| 1627. JOHN CUSHING |
| Sex: M
Birth: 1627 in Hingham, Norfolk, England Death: 31 March 1708 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Coming out from England in 1638, John appears to have remained in Hingham, Massachusetts, until after his father's death in 1660. In 1657 he, together with Matthias Briggs, purchased for £120 the Varsall Estate at (Bell House Neck), Scituate, which consisted of 120 acres with house and barns. He did not move there, however, until about 1662. The land on which the farm was situated was always known as (Bell House Neck), a name given to the place in consequence of a bell that hung at the house there, for a century, to give an alarm to the neighboring country in case of the approach of Indians. In 1663 he was surveyor of highways and in 1667, receiver of excises. He was deputy to the colony in 1674, and was often reelected. In 1673, he was on the committee for dividing Scituate lands; and in 1676, was chosen to report to the Government a statement of all services of the soldiers of Scituate in the war with King Philip. Selectman from 1674 to 1686 inclusive, and County Magistrate (Plymouth Co.) 1685 to 1692. Assistant of the Old Colony Government of Plymouth Colony 1689 to 1691, and representative to the General Court at Boston in 1692 (the first year after the two colonies, Plymouth and Massachusetts, were united), and for several succeeding years, Member of the Council 1706 and 1707. JOHN, Scituate, youngest s. of first Matthew, b. at old Hingham, 1627, came with his f. 1638, and m. at Hingham, 1657, Sarah, d. of Matthew Hawks, and in few yrs. mov. to S. had John, b. 28 Apr. 1662; Thomas, 26 Dec. 1663; Matthew, 23 Feb. 1665; Jeremiah, 13 July 1666, bef. ment.; James, 27 Jan. 1668, bef. ment.; Joshua, 27 Aug. 1670; Sarah, 26 Aug. 1671; Caleb, 6 Jan. 1673, bef. ment. H. C. 1692; Deborah, 14 Sept. 1674; Mary, tw. with last, d. 1698, unm.; Joseph, 23 Sept. 1677; and his w. d. 1679, prob. at b. of Benjamin, 4 Feb.; was selectman, rep. 1674, 6, 9, 82-6, an Assist. of Plymouth col. 1689-91; and first rep. under new Chart. of Mass. 1692, and 7, and d. 31 Mar. 1708. In 1676 he was chosen to make report to the government of all services of the soldiers in King Philip's War from the town of Scituate. Military Note: He was also Colonel of the Plymouth Regiment. Father: Matthew Cushing b: before 2 March 1588 in Hingham, Norfolk, England Mother: Nazareth Pitcher b: 30 October 1586 in Hingham, Norfolk, England Marriage 1: Sarah Hawke b: 1 August 1641 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Married: 20 January 1658 in Hingham, 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. Joseph Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Originally published 1860. 3. L. Vernon Briggs, History and Genealogy of the Briggs Family, 1254-1937, 1938, Three volumes. |