High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Pyam Cushing
6 Jul 1789 – 12 Sep 1865 · about 76 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Pyam Cushing lived from 6 Jul 1789 to 12 Sep 1865, a span of about 76 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
SiblingsJudith Cushing Fearing1786–1869 · Deborah Cushing Gilkey1787–1865 · Anna Cushing Fearing1791–1878 · Hannah Lincoln Cushing Shute1794–1875 · Permela Cushing1796–1876
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
Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Robert › Pyam › Theophilus › Daniel › Matthew.
Matched exact birth date in their own Cushing family entry (no. 84), corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
84. Pyam 7 (Robert 6 Pyam 5 Theophilus " Daniel 2 Matthew !), b. in Hing. July 6, 1789. m. Jan. 6, 1813, Sarah Jacob, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Jones) Jacob. She was b. in Hing. Dec. 14, 1795, and d. 15 Jan. 1878, aet. 82 yrs. He d. 12 Sept. 1865, aet. 76 yrs. " Farmer." Selectman 1847 and
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 84. 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 Pyam'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.