| 1740. JAMES CUSHING |
| Sex: M
Birth: 9 January 1740 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Death: 5 May 1812 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts James resided at Cushing Hill, Scituate, Massachusetts. Reference shows James birthday as 9 January 1739. Military: James was a soldier in the Revolution and served all through the War. In a descriptive list of men he is mentioned as 5 ft. 9 in. in stature, with complexion dark. Cushing, James, Scituate. Private, Capt. Galen Clapp's (2d Scituate) co. of Minute-men, Col. Anthony Thomas's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 4 days; reported entered service April 19, 1775; also, Capt. Elijah Crooker's co., Brig. Gen. John Thomas's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 3, 1775; service, 3 mos. 5 days; also, company return dated Oct. 7, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Roxbury, Nov. 9, 1775; also, Capt. William Turner's co. of Minute-men; pay abstract for travel allowance; company joined Col. Bailey's regt. Dec. 10, 1775; also, Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's co., Col. Simeon Cary's regt.; service between time of enlistment and date of marching to Roxbury, Feb. 12, 1776, 7 days; also, Capt. Seth Stowers's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; enlisted June 11, 1776; service to Nov. 30, 1776, 5 mos. 22 days; roll dated Camp at Hull; also, Capt. Samuel N. Nelson's co., Col. Aaron Willard's regt.; pay abstract for travel allowance from home to Skeensborough, vis No. 4 or Charlestown, dated Boston, Jan. -, 1777; also, Capt. Stowers's co.; muster return of 4 Independent companies stationed at Hull, dated March 1, 1777; age, 36 yrs.; mustered by Daniel Souther, Muster Master; also, Capt. Heywood Peirce's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt.; drafted Sept. 25, 1777; discharged Oct. 28, 1777; service, 1 mo. 6 days, travel included; company drafted from Scituate and Hanover and ordered to march to Tiverton, R. I., on a secret expedition; also, descriptive list of men raised to reinforce Continental Army for the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Brig. Gen. John Glover, at Springfield, July 22, 1780; age, 40 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion, dark; engaged for town of Scituate; marched to camp July 22, 1780, under command of Capt. William Scott; also, list of men raised for the 6 months service and returned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as haying passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780; also, pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of Scituate for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched July 17, 1780; discharged Dec. 7, 1780; service, 5 mos. 3 days. Father: James Cushing b: 16 September 1716 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Mother: Mary Souther b: 3 March 1716 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Marriage 1: Sarah Tower b: 30 May 1743 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Married: 8 December 1763 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Sources: 1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (An account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638) by James Cushing, The Perrault Printing Co - Montreal, 1905. First Edition, 1877, by Lemuel Cushing, D1881 (Finished by his family). 2. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1909, two volumes. 3. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution.Vol |