Hingham LivesHigh Street Cemetery

High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Adam Cushing

30 Nov 1796 – 20 Dec 1866 · about 70 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Adam Cushing lived from 30 Nov 1796 to 20 Dec 1866, a span of about 70 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

Adam Cushingm.Harriet Loring Cushing1803–1882✓also here
Harriet Cushing1822–1889✓also hereElpalet Loring Cushing1824–1885✓also hereEmeline Cushing Bibby1828–1914also hereMaria Josephine Cushing Cummings1835–1918✓also hereJoseph Adams Cushing1846–1917✓

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

  • ParentsJonathan Cushing
  • MarriedHarriet Loring (Dec. 6, 1820)
  • TradeFarmer
  • LivedMain St.
  • ChildrenHarriet Adams (b. Jan. 22, 1822), Elpalet Loring (b. Jan. 16, 1824), Jonathan (b. Jan. 1, 1827), Caroline (b. June 22, 1830), Maria Josephine (b. Apr. 23, 1835), Eliza Alfred (b. Dec. 26, 1838), Henrietta (b. Apr. 6, 1842), Sarah Jane (b. Jan. 22, 1844), Joseph Adams (b. Dec. 24, 1846)

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

Matched exact birth date in their own Cushing family entry (no. 77), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
77. Adam 7 (Jonathan 6 David 5 Abel 4 Theophilus 8 Daniel 2 Mat- thew '), b. in Hing. Nov. 30, 1796. m. Dec. 6, 1820, Harriet Loring, dau. of Elpalet and Susa (Wilder) Loring. She was b. in Hing. Dec. 27, 1803, and d. at Wey. 4 Jan. 1882, aet. 78 yrs. Adam d. at Coh. 20 Dec. 1866, aet. 70 yrs. " Farmer." Resided on Main St., So. Hing. ; afts. at Coh., near Hing. line. Ch., — i. Harriet Adams, Jan. 22, 1822 ; is unm. 98. ii. Elpalet Loring, Jan. 16, 1824. iii. A son, March 9, 1826, d. in two days, iv. Jonathan, Jan. 1, 1827, d. 5 June foil. v. Emeline, March 10, 1828. m. Nov. 28, 1850, George W. Bibby. vi. Caroline, June 22, 1830, d. 29 Oct. 1831. vii. Caroline A., Sept. 2, 1832. m. June 5, 1…

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 77. Read on archive.org ↗

Where this was, today

The 1893 record places this person at Main St. in Hingham. Today that is Main Street (Route 228). Main Street, today Route 228, runs from Hingham Harbour south through the Liberty Plain district to South Hingham. The old South Hingham families lived along its southern stretch, the road High Street Cemetery faces. 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 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Cohasset, Norfolk 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 Adam'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.