MAYFLOWER and Plymouth Plantation Genealogy
From THOMAS CUSHMAN GIBSON and THOMAS KNOWLTON GIBSON,

Helping to break through the myths of the early settlers of the Plymouth Plantation,
Tom has been studying and collecting family information for almost fifty years,
and made significant contributions to many articles on Wikipedia and other web pages.
As you will see from exploration, his family has exceptional Mayflower connections,
with lineage extending to very early colonial American history and beyond.
Listed here are the direct lines to his Mayflower ancestors, with links to a
brief description from the superb website MayflowerHistory.com.
It is obvious that Robert and Thomas Cushman and the early colonial Cushman families 
were very significant in the establishment and continuation of the Plymouth Colony.  

Blood lines are red, marriage lines are green, and Mayflower ancestors are dark blue.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Elkanah Cushman → Mary Allerton arrived at age 4,  and was the last surviving Mayflower Passenger and lived until 1699.
Mary Allerton married Thomas Cushman,  son of  founding father Robert Cushman, in 1636.  After his father died in 1625, he was raised by Governor William Bradford.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Elkanah Cushman → Mary Allerton → Isaac Allerton, Assistant Governor, signed Mayflower Compact.
We are descended through separate lines from all three wives of Isaac Allerton.   In order they are Mary Norris,  Fear Brewster and Sarah Swinnerton.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Elkanah Cushman → Mary Allerton → Mary Norris, wife of Isaac Allerton.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Martha Cooke → Jacob Cooke → Francis Cooke, passenger, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Martha Cooke → Damaris Hopkins → Stephen Hopkins, Assistant Governor, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Martha Cooke → Damaris Hopkins → Elizabeth Fisher, wife of  Stephen Hopkins.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Ruth Fuller → Samuel Fuller → Samuel Fuller → Samuel Fuller arrived at age 12.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Ruth Fuller → Samuel Fuller → Samuel Fuller → Samuel Fuller → Edward Fuller, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Ruth Fuller → Samuel Fuller → Samuel Fuller → Samuel Fuller → Mrs. (Ann Hopkins?) Fuller, wife of  Edward Fuller.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Joseph Whitton → Abednego T. Whitton → 
Richard Whiton → Thomas Whiton → Azariah Whiton → Bethia Crocker → Ruth Chipman → Hope Howland → John Howland, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Joseph Whitton → Abednego T. Whitton → 
Richard Whiton → Thomas Whiton → Azariah Whiton → Bethia Crocker → Ruth Chipman → Hope Howland → Elizabeth Tilley arrived at age 13, married John Howland.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Muscoe Minor Gibson → Rev. Isaac Gibson → Elizabeth Pendleton Shackelford →  Lucy Pendleton Tutt →
Elizabeth Pendleton → Nathaniel Pendleton → Mary Taylor → Richard Taylor →Elizabeth Lee → Sarah Allerton →Isaac Allerton → Fear Brewster →William Brewster, Elder, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Muscoe Minor Gibson → Rev. Isaac Gibson → Elizabeth Pendleton Shackelford →  Lucy Pendleton Tutt →
Elizabeth Pendleton → Nathaniel Pendleton → Mary Taylor → Richard Taylor →Elizabeth Lee → Sarah Allerton →Isaac Allerton → Fear Brewster → Mary Brewster, wife of William Brewster.

* Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
Mary Whipple → Dr. Joseph Whipple → Deacon Joseph Whipple → Sarah Hutchinson → Sarah Putnam → Rebecca Prince →Patience Brewster →Mary Brewster, wife of William Brewster.
* Despite the fact that thousands of  descendants have claimed Brewster ancestry through Rebecca Prince as the daughter of Patience Brewster, this line has recently been questioned.
   Since there were probably two early arrivals named Rebecca Prince,  I will leave the lines here for historical review so others searching for information can accurately record ancestry.

