High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Betsey Lincoln Cushing

11 Jul 1785 – 21 Feb 1860 · about 75 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Betsey Lincoln Cushing lived from 11 Jul 1785 to 21 Feb 1860, a span of about 75 years.

Born a Lincoln, and known here by the name Cushing. Theirs is one of 214 markers bearing the name Cushing in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date on a child line in the Lincoln family genealogy and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

  • MarriedBela Gushing (Dec. 3, 1820)
The entry, as printed
iv. Betsey, July 11, 1785. in. Dec. 3, 1820, Bela Gushing, wid% of Hing

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

Born in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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