High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Sarah Whiton Cushing

18 Oct 1771 – 29 Mar 1860 · about 89 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Sarah Whiton Cushing lived from 18 Oct 1771 to 29 Mar 1860, a span of about 89 years.

Born a Whiton, 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 4relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Capt Elias Whiton Sr1743–1778Sarah Blossom Whiton1749–1817
Sarah Whiton Cushingm.Henry Cushing1764–1809also here
Adaline Cushing Thayer1803–1867

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 Whiton family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
ii. Sarah, Oct. 18, 1771. m. (1) Dec. 28, 1791, Henry Cushing, and (2) Nov. 30, 1815, Seth Cushing, wid1:

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

The inscription

Wife of Henry Cushing

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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