High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Hannah Waterman Cushing

22 May 1704 – 20 Jun 1773 · about 69 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Hannah Waterman Cushing lived from 22 May 1704 to 20 Jun 1773, a span of about 69 years.

Born a Waterman, 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.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Hannah Waterman Cushingm.Reverend Theophilus Cushing Jr1703–1779 (m. 1723)also here
CPT Pyam Cushing1725–1776also hereEmma Cushing Burr1728–1805Tamar Cushing Cushing1730–1761Tamsen Cushing1733–1736also hereDeborah Cushing1735–1736also hereTamsen Cushing1739–1739also hereHannah Cushing1744–1745also herePerez Cushing1746–1794

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
27, 1723) Hannah Waterman, dau. of Robert and Sarah (Lewis) Waterman. She was b. in Hing. May 22, 1704. Theophilus d. 15 June, 1779, aet. 76 yrs. In his will of 10 Sept. 1778, proved 25 June, 1779, which is quite lengthy, gives "to son Theophilus the home place, buildings," etc., inc. " the house I live in ; " "to son Perez land and the dwelling-house in Franklin where

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

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, 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 Hannah'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.