![]() ![]() Both Thomas and Mary lived long lives, despite these trials. Like all of the settlers, however, they faced many dangers and endured sickness, hardship and loss. Together they worked the land and raised eight children. She grew up and married Thomas Cushman, a man she’d known since childhood, who became a Ruling Elder of the colony. In 1620, Mary Allerton was four years old when she and her family arrived on the Mayflower in what would soon become Plymouth Colony. ![]() I very much enjoyed reading Noelle Granger’s latest book, The Last Pilgrim, a rich historical fiction about Mary Allerton Cushman, the last surviving passenger of the Mayflower. I’ve always been interested in American history, especially that of the early American settlers, who endured many hardships as they built lives in a new land. ![]()
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