Lieutenant Caleb Cushing
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 28 May 1737 - Haverhill, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 6 Oct 1806 - Haverhill, New Hampshire
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Rev James Cushing (1705-1764) 1
Mother: Anna Wainwright (1710-1810) 1
Spouses and Children
Notes
General:
Caleb lived in Haverhill and served all through the Revolutionary War, first as Quartermaster and later as Brigade Quartermaster. He fought at Lexington.
Caleb Cushen Haverhill QM SGT Capt Samuel Johnson Col Titcomb Regiment April 1777.
Cushing, Caleb, Haverhill. Quartermaster, Col. Samuel Johnson's regiment.; engaged August 16, 1777; discharged November 30, 1777; service, 3 mos. 28 days, travel included, in Northern department; roll sworn to at Watertown; also,Quartermaster, Col. Thomas Poor's regt.; engaged May 13, 1778; discharged Feb.28, 1779; service, 10 mos. 1 day, travel included; regiment raised for defenceof North river; also, same regt.; muster rolls for June-Sept., 1778, dated Fort Clinton; also, same regt.; muster rolls for Jan. and Feb.,1779, dated King's Ferry; also, 1st Lieutenant; list of officers of Mass. militia detached to reinforce Continental Army, agreeable to resolve of Oct. 9, 1779; commissioned Oct.23, 1779; said Cushing and others detached from Suffolk and Essex county brigades; also, 2d Lieutenant (also given Quartermaster), Capt. Thomas Vinson's co.,Col. Jacob Garrish's regt.; engaged Oct. 12, 1779; discharged Nov. 23, 1779; service, 1 mo. 23 days, travel included, at North river (also given Claverack); regiment raised in Suffolk and Essex counties to reinforce Continental Army under Gen. Washington; also, Quartermaster, Lieut. Col. Joseph Prime's regt.; listof officers of Mass. militia; commissioned April 27, 1780; regiment detached from militia of York, Cumberland and Lincoln counties, for service under Brig. Gen. Peleg Wadsworth in defence
of eastern Massachusetts; also, Brigade Quartermaster, Col. Nathaniel
Wade's (Essex Co.) regt.; engaged Aug. 5, 1780; discharged Oct. 10, 1780; service, 2 mos. 18 days, travel included; regiment raised toreinforce Continental Army for 3 months.
Sources:
1. 1. Cushing gen, p. 115.
2. Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts - Early Vital Records to about the year 1850 on CD-ROM. Search & ReSearch Publ Co, 1998.
Text: Haverill 1:85 s Rev James and Ann (Wainwright)
3. Massachusetts Soldier and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol IV, 1898
Caleb Cushing
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Sep 1750 - Salisbury, Massachusetts
Baptism: 23 Sep 1750 - Salisbury, Massachusetts
Death: 24 Feb 1799 - Salisbury, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hon. Colonel Caleb Cushing (1703-1797) 1
Mother: Mary Newmarch (1705- ) 1
Notes
General:
Caleb died unmarried.
Sources:
1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (Anaccount of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638) by James Cushing, The Perrault Printing Co - Montreal, 1905. First Edition, 1877, by Lemuel Cushing, D1881 (Finished by his family) Pg 60.
2. Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts - Early Vital Records toabout the year 1850 on CD-ROM. Search & ReSearch Publ Co, 1998.
Text: Salisbury VR 546 s Hon Caleb deceased
Caleb Cushing
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Jul 1750 - Scituate, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Abt 1753 - Scituate, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hon. Joseph Cushing (1711-1767) 1
Mother: Lydia King (1716- ) 1
Notes
General:
Caleb died in infancy.
Sources:
1. Cushing gen., p. 62.
2. George C. Turner, "Records of the Second Church of Scituate, now the
First Unitarian Church of Norwell, Mass.," NewEng.Hist.Gen.Reg.
