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High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Hannah Waterman Cushing

22 May 1704 – 20 Jun 1773 · about 69 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Hannah Waterman Cushing lived from 22 May 1704 to 20 Jun 1773, a span of about 69 years.

Born a Waterman, 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 9relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Hannah Waterman Cushingm.Reverend Theophilus Cushing Jr1703–1779 (m. 1723)also here
CPT Pyam Cushing1725–1776also hereEmma Cushing Burr1728–1805Tamar Cushing Cushing1730–1761Tamsen Cushing1733–1736also hereDeborah Cushing1735–1736also hereTamsen Cushing1739–1739also hereHannah Cushing1744–1745also herePerez Cushing1746–1794

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
27, 1723) Hannah Waterman, dau. of Robert and Sarah (Lewis) Waterman. She was b. in Hing. May 22, 1704. Theophilus d. 15 June, 1779, aet. 76 yrs. In his will of 10 Sept. 1778, proved 25 June, 1779, which is quite lengthy, gives "to son Theophilus the home place, buildings," etc., inc. " the house I live in ; " "to son Perez land and the dwelling-house in Franklin where

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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