Eleazer Cushman
Also Known As: "Eleazor"
Birthdate: February 20, 1656
Birthplace: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: October 14, 1723 (67)
Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Immediate Family:
Son of Rev. Thomas Cushman and Mary Cushman, "Mayflower" Passenger
Husband of Elizabeth Cushman
Father of Private; John Cushman; James Cushman; Moses Cushman; Eleazer Cushman; Sarah Laycroft Spooner; William Cushman; Mary Cushman and Lydia Waterman « less
Brother of Thomas Cushman, Jr.; Sarah Hutchings; Mary Cushman; Rev. Isaac Cushman; Rev. Elkanah Cushman; Fear Cushman; Lydia Harlow and Martha Mary Cushman « less
Half brother of Mary Cushman and Lydia Harlow

Biography
Eleazer Cushman was born 20 Feb 1656 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony[1] the son of Elder Thomas Cushman (8 FEB 1608 Canterbury, Kent, England - 10 DEC 1691 Plymouth, Massachusetts) and Mary Allerton ( JUNE 1616 Leiden, Holland - 28 NOV 1699 Plymouth, Massachusetts).[2]

On 12 Jan 1687 in Plymouth he married Elizabeth Coombs[3][4] (1662-1673) daughter of John Coombs Jr and Elizabeth Barlow.[5]

Mayflower Deed Records
1699 Eleazer Cushman to Thomas Cushman.
1706 Deed was recorded from Eleazer Cushman to Samuel Bradford.
1713 Deed recorded from Eleazer Cushman to Benjamin Eaton.
1714 Deed recorded from Eleazer Cushman to David Bosworth.
1717-18 Deed recorded from Eleazer Cushman and son John Cushman of Plymouth to Joseph Mitchell.
5 May 1718 Eleazer Cushman from Richard Waite, land in Plimpton.
14 Oct 1723 Eleazer Cushman Sr of Plimpton gift to son Eleazer Cushman of Plimpton, reserving improvement to self & wife for life.
Known Children:
Lydia (b. 13 dec 1687 d. 17 Jul 1771 Halifax) married John Waterman
John (b. 13 Aug 1690 d. 13 Aug 1760) married Joanna Pratt on 19 Jan 1715
James (d. betw 14 Mar 1775 - 6 Oct 1778) married Sarah Hatch on 24 Dec 1722
Eleazer Cushman Jr (b . ? d. betw 22 Feb 1758 - 2 May 1758) md Eunice Stoddard on 3 Mar 1740
Mose (b 1693/4 d. 12 Aug 1766) married Mary Jackson
Deborah ?
Sarah ?
William (b. 27 Oct 1710 d. 27 Dec 1777) married Abigail Lee
Date of death is listed as after 14 Oct 1723 in Plymouth[6]. The precise date of death has been discovered.[7]
Research Note
Mayflower Families...v. 17 (Isaac Allerton) says that Eleazer Cushman died after November 1733. "A November 1733 petition mentions Eleazer Cushman. His land was to remain in the old precinct (Plympton)."[8]

Sources
↑ Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
↑ Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
↑ http://www.cushmanfamily.org/our-cushman-line.html
↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
↑ Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
↑ Entered by Lisa Skaggs.
↑ Mayflower Families, v. 17 (Isaac Allerton), p. 17
Cushman, Henry WylesA Historical and biographical genealogy of the Cushmans (Cushman, Boston, 1855), p.124.
Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
Records of Plymouth Colony
U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Mayflower Deeds and Probate
Records of the Town of Plymouth, Vol. I
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Vol. 17 Isaac Allerton p. 6, 17