| 1711. JOSEPH CUSHING |
| Sex: M
Birth: 25 November 1711 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Death: 2 January 1767 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Burial: January 1767 in South Scituate Burying-grounds, Scituate, Massachusets Joseph graduated from Harvard College in 1731, for which he was prepared by his neighbor, Ref. Nathaniel Eells. He was long employed as grammar master in Scituate, and prepared his own sons and several others for college. He was a justice of the peace, and a deacon in the Church. Joseph and Lydia resided at Henchman's Corner. Reference shows his birthday as 21 November 1711. Father: Joseph Cushing b: 23 September 1677 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Mother: Mary C. 'Mercy' Pickles b: May 1688 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Marriage 1: Lydia King b: 26 December 1716 in Scituate, Massachusetts Married: 29 March 1733 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. L. Vernon Briggs, History and Genealogy of the Briggs Family, 1254-1937, 1938, Three volumes. |