Sketches from the History of the Cushing Family
Chapter III: Lines of Ancestry



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Laban Cushing from Matthew Cushing, First Emigrant Ancestor from England, settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, 1638

Paternal 

Matthew (1589-1660) married Nazareth Pitcher (15-86-1682) 
Daniel (1619-1700) married Lydia Gilman (?-1689) 
Theophilus (1657-1718) married Mary Thaxter (1667-1737) 
Abel (1696-1750) married Mary Jacob (1698-?) 
David, Sr. (1727-1800), married Ruth Lincoln (1733-1761) 
David, Jr. (1754-1827), married Hannah Cushing (1760-1823) 
Laban (1791-1847) married Nancy Whitney (1794-1871) 
Paternal 
Matthew (1589-1660) married Nazareth Pitcher (15-86-1682) 
Daniel (1619-1700) married Lydia Gilman (?-1689) 
Daniel (1648-1716) married Elizabeth Thaxter (1661-1727) 
Ruth Cushing (1692-1760) married Samuel Lincoln, 3rd (1691-1758) 
Ruth Lincoln (1733-1761) married David Cushing, Sr. (1727-1800) 
David, Jr. (1754-1827), married Hannah Cushing (1760-1823) 
Laban (1791-1847) married Nancy Whitney (1794-1871) 
Maternal 
Matthew (1589-1660) married Nazareth Pitcher (15-86-1682) 
Daniel (1619-1700) married Lydia Gilman (?-1689) 
Matthew (1660-1715) married Jael Jacob (1662-1708) 
Solomon (1692-1769) married Sarah Loring (1690-1765) 
Joseph (1728-1810) married Sarah Leavitt(1735-1771) 
Hannah (1760-1823) married David Cushing, Jr. (1754-1827) 
Laban (1791-1847) married Nancy Whitney (1794-1871) 
 
 

From Samuel Lincoln, who settled in Hingham in 1637, and who was the ancestor of President Lincoln, Laban Cushing's line of descent is as follows: 

Samuel Lincoln 
Samuel Lincoln 
Samuel Lincoln married Ruth Cushing 
Ruth Lincoln married David Cushing, Sr. 
David Cushing, Jr. married Hannah Cushing 
Laban Cushing married Nancy Whitney 
Abraham Lincoln's descent from the common ancestor is as follows: 
Samuel Lincoln 
Mordecai Lincoln 
Mordecai Lincoln 
John Lincoln 
Abraham Lincoln 
Thomas Lincoln 
Abraham Lincoln, President 
 
 

Line of direct descent of Nancy Whitney Cushing, wife of Laban, from John and Elinor Whitney, emigrant ancestors from England to Watertown, 1635: 

John Whitney married Elinor 
John Whitney married Ruth Reynolds 
Nathaniel Whitney married Sarah Hagar 
William Whitney married Martha Pierce 
Samuel Whitney married Abigail Fletcher 
Silas Whitney married Sarah Withington 
Nancy Whitney married Laban Cushing