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“Where do I come from? …We may know our parents, even our grandparents; not far beyond that, for most of us the trail begins to disappear into the mist.” 1  Who were the people who came before?  Where did they live? What were their lives like?
 
The purpose of the site is to connect living Cushmans with their male ancestry.
 
If you can remember the name of your Cushman father, and your Cushman grandfather and Cushman great grandfather, you should be able to link up to their ancestors at this site.  In most cases, you will have to do the work back to a male Cushman born before about 1850, though the database contains a growing number of lines that have been successfully brought up to the present.
 
Site Map - Organization of the Site  
[Click on the underlined links below]
 
  1. New Information Posted. This page summarizes new information as it is added to the site and shows the date the new information was entered.
 
  1. Descendants of Robert Cushman of Kent and other Cushmans.   The Cushmans listed here are descendants of Robert Cushman of Kent, Chief Agent and one of the organizers of the Mayflower voyage to New England in 1620.  He was born 1577 in Kent, England.  Cushmans from other lines are also being added to the genealogy.
 
  1. Ancient Ancestors describes the deep ancestry of the descendants of Robert Cushman of Kent.  It traces the migration of Cushman ancestors from the time of their departure from Africa some 50,000 years ago, to their arrival in Europe and probable ancestral origins in Kent, England.
 
  1.  The Ancestry of Robert Cushman of Kent explores the uncertain ancestry of three generations: Robert, his father and family, and his grandfather and family.
 
  1.   3 Generation Descendant Report showing the probable ancestry of Robert Cushman
  2.     Sources for the 3 Generation Report
 
  1. The Y-DNA Signature of Descendants of Robert Cushman of Kent provides the result of recent research that defines the genetic “signature” or profile of Robert’s descendants, along with genetic evidence of the Couchman/Cushman connection.
 
  1. Genealogies of Cushman Daughters This link will take you to a list of  genealogies of Cushman daughters who married into other Surname families.
 
  1. Other Cushman lines. The following links will take you to:
 
  1.     Cushmans without roots. Cushmans that have not yet been connected to a major Cushman line.
 
  1.    Cushman Lines in England
 
  1.     Adopted Cushman Name.  Cushmans with no genetic linkage who adopted the Cushman name many generations ago.
 
  1.     Cushmans of Irish descent, who now live mostly in Canada
 
  1.   Additional Links:
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  3.  Cushman Message Board at RootsWeb.com
  4.  Cushman Family Genealogy Forum at Genform.com
 
 
All major sections of the site can be accessed from this home page
 
Footnotes:
1.  Sykes, Bryan, The Seven Daughters of Eve, W.W. Norton and company, New York, NY 2002. P. 1
 
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