Sex: M
Birth: 1562 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England
Death: 1 March 1615 in Hingham, Norfolk, England
Burial: 2 March 1615 Hingham, Norfolk, England
Note: Peter Cushing the son of Thomas Cushing was born at Hardingham but removed to Hingham about 1600, in which year the parish register of Hingham begins. He married Susan Hawes at Hardingham, 2 June 1583. He was buried at Hingham, England, 2 March 1615. His wife was buried 26 April 1641. He was probably one of the first of the Cushings to embrace the Protestant faith, for the wills of his father and eldest brother are not in the Protestant form.
Marriage 1: Susan Hawes b: About 1563 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England; d: in Hingham, Norfolk, England; Burial: 26 APR 1641 Hingham, Norfolk, England
Married: 2 June 1583 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England
Children:
THEOPHILUS Baptism: 4 NOV 1584 Hardingham, Norfolkshire, England
. He came to New England in 1633, in the ship Griffin, in company with Governor Haynes and the eminent Puritan divines, Cotton and Hooker. For a time he resided on Haynes' farm with his friend (afterwards the celebrated Governor Haynes) as his adviser and secretary. When his younger brother Matthew, following his example, came to New England. Theophilus, who appears never to have married, settled with him in Hingham, Mass. He was blind for 25 years before his death, which occurred 24 March 1679 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
BRIDGET Baptism: 19 FEB 1586 Hardingham, Norfolkshire, England. Married, 15 July 1627, George More in Hingham, Norfolkshire, England.
MATTHEW baptized 2 March 1589.
WILLIAM, baptized l April 1593. Married Margery---- and had children, William, Robert, Anne, and Elizabeth.
BARBARA. Baptism: 16 JUN 1596 Hardingham, Norfolkshire, England, died January 1632 in Hingham, Norfolkshire, England.
PETER OF LONDON. b: in Norfolkshire, England; d: BEF 2 JAN 1665 in London, England. He married Godly, widow of Simon Payne. His will is dated 2 February 1664, and was proved 2 January 1665. He died without issue. His wife made her will 11 April 1675, and died the same year.
KATHERINE b: in Norfolkshire, England; married ---- Long of Carlton Road near Wymondham in Norfolk
THOMAS OF LONDON, Baptism: 16 MAY 1603 Hingham, Norfolkshire, England. His will is dated 10 August 1669. He calls himself of London, Gentleman, unmarried.
Father: Thomas (Cushyn) Cushing b: 1512 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England
Mother: UNKNOWN (Cushing)
Marriage 1: Susan Hawes b: 1563 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England
Married: 4 June 1584 in Hingham, Norfolk, England
Children:
1. Matthew Cushing b: before 2 March 1588 in Hingham, Norfolk, England
2. Theophilus Cushing b: before 4 November 1584 in Hingham, Norfolk, England
3. Bridget Cushing b: 19 February 1586 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England
4. William Cushing b: before 1 April 1593 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England
5. Barbara Cushing b: 16 June 1596 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England
6. Peter Cushing b: 1599 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England
7. Thomas Cushing b: before 15 May 1603 in Hardingham or London, England
8. Katharine Cushing b: 1601 in Hingham, Norfolk, England
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. The Hillard/Hilliard Family, Victor Grant Hillard, Jr; vichillard@oal.com
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