High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Henry Cushing
7 Feb 1764 – 17 Apr 1809 · about 45 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Henry Cushing lived from 7 Feb 1764 to 17 Apr 1809, a span of about 45 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
SiblingsENS Pyam Cushing1751–1778 · Hannah Cushing Collamore1753–1824 · Deborah Cushing Hatch1754–1797 · Tamar Cushing Jacob1762–1813
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: Pyam › Theophilus › Daniel › Matthew.
Matched exact birth date in their own Cushing family entry (no. 58), corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
58. Henry 6 (Pyam 5 Theophilus *■* Daniel2 Matthew1), b. in Hing. Feb. 7, 1764. m. Dec. 28, 1791, Sarah Whiton, dau. of Elias and Sarah (Blossom) Whiton. She was b. in Hing. Oct. 18, 1771, and surviving him, m. secondly, {Nov. 30, 1815, Seth Cushing. (See No. 59.) Henry d. 7 Apr. 1809, aet. 45 yrs. Resided on Main St., So. Hing. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Sarah Jones, March 31, 1793. m. Sept. 13, 1815, Benjamin Wilder, ii. Priscilla, Jan. 21, 1795. ra. Oct. 9, 1815, Jared Jernegan. 85. iii. Henry, Jan. 29, 1798. iv. Adeline, May 30, 1803, d. 21 Dec. 1867. v. Mary B., March 10, 1808. m. March 11, 1835, James E. Thayer of Brain- tree, and d. 5 Jan. 1843.
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 58. 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 Henry'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.