Calvin Cushing
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Nov 1731 - Hingham Second Precinct (now Cohasset), Massachusetts
Baptism: 28 Nov 1731 - Cohasset, Massachusetts
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hon. Samuel Cushing (1699-1792) 1
Mother: Hannah Tileston (1703-1748)
Notes
General:
Military: Bet. 1775 - 1779 Private in the Revolutionary War
Sources:
1. Cushing gen., p. 46.
Catherine Cushing
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 5 May 1728 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 6 Apr 1783
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Stephen Cushing (1687-1749) 1
Mother: Katreen Catherine Kilby (1700-1758) 1
Spouses and Children
Notes
General:
Source:
Cushing gen, p. 33
2. FamilySearch� International Genealogical Index v5.0
Catherine Cushing
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Feb 1742 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Moses Cushing (1704-After 1753) 1
Mother: Lydia Blackwell (1716-After 1753) 1
Notes
General:
Source:
Cushing gen, p. 38.
Celia Cushing
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Dec 1748 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Moses Cushing (1704-After 1753) 1
Mother: Lydia Blackwell (1716-After 1753) 1
Notes
General:
Source:
Cushing gen, p. 38.
Brigadier General Charles Cushing
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Aug 1734 - Scituate, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 7 Nov 1810 - Boston, Massachusetts
Burial: 10 Nov 1810 - Granary Burying Ground, Boston
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hon. John Cushing (1695-1778) 1
Mother: Mary Cotton (1710-1767) 1
Spouses and Children
Notes
General:
Occupation: Sheriff & Military Officer
Education: Graduated from Harvard College in 1755
Charles was educated as a lawyer and appointed first Sheriff of Lincoln County, which office he held both before and during the Revolution, and also for many years after. He resided at Pownalboro. The fact of his occupying responsible public stations from the age of 26 to his death continuously both under the royal and republican governments, a period of 50 years, is sufficient proof of his ability, faithfulness and integrity. He was a gentleman worthy of his distinguished ancestors.
Military: Revolutionary War. In 1776, when the Maine Militia was reorganized, was appointed to command the Eastern Regiment,with the title of Colonel. In January 1777, he was made Brigadier for Lincoln Co. He made himself especially obnoxious to the loyalists by his vigilance in the discharge of his duties as sheriff and military officer, and towards the close of the war, in 1781, he (then a Brigadier General) was seized at night by a loyalist party under John Jones; a violent Tory, taken from his bed, compelled to hurry on his clothes and was carried away to the British army at Castine, where he was retained for some time as a prisoner. His functions as Sheriff and Brigadier General seem to have ceased soon after this time when he removed to Boston and he next appears as Clerk of the Courts in Suffolk and Nantucket Counties in 1783, which office he held to his death, in 1810.
Cushing, Charles. List of brigadiers elected for the various counties in Massachusetts; said Cushing appointed Brigadier for Lincoln County, January 31, 1777; also, list dated Pownalborough, June 3, 1778, of men raised to serve in the Continental Army, agreeable to resolve of April 20, 1778, as returned by said Cushing, Brigadier forLincoln County; also, list dated Pownalborough, August 20, 1778, of men raisedin Lincoln County to serve as guards over troops of convention, magazines and public stores, under Gen. Heath, as returned by said Cushing, Brigadier for Lincoln County; also, list dated Pownalborough, August 20, 1778, of men raised by said Cushing, Brigadier for Lincoln County, to march to Providence to join troops under Col. Wade and Col. Jacobs.
Sources:
1. Cushing gen., p. 48
2. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS
3. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution.Vol 4
4. [1733-10 Nov 1810]
Hon. Captain Charles Cushing
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Jul 1744 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 25 Nov 1809 - Lunenburg, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hon. Jacob Cushing (1696-1777) 1
Mother: Mary Chauncy (1706-1776) 1
Spouses and Children
Notes
General:
Charles was a Representative 1780-81-84-90-91-92-93, and member of the Senate in 1794.
He removed with his family, in 1791, from Hingham to Lunenburg, Massachusetts and settled on what has since been called the "Brook Farm", about one mile west of the centre of the town, where he died in 1809. His wife lived to bequite old with her daughter Mrs. Harrington; she used to say she was the youngest of 16 sisters.
Lincoln's History of Hingham says: "Charles Cushing was oneof the most respectable and influential Whigs of the Revolution in Hingham. Hewas a gentleman of excellent natural abilities, zealous and persevering in whatever he engaged."
