1758. PRENTICE CUSHING

Sex: M Birth: 4 September 1758 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Death: 6 July 1786 in Demerera Military: Soldier in the Revolutionary War. Cushing, Prentis. Private, Capt. John Hall, Jr.'s (1st) co., Col. Palmer's regt.; service, 7 days, at Rhode Island; company assembled March 4, 1776; also, Capt. Edmund Billing's co. of North Precinct in Braintree, Col. Jonathan Bass's regt.; service, 5 days; company assembled June 13, 1776, to drive British ships from Boston harbor. Father: Jacob Cushing b: 17 February 1730 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Mother: Anna Williams b: 24 May 1732 in Waltham, Middlesex, 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. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution.Vol 4