| 1796. EMERY CUSHING |
| Sex: M
Birth: 21 November 1796 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Death: 1837 Lineage Note: Emery Cushing (Job Cushing12, Job Cushing11, Job Cushing10, Matthew Cushing9, Daniel Cushing8, Matthew Cushing7, Peter Cushing6, Thomas Cushing5, John Cushing4, William Cushing3, Thomas Cushing2, William Cushing1) Emery was proprietor of the Ottawa Hotel, Montreal, situated on the Corner of Saint Maurice and McGill Streets. It was then one of the first hotels in the city and was renowned as the rendez-vous of merchants and traders from all parts of Canada and the United States. He ran a famous line of stages between Montreal and Lachine, importing about the year 1832, from England, for this purpose, at a cost of $2,000, an immense four wheeled stage coach called "The Swallow," (L'Hiron delle). He was the first forwarder on the Ottawa River, using in the first inst ance large bateaux and subsequently becoming conjointly with the Hon. P. McGill owner of the pioneer Steamer "Saint Andrews". Father: Job Cushing b: 1 March 1765 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts; d: 21 January 1821 Mother: Sarah Rice b: 18 April 1771 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts; d: 4 April 1830 Marriage 1: Mary Ann Bostwick Married: 19 March 1825
Sources: 1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (An account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cush ing, 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). |