High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Hosea Cushing

29 May 1765 – 22 Nov 1836 · about 71 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Hosea Cushing lived from 29 May 1765 to 22 Nov 1836, a span of about 71 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

Col David Cushing Sr1727–1800also hereMabel Gardner Cushing1739–1798also here
Hosea Cushingm.Celia Wilder Cushing1766–1846 (m. 1792)also here
Hon. Laban Cushing1803–1877also here

SiblingsCapt David Cushing Jr1754–1827 · Charles Whiting Cushing1766–1828 · Christiana Cushing1775–1822 · Jerusha Cushing1779–1862 · Mabel Cushing Rouse1783–1853

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • ParentsDavid Cushing
  • MarriedCelia Wilder (Jan. 8, 1792)
  • LivedSo. Pleasant St.
  • ChildrenHosea (b. Aug. 15, 1792), Elijah (b. July 23, 1794), Allen (b. June 29, 1796), Philip (b. May 3, 1798), Elijah (b. May 27, 1801), Laban (b. Sept. 30, 1803)

Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: David › Abel › Theophilus › Daniel › Matthew.

Matched exact birth date in their own Cushing family entry (no. 55), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
55. Hosea 6 (David 6 Abel 4 Theophilus 8 Daniel 2 Matthew ]), b. in Hing. May 29, 1765. m. Jan. 8, 1792, Celia Wilder, dau. of Edward and Hannah (Lewis) Wilder. She was b. in Hing. July 15, 1766, and d. 22 Dec. 1846, aet. 80 yrs. He d. 22 Nov. 1836, aet. 71 yrs. Resided on So. Pleasant St. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Hosea, Aug. 15, 1792, killed by aboard in the hurricane of 25 Sept. 1815. ii. Elijah, July 23, 1794, d. 15 Apr. 1800. 79. iii. Allen, June 29, 1796. iv. Philip, May 3, 1798. m. Mary C. Rundlett of Wiscasset, Me. They had two ch., a s. and dau. The s. went off. The dau. m. James Cushing of Hing. v. Elijah, May 27, 1801. 80. vi. Laban, Sept. 30, 1803.

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 55. Read on archive.org ↗

Where this was, today

The 1893 record places this person at So. Pleasant St. in Hingham. Today that is South Pleasant Street, South Hingham. Still South Pleasant Street today, in South Hingham near Fulling Mill Lane, a short way west of the cemetery. It is a short walk from the cemetery.

The street still carries the name; the exact house is not pinned, so read this as the block, not a doorstep.

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 Hosea'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.