"On a quiet street in Hingham Center, two houses sit comfortably side by side. One has been there since 1785, when it was built by Colonel Charles Cushing. Badly in need of repair when it was bought by the present owners eight years ago, this fine old house has been completely restored. The frontfacade and two front rooms remain essentially unchanged, however. Here the original fireplace and paneling remain. A new wing to the rear, which matches the older part of the house, provides for a family room and master bedroom, while the attic has been opened up to create quarters for a daughter. The yard contains a surprise, not only is there a swimming pool but a waterfall as well."
Military: Charles was a member of the Committee of Correspondence 1779-81, andserved with the Continental Army all through the Revolutionary War. As Captain ofa Hingham company in Gen. Thomas' command, he was in the expedition to Canada,and saved his company from the ravages of small-pox, so generally disastrous to the army in that expedition by the then ultra proceeding of inoculation. He returned on horseback across the Hoossac Ridge. Afterwards, Colonel of a Continental Regiment.
Sources:
Cushing gen, p. 53
2. Hingham Historical Society Newsletter, Volume XXVIX No.6, June 1996, pg 1
Content Cushing
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Jul 1722 - Scituate, Massachusetts
Baptism: 22 Jul 1722 - Scituate, Massachusetts
Death: After 1766
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James M. Cushing (1668-1736) 1
Mother: Mary Barrell (1686-1748) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Jesse Stephenson (29 Jan 1721 - 1795) 1
Marriage: 3 May 1743 - Second Church, Scituate
Status:
Children:
1. Ruth Stephenson (1744-1764) 1
2. Elisha Stephenson (1747-1748) 1
3. Molly Stephenson (1748-1748) 1
4. Molly Stephenson (1750-1799) 1
5. Elisha Stephenson (1753-1796) 1
6. Hannah Stephenson (1755-1805) 1
7. Luke Stephenson (1757-1817) 1
8. James Stephenson (1759-1759) 1
9. Sarah Stephenson (1760-1810) 1
Notes
General:
Intentions posted 4 DEC 1742 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Sources:
Cushing gen, p. 31.
2. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS,
Boston, 1909, two volumes.
Content Cushing
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Mar 1761 - Scituate, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Oct 1825
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James J. Cushing (1716-1772) 1
Mother: Mary Souther (1716-1787) 1
Spouses and Children
Notes
General:
Source:
Cushing gen, p. 58.
2. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS,
Boston, 1909, two volumes.
Lieutenant Daniel Cushing
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Nov 1744 - Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Bef 16 Mar 1797 - Putney, Windham, Vermont
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Josiah Cushing (1707-1787) 1
Mother: Mehitable King (1709-1778) 1
Spouses and Children
Notes
General:
Daniel moved to Putney, Windsor County, Vermont. He was a Lieutenant in Capt. Lucas Wilson's Co. of the Cumberland County Regiment of New York in the Revolutionary War.
Daniel died before 16 Mar 1797 when his widow Patience was granted Letters of Administration on the estate of Daniel Cushing, Late of Putney, deceased. Dated 16 Mar 1797.
Source: Probate Records of Westminster (VT) District. Vol 1, pg 219
Sources:
Cushing gen, p. 55.
2. Vital Records of Bristol County, Massachusetts - Early Vital Records of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to about the year 1850 on CD-ROM. Search & ReSearch Publ Co, 1998.
