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Cushing Cushing / Cussehyn / Cusshyn / Cusyn / Cussyn / Cusseyn William CUSHING born 14th Century, son or grandson of Galfridus Cusyn of Hardingham, mentioned in subsidy rolls for Norfolk 1327 Spouse: ? Children: Thomas
Thomas CUSHING born Hardingham Norfolk ENG latter part of reign of Richard II, 1377-1399; deed of 1466 has his and son William's names; named in other deeds & charters of 1474, 80, 84 Spouse: ? Children: William
William CUSHING (Cusshyn) of Hingham ENG, will dated 9/26/1492 proved in Bishops Court of Norwick 3/11/1493; eldest son & heir; born early part of 15th Century Spouse: Emma ? will dated 7/16/1507 proved 7/26/1507 Children: John " The Edler;" Robert of Hingham married Joan ? will proved 7/10/1547; Thomas of Hardingham and E. Dereham Norfolk will proved 1/15/1504; John Jr. married Isabel ?, inherited house, married East Row Hingham, will proved 8/1/11515; Evelyn; Annabel; Margaret married Thomas Crowe; Agnes
John CUSHING "the Elder" (Cushyn or Cushyng) born Hingham ENG lived Hardingham, will dated 2/21/1522 proved 3/5/1523, mentioned in subsidy rolls of Henry VIII for 1523; had estates in Hardingham & properties in Lombard St. London Spouse: ? Children: Thomas born 1512; John married Alice Cline & Rose ?, lord of manor of Flockthorpe, Markhams in Tothington & Statworthy in Wymondham; William married Joan; Margaret; Margery; Isabel; Elyne; Agnes; 6 children mentioned in will
Thomas CUSHING born 1512 Hardingham Norfolk ENG died 4/1558 Hardingham, inherited the homestead Spouse: ? Children: John of Knapto in Norfolk died before 11/26/1586, inherited estate; Ursula; Nicholas; Edward; Stephen; Peter born circa 1560
Peter CUSHING born circa 1560 Hardingham Norfolk ENG, of Hingham ENG circa 1600, died 1615; per Colonial Families probably one of 1st Cushings to be Protestant Spouse: Sarah HAWES [Susan?] buried 4/26/1641 Hingham ENG; married 6/2/1583 Hardingham Children: Matthew married Nazareth Pitcher 8/5/1613; Theopolis baptized 11/4/1584 died 3/24/1679 Hingham MA came to NE 1633 on Griffin with Gov. Haynes & Puritans Cotton and Hooker, blind 25 years before he died, died without issue; Bridget baptized 2/19/1586 married George More 7/15/1627; William baptized 4/1/1593 ENG married Margery ?; Barbara baptized 6/16/1596 died 1/1632 ; Peter died before 1/2/1665, his will is dated 2/2/1664 and was proved 1/2/1665, of London ENG, died without issue, married Godly Payne widow of Simon Payne; Katherine married ? Long of Wymondham; Thomas baptized 5/15/1603, of London Gentleman, died after 8/10/1669 date of will, unmarried
Matthew CUSHING, born 1588, baptized 3/2/1589 Hardingham Norfolk ENG died 9/30/1660 Hingham MA, came in 1638 in the Diligent to Hingham with wife, 5 children, and wife's sister Widow Francis Riecroft; granted 5 acre house lot below Pear Tree Hill on Bachelor (Main) St. Spouse: Nazareth PITCHER born circa 1586 baptized Hardingham ENG 10/30/1586, died 1/5/1682 Hingham MA age 96; married 8/5/1613 Hingham ENG Children: John born 1627 married Sarah Hawke; Daniel born 1619 baptized 4/20/1619 married (1) Lydia Gilman daughter of Edward and Mary (Clark) Gilman [See Smith/Davis] (2) Elizabeth (Jacob) Thaxter widow of Capt. John Thaxter & daughter of Nicholas and Mary Jacob; Jeremiah "Mariner" born 7/21/1621 married Elizabeth Wilkie was lost at sea left no children; Matthew born 1623 bap 4/5/1623 died 1/9/1701 age 78, occupation wheelwright, married Sarah Jacob daughter of Nicholas & Mary (Gilman) Jacob, no children "adopted" Matthew son on brother John; Deborah born 2/17/1625 died 9/25/1700 married Matthias Briggs left no children
