| 1662. JOHN CUSHING |
| Sex: M
Birth: 28 April 1662 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Death: 19 January 1738 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts John resided in Scituate, Massachusetts. He was a deputy to the General Court in 1692; Chief Justice of the Inferior Court of Plymouth, from 1702-1710; representative member for Massachusetts of the Governor's Council, from 1708 to 1728; and Judge of His Majesty's Superior Court of Judicature of Massachusetts from 1728 to his death in 1737. The Superior Court of Massachusetts, from its foundation in 1692 until its overthrow by the Revolution, had 33 Justices, the Bench consisting of five members. Among these 33 were John Cushing 1728, his son John Cushing Jr. and his grandson William Cushing. Rev Josiah Cotton of Plymouth says of him: He was a gentleman well versed in law, the life and soul of our Court while he continued in it, a man in the main of justice and integrity. In 1723 he was Lieut. Col. of the Plymouth Regiment, which at that time probably embraced all the local militia of the County. JOHN, Scituate, eldest s. of the preced. m. 20 May 1687, Deborah, d. of Thomas Loring, had Sarah, b. 8 Jan. 1689; a s. d. soon; Deborah, 4 Apr. 1693; John, 17 July 1695; Elijah, 7 Mar. 1698; Mary, 24 Nov. 1700; Nazareth, 11 Sept. 1703; Benjamin, 17 Apr. 1706; and Nathaniel, 9 July 1709, H. C. 1728; and she d. 1713. By sec. w. m. 1714, wid. Sarah Holmes, had Josiah, b. 29 Jan. 1715 ; and Mary, 24 Oct. 1716; was rep. 1701, couns. 1710-28, and Judge of Sup. Ct. from 1728 to his d. 19 Jan. 1738. Father: John Cushing b: 1627 in Hingham, Norfolk, England Mother: Sarah Hawke b: 1 August 1641 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Marriage 1: Deborah Loring b: 15 March 1668 in Hull, Massachusetts Married: 20 May 1688 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Marriage 2: Sarah Thaxter b: 26 September 1671 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Married: 18 March 1714 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. Joseph Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Originally published 1860. |