High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Mary Allen Jacob Cushing

29 Sep 1698 – 4 Jan 1779 · about 81 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Mary Allen Jacob Cushing lived from 29 Sep 1698 to 4 Jan 1779, a span of about 81 years.

Born a Jacob, 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

Mary Allen Jacob Cushingm.Captain Abel Cushing1696–1750also here
Mary Cushing1722–1726also hereDavid Cushing1724–1726also hereCol David Cushing Sr1727–1800also hereLaban Cushing1733–1761also hereLydia Cushing Hayward1738–1800Mrs Abigail Cushing Hersey1741–1816also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

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

The entry, as printed
m. Nov. 24, 1720, Mary Jacob, dau. of Peter and Hannah (Allen) Jacob. She was b. in Hing. Sept. 29, 1698. Capt. Abel Cush- ing d. 20 May, 1750, aet. 54th yr. " Farmer," and mill-owner ; select- man for many yrs. Resided on So. Pleasant St. Ch., all b. in Hing., were — i. Mary, Aug. 12, 1722, d. 12 Oct. 1726. ii. David, July 12, 1724, d. 17 Oct. 1726. 30. iii. David, Sept.

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). 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 ↗.

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The stone is still there.