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‎First Generation

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==Status summary==
===Completed as of March 28, 2022: ===
* Unknown whether any surviving matrilineal (direct female-line) descendants today.
* Recruiting matrilineal Persis LEWIS Cushman descendants for full mtDNA testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

==Biography==
===First Generation===
Persis Lewis was born Swansea 15 Jan 1671, daughter of Thomas Lewis and Hannah Baker. She died Kingston 14 Jan 1743/4. Persis married about 1697 [[Cushman (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Robert Cushman]] and they had seven children (Plymouth): Robert (1698), Ruth (1700), Abigail (1701), Hannah (1705), Thomas (1706), Joshua (1707) and Jonathan (1712).
===Second Generation===
Ruth Cushman was born Plymouth 25 Mar 1700 and died after 9 Feb 1746/7. She married Plympton 28 Jan 1716/7 Luke Perkins and they had three children (Plympton): Ignatius (1720), Hannah (1723), Luke (c1725) and Mary (1726 unk. if marr.)

Abigail Cushman was born Plymouth 9 Jul 1701 and died after 9 Feb 1746/7. She married (int. Kinston 17 Apr 1727) John Leonard and they had four children (Middleborough): John (1735), Abigail (1738), Meshach (1741) and Caleb (1744).

Hannah Cushman was born Plymouth 25 Dec 1705.<ref>The Plymouth VRs give the following: Hannah Cushman born 25 Dec 1705, Thomas Cushman born 14 Feb 1706 and Joshua Cushman born 14 Oct 1707. At least one of these years '''must''' be in error.</ref> and died after 29 Jul 1750. She married Kingston 23 May 1727 Moses Washburn and they had seven children (Bridgewater): Peter (1728), Moses (1730), child (d. 1731/2), Robert (1733), Ira (1734/5), Bezaleel and Thomas.
===Third Generation===
Hannah Perkins was born Plympton 27 May 1723 and died Carver 2 May 1802. She married Plympton 10 May 1739 Nathaniel Shaw and they had nine children: Mary (1741 m Francis Shurtleff & Thomas Savery), Elizabeth (1744 m ___ Atwood), Joseph (1749), Hannah (1751 m Ichabod Atwood), Ruth (1753 m Gideon Cushman), Sarah (1756 m Caleb Atwood), Jonathan (1759), Deliverance (dau, 1763 m ___ Cobb) and Zilpha (1765 m ___ Hackett).

Abigail Leonard was born Middleborough 15 Oct 1738. She married Ephraim Hackett.

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==DNA results '''''TBD'''''==
===Previous mtDNA testing===
To date, no known direct female line descendants of Persis LEWIS Cushman are known to have done mtDNA testing and published their results. Anyone who believes they descend in a direct female line (ie mother's mother's mother's etc mother) is encouraged to contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

==References & External Links==
* Lainhart, Ann Smith & Jane Fletcher Fisk, ''Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 23 Part III (sons Joseph & Jabez) '' General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA 2012

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 ==Biography==
 ===First Generation===
-Persis Lewis was born Swansea 15 Jan 1671, daughter of Thomas Lewis and Hannah Baker. She died Kingston 14 Jan 1743/4. Persis married about 1697 [[Cushman (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Robert Cushman]] and they had seven children (Plymouth): Robert (1698), Ruth (1700), Abigail (1701), Hannah (1705), Thomas (1706), Joshua (1707) and Jonathan (1712).
+[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lewis-563 Persis Lewis] was born Swansea 15 Jan 1671, daughter of Thomas Lewis and Hannah Baker. She died Kingston 14 Jan 1743/4. Persis married about 1697 [[Cushman (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Robert Cushman]] and they had seven children (Plymouth): Robert (1698), Ruth (1700), Abigail (1701), Hannah (1705), Thomas (1706), Joshua (1707) and Jonathan (1712).
 ===Second Generation===
 Ruth Cushman was born Plymouth 25 Mar 1700 and died after 9 Feb 1746/7. She married Plympton 28 Jan 1716/7 Luke Perkins and they had three children (Plympton): Ignatius (1720), Hannah (1723), Luke (c1725) and Mary (1726 unk. if marr.)

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