850 Federal Census, Oakham, Worcester Co., MA, p. 374, dwelling #38, the house of Abiathar Johnson, family #46:

            Blake Dean, 76, male, born MA

    [18] 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Oakham, Worcester County, dwelling #85, family #101:

            Abiathar Johnson, 60, male, farmer, born MA

            Cynthia Johnson, 53, female, born MA

            Dexter Johnson, 21, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Blake Dean, 81, male, farmer, born MA

    [19] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 113, p. 171, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Foxboro, and his father Zebulon Dean; www.findagrave.com, memorial #149820820, from his gravestone in South Cemetery in Oakham, MA.

    [20] Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, online database at www.FamilySearch.org; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 18, taken from Vol. 2, p. 40, of the Stafford town records.

    [21] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11724.

    [22] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [23] 1820 Federal Census, Plantation 1, Penobscot Co., ME, p. 2, the Oliver Bolton household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 4 females under 10, and 1 female aged 26-44 years, including 1 person engaged in agriculture.

    [24] 1830 Federal Census, Dover, Penobscot Co., ME, p. 416, the Oliver Bolton household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, 3 females aged 10-14 years, 1 female aged 15-19 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years.

    [25] Per the FHL Ancestral File submitted by lkparkinson875761.

    [26] 1840 Federal Census, Dover, Piscataquis Co., ME, p. 329, the Mary Bolton household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 20-29 years, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 years, including 1 person employed in agriculture.

    [27] 1850 Federal Census, Dover, Piscataquis Co., ME, p. 285, dwelling #159, family #159.

    [28] 1860 Federal Census, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 8, dwelling #52, family #55.

    [29] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 184, p. 175, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, maiden name Ward, her birth place and parents’ names not given.

    [30] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10826.

    [31] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10826, her middle initial from her marriage record.

    [32] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #s 10584 and 11948; FHL Pedigree Resource File of Oliver and Mary Bolton.

    [33] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11732.

    [34] 1850 Federal Census, Springfield, Penobscot Co., ME, p. 322, dwelling #23, family #23:

            Joseph E. Goodell, 39, male, farmer, $400, born ME

            Adalaid Goodell, 35, female, born ME

            Joseph M. Goodell, 13, male, born ME, attending school

            Charles Goodell, 10, male, born ME, attending school

            Cerensel Goodell, 9, male, born ME, attending school

            Geo. W. Goodell, 6, male, born ME, attending school

            John A. Goodell, 1, male, born ME

    [35] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #154825084, which said that she was a native of Maine and had resided in the State of California for 7 years.

    [36] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #154825084, from records of the Stockton State Hospital.

    [37] California Great Registers, 1866-1910, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #1434237, his age 66 and his birth place Maine.

    [38] 1880 Federal Census, Mussel Slough Township, Tulare Co., CA, Page No. 35, Supervisors Dist. 4, Enumeration Dist. 99, dwelling #270, family #271:

            Joseph E. Goodale, white, male, 68, widow, blacksmith, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

    [39] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10826, her middle name from the Ancestry.com Grigg-Earnest-Hudson-Weaver-AC file submitted by Phoebe Grigg.

    [40] Per the Ancestry.com Grigg-Earnest-Hudson-Weaver-AC file submitted by Phoebe Grigg.

    [41] Calculated from his age in the 1860 federal census, but his birth was not found in the Massachusetts Vital Records.

