High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Abigail Bowker Cushing Shute

13 Oct 1825 – 25 Mar 1895 · about 70 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Abigail Bowker Cushing Shute lived from 13 Oct 1825 to 25 Mar 1895, a span of about 70 years.

Born a Cushing, and known here by the name Shute. Theirs is one of 38 markers bearing the name Shute in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Leonard Cushing1797–1881also hereMary Collier Whiting Cushing1797–1879also here
Abigail Bowker Cushing Shutem.Henry S Shute1821–1895 (m. 1848)also here
Henry Leonard Shute1850–1931

SiblingsJoanna Cushing Burrell1828–1903 · Mary Davis Cushing Gardnerunknown–1895

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

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

The entry, as printed
Martin Leonard, b. at Scit. June 22. 1823, d. 9 Dec. 1826. iii. Abigail Bowker, b. at Scit. Oct. 13, 1825. m. Nov. 16, 1848, Henry Shute. iv. Joanna, b. in Hing. Sept. 23, 1828. m. Nov. 6, 1861, Elias A. Burrell of Ab'n. 88. Andrew7 (Seth6 Pyam5 Theophilus4"3 Daniel2 Matthew1), b. in Hing. Nov. 22, 1801. ra. July 29, 1827, Lucy Hersey, dau. of Joshua and Lucy (Jacob) Hersey.

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

Born and died in Massachusetts, USA.

A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.

This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Abigail'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.