Elijah Cushing

23 Jul 1794 – 15 Apr 1800 · about 6 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Go to this stone High Street Cemetery, South Hingham, Massachusetts. The stone is still there. Its exact spot in the ground is not yet recorded, so begin at the gate and read the markers. Find your way → Find a Grave record ↗

Elijah Cushing was a child, who lived from 23 Jul 1794 to 15 Apr 1800, about 6 years.

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

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

ii. Elijah, July 23, 1794, d. 15 Apr. 1800. 79

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

Born and died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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