Mary Allerton Cushman (c. 1616 – 28 November 1699) was a Dutch settler of

Plymouth Colony Plymouth Colony (sometimes Plimouth) was, from 1620 to 1691, the first permanent English colony in New England and the second permanent English colony in North America, after the Jamestown Colony. It was first settled by the passengers on the ...

in what is now

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. She was the last surviving passenger of the ''

Mayflower ''Mayflower'' was an English ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After a grueling 10 weeks at sea, ''Mayflower'', with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, r ...

''. She arrived at Plymouth on the ''Mayflower'' when she was about four years old and lived there the rest of her life; she died aged 83. Mary Allerton was born about 1616 in

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to parents

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and Mary Norris Allerton. According to some sources, she was baptised in June 1616. She came to Plymouth on the ''Mayflower'' in 1620, at about the age of four. Around 1636, she married Thomas Cushman, who had come to Plymouth in 1621 at the age of thirteen on the ship '' Fortune'' with father

Robert Cushman Robert Cushman (1577–1625) was an important leader and organiser of the ''Mayflower'' voyage in 1620, serving as Chief Agent in London for the Leiden Separatist contingent from 1617 to 1620 and later for Plymouth Colony until his death in 1625 ...

, a prominent member of the Pilgrims' congregation in Leiden. Thomas and Mary had a prosperous family. Seven of their eight children survived to adulthood, got married, and provided at least 50 grandchildren. Thomas and Mary both lived to an old age, never moving from Plymouth. Thomas died in December 1691, reaching nearly 85 years in age. Mary, who gave birth to and raised eight children, lived to the age of 83. Prior to her death in November 1699, she was the last surviving ''Mayflower'' passenger. She was buried on

Burial Hill Burial Hill is a historic cemetery or burying ground on School Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Established in the 17th century, it is the burial site of several Pilgrims, the founding settlers of Plymouth Colony. It was listed on the Nat ...

in Plymouth.

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