Ruth HOWLAND

Father: John HOWLAND
Mother: Elizabeth TILLEY

Family 1: Thomas CUSHMAN

(1) Source: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register via Ancestry.com.

  1. Robert CUSHMAN
  2. Thomas CUSHMAN
  3. Desire CUSHMAN
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                     _Henry HOWLAND _|
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 _John HOWLAND _____|
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|--Ruth HOWLAND
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|                                     _Robert TILLEY _
|                    _John TILLEY ___|
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|_Elizabeth TILLEY _|
                    |                 _William HURST _
                    |_Joan HURST ____|
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Notes

Updated January 19, 2025. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins via Ancestry.com

"RUTH [HOWLAND] b. say 1646; m. Plymouth 17 November 1664 Thomas CUSHMAN [PCR 8:25], son of Thomas CUSHMAN."

(2) The New England Historical & Genealogical Register via Ancestry.com: Plymouth Colony Records.

"Plymouth: Thomas CHUSHMAN, to Ruth HOWLAND, Nov. 17, 1664."

(3) Cushman, Henry Wyles. A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855. Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Little, Brown, 1855. Pages 100-101.

"Thomas-3 [CUSHMAN]... m. 1st Ruth HOWLAND, dau of John HOWLAND, 'one of the old comers' 17 Nov. 1664. She was living when her father's Will was made, 29 May 1672, and as he was married the second time in 1679, his first wife must have d. between those dates."

(4) Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 via Ancestry.com

- Children of Thomas CUSHMAN and and Ruth HOWLAND: Robert; Thomas; Desire

(5) MayflowerHistory.com web page, the complete Internet site for Mayflower history and genealogy.

(6) Find a Grave

- Name: Ruth HOWLAND CUSHMAN
- Birth: 1646
- Death: Oct 1679 (aged 32–33)
- Cenotaph: Burial Hill; Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
- Memorial ID: 207581598
- NOTE: This is a cenotaph, not a burial marker

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Additional Notes.

Mayflower lineage: Her parents, John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley, were passengers on the Mayflower.