Hingham LivesHigh Street Cemetery

High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Col David Cushing Sr.

7 Sep 1727 – 15 Feb 1800 · about 73 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Col David Cushing Sr. lived from 7 Sep 1727 to 15 Feb 1800, a span of about 73 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

Captain Abel Cushing1696–1750✓also hereMary Allen Jacob Cushing1698–1779✓also here
Col David Cushing Sr.m.Mabel Gardner Cushing1739–1798✓also here
Capt David Cushing Jr1754–1827✓Hosea Cushing1765–1836✓also hereCharles Whiting Cushing1766–1828✓Christiana Cushing1775–1822also hereJerusha Cushing1779–1862also hereMabel Cushing Rouse1783–1853

SiblingsMary Cushing1722–1726 · David Cushing1724–1726 · Laban Cushing1733–1761 · Lydia Cushing Hayward1738–1800 · Mrs Abigail Cushing Hersey1741–1816

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms. Distances are to relatives whose graves are also recorded here.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • ParentsAbel Cushing
  • MarriagesRuth Lincoln (Apr. 9, 1752); Mabel Gardner (Jan. 23, 1763)
  • LivedSo. Pleasant St.
  • ChildrenRuth (b. Nov. 1, 1752), David (b. July 2, 1754), Molly (b. Sept. 26, 1756), Jonathan (b. Apr. 13, 1759), Lydia (b. June 2, 1761), Abel (b. Oct. 22, 1763), Hosea (b. May 29, 1765), Charles Whiting (b. Nov. 7, 1766), George Russell (b. Apr. 24, 1768), Jane (b. Apr. 3, 1772), Lucy (b. Oct. 18, 1773)

Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Abel › Theophilus › Daniel › Matthew.

Matched exact birth date in their own Cushing family entry (no. 30), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
30. David 5 (Abel * Theophilus 8 Daniel 2 Matthew *), b. in Hing. Sept. 7, 1727. m. first, Apr. 9, 1752, Ruth Lincoln, dau. of Samuel and Ruth (Cushing) Lincoln. She was bt. in Hing. Feb. 25, 1732-33, and d. 6 July, 1761, aet. 28 yrs. He m. secondly, Jan. 23, 1763, Mabel Gardner, dau. of Hosea and Mary (Whiting) Gardner. She was b. in Hing. Jan. 6, 1738-39, and d. 14 Aug. 1798, aet. 60th yr. David d. 15 Feb. 1800, aet. 72 yrs. An energetic and prominent man in town af- fairs ; selectman in 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, and again in 1775, and 1776 ; colonel of a regiment, etc. Resided on So. Pleasant St. Ch., b. in Hing., by w. Ruth, were — i. Ruth, Nov. 1, 1752. pi. Aug. 30, 1770, Perez Cushing. 5…

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 30. Read on archive.org ↗

Where this was, today

The 1893 record places this person at So. Pleasant St. in Hingham. Today that is South Pleasant Street, South Hingham. Still South Pleasant Street today, in South Hingham near Fulling Mill Lane, a short way west of the cemetery. 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.

The inscription

In the 73rd year of his age.

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.

The exact grave location is recorded. Use it on-site:

This works because this grave’s location is recorded. Most graves’ exact spots still await a field day with a GPS unit.

This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of David'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.