High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Tamsen Cushing

28 Oct 1739 – 15 Nov 1739

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Tamsen Cushing was an infant. Born 28 Oct 1739, died 15 Nov 1739, a life of less than two years.

Theirs is one of 214 markers bearing the name Cushing in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Reverend Theophilus Cushing Jr1703–1779also hereHannah Waterman Cushing1704–1773also here
Tamsen Cushing

SiblingsCPT Pyam Cushing1725–1776 · Emma Cushing Burr1728–1805 · Tamar Cushing Cushing1730–1761 · Tamsen Cushing1733–1736 · Deborah Cushing1735–1736 · Hannah Cushing1744–1745 · Perez Cushing1746–1794

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact death date, found in the Cushing family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
d. 6 March, 1735-36. vi. Theophilus, June 14, 1737, d. 25 Nov. 1738. vii. Tamsen, 1739, d. 15 Nov. 1739. 32. viii. Theophilus, Dec. 5, 1740. ix. Hannah, Jan. 1743-44, d. 1 Feb. 1744-45. 33. x. Perez, July 13, 1746. 19. Seth4 (Theophilus8 Daniel2 Matthew1), b. in Hing. Dec. 13, 1705. m. Jan. 9, 1728-29, Lydia Fearing, dau. of John and Margaret (Hawke) Fearing. She was b.

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Tamsen's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.

The stone is still there.