High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Sarah Whiton Cushing
18 Oct 1771 – 29 Mar 1860 · about 89 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Sarah Whiton Cushing lived from 18 Oct 1771 to 29 Mar 1860, a span of about 89 years.
Born a Whiton, 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
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Whiton family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
ii. Sarah, Oct. 18, 1771. m. (1) Dec. 28, 1791, Henry Cushing, and (2) Nov. 30, 1815, Seth Cushing, wid1:
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗
The inscription
Wife of Henry Cushing
Born 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 Sarah'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.