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Desiah <I>Cushman</I> Underhill

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Desiah Cushman Underhill

Birth
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
Death
14 Feb 1854 (aged 76)
Kingsbury, Washington County, New York, USA
Burial
Kingsbury, Washington County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Desiah was a daughter of Charles and Desiah Branch Cushman of Bennington, Vt. Charles was a Revolutionary War soldier and fought in the Battle of Bennington, VT.

She was also the great-great-great granddaughter of Thomas Cushman whose wife Mary Allerton was the daughter of Isaac Allerton and his family, passengers on The Mayflower.

In addition, she was descended from Degory Priest, another Mayflower Passenger, through her Great-great Grandmother Elizabeth Coombs who married Eleazer Cushman.

Her great grandparents were John Cushman and Joanna Pratt Cushman.

Her grandparents, Charles Cushman and Mary Harvey Cushman both died in Vermont and their final resting places are unknown.


According to the Underhill Genealogy, Desiah Cushman and Augustine Underhill had the following children:

Chloe, b 1802 who married Leveritt Black**
Clarissa, b 1805, d 1820 who never married
Jane Delevan, b 1809, d 1892 married in 1827 Simeon Reed Gregory, b 1804, d 1859
Samuel C. b 1807 d 1865 married Minerva Bailey, b 1817, d 1874...see link below
Mary A., b 1811, married William Brayton. No children...see link below
Theodosia Helen, b 1814, 3 1904, married in 1839, George Clements who died in 1903
John - birth and death date not listed..."d young"

**Chloe and Leveritt Black lived in Franklin Ohio and had several children including a daughter, Henrietta, who married Charles Cushman, son of John and Eliza Ann Carey Cushman and grandson of Charles and Mary Underhill Cushman Underhill 2 Oct 1850 in Fort Ann, NY. Henrietta and her husband, Charles, were second cousins.

Desiah was a daughter of Charles and Desiah Branch Cushman of Bennington, Vt. Charles was a Revolutionary War soldier and fought in the Battle of Bennington, VT.

She was also the great-great-great granddaughter of Thomas Cushman whose wife Mary Allerton was the daughter of Isaac Allerton and his family, passengers on The Mayflower.

In addition, she was descended from Degory Priest, another Mayflower Passenger, through her Great-great Grandmother Elizabeth Coombs who married Eleazer Cushman.

Her great grandparents were John Cushman and Joanna Pratt Cushman.

Her grandparents, Charles Cushman and Mary Harvey Cushman both died in Vermont and their final resting places are unknown.


According to the Underhill Genealogy, Desiah Cushman and Augustine Underhill had the following children:

Chloe, b 1802 who married Leveritt Black**
Clarissa, b 1805, d 1820 who never married
Jane Delevan, b 1809, d 1892 married in 1827 Simeon Reed Gregory, b 1804, d 1859
Samuel C. b 1807 d 1865 married Minerva Bailey, b 1817, d 1874...see link below
Mary A., b 1811, married William Brayton. No children...see link below
Theodosia Helen, b 1814, 3 1904, married in 1839, George Clements who died in 1903
John - birth and death date not listed..."d young"

**Chloe and Leveritt Black lived in Franklin Ohio and had several children including a daughter, Henrietta, who married Charles Cushman, son of John and Eliza Ann Carey Cushman and grandson of Charles and Mary Underhill Cushman Underhill 2 Oct 1850 in Fort Ann, NY. Henrietta and her husband, Charles, were second cousins.



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