High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Martha Hersey Cushing

5 Mar 1803 – 14 Nov 1884 · about 81 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Martha Hersey Cushing lived from 5 Mar 1803 to 14 Nov 1884, a span of about 81 years.

Born a Hersey, and known here by the name Cushing. 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

Martha Hersey Cushingm.Loring Cushing1803–1862also here
Loring Hersey Cushing I1825–1838also hereMartha A Cushing Cushing1827–1902also hereClarissa Adams Cushing Jacobs1831–1910also hereMary Elizabeth Cushing1835–1910also hereMehitable F Cushing Cushing1836–1910also hereLoring Hersey Cushing II1840–1915also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact death date, found in the Cushing family genealogy — read as a lead, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
Hersey, dau. of John and Anna (Cush- ing) Hersey. She was b. in Hing. March 5, 1803, and d. 14 Nov. 1884, aet. 82d yr. He d. 1 March, 1862, aet. 59th yr. « Shoemaker." Resided on High St. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Loring Hersey, Nov. 21, 1825 ; killed at Jacob's Hatchet Factory 26 June, 1838. ii. Martha Ann, Sept. 27, 1827. m. Jan. 15, 1852, Alonzo Cushing. iii. Clarissa

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Born in Hatherly, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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