High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Pyam Cushing Jr.

11 Jan 1814 – 27 Oct 1868 · about 54 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Pyam Cushing Jr. lived from 11 Jan 1814 to 27 Oct 1868, a span of about 54 years.

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

View family network 3relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Pyam Cushing Jr.m.Harriet M. Perkins Cushing1822–1902also here
Pyam Cushing III1842–1862also hereCharles Sumner Cushing1854–1936also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • ParentsPyam Cushing
  • MarriedHarriet M. Per (Oct. 11, 1840)
  • LivedMain St.
  • ChildrenPyam (b. July 14, 1842), Harriet Maria (b. July 28, 1844), George Perkins (b. Aug. 7, 1848), Joanna Wilder (b. Aug. 11, 1857)

Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Pyam › Robert › Pyam › Theophilus › Daniel › Mat.

Matched exact birth date in their own Cushing family entry (no. 106), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
106. Pyam8 (Pyam7 Robert6 Pyam5 Theophilus4"3 Daniel2 Mat- thew l), b. in Hing. Jan. 11, 1814. m. Oct. 11, 1840, Harriet M. Per- kins, dau. of Linus and Harriet (Wilder) Perkins. Pyam d. 27 Oct. 1868, aet. 55th yr. Resided on Main St., So. Hing. Ch., all b. in Hing., — i. Pyam, July 14, 1842, d. 2 Feb. 1862. ii. Harriet Maria, July 28, 1844. 115. iii. George Perkins, Aug. 7, 1848. iv. Charles Sumner, March 13, 1854. v. Joanna Wilder, Aug. 11, 1857. m. Oct. 30, 1877, Francis P. Wing.

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 106. Read on archive.org ↗

Where this was, today

The 1893 record places this person at Main St. in Hingham. Today that is Main Street (Route 228). Main Street, today Route 228, runs from Hingham Harbour south through the Liberty Plain district to South Hingham. The old South Hingham families lived along its southern stretch, the road High Street Cemetery faces. It is a short walk from the cemetery.

The street still carries the name; the exact house is not pinned, so read this as the block, not a doorstep.

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

A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.

This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Pyam'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.