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High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Mary Thaxter Cushing

19 Aug 1667 – 11 Jun 1737 · about 70 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Mary Thaxter Cushing lived from 19 Aug 1667 to 11 Jun 1737, a span of about 70 years.

Born a Thaxter, and known here by the name Cushing. Theirs is one of 214 markers bearing the name Cushing in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 15relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Capt John Thaxter1626–1687Elizabeth Jacob Cushing1632–1725
Mary Thaxter Cushingm.Capt. Theophilus Cushing1657–1718also here
Capt Nehemiah Cushing1689–1774Mary Cushing1691–1699also hereAdam Cushing1692–1752David Cushing1694–1723also hereCaptain Abel Cushing1696–1750also hereRachel Cushing1698–1699also hereMary Cushing1701–1716also hereReverend Theophilus Cushing Jr1703–1779also hereSeth Cushing I1705–1761Lydia Cushing Herrick1709–1736

SiblingsElizabeth Thaxter Cushing1660–1727 · Col Samuel Thaxter Sr1665–1740

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, found in the Cushing family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
Nov. 28, 1688, Mary Thaxter, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Jacob) Thaxter. She was b. in Hing. Aug. 19, 1667, and surviving him, m. secondly, Jan. 11, 1721-22, Capt. Joseph Herrick of Beverly, Mass. Capt. Theophilus Cushing d. 7 Jan. 1717-18, aet. 61st yr. In his will, dated 3 Jan. 1717-18, gives " to wife Mary, thirty-two shares in the second part of 3d division in Cohasset;

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

The inscription

THEOPHILUS CUSHINGFAMILY TOMB

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.

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