~ CUSHMAN FAMILY ~

CANTERBURY

This was the building from which Robert Cushman hired the famous ship the Mayflower to take the "pilgrims" to America

Robert Cushman, wool carder of Canterbury widower of Sarah Cushman. Robert Cushman of Canterbury, Eng., (former wife Sarah Cushman) m. 3 June, 1617, Mary Chingelton

More information on the Cushman family here:

http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/cushman

Cushman, Robert C. and Paulick, Michael R. “Robert Cushman, Mayflower Pilgrim in Canterbury 1586-1607” The Mayflower Quarterly, Vol. 79, No. 3 (September 2013), 226-235

 

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