    [42] 1850 Federal Census, Dorchester, Norfolk Co., MA, p. 8, dwelling #82, family #107:

            Nath H. Cary, 48, male, farmer, born MA

            Mercy Cary, 32, female, born ME

            Maria Cary, 23, female, born ME

            John Kelley, 27, male, laborer, born Ireland

            Charles Goodwin, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Isaac H. Cary, 5, male, born ME, attending school

            Jona G. Cary, 3, male, born ME

    [43] 1860 Federal Census, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 8, dwelling #52, family #55:

            Nathaniel H. Carey, 59, male, farmer, $4500, $690, born MA

            Mercy L. Carey, 42, female, born MA [sic]

            Mary Bolton, 71, female, born ME

            Isaac H. Carey, 15, male, farmer, born ME, attending school

            George J. Carey, 13, male, born ME, attending school

            Grace M. Hardy, 8, female, born MA, attending school

            Sarah J. Winch, 17, female, servant, born MA

    [44] 1870 Federal Census, 10th Ward Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, Page No. 42, dwelling #218, family #311:

            Nathaniel H. Carey, 68, male, white, retired farmer, $25,000, $3000, born MA, a male citizen

            Mercy L. Carey, 52, female, white, born ME

            Isaac H. Carey, 25, male, white, clerk in fancy goods, born ME, a male citizen

            Emma B. Gerish, 25, female, born ME

            Flora A. Thompson, 11, female, mulatto, at school, born MA, attending school

            Mary McFaul, 29, female, white, domestic, born Ireland, parents both foreign born

    [45] 1880 Federal Census, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, Page No. 12, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 14, #19 Smith Street, dwelling #1, family #1:

            Nathaniel H. Cary, white, male, 78, married, no occupation, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Mercy L. Cary, white, female, 63, wife, married, keeps house, born ME, father born CT, mother born ME

            Ella C. Washburne, white, female, 21, niece, single, no occupation, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Harrie B. Washburne, white, female, 19, niece, single, no occupation, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Florence A. Thompson, white, female, 21, niece, single, no occupation, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Mary A. Jones, white, female, 26, servant, single, servant, born NY, father born don’t know, mother born NY

    [46] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10826.

    [47] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10826, her middle name from the Ancestry.com Grigg-Earnest-Hudson-Weaver-AC file submitted by Phoebe Grigg, which gives her birth date as 13 May 1822.

    [48] Per the Ancestry.com Grigg-Earnest-Hudson-Weaver-AC file submitted by Phoebe Grigg.

    [49] Per the Ancestry.com Grigg-Earnest-Hudson-Weaver-AC file submitted by Phoebe Grigg; Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11531.

    [50] Per the Ancestry.com Grigg-Earnest-Hudson-Weaver-AC file submitted by Phoebe Grigg; Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #11531, son of John and Lucy Boobar.

    [51] 1860 Federal Census, Crystal Lake, Hennepin Co., MN, Page No. 125, dwelling #1117, family #1041:

            Henry A. Buber, 38, male, farmer, $800, $200, born ME

            Zeba [sic] K. Buber, 38, female, born ME

            Oliver B. Buber, 11, male, born ME, attending school

            Mary E. Buber, 9, female, born ME, attending school

            Chas. H. Buber, 7, male, born ME, attending school

            M. E. Buber, 5, female, born ME

    [52] 1870 Federal Census, Town of Sauk Center, Stearns Co., MN, Page No. 16, dwelling #130, family #120:

            H. A. Boober, 47, male, white, lumberman, $1000, $500, born ME, a male citizen

            Phebe M. Boober, 47, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Oliver B. Boober, 21, male, white, butcher, born ME, attending school, a male citizen

            M. Emma Boober, 18, female, white, school teacher, born ME, attending school

            Charles H. Boober, 16, male, white, clerk in dry goods store, born ME, attending school

            Eva M. Boober, 13, female, white, attending school, born ME, attending school

            John J. Boober, 4, male, white, born MN

    [53] Per the Ancestry.com Grigg-Earnest-Hudson-Weaver-AC file submitted by Phoebe Grigg.

    [54] Per the Ancestry.com Grigg-Earnest-Hudson-Weaver-AC file submitted by Phoebe Grigg.

    [55] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10826, his middle name from the FHL Pedigree Resource File for Oliver and Mary Bolton.

    [56] Her maiden name from the death record of their daughter Flora F. Burrill on 17 Dec. 1898 in Foxcroft, ME, from Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #9907, whose parents were given as Charles V. Bolton and Rubie P. Bessie.

