High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Laban Cushing

21 Feb 1733 – 20 Jan 1761 · about 28 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Laban Cushing lived from 21 Feb 1733 to 20 Jan 1761, a span of about 28 years.

Theirs is one of 214 markers bearing the name Cushing in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 7relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Captain Abel Cushing1696–1750also hereMary Allen Jacob Cushing1698–1779also here
Laban Cushing

SiblingsMary Cushing1722–1726 · David Cushing1724–1726 · Col David Cushing Sr1727–1800 · Lydia Cushing Hayward1738–1800 · Mrs Abigail Cushing Hersey1741–1816

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact birth date on a child line in the Cushing family genealogy and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
vi. Laban, Feb. 21, 1733-34, d. 18 May, 1747

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

The inscription

Here Lies Buried ye Body of Mr.Laben Cushingwho Died Jan20 1761 in ye 28 Yearof his Age.

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Laban's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.