A dark side of our family history, the Hutchinsons and Putnams were the accusers in the 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials that resulted in the execution or imprisonment
of almost 200 member of the community. Well worth further investigation, it is one of the most important, emotional, and tragic events in American history.
The Gibson family was directly involved in witchcraft accusations resulting in their banishment from the colony.  Coincidently, our home has seven gables.
If you claim to be a witch or any derivation thereof, please do not contact me. Other than an historical interest, I have no interest or any connection with witchcraft.
I am truly amazed at the number of people that think we are a pagan witch family, just because my seventh great grandfather had a sister falsely accused of witchcraft in 1656.

There are very few people in this world that can accurately claim more than twelve Mayflower Ancestors.
As my grandfather was the only child of Amy Whitton Gibson with a family, and I am the only child of Thomas Cushman Gibson with children, 
there are very few of us remaining with more than twenty ancestral  lines to those arriving on The Mayflower in 1620.
Both Mary and Joseph Whitton, the parents of Amy Butler Whitton, had truly amazing pedigrees of nobility.
Mary Cooke Cushman was directly descended from eleven Mayflower passengers and Joseph Morris Bower Whitton from four.
Amy Butler Whitton, with thirteen Pilgrim ancestors, then married  Muscoe Minor Gibson, a direct descendant of five Mayflower passengers.
My Grandfather,  Joseph Whitton Gibson married Nellie Dear, who's grandfather Joseph Wood, descended from five pilgrim passengers.
"The Mayflower Man", Thomas Cushman Gibson with seventeen Mayflower ancestors, married Sarah Jane Knowlton, a direct descendant of twenty one Pilgrims.
Chris and Jon, please don't forget your roots, you both have an incredible family history and legacy to be passed on to your children.
 

Yes, I know there has been a question on the lineage of Rebecca Prince, wife of John Putnam, but not the daughter of  Governor Thomas Prence.  
Recently genealogists suggest there were actually two Rebecca Princes' born about the same time and living at the Plymouth colony.
Since: 1.  There were no dictionaries in the 1600's and names were routinely spelled phonetically and  differently,
2. Most genealogy recorded histories, and the LDS records, which are usually very reliable, list them as the same person,
3. There is no evidence as to the parents of Rebecca Prence other than Governor Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster,
4. Sarah Putnam, daughter of Rebecca and John Putnam, married the notable John Hutchinson, both families of record,
5.  The age is the same, and the birth and marriage date of daughter Sarah and siblings is plausible and reasonable,
6. John Putnam's father, Lt John Putnam was an influential leader of the Plymouth Colony.
7. John Hutchinson's father, Colonel John Hutchinson, was an influential leader and founder of the Plymouth Colony,
8. It would be unlikely that either John Putnam or John Hutchinson would marry someone with absolutely no record of ancestry, and
9. Accurate records kept by William Bradford for more than fifty years, do NOT dispute the marriage.
It is possible, though unlikely, they are the same person. So who was Rebecca Prince who married John Putnam?
I suspect the reason some early genealogists record two Rebecca's,  is an attempt to distance the
Bradford and Brewster families from the Salem witchcraft trials fiasco.

My mother is descended from twenty one Mayflower passengers with eight duplicated on my father's side.  
 [There are many instances of consanguinity throughout the Gibson and Knowlton family trees.  Within ten generations, Tom and Sally Gibson are cousins at least seventeen time.]  

