High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
John Cushing
7 Apr 1808 – 14 Jun 1886 · about 78 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
John Cushing lived from 7 Apr 1808 to 14 Jun 1886, a span of about 78 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
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Bela › John › Elisha › Daniel › Matthew.
Matched exact birth date in their own Cushing family entry (no. 72), corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
72. John 7 (Bela 6 John 6 Elisha 4 Daniel M Matthew 1), b. in Hing. Apr. 7, 1808. m. first, May 8, 1831, Harriet J. Gilkey, dau. of Jacob and Deborah (Cushing) Gilkey. She was b. in Hing. Oct. 29, 1809, Cushing. 173 and d. 24 Feb. 1850, aet. 40 yrs. He m. secondly, Jan. 15, 1852, Nancy Sprague, dau. of John and Rebecca (Simmons) Sprague of Mf'd. She was b. at Mf'd, J uly 26,
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 72. Read on archive.org ↗
Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
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This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of John'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.