High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Robert Cushing

5 Feb 1819 – 29 Dec 1855 · about 36 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Robert Cushing lived from 5 Feb 1819 to 29 Dec 1855, a span of about 36 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.Mary Stowers Hersey Cushing1818–1892also here
Robert Cushing Jr1842–1869also hereMarietta Cushing1851–1852also hereMary Adelaide Cushing1853–1854also 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
  • MarriedMary S. Hersey

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

Matched exact birth date in their own Cushing family entry (no. 107), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
107. Robert 8 (Pyam 7 Robert6 Pyam6 Theophilus ** Daniel 2 Mat- thew ]), b. in Hing. Feb. 5, 1819. m. Mary S. Hersey, dau. of Seth S. and Betsey (Reed) Hersey. She was b. in Hing. Sept. 15,

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 107. 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 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.