    [57] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [58] 1850 Federal Census, Dover, Piscataquis Co., ME, p. 285, dwelling #159, family #159:

            Chas Bolton, 25, male, farmer, $400, born ME

            Ruby Bolton, 27, female, born ME

            Mary Bolton, 60, female, born ME

            Charity Bolton, 19, female, born ME

    [59] United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #881848.

    [60] 1870 Federal Census, Foxcroft, Piscataquis Co., ME, Page No. 18, dwelling #152, family #155:

            Charles Bolton, 45, male, white, farmer, $700, $550, born ME, a male citizen

            Ruby Bolton, 46, female, white, housekeeping, born ME

            Maria J. Bolton, 19, female, white, at home, born ME, attending school

            Flora F. Bolton, 15, female, white, at home, born ME, attending school

            Elmer A. Bolton, 10, male, white, at home, born ME, attending school

    [61] www.findagrave.com, memorial #41405324, from her gravestone in Lee Cemetery in Dover-Foxcroft, ME.

    [62] 1880 Federal Census, Foxcroft, Piscataquis Co., ME, Page No. 23, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 62, dwelling #204, family #239:

            Charles V. Bolton, white, male, 55, widowed, farmer, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Flora F. Bolton, white, female, 25, daughter, single, housekeeper, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Elmer A. Bolton, white, male, 20, son, single, farm laborer, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Anthony Bessie, white, male, 59, brother in law, laborer, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

    [63] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #23100404, Catharine Arnold married Elisha Safford on 3 Sept. 1859 in Dover-Foxcroft, ME; Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, the marriage of Catharine Arnold and Elisha Safford on 3 Sept. 1859 in Dover-Foxcroft, ME, from FHL microfilm #10826.

    [64] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #23100404.

    [65] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #23100404.

    [66] United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, the beneficiary’s name Catharine Bolton.

    [67] www.findagrave.com, memorial #41405181, from his gravestone in Lee Cemetery in Dover-Foxcroft, ME.

    [68] Per the Ancestry.com Grigg-Earnest-Hudson-Weaver-AC file submitted by Phoebe Grigg; www.findagrave.com, memorial #23100404, from her gravestone in Dover Cemetery in Dover-Foxcroft, ME.

    [69] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10826.

    [70] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10826.

    [71] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10826, but the year might have been 1818.

    [72] 1860 Federal Census, Dover, Piscataquis Co., ME, Page No. 60, dwelling #439, family #454:

            Otis Washburn, 41, male, farmer, $100, $105, born ME

            Charity Washburn, 29, female, born ME

            W. Erving Washburn, 8, male, born ME, attending school

            Henry W. B. Washburn, 5, male, born ME, attending school

            Alice C. Washburn, 1, female, born ME

    [73] 1870 Federal Census, Orrington, Penobscot Co., ME, Page No. 39, dwelling #332, family #347:

            Otis Washburn, 51, male, white, farmer, $1000, $330, born ME, a male citizen

            Charity Washburn, 40, female, white, keep house, born ME

            Irving Washburn, 19, male, white, teamster, born ME, attending school

            Henry Washburn, 16, male, white, born ME, attending school

            Alice Washburn, 10, female, white, born ME, attending school

            Hattie Washburn, 8, female, white, born ME, attending school

            Lizzie Washburn, 6, female, white, born ME, attending school

            Fannie Washburn, 4, female, white, born ME, attending school

    [74] 1880 Federal Census, Orrington, Penobscot Co., ME, Page No. 1, Supervisors Dist. 2, Enumeration Dist. 57, dwelling #1, family #1:

            Otis G. Washburne, white, male, 61, married, farmer, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Fannie B. Washburne, white, female, 14, daughter, single, at home, attending school, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Libbey R. Washburne, white, female, 17, daughter, single, at home, attending school, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Charity A. Washburne, white, female, 49, wife, married, keeping house, born ME, father born ME [sic], mother born ME

            Bertha J. Washburne, white, female, 7, daughter, single, at home, attending school, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

    [75] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10057, her birth place Dover, her father Oliver Bolton, born in Orrington [sic], and her mother Mary Ward, born in Worcester.

