Seth Briggs Cushing Sr.

18 Sep 1812 – 17 Jun 1854 · about 42 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Seth Briggs Cushing Sr. lived from 18 Sep 1812 to 17 Jun 1854, a span of about 42 years.

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

View family network 5relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave

Seth Briggs Cushing Sr.m.Sarah Jacob Cushing Cushing1815–1861 (m. 1833)also here

Lucas Cushing1834–1908Morgiana Cushing Bowers1835–1909Sarah B. Cushing Bates1837–1911also hereSeth Briggs Cushing Jr1839–1885also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Cushing family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed

vii. Seth Briggs, Sept. 18, 1812

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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