High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Mary Cushing
26 Sep 1701 – 30 Aug 1716 · about 15 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Mary Cushing lived from 26 Sep 1701 to 30 Aug 1716, a span of about 15 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
SiblingsCapt Nehemiah Cushing1689–1774 · Mary Cushing1691–1699 · Adam Cushing1692–1752 · David Cushing1694–1723 · Captain Abel Cushing1696–1750 · Rachel Cushing1698–1699 · Reverend Theophilus Cushing Jr1703–1779 · Seth Cushing I1705–1761 · Lydia Cushing Herrick1709–1736
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
Abel, Oct. 24, 1696. vi. Rachel, Au?. 17, 1698, d. 9 Sep.. 1699. vii. Mary, Sept/26, 1701, d. 30 Aug. 1716. 18. viii. Theophilus, June 16, 1703. 19. ix. Seth, Dec. 13, 1705. x. Deborah, Sept. 26, 1707. xi. Lydia, Feb. 13, 1709-10, d. before her fa. 8. Matthew8 (Daniel2 Matthew1), b. in Hing. July 15, 1660. m. Dec. 31, 1684, Jael Jacob, dau. of John and Mary (Russell) Jacob.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
The inscription
Here lyes ye Body of MARY CUSHING Dauof Cap. THEOPHILUS & MRS. MARCY CUSHING Who Died Aug 30th 1716 mye 16 Years of her Age
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 Mary'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.