    [76] Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10207, his parents given as Eliphalel Washburn and Mary Harris.

    [77] Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #10826, however his age in the censuses indicates he was born about 1828, so the 1833 year may have been a misreading of the date in the town record.

    [78] Per the Ancestry.com Craig/Eldridge Family Tree file submitted by dads54angel.

    [79] Per the Ancestry.com Craig/Eldridge Family Tree file submitted by dads54angel.

    [80] Per the Ancestry.com Craig/Eldridge Family Tree file submitted by dads54angel; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #118945862.

    [81] 1860 Federal Census, Orland, Hancock Co., ME, Page No. 37, dwelling #261, family #255:

            Oliver Bolton, 31, male, farmer, $1000, $300, born ME

            Eliza A. Bolton, 25, female, born ME

            Emma J. Bolton, 6, female, born ME, attending school

            May E. Bolton, 6/12, female, born ME

    [82] 1870 Federal Census, Waltham, Middlesex Co., ME, Page No. 110, dwelling #682, family #853:

            Oliver Bolteon [sic], 42, male, white, barrel dealer, born ME, a male citizen

            Eliza Bolteon [sic], 36, female, white, keeping house, born ME

            Emma J. Bolteon [sic], 15, female, white, at school, born ME, attending school

            Mary Bolteon [sic], 10, female, white, at school, born ME, attending school

            John Kasslanger, 24, male, white, carpenter, born Canada, parents both foreign born, married in July

            Amelia Kasslanger, 20, female, white, in watch factory, born Canada, parents both foreign born

            Geo Stowell, 23, male, white, grocer (ret), born VT, a male citizen

            Abbie Stowell,22 female, white, at home, born ME

            H. Mitchell, 21, male, white, in watch factory, born Canada, parents both foreign born

            Mary Downs, 30, female, white, school teacher, born MA

    [83] Per the Ancestry.com Craig/Eldridge Family Tree file submitted by dads54angel; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 311, p. 185, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bucksport, ME, and her parents James & Jane Eldridge, born respectively in Bucksport and Orland, ME; www.findagrave.com, memorial #118945862, from her gravestone in Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham, MA.

    [84] 1880 Federal Census, Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA, Page No. 43, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 418, dwelling #257, family #389:

            Oliver Bolton, white, male, 52, widowed, barrel dealer, born ME, father born MA [sic], mother born MA

            Emma J. Bolton, white, female, 23, daughter, single, music teacher, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Mary E. Bolton, white, female, 20, daughter, single, school teacher, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

            Mary Concannon, white, female, 26, servant, single, servant, born England, father born Ireland, mother born Ireland

            Geo F. Leslie, white, male, 30, boarder, single, works in watch factory, born ME, father born ME, mother born ME

    [85] Per the Ancestry.com Craig/Eldridge Family Tree file submitted by dads54angel; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 493, p. 665, online at www.AmericanAncestor.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation retired, his birth place Dover, ME, and his parents Oliver Bolton and Mary A. Ward, both born in Dover; www.findagrave.com, memorial #118945828, from his gravestone in Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham, MA.

    [86] Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, online database at www.FamilySearch.org; Tilton, Barbour Index of Stafford VRs, p. 18, taken from Vol. 2, p. 41, of the Stafford town records.

    [87] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #55431431.

    [88] United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #882538.

    [89] www.findagrave.com, memorial #55431431, from his gravestone in Riverview Cemetery in Bucksport, ME.

    [90] www.findagrave.com, memorial #55431468, from her gravestone in Riverview Cemetery in Bucksport, ME.

    [91] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 314.

