| 1792. HEZEKIAH RICE CUSHING |
| Sex: M
Birth: 13 May 1792 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Death: 23 December 1855 Lineage Note: Hezekiah Rice 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) When a lad of 12, his father (who with his family then lived at Three Rivers, Quebec) gave him a horse and saddle and $5 in cash, and started him off to seek his relatives and obtain his education in Peacham, Vermont, 150 miles distant thr ough an almost trackless forest. This journey, which in those days was deemed a great one, was safely accomplished, and soon after his arrival, a bargain was struck whereby the youth in exchange for his horse and saddle obtained two years board, clothing and schooling. Later he returned to Montreal. He was owner of a model farm situated near Rigaud, on the Ottawa River, and engaged extensively in the lumber trade; for over thirty years, he had large contracts with the Government for the supply of firewood. Military: In the War of 1812, he ser ved as volunteer under the British flag, with the rank successively of Sergeant -Major and Lieutenant. Father: Job Cushing b: 1 March 1765 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts; d: 21 January 1821 Mother: Sarah Rice b: 18 April 1771 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts; d: 4 April 1830 Marriage 1: Anna Maria Wilson d: August 1860 Married: 18 February 1817 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sources: 1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (An account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to Americ a in 1638) by James Cushing, The Perrault Printing Co - Montreal, 1905. First Edition, 1877, by Lemuel Cushing, D1881 (Finished by his family). |