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → John Watson Knowlton → Freeman Knowlton → 
Sally Knowlton → Joseph Knowlton → James Knowlton → Benjamin Knowlton → Susanna Dutch →Susanna More → Richard More, arrived at age 6.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → John Watson Knowlton → Freeman Knowlton → 
Sally Knowlton → Martha Wheeler → Benjamin Wheeler → Mehitable Wheeler → Mary White →John White → Resolved White, arrived at age 5.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → John Watson Knowlton → Freeman Knowlton → 
Sally Knowlton → Martha Wheeler → Benjamin Wheeler → Mehitable Wheeler → Mary White →John White → Resolved White → William White signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → John Watson Knowlton → Freeman Knowlton → 
Sally Knowlton → Martha Wheeler → Benjamin Wheeler → Mehitable Wheeler → Mary White →John White → Resolved White → Susannah White, wife of William White.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth Elizabeth Brown → George Brown → 
George Denison Brown → Amos Brown → Amos Brown → William Brown → James Brown → Lydia Howland → John Howland, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth Elizabeth Brown → George Brown → 
George Denison Brown → Amos Brown → Amos Brown → William Brown → James Brown → Lydia Howland → Elizabeth Tilley, arrived at age 13, married John Howland.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth Elizabeth Brown → George Brown → 
George Denison Brown → Amos Brown → Amos Brown → William Brown → James Brown → Lydia Howland → Elizabeth Tilley → John Tilley, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth Elizabeth Brown → George Brown → 
George Denison Brown → Amos Brown → Amos Brown → William Brown → James Brown → Lydia Howland → Elizabeth Tilley → Joan Hurst, wife of John Tilley.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth Elizabeth Brown → George Brown → 
George Denison Brown → Amos Brown → Amos Brown → Elizabeth Long → Sarah Skiff → Lydia Snow → Abigail Warren → Richard Warren, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth Elizabeth Brown → George Brown → 
George Denison Brown → Amos Brown → Amos Brown → Elizabeth Long → Sarah Skiff → Lydia Snow → Anthony Snow → Constance Hopkins arrived at age 14.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth Elizabeth Brown → George Brown → 
George Denison Brown → Amos Brown → Amos Brown → Elizabeth Long → Sarah Skiff → Lydia Snow → Anthony Snow → Constance Hopkins → Stephen Hopkins, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth Elizabeth Brown → George Brown → 
George Denison Brown → Priscilla Soule → Benjamin Soule → Benjamin Soule → John Soule → George Soule signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth Elizabeth Brown → George Brown → 
George Denison Brown → Priscilla Soule → Benjamin Soule → Sarah Standish → Alexander Standish → Myles Standish signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth Elizabeth Brown → George Brown → 
George Denison Brown → Priscilla Soule → Benjamin Soule → Sarah Standish → Sarah Alden → John Alden signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth Elizabeth Brown → George Brown → 
George Denison Brown → Priscilla Soule → Benjamin Soule → Sarah Standish → Sarah Alden → Priscilla Mullins, arrived at age 18, married John Alden.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth Elizabeth Brown → George Brown → 
George Denison Brown → Priscilla Soule → Benjamin Soule → Sarah Standish → Sarah Alden → Priscilla Mullins → William Mullins signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth Elizabeth Brown → George Brown → 
George Denison Brown → Priscilla Soule → Benjamin Soule → Sarah Standish → Sarah Alden → Priscilla Mullins → Alice Mullins, wife of William Mullins.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → John Watson Knowlton → Freeman Knowlton → John Knowlton →
Abigail Pierce → Benjamin Pierce → Ester Fletcher → Sarah Richardson → Captain Josiah Richardson → Susanna Bradford → William Bradford, Governor, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → John Watson Knowlton → Freeman Knowlton → John Knowlton →
Abigail Pierce → Benjamin Pierce → Ester Fletcher → Sarah Richardson → Captain Josiah Richardson → Susanna Bradford → Dorothy May Bradford,  wife of Governor William Bradford.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → Asenth E. Brown → George Brown →  Eleanor Ellis. → Rebecca Perry →
Eleanor Ellis. →  Ann Clark → Susannah Miller → Margaret Winslow → Josiah Winslow → Edward Winslow → Edward Winslow, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Isabel Norton Swett → David Norton Swett → Sophronia L. Norton →  David Norton. → 
Noah Norton →Phineas Norton → Elizabeth Hawes → Desire Gorham → Desire Howland → John Howland, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Isabel Norton Swett → David Norton Swett → Sophronia L. Norton →  David Norton. → 
Noah Norton →Phineas Norton → Elizabeth Hawes → Desire Gorham → Desire Howland → Elizabeth Tilley, arrived at age 13,  married John Howland.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Isabel Norton Swett → David Norton Swett → Sophronia L. Norton →  David Norton. → 
Noah Norton →Phineas Norton → Elizabeth Hawes → Desire Gorham → Desire Howland → Elizabeth Tilley → John Tilley, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Isabel Norton Swett → David Norton Swett → Sophronia L. Norton →  David Norton. → 
Noah Norton →Phineas Norton → Elizabeth Hawes → Desire Gorham → Desire Howland → Elizabeth Tilley → Joan Hurst, wife of John Tilley.
The four lines above to John Howland, Elizabeth Tilley and her parents are one of  four separate, well documented lines in our family tree, two to my father and two to my mother.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Isabel Nellie Swett → David Norton Swett → Sophronia L. Norton → Sarah Hulsart Smith →
Ebenezer Smith  → Jane Claghorn → Susannah Gibbs → Abigail Smith → Abigail Skiffe → Lydia Snow → Abigail Warren → Richard Warren, signed Mayflower Compact.
 
Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Isabel Nellie Swett → David Norton Swett → Sophronia L. Norton → Sarah Hulsart Smith →
Ebenezer Smith  → Jane Claghorn → Susannah Gibbs → Abigail Smith → Abigail Skiffe → Lydia Snow → Anthony Snow → Constance Hopkins arrived at age 14.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Isabel Nellie Swett → David Norton Swett → Sophronia L. Norton → Sarah Hulsart Smith →
Ebenezer Smith  → Jane Claghorn → Susannah Gibbs → Abigail Smith → Abigail Skiffe → Lydia Snow → Anthony Snow → Constance Hopkins → Stephen Hopkins, signed Mayflower Compact.
The three lines above to Richard Warren, Constance Hopkins and her parents are one of  three separate, well documented lines in our family tree, one to my father and two to my mother.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Isabel Norton Swett → Ellen Jane Carter → Henry E. Carter →  Abigail Holbrook. → 
Ruth Dyer →David Dyer → Susannah Brown → William Brown → George Brown → William Brown → Peter Brown, signed Mayflower Compact.

*Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Isabel Norton Swett → David Norton Swett → Benjamin Mayhew Swett →  Winborn Adams Swett. → 
Samuel Swett →Sarah Adams → Samuel Adams → Susannah Winborn → Elizabeth Hart → Elizabeth Hutchinson → Ann Brown → Edward Brown → Peter Brown, signed Mayflower Compact.

*Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Isabel Nellie Swett → Ellen Jane Carter → Henry E. Carter → Abigial Holbrook →
Ruth Dyer → Ruth Harding → Nathaniel Harding → Bethia Cooke → Josiah Cooke → Francis Cooke, passenger, signed Mayflower Compact.
* indicates a recently contested formerly documented line still claimed by thousands of Mayflower descendants.

Our family has at least ten additional Mayflower ancestors by marriage.
Members of the Cushman family were related to almost every passenger of the Mayflower.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Ruth Fuller → Elizabeth Thatcher → married Myles Standish Jr.  → Myles Standish signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Ruth Fuller → Elizabeth Thatcher → married Myles Standish Jr. → Rose Standish, wife of Myles Standish.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Peter Robinson → Peter Robinson → Mary Faunce → Sister Priscilla Faunce married Joseph Warren →Richard Warren, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Peter Robinson → Peter Robinson → Mary Faunce → Patience Morton → Niece of Governor William Bradford signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Elkanah Cushman → Mary Allerton → Isaac Allerton married Fear Brewster →William Brewster, Elder, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Elkanah Cushman → Mary Allerton → Isaac Allerton married Fear Brewster →Mary Brewster, wife of William Brewster.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Susanah Shurtleff → Susanna Lothrop → sister Mary Lothrop m. John Howland →John Howland signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Susanah Shurtleff → Susanna Lothrop → sister Mary Lothrop m. John Howland →John Howland m. Elizabeth Tilley, arrived at age 13.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Susanah Shurtleff → Susanna Lothrop → sister Mary Lothrop m. John Howland →John Howland m. Elizabeth Tilley → John Tilley signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Susanah Shurtleff → Susanna Lothrop → sister Mary Lothrop m. John Howland →John Howland m. Elizabeth Tilley → Joan Hurst, wife of John Tilley.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → John Watson Knowlton → Freeman Knowlton → Sally Knowlton →
Martha Wheeler → Benjamin Wheeler → Mehitable Wheeler → Mary White →John White → Resolved White → Susannah White, wife of Governor Edward Winslow, signed Mayflower Compact.

