1765. JOB CUSHING
Sex: M
Birth: 1 March 1765 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts
Death: 2 January 1821 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Lineage Note:
Job Cushing (Job Cushing11, Job Cushing10, Matthew Cushing9, Daniel Cushing8, Matthew Cushing7, Peter Cushing6, Thomas Cushing5, John Cushing4, William Cushing3, Thomas Cushing2, William Cushing1)

Note: Death date is given as 2 January 1821 in Bond's Genealogies, but it does not correspond with 21 January 1821 of the Genealogy of the Cushing Family.

Job came to Canada in the fall of 1798, following the lead of his brother Elmer. He ascended the river Saint Francis on the ice in French trains, and settled in the Township of Shipton, Quebec. The first school in the new Township or Settlement was taught in his house by Miss Kimball and mostly confined to his family. In 1804 he removed, with his family, to Three Rivers, whence in 1814 he moved to Montreal.

Father: Job Cushing, Jr (Col) b: 1 January 1728 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts; d: 16 April 1808
Mother: Lucy Stone b: 17 January 1727 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; d: 25 March 1790

Marriage 1: Sarah (Sally) Rice b: 18 April 1771 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts; d: 4 April 1830
Married: 2 September 1790 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts

Children:
1. Lucy Cushing b: 14 January 1791 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts; d: 15 May 1870 in Peacham, Vermont
2. Hezekiah Rice Cushing b: 13 May 1792 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts; d: 23 December 1855
3. Elizabeth Cushing b: 18 March 1794 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts; d: 6 October 1844
4. Emery Cushing b: 21 November 1796 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts; d: 1837
5. Sarah Cushing b: 20 January 1800 in Shipton, Quebec, Canada
6. Miriam Cushing b: 15 October 1801 in Shipton, Quebec, Canada; d: 23 April 1813
7. Harriet Cushing b: 20 August 1803 in Shipton, Quebec, Canada
8. Lemuel Cushing b: 29 April 1806 in Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada; d: 18 May 1878
9. Job Cushing b: 26 October 1807 in Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada; d: 4 December 1808 in Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada
10. Job Cushing b: 17 May 1811 in Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada; d: 29 October 1872

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. Shrewsbury Vital Records, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
3. Bond's Genealogies and History of Watertown. 2nd Ed.