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Personal data Daniel Cushing 

• He was born on April 20, 1619 in Hingham, Norfolk, England.
• He died on December 3, 1700 in Hingham, Plymouth, MA., Verenigde Staten, he was 81 years old.
• The birth parents are Matthew Cushing and Nazareth Pitcher
• This information was last updated on December 14, 2018.

Household of Daniel Cushing

He is married to Lydia Gilman.

They got married on June 10, 1645 at Hingham, Plymouth, MA., Verenigde Staten, he was 26 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Peter Cushing  1646-????
2. Daniel Cushing  1648-????
3. Deborah Cushing  1651-1710
4. Jeremiah Cushing  1654-????
5. Theophilus Cushing  1657-????
6. Matthew Cushing  1660-1715

Notes about Daniel Cushing

Daniel Gushing lived and died. He was a man of considerable prominence and served as selectman in 1665, an( l f° r many years afterward. He became a freeman in 1671, was an active magistrate and for many years town clerk. He filled the latter office most efficiently, and by his complete and accurate records has rendered invaluable service to the antiquarian. He was delegate to the general court in 1680-82-95 ; and from 1682 and thereafter he kept a country store. A work has been published, styled "Extracts from the Minutes of Daniel Gushing, of Hingham," with a photograph of his manuscript, etc., Boston, Press of John Wilson and Son, 1865.
Daniel Cushing was twice married, but his children were all by first wife. She was Lydia Gilman, daughter of Edward and Mary
(Clark) Gilman, and was born in England, and died at Hingham, Massachusetts, March 12, 1689.
They were married January 19, 1645, ar, d the children were:
1. Peter, March 29, 1646.
2. Daniel, July 23, 1648.
3. Deborah, November 13, 165 1.
4. Jeremiah, July 3, 1654.
5. Theophilus, whose sketch follows. 6. Matthew, July 15, 1660. On March 23, 1691,
Daniel Cushing married (second) Mrs. Elizabeth Thaxter, widow of Captain John Thaxter, and daughter of Nicholas and
Mary Jacob. She was born in England in 1632, and died at Hingham, Massachusetts, November 24, 1725.

Theophilus, fourth son of Daniel and Lydia (Gilman) Cushing, was born at Hingham, Massachusetts, June 7, 1657,
and died January 7, 1718. He was a farmer, and lived on Main street, South Hingham. He was selectman in 1697-1707 ; representative 1702- 04-07-13. Theophilus Cushing was united in marriage, November 28, 1688, to Mary Thaxter, daughter of his step-mother by her first husband, Captain John Thaxter. She was born August 19, 1667, and after Mr. Cushing's death married, January 11, 1722, Captain Joseph Herrick, of Beverly, Massachusetts; she died in 1737. Children, born at Hingham, Massachusetts: 1. Nehemiah, July 18, 1689.
2. Mary, February 1691, died at Boston, August 8, 1699.
3. Adam, January 1, 1693.
4. David, December, 1694.
5. Abel, October 24, 1696.
6. Rachel, August 17, 1698, died September 9, 1699.
7. Mary, September 26, 1 70 1, died August 30, 1716.
8. Theophilus (2), whose sketch follows.
9. Seth, December 13, 1705.
10. Deborah, September 26, 1707, died November 20, 1730. 11. Lydia, February 13, 1710, died before her father.

Theophilus (2), fifth son of Theophilus (1) and Mary (Thaxter.) Cushing, was born at Hingham, Massachusetts, June 16,
1703, and died June 15, 1779. He lived on the paternal homestead at South Hingham, was a farmer and mill owner, and for many
years held the offices of constable and selectman. On September 18, 1723,
Theophilus (2) Cushing married Hannah, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Lewis) Waterman, who was born at Hingham, May 22, 1704. Children:
1. Pyam, August 8, 1725.
2. Emma, March 17, 1728.
3. Tamar, March 6, 1730, married Elijah Cushing.
4. Tamsen, July 19, 1733, died February 22, 1736.
5. Theophilus, June 14, 1737, died November 25, 1738.
6. Tamsen, October 28, 1739, died November 15 of that year.
7. Theophilus ( 3), whose sketch follows.
8. Hannah, January, 1744, died February 1, 1745.
9. Perez, July 13, 1746.
General Theophilus (3), third son of Theophilus (2) and Hannah (Waterman) Cushing, was born at Hingham, Massachu-
setts, December 5, 1740, and died March 11, 1820. He was the third of the name to live on the paternal homestead at South Hingham, and beside his farm was the owner of a saw and grist mill. He was a man of prominence and distinction and held much public office. General Cushing was selectman in 1778-79-80, and again in 1796 and 1803; was representative in 1776-82-83-85-86-87-88, also in 1794; and a member of the state senate in 1795-96.
He was an officer in the revolution, serving as clerk in Captain Pyam Cushing's company, Colonel Solomon Lovel's regiment, in 1776; as second lieutenant in Captain Heman Lincoln's company, Colonel Lovel's regiment, and was later made a brigadier-general.
General Theophilus (3) Cushing married, April 6, 1768, Patience, daughter of Peter and Hannah (Dunbar) Dunbar, who was born at Hingham, July 1, 1739, and died May 13, 1822.
Children:
1. Theophilus, born May 3, 1770, died a young man.
2. Emma, January 17, 1772, married Bela Tower. 3. Hannah, January 17, 1774.
4. Washington, January 3, 1776.
5. Nehemiah, whose sketch follows.
6. Tamsen, May 28, 1779.

(12) Nehemiah, third son of General Theophilus (3) and Patience (Dunbar) Cushing, was born at Hingham, Massachusetts, June 1,
1777, and died June 27, 1829.
He was of the fourth generation to live on Main street, South Hingham, where he carried on the occupation of farmer and tanner. On January 15, 1800, he married Deborah Briggs, of Milton, Massachusetts, who died at Hingham, May 16, 1832, aged fifty-one years.

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