    [92] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 178, under the family of Dea. Thomas Hayward.

    [93] Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 146.

    [94] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 366.

    [95] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88, from his gravestone in Japan Graveyard in Bridgewater; Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 46.

    [96] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 178.

    [97] Tilden, Robert J., “Persses?….Persis Who?”, The Mayflower Quarterly, Nov. 1991, pp. 330-334; Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 12: Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, Picton Press, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Cooke], p. 280; Cushman, Joseph Augustine, The First Seven Generations of the Cushman Family in New England, Bridgewater, MA, 1964, pp. 17, 31.

    [98] Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 146.

    [99] 1800 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 60, the Thomas Cushman household had 2 males under 10, 1 male aged 45 or over, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 2 females aged 45 or over.

    [100] 1810 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 76, the Tho. Cushman household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, and 1 female aged 45 or over.

    [101] 1820 Federal Census, South Parish of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 454, the Capt. Tho. Cushman household had 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 16-25 years, 1 male aged 45 or over, and 2 females aged 45 or over, including 2 persons engaged in agriculture.

    [102] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 456, buried in Japan Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [103] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 456, buried in Japan Graveyard in Bridgewater.

    [104] Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 213.

    [105] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 279.

    [106] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 103.

    [107] Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 213.

    [108] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 237, 276.

    [109] Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 213.

    [110] 1830 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 339, the Thomas Cushman household had 2 males under 5, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [111] 1840 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 8, the Thomas Cushman household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 3 males aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 2 females aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 50-59 [sic] years, including 5 persons employed in agriculture.

    [112] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 25, dwelling #324, family #378:

            Thomas Cushman, 54, male, farmer, $2000, born MA

            Lucy Cushman, 51, female, born MA

            Charles Cushman, 21, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Darias Cushman, 19, male, shoemaker, born MA

            Martha Cushman, 17, female, born MA

            George Cushman, 14, male, born MA, attending school

    [113] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 11, dwelling #51, family #69:

            Thomas Cushman, 59, male, white, farmer, born MA

            Lucy Cushman, 56, female, white, born MA

            Darius Cushman, 25, male, white, shoe manur., born MA

            Bethah Cushman, 23, female, white, born MA

            Martha Cushman, 22, female, white, born MA

    [114] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 255, dwelling #1684, family #2172:

            Thos Cushman, 64, male, farmer, $3500, $280, born MA

            Lucy Cushman, 61, female, born MA

            Martha Cushman, 23, female, seamstress, $2000, born MA

            Bethia Spooner, 28, female, seamstress, born MA

    [115] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 133, dwelling #496, family #560:

            Thomas Cushman, 69, male, white, born MA, married, farmer

            Lucy Cushman, 65, female, white, born MA, married, housekeeper

            Martha Cushman, 32, female, white, born MA, single, sick

            Clarissa Hayward, 71, female, white, born MA, single, seamstress

    [116] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 12, dwelling #77, family #107:

            Thomas Cushman, 74, male, white, farmer, $2155, $500, born MA, a male citizen

            Lucy Cushman, 71, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Martha Cushman, 37, female, white, no occupation, born MA

    [117] 1880 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 25, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 558, dwelling #211, family #235:

            Thomas Cushman, white, male, 84, married, farmer, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Lucy Cushman, white, female, 81, wife, married, housekeeping, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Martha Cushman, white, female, 47, daughter, single, spinal sickness, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [118] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 347, p. 303, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her occupation housewife, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Cornelius and Martha Pratt, of Bridgewater.

    [119] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 401, p. 348, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Thomas and Bethia Cushman, born respectively in Bridgewater and Halifax.

    [120] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88.

    [121] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 456.

    [122] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88.

    [123] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 456.

    [124] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88.

    [125] Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 405; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 62, p. 101, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, her name recorded as Mary Ann Jeffers in the marriage record, his occupation a clerk, his birth place Bridgewater, his father’s name Thomas, her birth place Boston, her father’s name George, her mother’s maiden name from her death record.