Finally, listing a few of our direct Cushman lines from these "first comers" or early arrivals and founders of the Plymouth Colony.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Elkanah Cushman → Thomas Cushman, husband of Mary Allerton and son of  Robert Cushman

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Elkanah Cushman → Thomas Cushman → Robert Cushman, one of the founding fathers

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Martha Cooke → Damaris Hopkins → Elizabeth Fisher

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Martha Cooke → Jacob Cooke → Hester Mahieu,  wife of   Francis Cooke, passenger, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Susanah Shurtleff → Susanna Lothrop → Barnabas Lothrop → Rev. John Lothrop one of the founding fathers, arr. 1623

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → William Cushman → Susanah Shurtleff → Susanna Lothrop → Barnabas Lothrop → Ann Lothrop (Hammond)

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Peter Robinson → Peter Robinson → Isaac Robinson → Rev. John Robinson, one of the founding fathers, arrived 1623

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Peter Robinson → Peter Robinson → Isaac Robinson → Bridget White, wife of John Robinson, arrive 1623 on ship Ann

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Peter Robinson → Peter Robinson → Isaac Robinson, son of Rev. John Robinson

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Peter Robinson → Peter Robinson → Mary Faunce →John Faunce

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Peter Robinson → Peter Robinson → Mary Faunce →Patience Morton

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Peter Robinson → Peter Robinson → Mary Faunce → Patience Morton → George Morton

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Ruth Fuller → Samuel Fuller → Mary Faunce, wife of Isaac Robinson

*Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
Mary Whipple → Dr. Joseph Whipple → Sarah Hutchinson → Sarah Putnam → Rebecca Prince →Governor Thomas Prence

*Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
Mary Whipple → Dr. Joseph Whipple → Sarah Hutchinson → Sarah Putnam → Rebecca Prince →Patience Brewster, wife of Governor Thomas Prence

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
Mary Whipple → Dr. Joseph Whipple → Sarah Hutchinson → Sarah Putnam → John Putnam →John Putnam

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
Mary Whipple → Dr. Joseph Whipple → Sarah Hutchinson → John Hutchinson Jr. → John Hutchinson →Thomas Hutchinson

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman → 
Mary Whipple → Dr. Joseph Whipple → Sarah Hutchinson → Sarah Putnam → John Putnam →Priscilla Gould

With thirty one direct Mayflower ancestors, some multiple, ten more by marriage, 
and more than thirty additional blood lines to the founders of the Plymouth Plantation,
our immediate family is extremely unique in our multiple descent from the "first comers" of the Plymouth Colony.

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Tom is a Professor at York College of Pennsylvania, Museum Curator, Telecommunications Manager, Radio Engineer, Summer Camp Director, IBS Senior Corporate Vice President, 
and founder of SAMMA, the Society of Americans with Multiple Mayflower Ancestors.
He is a decorated Vietnam veteran and life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), and a Life Member of MICA,
The Military Intelligence Corp Association, the organization that maintains the Knowlton Award.
He has been active in scouting for almost 25 years, with more than fifteen years as an adult leader and commissioner.
Tom is a professional lecturer and a long time member of the York College Speakers Bureau.  
His many talks include, Myths of Plymouth Plantation Pilgrims, The Real Cause of the Salem Witch Trials,
Bartholomew Gosnold, Founder of  Jamestown, Judge Edmund Pendleton, Father of Our Country,

Forgotten Founders and Presidents of  our Country and featuring, Colonel Thomas Knowlton, the First American Spy.

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