John CUSHING, Colonel, of Plymouth Regiment born 1627 Hingham Norfolk ENG died 3/31/1708 Scituate Plymouth MA Spouse: Sarah HAWKE married 1/20/1658 Hingham MA born 8/1/1641 died 3/9/1678-9 Scituate Children: James born 1/27/1668 Scituate; John Judge, born 4/28/1662 married Deborah Loring of Hull May 20, 1688 who died 1713; Thomas born 12/26/1663 married 10/17/1687 Deborah Thaxter of Hingham; Matthew "wheelwright" born 2/23/1665 married 12/27/1694 Deborah Jacob daughter of John and Mary (Russell) Jacob who married 2nd Benjamin Loring; Jeremiah born 7/13/1666 married but left no family; Joshua born 8/27/1670; Sarah born 8/26/1671 Hingham MA married David Jacob 12/20/1689; Caleb born 1/6/1673 married 3/14/1698 Elizabeth Cotton daughter of Rev. John Cotton widow of Rev James Alling; Deborah born 9/14/1674 married Thomas Loring of Duxbury; Mary born 8/30/1676 died unmarried 1698; Joseph born 9/23/1677; Benjamin born 2/4/1679
James CUSHING born 1/27/1668 Scituate MA baptized 3/21/1669 Spouse: (2) Mary BARRELL born 1686 Scituate married 12/10/1713 Scituate (1) married Sarah House 1/18/1710-11 Children: Content born 7/19/1722 married Jesse Stephenson
Content CUSHING born 7/19/1722 Scituate MA Spouse: Jesse STEPHENSON intensions 12/4/1742 married 5/3/1743 Scituate Children: Ruth born 3/14/1744 died 4/12/1764; Elisha born 8/4/1747 died 12/25/1748; Molly born 10/8/1748 died 12/1748; Molly born 1/11/1749 married Edward Amos 7/24/1770; Elisha married Lucy Beal 9/27/1778; Hannah born 12/17/1755 died 1/7/1760; Luke born 5/6/1757; James born 7/16/1759 died 12/27/1759; Sarah born 11/20/1760 married Joseph Marble 9/17/1781 Founders & Patriots: Cushing, John (1627-Mar 31, 1708) m Jan 20, 1658 Sarah Hawkes MA. Cushing, Matthew (Mar 2, 1589-Sept 30, 1660) m Aug 5, 1613 Nazareth Pitcher MA Pioneers of ME & NH pg 313: Thomas Cushing lived in 1450; Matthew & Nazareth Pritcher had 5 children Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families pg 76: CUSHING Matthew, Hingham, came over 1638 with wife Nazareth dau of Henry Pitcher and children Daniel 1619, Jeremiah 1621, Matthew 1623, Deborah 1625 m Matthias Briggs, John 1627. Pg 314: Matthew, 1st in text was son of Peter of Hingham Eng who m 1585 Susan Hawes. Mathew m 1613. Peter was son of Thomas of Hardingham who was son of John who was son of Wlm the son of Thomas who lived in 1450. American Gen: Cushing, Matthew (1588-1660) from Eng in the "Diligent" to Hingham MA 1638; m in Eng 1613 Nazareth (1586-1681) dau Henry Pitcher Topographical pg 117: CUSHING, Matthew; Hingham Norfolk; Hingham MA; Ref Cushing Mss. Gen Reg of First Settlers of NE pg 74: CUSHING, DANIEL, Hingham, eldest son of Matthew Cushing, was born in Eng, came to NE in 1638; was rep 1680, 82 & 95. His sons were Jeremiah & Theophilus. For information of several persons of this name see 2 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. x Index. JEREMIAH, minister of the 1st ch in Scituate, was son of the preceding, and was born 7/3/1654; grad at H.C. 1676; ordained 5/27/1691 & died 3/22/1706 ae 51. JOHN, Hingham & Scituate, son of Matthew, was b in Eng came to NE 1638, was a rep & a 1690 an assist of Plymouth colony. He was the first rep from Scituate, under the charter of 1692. His son & grandson were judges of the supreme court of MA & the latter, the Hon. Wlm Cushing, was judge of the supreme court of the US. He was born in Scituate 3/1723, grad at H.C. 1751 & d 9/13/1810. MATTHEW, Hingham 1638, the great ancestor of the numerous respectable families of Cushings in NE arrived at Boston 8/10/1638 with his wife, Nazareth Pticher, and the following children: Daniel, Jeremiah, Matthew who m 1652, Deborah, and John. He d 9/30/1660 ae 72. Lincoln, Hist Hignham 46. THEOPHILUS, Hingham a 1635, died in 3/1679 at the age of a. 100 yrs. Lincoln Hist. Hingham 41. Pioneers MA, pg 126: CUSHING, CUSHIN, Matthew, from Hingham Eng came in 1638 to Hingham NE with wife, 4 sons & 1 dau, & his wife's sister, Frances Recroft, widow. Town officer, deacon. Wife Nazareth (said by the family historian to have been a dau of Henry Pitcher) ch Daniel bapt 4/20/1619, Jeremiah bapt 7/21/1621, Matthew bapt 4/5/1623, Deborah bapt 2/17/1624-5 m Mathias Briggs, John. He d 9/30/1660 ae 71 yrs. His heirs, Daniel, Matthew, John & Jeremiah C. & Matthias Briggs made agreement for a division of the est to themselves & their mother 11/15/1660 [Reg IV, 88 & X 173] The widow d 1/6/1681-2 ae 96 yrs. Theophilus, bro of Matthew, came from Hingham Eng to Hingham NE in 1638 [?]