    [126] Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 405.

    [127] 1860 Federal Census, Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA, Page No. 100, dwelling #491, family #581:

            Albert Cushman, 35, male, agt Vermont Central RR, $2000, born MA

            Mary A. Cushman, 35, female, born MA

            Mary L. Cushman, 6, female, born MA, attending school

            Elizabeth Cushman, 4, female, born MA

            Florence Cushman, 2, female, born MA

            Eliza A. Sargent, 39, female, born MA

            Catherine Galliger, 18, female, servant, born Ireland

    [128] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Brookline, Norfolk County, dwelling #653, family #780:

            Albert Cushman, 39, male, born Bridgewater, married, agent

            Mary A. Cushman, 42, female, born Boston, married

            Mary Cushman, 12, female, born Boston

            Elizabeth Cushman, 9, female, born Boston

            Florence Cushman, 7, female, born Worcester

            Martha A. Cushman, 5, female, born Brookline

            Bertha F. Cushman, 2, female, born Brookline

            Catharine Morrison, 29, female, born Ireland

            Jane Morrison, 31, female, born Ireland

    [129] 1870 Federal Census, Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA, Page No. 76, dwelling #458, family #517:

            Albert Cushman, 43, male, white, R. R. Freight Agt. $6000, born MA, a male citizen

            Mary A. Cushman, 47, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Mary L. Cushman, 16, female, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Elizabeth Cushman, 14, female, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Florence Cushman, 11, female, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Martha A. Cushman, 9, female, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Bertha F. Cushman, 6, female, white, at home, born MA

            Alice Cushman, 9/12, female, white, at home, born MA, born in Aug.

            Eliza A. Sargent, 49, female, white, seamstress, born VT

            Katie Morrison, 33, female, white, dom servt, $500, born Ireland, parents both foreign born, can write

    [130] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 473, p. 488, Brookline, and Vol. 474, p. 639, Harvard, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation retired, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Thomas Cushman and Lucy Pratt, both born in Bridgewater.

    [131] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1907/47, p. 445, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Harvard #445, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, probably marasmus, her maiden name Mary Ann Jeffry, widow of Albert Cushman, her birth place Boston, her father George Jeffry, born in Bristol, England, her mother Mary Hall, born in England, the informant Florence Cushman.

    [132] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88, which gives the date as 20 Dec. 1829, but the year was probably 1828, from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [133] Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 405.

    [134] Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 405.

    [135] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88.

    [136] Bowman, George Ernest, Vital Records of the Town of Halifax, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1905, [hereinafter Halifax VRs], p. 76, 87, the marriage of Lewis Thomson and Huldah Wood, both of Halifax, on 31 Jan. 1822 in Halifax.

    [137] Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #2079888; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 127, p. 229, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a shoemaker, his birth place Bridgewater, his parents Thomas & Lucy, her birth place Halifax, and her parents Lewis & Huldah.

    [138] Halifax VRs, p. 121.

    [139] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 282, dwelling #1833, family #2363:

            Darius Cushman, 30, male, shoemaker $1300, $300, born MA

            Elvira Cushman, 29, female, born MA

    [140] 1865 Massachusetts State Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, dwelling #333, family #358:

            Darius Cushman, 34, male, born MA, married, shoemaker

            Elvina Cushman, 34, female, born MA, married, mistress

    [141] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 203, p. 286, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Halifax, and her parents Lewis & Hulda Thompson, both born in Halifax.

    [142] Halifax VRs, p. 98, the marriage intentions of Alfred Fuller and Mary P. Mitchell, both of Halifax, recorded on 8 Apr. 1837 in Halifax.

    [143] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 109, p. 321, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the marriage of Sylvanus Pratt, of Bridgewater, and Jane F. Fuller, of Halifax, on 3 May 1857 in Halifax, his occupation a shoemaker, his birth place Bridgewater, his parents Leonard & Clarissa Pratt, her birth place Halifax, and her parents Alfred & Mary P. Fuller.