Text: Rehoboth Vital Records 597 of Josiah and Mehittaell
Daniel Cushing
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Oct 1764 - Pembroke, Massachusetts 2
Baptism: 1 Nov 1763 - Pembroke, Massachusetts 2
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Theophilus Cushing (1719-1788) 1
Mother: Hannah (Cir 1725-1814)
Notes
General:
birth/baptism date error
Captain Daniel Cushing
Sex: M
AKA: Daniel Cusens
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Aug 1686 - Hingham, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: 16 Feb 1755 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Center Cemetery, Hingham
Cause of Death:
Events
• Will, , Hingham, Massachusetts in Hingham, Massachusetts
probated 21 Mar 1755, which gave daughter Sarah Smith á535
Parents
Father: Daniel Cushing (1648-1716) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Thaxter (1660-1727) 3
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Lincoln (21 Oct 1685 - 14 Mar 1763) 1
Marriage: 1711 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Lydia Cushing (1712-1740) 1
2. Sarah Cushing (1715-1716) 1
3. Daniel Cushing (1717-1793) 1
4. Sarah Cushing (1720-1761) 1
5. Thomas Cushing (1722-1740) 1
6. Ebenezer Cushing (1724-1803) 1
7. Deborah Cushing (1726-1727) 1
Notes
General:
Daniel was styled "Captain". He resided on the paternal estate, Main Street, below "Pear Tree Hill", Hingham. He was a weaver, and a large owner of real estate. Constable in 1713
He resided on the paternal estate, Main Street, below "Pear Tree Hill", Hingham. He was a weaver, and a large owner of real estate. Constable in 1713
Sources:
Cushing gen, p. 26
2. Cushing, by Barbara Cushing Walker, October, 1996
Daniel Cushing
Sex: M
AKA: Daniel Cushion
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Oct 1717 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 18 Oct 1793 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Center Cemetery, Hingham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Daniel Cushing (1686-1755) 1
Mother: Sarah Lincoln (1685-1763) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Lincoln (19 Apr 1726 - 10 Aug 1800)
Marriage: 8 Dec 1743 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Status:
Notes
General:
Daniel resided on the paternal homestead, Main Street, foot of Pear Tree Hill.
Sources:
1. Cushing gen., p. 36
Daniel Cushing
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth:
Baptism: 20 Apr 1619 - Hingham, Norfolk
Death: 3 Dec 1700 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Old Ship Cemetery, Hingham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Matthew Cushing (1588-1660) 1
Mother: Nazareth Pitcher (1586-1682) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Lydia Clark Gilman (15 Sep 1619 - 12 Mar 1689) 1
Marriage: 19 Jan 1645 - Hingham, Plymouth colony
Status:
Children:
1. Peter Cushing (1646-1719) 1
2. Daniel Cushing (1648-1716) 1
3. Deborah Cushing (1651-1710) 1
4. Rev Jeremiah Cushing (1654-1706) 1
5. Hon. Rev. Theophilus Cushing (1657-1718) 1
6. Captain Matthew Cushing (1660-1715) 1
2. Elizabeth Jacob (Feb 1634 - 24 Nov 1725) 1
Marriage: 23 Mar 1691 - Hingham, Massachusetts 4
Status:
Notes
General:
Daniel Cushing left a full and minute will, dated 11 September 1693. A lot of land was granted to him by the Town of Hingham in 1665. He was a wheelwright and became a freeman in 1671, was an active magistrate and for many years Town Clerk of Hingham, and by the faithful discharge of the duties of this last officerendered invaluable service to the modern antiquary. From 1682 and for many years he kept a country store. Selectman in 1665 and for many years after. In theyears 1680, 1682 and 1695, he was delegate to the General Court.
A work has been published, styled (Extracts from the Minutes of Daniel Cushing, of Hingham,with a photograph of his manuscript, etc.) Boston - folio. Press of John Wilson & Son, 1865; printed by Lincoln. Henry Austin Whitney, of Boston, prepared anaddition containing a list of names of persons from Hingham, England, and printed by Drake.
Mr. Cushing had a general store and along with his daily accounts he recorded many of the town's events and considerable of it's gossip; - the time Israel Leavitt abused Mr. and Mrs. Norton with base speeches, Mr. Norton being the minister; the time his boy and the minister's son imbibed too freely; the hasty marriages and other items of popular interest. His record is a valuable one as well as amusing. A photographic copy of it is a unique addition to Massachusetts Historical literature. At the age of seventy, his wife having been dead several years, he enters in his diary his courtship with the widow Thatcher as follows:
"Nov 27, 1689, bargained with E.T.
Dec. 3, 1689, E.T. denied the bargain
Dec. 13, 1689, Agreed again
May 1, 1690, Agreed."
The wedding followed soon after this entry. The bride was Elizabeth Jacob Thatcher, his first wife's cousin. His son Daniel married her daughter..
