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
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.
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