. He d 3/24/1678-9 ae nearly 100 yrs. History of Scituate MA pg 254: John Cushing Sen. came into Scituate from Hingham, 1662, and purchased the farm on "Belle house neck," of Capt. John Vassall, son of Wlm Vassall, to whom it was laid out 1634. He was the son of Matthew Cushing, and Nazareth Pitcher his wife. Matthew was born in England 1588, the son of Peter cushing of Norfolk, whose grandfather had possessed large estates in Lombard street, London. Matthew cushing, with his wife and five children, viz. Daniel, jeremiah, Matthew, Deborah, and John, saided from Gravesend, April 26, 1638, in the ship Diligent, John Martin of Ipswich master, and arrived at Boston on the 10th of August. They appear in Hingham in the autumn of the same year. Matthew deceased at Hingham September 30, 1660, aged seventy-two. His widow survived to 1681, aged ninety-six. His children were all living at his decease, save his daughter, who had been the wife of Matthias Briggs. Genealogical Dictionary of New England 381: Hawke, MATTHEW, Hingham, came in the Diligent of Ipswich, 1638, embark. at London, arr. 10 Aug. with w. Margaret, and serv. John Fearing, was from Cambridge; Eng. freem. 18 May 1642, was town clk. and d. 11 Dec. 1684, aged 74 yrs. says his gr.stone, leav. only s. James, b. May 1649. To he gave notes of the sermons of Rev. Mr. Norton and others, said to be yet preserv. His other ch. were Eliz. b. July 1639, m. Feb. 1660, Stephen Lincoln, d. 4 Nov. 1713; Sarah, bapt. 1 Aug. 1641, m. 1657, John Cushing of Scituate, d. 1679; Bethia, 1643, m. 15 Aug. 1665, Benjamin Stetson; Mary, Aug. 1646, m. Dec. 1670, Benjamin Loring, d. 1714; Deborah, Mar. 1655 wh. m. prob. John Briggs; and Hannah, bapt. 22 July 1655, m. June 1685, Peter Cushing, d. 4 Apr. 1737. William Cushing
(1731-1810) Chief
Justice 1777-1789 - first cousin of Content Cushing m Jesse Stephenson "Vital Records of Scituate,
Massachusetts to the Year 1850," Boston: New England Historic
Genealogical Society, 1909, page 1-116: "Cushing, Content, d. James
and Mary, July 19, 1722." - - - page 2-90: "Cushing, Content
and Jesse Stephens of Hingham, int. Dec. 4, 1742. (Stephenson, May 3,
1743, C.R.2) (C.R.2 = church record, Second Church of Scituate, now the
First Unitarian Church of Norwell) |
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When
John Cushing resigned after serving as an associate justice from 1747 to
1771, his son William was elected to take his place. William Cushing was
the only justice retained by the Revolutionary Council when it
reorganized the courts.
William Cushing presided at a criminal action tried at Worcester that
operated to legally abolish slavery in the state in 1783. At that trial,
a man had been charged with assault committed in attempting to repossess
a slave. Cushing charged the jury that the 1780 Massachusetts Bill of
Rights declared "all men are born free and equal."
Later, Cushing's determination and courage also helped to ensure that
the court continued to meet regularly despite opposition from
participants in Shays' Rebellion. His excellent reputation was rewarded
when, upon the organization of the Supreme Court, President Washington
appointed him associate justice. He was later offered the seat of Chief
Justice, but declined due to ill health.