Thomas Knowlton Gibson, "The Maylfower Man", Most Mayflower Ancestors and Plymouth Plantation Founders.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman →
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Elkanah Cushman → Mary Allerton at age 4.
Mary Allerton married Thomas Cushman, son of founding father Robert Cushman. She was the last surviving Mayflower Passenger and lived until 1699.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman →
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Elkanah Cushman → Mary Allerton → Isaac Allerton, Assistant Governor, signed Mayflower Compact.
We are descended through separate lines from all three wives of Isaac Allerton. In order they are Mary Norris, Fear Brewster and Sarah Swinnerton.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman →
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Ruth Fuller → Samuel Fuller → Samuel Fuller → Samuel Fuller at age 12.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Joseph Whitton → Abednego T. Whitton →
Richard Whiton → Thomas Whiton → Azariah Whiton → Bethia Crocker → Ruth Chipman → Hope Howland → John Howland, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Muscoe Minor Gibson → Rev. Isaac Gibson → Elizabeth Pendleton Shackelford → Lucy Pendleton Tutt →
Elizabeth Pendleton → Nathaniel Pendleton → Mary Taylor → Richard Taylor →Elizabeth Lee → Sarah Allerton →Isaac Allerton → Fear Brewster →William Brewster, Elder, signed Mayflower Compact.

* Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman →
Mary Whipple → Dr. Joseph Whipple → Deacon Joseph Whipple → Sarah Hutchinson → Sarah Putnam → Rebecca Prince →Patience Brewster →Mary Brewster, wife of William Brewster.

* Despite the fact that thousands of descendants have claimed Brewster ancestry through Rebecca Prince as the daughter of Patience Brewster, this line has recently been questioned.
Since there were probably two early arrivals named Rebecca Prince, I will leave the lines here for historical review so others searching for information can accurately record ancestry.

A dark side of our family history, the Hutchinsons and Putnams were the accusers in the 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials that resulted in the execution or imprisonment
of almost 200 member of the community. Well worth further investigation, it is one of the most important, emotional, and tragic events in American history.
Twenty oneThe Gibson family was directly involved in witchcraft accusations resulting in their banishment from the colony. Coincidently, our home has seven gables.
If you claim to be a witch or any derivation thereof, please do not contact me. Other than an historical interest, I have no interest or any connection with witchcraft.
I am truly amazed at the number of people that think we are a pagan witch family, just because my seventh great grandfather had a sister falsely accused of witchcraft in 1656.

There are very few people in this world that can accurately claim more than ten Mayflower Ancestors.
As my grandfather was the only child of Amy Whitton Gibson with a family, and I am the only child of Thomas Cushman Gibson with children,
there are very few of us remaining with more than twenty ancestral lines to those arriving on The Mayflower in 1620.
Both Mary and Joseph Whitton, the parents of Amy Whitton, had truly amazing pedigrees of nobility.
Mary C. Cushman was directly descended from nine Mayflower passengers and Joseph Whitton from four.
Amy Whitton, with thirteen Pilgrim ancestors, then married Muscoe Minor Gibson, a direct descendant of five Mayflower passengers.
My Grandfather, Joseph Whitton Gibson married Nellie Dear, who's grandfather Joseph Wood, descended from five pilgrim passengers.
Finally, my father Thomas Cushman Gibson, "The Mayflower Man", with seventeen Mayflower ancestors, married Sarah Jane Knowlton, a direct descent of four Pilgrims.
Chris and Jon, please don't forget your roots, you both have an incredible family history and legacy to be passed on to your children.
1876 illustration of the courtroom; the central figure is usually identified as Mary Walcott

1876 illustration of the courtroom; the central figure is usually identified as Mary Walcott

Yes, I know there has been a question on the lineage of Rebecca Prince, wife of John Putnam, but not the daughter of Governor Thomas Prence.
Recently genealogists suggest there were actually two Rebecca Princes' born about the same time and living at the Plymouth colony.
Since: 1. There were no dictionaries in the 1600's and names were routinely spelled phonetically and differently,
2. Most genealogy recorded histories, and the LDS records, which are usually very reliable, list them as the same person,
3. There is no evidence as to the parents of Rebecca Prence other than Governor Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster,
4. Sarah Putnam, daughter of Rebecca and John Putnam, married the notable John Hutchinson, both families of record,
5. The age is the same, and the birth and marriage date of daughter Sarah and siblings is plausible and reasonable,
6. John Putnam's father, Lt John Putnam was an influential leader of the Plymouth Colony.
7. John Hutchinson's father, Colonel John Hutchinson, was an influential leader and founder of the Plymouth Colony,
8. It would be unlikely that either John Putnam or John Hutchinson would marry someone with absolutely no record of ancestry, and
9. Accurate records that were kept by William Bradford for more than fifty years that do NOT dispute the marriage.
It is possible, though unlikely, they are the same person. So who was Rebecca Prince who married John Putnam?
I suspect the reason some early genealogists record two Rebecca's, is an attempt to distance the
Bradford and Brewster families from the Salem witchcraft trials fiasco.

We have four additional KNOWLTON lines from my mother's side of the family.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → John Watson Knowlton → Freeman Knowlton →
Sally Knowlton → Joseph Knowlton → James Knowlton → Benjamin Knowlton → Susanna Dutch →Susanna More → Richard More, at age 6.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → John Watson Knowlton → Freeman Knowlton →
Sally Knowlton → Martha Wheeler → Benjamin Wheeler → Mehitable Wheeler → Mary White →John White → Resolved White, at age 5.

With ten additional Mayflower ancestors by marriage.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman →
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Ruth Fuller → Elizabeth Thatcher → married Myles Standish Jr. → Myles Standish signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman →
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Ruth Fuller → Elizabeth Thatcher → married Myles Standish Jr. → Rose Standish, wife of Myles Standish.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman →
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Peter Robinson → Peter Robinson → Mary Faunce → Sister Priscilla Faunce married Joseph Warren →Richard Warren

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman →
James Cushman → Ruth Robinson → Peter Robinson → Peter Robinson → Mary Faunce → Patience Morton → Niece of Governor William Bradford signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman →
James Cushman → William Cushman → Josiah Cushman → Elkanah Cushman → Mary Allerton → Isaac Allerton married Fear Brewster →William Brewster, Elder, signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman →
James Cushman → William Cushman → Susanah Shurtleff → Susanna Lothrop → sister Mary Lothrop m. John Howland →John Howland signed Mayflower Compact.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Sarah Jane Knowlton → Frank Watson Knowlton → Frank A. Knowlton → John Watson Knowlton → Freeman Knowlton → Sally Knowlton →
Martha Wheeler → Benjamin Wheeler → Mehitable Wheeler → Mary White →John White → Resolved White → Susannah White, wife of Governor Edward Winslow, signed Mayflower Compact.

Finally, listing some of our direct lines from these "first comers" or early members and founders of the Plymouth Colony.

Thomas Knowlton Gibson → Thomas Cushman. Gibson → Joseph Whitton Gibson → Amy Whitton Gibson → Mary Cooke Cushman → William James Cushman →
James Cushman → William Cushman → Susanah Shurtleff → Susanna Lothrop → Barnabas Lothrop → Rev. John Lothrop one of the founding fathers, arr. 1623