DANIEL, Hingham, eldest son of first Matthew, born at Hingham, England 1619, a wheelwright, came with his father 1638, freeman 1671, representative 1680, 1682, and 1695, married 10 June 1645, Lydia, daughter of Edward Gilman, who died 1689, had Peter, born 1646; Daniel, 1648; Deborah, 18 November 1651; Jeremiah, 3, baptized 9 July 1654, H. C. 1676; Theophilus, 29 May, baptized 7 June 1657; and Matthew, 15 July 1660. His second wife was Elizabeth widow of John Thaxter, daughter of Nicholas Jacob, married 9 March 1691, and she died 1725, aged 93. He died 3 December 1700, having as third town clerk of Hingham rendered says Lincoln, for many years invaluable service to the modest antiquary. I hope he recorded the names of hisdaughters if he had more than Deborah, married 25 September 1679, Henry Tarleton, and next, 31 August 1686, Reverend Benjamin Woodbridge of Bristol. The willof Cushing of 11 September 1693, written with admirable precision yet with much minuteness, filled more than six close folio pages, is in our records XIV. 293. It provides for the recent wife, five sons, daughter Deborah, and her husband Benjamin Woodbridge, and sister Deborah, wife of Matthew Briggs.
"To Daniel Cushing, that town [Hingham] is indebted for the first accurate records of the proceedings of the town. His clerkship commenced in 1669, and the method andneatness of the records for many years, does him much credit."
Sources:
1. Cushing gen, p. 23ff.
2. Joseph Savage, Genealogical Dictionaryof the First Settlers of New England, 1860.
3. Cushing, by Barbara Cushing Walker, October, 1996
4. The Story of the Gilmans and a Gilman Genealogy of the descendants of Edward Gilman of Hingham England 1550-1950 - by Constance Le Neve Gilman Ames and printed for the author by Shields Rainier Printing Company - Yakima, Washington 5
Daniel Cushing
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Jul 1648 - Hingham, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: 5 May 1716 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Center Cemetery, Hingham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Cushing (1619-1700) 1
Mother: Lydia Clark Gilman (1619-1689) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Thaxter (19 Feb 1660 - 6 Apr 1727) 3
Marriage: 8 Dec 1680 - Hingham, Plymouth colony
Status:
Children:
1. Daniel Cushing (1681-1682) 1
2. Lieutenant Elisha Cushing (1682-1734) 1
3. Lydia Cushing (1684-1709) 1
4. Captain Daniel Cushing (1686-1755) 1
5. Elizabeth Cushing (1688- ) 1
6. Sarah Cushing (1690- ) 1
7. Ruth Cushing (1692-1737) 6
8. Deborah Cushing (1694-1722) 1
9. Abigail Cushing (1700- ) 1
10. Moses Cushing (1704-After 1753) 1
Notes
General:
Daniel resided in Hingham on Main Street, below (Pear Tree Hill). He was a freeman in 1679, a weaver and a Constable in 1684. Father of ten children.
Sources:
Cushing gen, p. 26
2. Joseph Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860
3. Cushing, by Barbara Cushing Walker, October, 1996
5.
Daniel Cushing
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Sep 1681 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 9 Jan 1682 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Daniel Cushing (1648-1716) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Thaxter (1660-1727) 3
Notes
General:
Source:
Cushing gen, p. 26.
Daughter Cushing
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Jun 1742 - Scituate, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 20 Jun 1742 - Scituate, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hon. John Cushing (1695-1778) 1
Mother: Mary Cotton (1710-1767) 1
Notes
General:
Source:
Cushing gen, p. 49.
Daughter Cushing
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Feb 1741 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1 Feb 1741 - Hingham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Hon. Jacob Cushing (1696-1777) 1
Mother: Mary Chauncy (1706-1776) 1
Notes
General:
George Lincoln says the infant was a male.
Sources:
Cushing gen, p. 52.
2. The History of the Town of Hingham Massachusetts:the Genealogies, George Lincoln, 1893, 1982 reprint of Vol 2 & 3.
Sources
1. Warren Cushing, Cushing family (Rootsweb :2294173).
2. F. Apthorp Foster, editor, Vital Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (1911. Boston: NEHGS), 72.
3. Warren Cushing, Cushing family (Rootsweb :2294173). .... History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (1893. Hingham, Mass.: Town of Hingham), 230.
4. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (1893. Hingham, Mass.: Town of Hingham).
5. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (1893. Hingham, Mass.: Town of Hingham). .... James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (1860-1862. ... reprinted 1994. Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co. [also online]).
6. Warren Cushing, Cushing family (Rootsweb :2294173). .... History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (1893. Hingham, Mass.: Town of Hingham), 2:462.