Robert Cushman of Kent (1577-1625), Chief Agent of the Plymouth Pilgrims (1617-1625)

Download or read book Robert Cushman of Kent (1577-1625), Chief Agent of the Plymouth Pilgrims (1617-1625) written by Robert Earl Cushman and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Cushman was probably the Robert Cutchman born in 1577 in Rovenden, Kent, England, to Thomas Cutchman. Robert married Sara Reder in 1606 in St. Alphege, Canterbury, England. After the birth of their son Thomas in 1607, the family apparently moved to Holland. His wife Sara and two children died there in 1616. In 1617, Robert married his second wife Mary (Clarke) Singelton, widow of Thomas Singelton of Sandwich, Kent, England. Later in 1617, Robert was asked to go with John Carver to England to negotiate with the Council for Vvirginia about a patent within the grant of the Virginia Company. Robert and his son Thomas arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621. His second wife never came to New England and was probably dead by this date. A month after they arrived, Robert left his son in the care of Governor Bradford while he returned to England. He plead the colonists' case and was engaged in the affairs of the colony until he died in England in 1625.