    [144] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 209, p. 347, Halifax, Vol. 209, p. 339, Bridgewater, crossed out, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation a shoemaker, his birth place Bridgewater, his parents Thomas & Lucy Cushman, her birth place Halifax, and her parents Alfred & Mary P. Fuller.

    [145] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 33, dwelling #218, family #253:

            Darius Cushman, 39, male, white, shoe dealer ret, $3000, $2000, born MA, a male citizen

            Jane F. Cushman, 39, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Albert Cushman, 3, male, white, home, born MA

            Alfred T. Cushman, 9.12, male, white, home, born MA, born in Aug.

    [146] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 473, p. 602, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation retired, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Thomas Cushman and Lucy Pratt, both born in Bridgewater.

    [147] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1910/90, p. 465, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Sharon #465, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her maiden name Jane F. Fuller, widow of Darius Cushman, her birth place Halifax, her father Alfred Fuller, born in Halifax, her mother Mary Mitchell, born in Halifax.

    [148] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88.

    [149] Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 405, his name also from Massachusetts Vital Records, Vol. 94, p. 178, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the birth of a stillborn child on 20 Feb. 1855 to Abram G. J. and Bethiah Spooner.

    [150] Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 405.

    [151] Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 405.

    [152] Per the www.findagrave.com memorial #111067954 of Bethiah Cushman Pratt.

    [153] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 255, dwelling #1684, family #2172.

    [154] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 306, marriage intentions recorded between Ebenezer Pratt and Olive S. Wood, of Halifax, on 17 Apr. 1824 in Bridgewater.

    [156] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 172, p. 248, Bridgewater, and Vol. 172l, p. 254, East Bridgewater, crossed out, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation a shoe cutter, his birth place Halifax, his parents Ebenezer and Olive S. (Wood) Pratt, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Thomas and Lucy (Pratt) Cushman.

    [157] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 271; East Bridgewater VRs, p. 110, from his gravestone in Elmwood Cemetery, East Bridgewater.

    [158] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 218, her birth record names her parents as Simeon W. and Betsey Leonard.

    [159] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 46, p. 201, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birth place Halifax, his parents Ebenezer and Olive S. Pratt, her birth place Bridgewater, and her father Simeon W. Leonard.

    [160] 1870 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 7-8, dwelling #53, family #60:

            Philander Pratt, 45, male, white, works in shoe facty, $1600, $1000, born MA, a male citizen

            Bethiah Pratt, 38, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Amanda F. Pratt, 19, female, white, works in straw shop, born MA

            Sarah A. Pratt, 15, female, white, school, born MA, attending school

            Herbert E. Pratt, 12, male, white, school, born MA, attending school

            Lucy C. Pratt, 1, female, white, home, born MA

    [161] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 482, p. 629, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a shoecutter, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Ebenezer and Olive S. (Wood) Leonard, both born in Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111109397, which gives his name as Philander McKendrick Pratt, but his name is only Philander Pratt on his gravestone in Elmwood Cemetery in East Bridgewater, MA.

    [162] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 1904/27, p. 74, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of a Death, Brockton #74, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Philander Pratt, her birth place Bridgewater, her father Thomas Cushman, born in Bridgewater, and her mother Lucy Pratt, born in Bridgewater; www.findagrave.com, memorial #111067954, from her gravestone in Elmwood Cemetery in East Bridgewater, MA.

    [163] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88.

    [164] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 12, dwelling #77, family #107.

    [165] 1880 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 25, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 558, dwelling #211, family #235.

    [166] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88.

    [167] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 85, p. 195, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a shoemaker, his birth place Bridgewater, and his parents Thomas and Lucy Cushman; Cushman, Henry Wyles, Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, From the year 1617 to 1855, Boston, 1855, p. 405.

    [168] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 456.

    [169] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 88; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 456; buried in Japan Graveyard in Bridgewater.