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High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Robert Cushing

9 Jun 1756 – 8 Mar 1825 · about 69 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Robert Cushing lived from 9 Jun 1756 to 8 Mar 1825, a span of about 69 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

Robert Cushingm.Judith Loring Cushing1764–1847✓also here
Judith Cushing Fearing1786–1869✓Deborah Cushing Gilkey1787–1865Pyam Cushing1789–1865✓also hereAnna Cushing Fearing1791–1878✓also hereHannah Lincoln Cushing Shute1794–1875✓also herePermela Cushing1796–1876also here

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

  • ParentsPyam Cushing
  • MarriedJudith Loring (Jan. 23, 1785)
  • TradeFarmer
  • LivedMain St.
  • ChildrenJudith (b. May 6, 1786), Debohah (b. Sept. 6, 1787), Pyam (b. July 6, 1789), Anna (b. Nov. 3, 1791), Hannah Lincoln (b. Apr. 21, 1794), Pamelia (b. Apr. 29, 1796), Harriet (b. Aug. 19, 1799)

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

Matched exact birth date in their own Cushing family entry (no. 57), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
57. Robert 6 (Pyam 6 Theophilus *"8 Daniel 2 Matthew !), b. in Hing. June 9, 1756. m. Jan. 23, 1785, Judith Loring, dau. of Job and Judith (Whiton) Loring. She was b. in Hing. Nov. 3, 1764, and d. 28 Jan. Cashing. 169 1847, aet. 82 yrs. He d. 8 March, 1825, aet. 69th yr. " Farmer," and deacon of the church. Resided on Main St., So. Hing. Ch., all b. in Hing., were — i. Judith, May 6, 1786. m. Sept. 14, 1807, Abel Fearing, ii. Debohah, Sept. 6, 1787. m. (1) Jan. 23, 1809, Jacob Gilkey, and (2) Philip Gilkey. 84. iii. Pyam, July 6, 1789. iv. Anna, Nov. 3, 1791. m. Feb. 6, 1811, Ezekiel Fearing, v. Hannah Lincoln, Apr. 21, 1794. m. Dec. 22, 1816, Daniel Shute, Jr. vi. Pamelia, Apr. 29, 1796, d.…

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 57. 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 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 Robert'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.